Hawaii Teaching Credential

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Hawaii and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: D.S. - South Korea said: I have learned a great amount about the english language which has been forgotten. I have learned various teaching methodologies and skills that can be applied in english as well as other subjects. As a teacher armed with a tefl certificate, I would like to use my certificate to secure jobs other than in the Republic of Korea. This course was comprehensive and covered many areas necessary to anyone wanting to teach english. The skills gained from this course can be used where english is not their first...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Paauilo Hawaii and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Although I have always planned my lesson in an informal way, taking down notes of the topic, preparing exercises, oral activities, etc. I found ESA really useful. It's a real great guideline, to organize lessons. I have already started using it in my class, and I have had wonderful results. My students are more motivated than before. As I love grammar, I enjoyed reviewing tenses and found all the worksheets challenging. When dealing with the future “going to”- “will” or present continuous with future...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Hana Hawaii and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Building student rapport is the development of a positive relation between the teacher and the students. A good relationship between the teacher and the students is one of the fundamental aspects of good learning. The teacher is always the source of the language therefore a good relationship with the students means that the students have access to the language. A good rapport will put the students in a comfortable position to ask the teacher wherever they do not understand. On this Eloy Gonzales a retired New mexico...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Halaula Hawaii and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: I feel I have gained a confidence in teaching english that I never possessed before. I had taught off and on quite a bit over the years. I had used a host of course books and various approaches. But I was never really convinced of the effectiveness of any method. I always sought out the right method, the best course book, the most effective way to teach. I never really hit on any way that I was satisfied with. That I felt the students could really learn with. As a result I had pretty much given up on teaching...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Kukuihaele Hawaii and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Planning lessons we, as teachers, pay attention to many aspects: grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, etc.; but what about slang and idioms? Is it necessary to teach them at school as a separate language aspect or just let it be a part of the main process? I think it can be entertaining and motivating to get as close as it is possible to real, “street” language. In a classroom atmosphere it is like the gulp of fresh air which provides a huge range of possibilities for different games and other activities. But...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Kualapuu Hawaii and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: There are many advantages and disadvantages in teaching one on one and groups. Depending on a student's preference, some may prefer a group setting environment while others may benefit on a one to one learning environment. One to one teaching is catered towards that particular student's needs while a group setting would follow a more structured syllabus. Teaching a group would be catered to the majority of students. If there was a certain topic that majority of the class has trouble on, that certain topic would be...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Wainiha Hawaii and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: I was hesitant to begin the course knowing it was to be done online only. The course materials were very easy to use and understand. My tutors were very helpful and made correcting any mistakes very constructive. I learned more about my language that I may have forgotten through the years. This also helped me try to put myself in the shoes of the students. Students do not learn overnight. It takes time, patience and understanding. Keep the classes enjoyable, yet make sure what is being taught is being learned by the...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Waimea Hawaii and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: What I have personally gained, well where to begin. Firstly I would like to say that the course was well put together and sometimes very demanding to find the inspiration to answer the questions, which I feel is excellent because it pushes you into areas you wouldn't usually go, brings out other skills you never though you had. At one point the course said that the information was just to get you started but after harnessing these new skills, new ideas and being able to deal with all these new aspects of teaching has...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Courses Hawaii and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: M.T. – U.S. said: This course has been a great refresher of the english grammar and of teaching techniques for me. It has helped me become familiar with the skills necessary in order to be a competent language teacher. It has also helped me become familiar and comfortable with my role as a teacher. I currently work as an esl teacher and I plan to put into action everything I have learned as I step into the classroom every day. From managing the classroom to creating lesson plans. All in all, this has been an extraordinary...