Online Teaching Methods

  Before looking at the methods or approaches themselves, there are some terms that we need to define. These are the approach, the method or the technique. Basically, these are hierarchical. The approach is an overriding set of principles that a method can actually make use of, whereas the technique are the things that we actually do in the classroom to approach that method. So, these three words are going to appear during the presentation. Again, for each of either the approaches all the methodologies we're going to ask four questions. So be it an approach or a method for each of those things: Where did it come from? What's its background? What does it involve when we're talking about actually in the classroom, in other words techniques? What is positive about it? What appears to...  [Read more]

  "In terms of the things that are negative about it, we've already said that it doesn't develop speaking but perhaps the biggest negative point about this particular methodology is that it's very unnatural. Ok, so despite the criticisms of this particular method, and particularly the fact that is unnatural, this particular methodology was in use all the way through the 17th, 18th and 19th century and indeed it's still in use today. However, Gouin in the 1880s and Berlitz in the early 1900s decided that this particular methodology was so unnatural that they wanted to come up with something new. The method that they came up with, they called the direct method. You will also sometimes see it as the natural method. What these two people were saying is that if we wish to learn a...  [Read more]

  This presentation is going to focus on the theories, methods and techniques of teaching and we're going to start with a quote. This is an interesting quotation because it contains within it a philosophical argument and it's a philosophical argument in the way in which we learn. Basically, this one is saying that the intelligence of their own children comes about due to a natural process. So this one could be said to be due to nature. This is exactly the opposite of this one, which is saying that they're teaching the environment that we create, creates that intelligence. So this one can be said to be due to nurture and this argument 'nature versus nurture' has been going on for thousands of years. These two viewpoints are two ends of a scale, or a continuum if you like, and every...  [Read more]

  Also in the 1970s la señal came up with a new methodology called "Suggestopedia". As psychological theory was developing, one of the ideas that came up was something called ?the effective filter?. Basically, the effective filter is a barrier to learning. It's the reasons why we inhibit our learning of a particular language. There are two main elements to the effective filter, two sets of factors, if you like, those are known as internal and external factors. The external factors to learning, the reasons why we have barriers to learning, may be just simple things such as external noise. So, people talking to us while we're trying to learn and so on and so forth. Perhaps more important are these internal factors and the internal factors one of the main things here is our previous...  [Read more]

  So let's take an example of what those drills might involve. So here is an example of a repetition drill. I will model the language and then my class will repeat after me. So "This is a cup." "Spoon" ? "This is a spoon." "Knife" - "his is a knife." Thank you. The reason that it's called or also called the army method is that it was the method adopted by the United States military who had personnel stationed around the world at the end of Second World War and they realized that they needed those personnel to pick up the language very quickly and one of the positive things about this particular methodology is that you do very quickly learn vocabulary. Another positive thing about it is that you quickly learn the correct pronunciation of that vocabulary. However, there are some...  [Read more]

  Our final methodology is accredited to Jeremy Harmer and it's known by the letters ESA. Around 1998, Jeremy Harmer produced a book called "How to teach English" and basically what Harmer did, is a background to this book is to do what we have done today and to work through all of the different methodologies that have come about over the last 300 years. He highlighted for each of those methodologies what was good about it, what was positive and what didn't appear to work and then put all of the positive things into a melting pot and came out with this methodology, which he called ESA. It's a three-stage methodology, where each of the letters represents a particular phase of the lesson. The first one being called the engage phase, the second the study phase and the final one the...  [Read more]

  The purpose of grammar translation then is to basically translate between L1 and L2 and vice versa. So, we could take a simple example. Let's imagine that our native language was English and our target language was French and let's assume that we want to translate a document from French into English. Let's take a simple sentence. Here's a sentence in French "Ouvre la fenêtre" and we'll add "s'il vous plaît" at the end. What we want to do is to take this L2 and translate it back into English. Now, if we have a reasonable knowledge of French then we may well know that this particular verb "ouvre" "to open" translates directly and this female form of the and finally the fenêtre "Open the window" and this polite form of "please". This is all very well if the two structures that...  [Read more]

  Our next particular methodology is accredited to James Asher around 1965 and is called total physical response. Asher looked at the way in which we learn our native language and he saw that most children, before they even went to school, have picked up a very large percentage of both the grammar and the vocabulary that they would use in their native language before any type of formal schooling. So Asher started to have a look at ideas of how to use the whole of our brain in language learning in the way that we do when we're very young. It's accepted that within our brain there are two hemispheres, one is the left hemisphere the other is the right hemisphere, and one of the functions of the left hemisphere is language learning. One of the major functions of the right hemisphere is...  [Read more]

  Before we move on to the final methodology for today, let's just recap and see where we are at this point in time. We're looking at different learning methodologies. Each of those methodologies takes its premise from being somewhere on this particular spectrum of ?nature versus nurture? and where we are on this spectrum gives us a starting point for the background or theory to that particular methodology. So, we?ve had a look starting in the 17th century and the classical method and moving on as the ideas of psychology developed to various methods, such as audiolingualism, the silent way, Suggestopedia and TPR. Each of these showing a development as knowledge about learning increased and each of these takes a different starting point on our English spectrum. Below you can read...  [Read more]