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Ahuimanu Hawaii and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: tefl (Teaching english as a foreign language) I have lived in spain for 18 years now, and until my son was born, I was forced to speak more spanish than my own native language. I sort of abandoned my english, and it wasn`t until my son started to study english grammar at school that I realized I couldn´t help him. I didn´t know which verb tense was which and when they are used. I couldn`t explain why words were pronounced the way they are. So I decided to do a tefl course to refresh what I had learnt from my...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Pupukea Hawaii and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: First Language versus Second Language Acquisition (15) It is common for efl and esl teachers to examine the differences between first language acquisition and second language acquisition. Many teachers see children pick up their native tongue so quickly, and yet children do not seem to defy the mysteries of language acquisition when it comes to a second language. Why is that? The nature of first language and second language acquisition is fundamentally different. In the following pages, a few of these stark...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Heeia Hawaii and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: I am most grateful for the grammar lessons. english is my first language, but my family moved to france when I was 7 and I never learned about english grammar. Surely that is the biggest asset I've gained from this course. Although my first esl teaching assignment involves only Oral english, I am sure that, at some point during my teaching career, I will make use of these newfound grammar skills. I really appreciate the insights into teaching an esl course. I've taught classes before during the course of my maintenance...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Princeville Hawaii and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This course has been very useful for me. I have learned the essential methods to structure an esl class and to do lesson plans. I have reviewed essentials of english grammar and other important aspects that will contribute to my becoming a successful esl teacher. My tutor has provided helpful feedback and encouragement which I have valued. I plan to volunteer to teach in an esl program for women who cannot pay for esl instruction but require english in their jobs. This should be most challenging and will give me...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Waianae Hawaii and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Technology for learning has been inseparable for as long as human history has spanned out. Humans communicated and learned by the use of paintings on cave walls, the discovery of paper and pen, but the history of educational technology is pegged to have started with the educational film of the early twentieth century. The eighties soon sparked change from analog mechanical and electronic technology to digital technology which we continue to see to this very day. More popularly, people have referred to this movement...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Orchidlands Estates Hawaii and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: The Ministry of Education in Korea established english Program in Korea (EPIK) in 1995 to reform english education system and also to improve students' ability to speak. They hired native english speakers and placed them in rural areas to close the achievement gap and also to exchange cultures with real native person. But what's wrong with english education in Korea? In this country, where the english education is one of the country's leading industries, students go to private institutes after school and...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Ewa Beach Hawaii and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: The diversities of cultures of the world results in different behaviors and this often provides challenges for teachers and students alike. These differences can create opportunities for meaningful learning within an educational framework. When dealing with languages, it is useful to recognize that teachers carry their own cultural values in any learning situation. On the same plane, learners arrive to the classroom with their own world views, which possibly are very different from the teachers. So it is reasonable...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Waihee-Waiehu Hawaii and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Teaching is essential in every classroom. The purpose is to educate students on what you believe is required for them if a course book doesn't exist. However, sometimes the style in which one teaches reflects how successful a class will run. Most students will become bored if everything is straight out lectures, lessons and repetition for example. Showering them with games from time to time will spark up interest in the classroom. The following article will discuss the benefits of using games in the classroom....  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Pearl City Hawaii and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: An almost natural first reaction to most teachers on teaching english to beginners would be that it's a difficult task. This reaction is understandable considering the many obstacles that one will encounter when teaching a whole new set of language to students who for example have only known their mother tongue language for the past 30 years. However, big challenges obviously comes with big achievements and this is also why it's not surprising that many teachers who have been exposed to teaching beginners,...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL East Honolulu Hawaii and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Learning disability is a general term that describes specific kinds of learning problems. A learning disability can cause a person to have trouble learning and using certain skills. The skills most often affected are reading, writing, listening, speaking, reasoning, and math. To describe the various categories of exceptionality, observers typically list the physical and psychological characteristics often exhibited by the individuals who make up that group. For example, early in the field's history a task force...  [Read more]

ITTT has recently opened a TEFL & TESOL training center in Phoenix Arizona. If you wish to be TEFL/TESOL-certified and would love to take a course in Phoenix Arizona, this is an opportunity you cannot miss. Check out course details and fees for ITTT's Phoenix Arizona. TEFL/TESOL center here! Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Fredonia Arizona and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: There are two major benefits I have gained from this course. The first being the information I now have on the technicalities of the english language, which for me was extremely interesting and stimulating. The second...  [Read more]

  The next category we are looking at in our series on teaching special groups in ESL are individuals. Teaching individuals, or one-to-one, forms a large part of the ESL market. Find out the positives, negatives and tips in this video. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. This unit really helps potential teachers figure out the right questions they need to ask before accepting a job. I also do appreciate how this unit tells new teachers that its always...  [Read more]

  Regardless of which type of beginners you are teaching here are our top 10 tips for the teaching of beginner classes. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. Unit 6 describes the structures and usages of the past tenses: Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous. The structures of the past forms resemble the ones showed in unit 4, about present tenses. This unit shows common errors and mistakes associated with each tense and...  [Read more]

  Within the teaching of ESL throughout the world, there is a whole spectrum of the types of groups that you may be involved in. It's worth breaking those types of groups down to have a look at some of the more specific things we need to do when we're teaching those groups - and this is what this video focuses on. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. Unit 1 begins with an overview of the course content, how the CTEYL course works, the aims and objectives of...  [Read more]

  The next category we are looking at in our series on teaching special groups in ESL are young learners. We consider students aged 2 to 16 young learners. Find out the positives, negatives and tips when teaching young learners in this video. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. This unit is based on the explanation of the structure and the use of the modal verbs, the passive voice and the phrasal verbs in English.Phrasal verbs are very important to...  [Read more]

  http://www.teflcourse.net ITTT's online TEFL/TESOL courses are designed to help anyone thinking of teaching English overseas. On them you will learn teaching methodologies, important parts of English Grammar and ideas of how to teach this grammar to your students. This video looks at one idea for the future continuous tense. For this activity students are each given a planner filled with different activities on different dates. The planners are rigged so that there is only one day when the students are both free. They have to interview each other to find out which day they are both free. To find out more about how you can become qualified and suitably prepared for teaching English overseas click the link above. -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Are you ready to Teach English Abroad?...  [Read more]

  http://www.teflcourse.net This teaching idea for the past perfect involves matching pictures of historical events with the appropriate sentence and describing what had just happened in the picture using the past perfect tense. For example: A picture of the Titanic would be matched with the sentence "hit an iceberg" and the student should say "It had just hit an iceberg". As the trainer notes in the video; the scenarios in this activity are western centric. When teaching English overseas it is important to bear in mind how you can adapt your activities to make them more suitable or more interesting to your students. Learning about the local culture and history can make your lessons more relevant to your students and therefore more engaging. -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Are you ready to Teach...  [Read more]

  The zero conditional is the most basic form of the conditionals in the English language. This is a teaching idea for the zero conditional that can also be adjusted for any other types of conditionals. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. I think this course is probably one in which there is a big debate over with teachers but given that the course does explain the reason for which it was written and for the way it was laid out in a format that gave me a...  [Read more]

  http://www.teflonline.net The Present perfect tense is a very useful tense. It is the tense that relates the past to the present. It also tends to be the tense that can often present some difficulties to the English language learner and sometimes the English language teacher. The activity in this video has the students examining two pictures, picture A and picture B. The pictures depict a scene in a house; Picture B is similar to A but with a number of changes. Students are asked to spot the changes and to express the change using the Present Perfect. For example in Picture A, a pile of unironed clothes can be seen next to the ironing board but in picture B the clothes are ironed. So the student would say "He has done the ironing." Another example answer would be, "He has hung up...  [Read more]

  http://www.teflcourse.net An English teaching certification course will cover teaching methodologies, grammar and teaching ideas such as those covered here for the future simple. In the video the teaching ideas are horoscopes, fortune telling and wedding vows. For the horoscope activity students will be given zodiac signs and will create a horoscope for that sign before finding out who in the class the horoscope applies to. The fortune telling idea enables the students to role play using the future simple tense with one student being the fortune teller and the other the customer. Lastly, students create their ideal wedding vows or alternatively they can create silly vows. For many people, gaining English teaching certification is the first step on an exciting and rewarding...  [Read more]

  This teaching idea is very similar to the activity we can use for the future continuous. We pair up our students, give them diaries and have them find the day on which both of them are free to meet. This video shows you exactly how to execute this activity in the classroom. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. There are different kinds of methodology. So all depend on teacher's way of teaching. But for sure you should have three parts during the lesson:...  [Read more]