  So what we're going to do is to run through a series of methodologies that were created mainly in the 1900s that adopted the idea that language learning should be much more communicative, much more natural. The first one is called audiolingualism and it's also called the army method because of where it was developed. Basically, psychology, during the 1950s and 60s, was building up new theories about behaviorism. Perhaps the most famous experiments that were done in this particular area were by Pavlov, where he was showing that most animals undergo a stimulus response mechanism and he had a series of famous experiments, where by ringing a bell, he could cause a dog to salivate, that would be his response, in the expectation of getting some food. This behaviorist idea of stimulus...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas There is no doubt that the development of new technologies has a great effect on people's jobs and the ways they manage their work. It is also the case when it comes to teaching. At this step, one should understand that teaching English to kids and teens, especially in groups, might require a teacher's full presence and in-class participation. However, teaching adults is something that steps away from the methods used with children. In this work, several ways of tackling this issue will be suggested. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Alena D. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. It is beyond question that adults lead a busy life, full of work, child-rearing, and if they...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Heguan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Weifang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The structure of a class is formed primarily based off of the teacher’s personality and characteristics that influence the preferences to certain methods of teaching. There are numerous strategies of teaching that each have their own merits and faults. What methods are effective will depend upon the teacher’s ability to apply these methods as well as the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jianshe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zigong Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In this class, it mainly introduces the theories, methods and techniques. Especially, some useful teaching methods like the Classical Method, which is the most popular method around the 17th used by scholars to translate ancient Greek and Latin texts into their native language. Besides, the Direct Method, it is also called the Natural Method, which tells us that if...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tarong Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Lasa Shi — Lhasa? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Methods of teaching have always been around for the purpose of providing teachers with the most effective approach and techniques for teaching students. Jeremy Harmer studied these teaching methods and developed another method known as ESA. ESA stands for Engage Study and Activate and is the method that this course is based on. ESA is considered the most...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Keketuohai Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Aletai Dìqu — Altay? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. From my point of view all of these methods can be used together in practice. It make sense to combine the methods - use two or three of them - together for better assimilation of the material. ESA method which was put forward by Jeremy Harmer is an example of good combination of several methods. The flexibility of the ESA method gives a large field for...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shangzhou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yibin Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In my point of view this unit is a requirement for all the teachers. Along with the grammar and vocabulary it is important to know about the methods and techniques of teachings. This unit works for me to know about different methodologies, either Classical method or Silent Way or ESA method. All of them are interesting and knowledgeable which I can apply in my...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Saerbulake Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Aletai Dìqu — Altay? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This unit delved into the different ways there are to teach a second or foreign language. It discussed numerous methods and methodologies as well as making a case for the ESA method. ESA is the Engage, Study, Activate method of teaching a foreign language. It involves more student production and less teacher talking time, while still including...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yuejiang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yibin Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. For this unit, so many teaching methods have been introduced. However, I am confused by these methods, especially, some methods are similar. I think maybe make a comparison between two similar methods would be better for us to understand the methods better. Moreover, I would like to know the level of learners that each method suits. For this unit, so many teaching...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Bositan Muchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Akesu Diqu — Aksu? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This unit covered teaching methods which I was not previously familiar with. There is no one method to be used. The methods selected by a teacher may be dependent on personality, culture of the students and their needs at the level which they are at. The engage, study and activate method was posited to make it easier for teachers to combine teaching...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Laodong Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ziyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. It is understood from this unit that throughout the years there have been several approaches, methods and techniques about teaching English. Back to 17th century, first we called 'The Classical Method' in other words 'Grammar Translation Method' which based on translating Greek and Latin to the nature language. Then it followed many other methods such as...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gaize Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ali Dìqu — Ngari? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I found it rather interesting to read about some of the common methods associated with language teaching. I found it interesting because I have wanted to learn a second language and have seen variations of some of these methods in workbooks and language acquisition apps. I have found some methods to be more helpful than others in learning a language. I really...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Baluntai Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Bayinguoleng Menggu Zizhizhou —? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This unit teach us the methods of teaching of english.They are different from each other.they are going to from nature to nurture.there are three cathegory called as approach,method and technique.these techniques are esa method,grammer and translation method,audio method.etc.the method that is conncting natice language with nurture language is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Arele Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Bayinguoleng Menggu Zizhizhou —? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This unit teach us the methods of teaching of english.They are different from each other.they are going to from nature to nurture.there are three cathegory called as approach,method and technique.these techniques are esa method,grammer and translation method,audio method.etc. This unit teach us the methods of teaching of english.They are...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Payang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Rikaze Shi — Shigatse, Xigaze? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This unit teaches me about theories, methods and techniques in teaching English. For many years, we have used many methods. Each method has different advantages and disadvantages. We should take advantage of the positive points to perfect our teaching methods so that student can study with so much joy and absorb the lesson the best. This unit...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Sangye Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shannan Shi — Lhoka? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I have known new information about Theories, methods and techniques of English lesson. It was very interesting and helpful. I have understood about different methods and the best method for the new teachers such as Engage, Study and Activate. This method is more effective for study of English. This method has three elements and helpful to student to study a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Sawafuqi Muchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Akesu Diqu — Aksu? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Reflecting on unit three really made me think about how many different types of teaching methods there are, and how many ways I can use these methods. Each method is made to help the students learn in an effective way. This unit also brought to light the way in which corrections are accurately made. I fully hope to use the ESA method in my future...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Bayinguoleng-menggu-zizhizhou? Are you interested in teaching English in Bayinguoleng-menggu-zizhizhou? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| This unit was interesting as I learned some new methodologies of teaching as well as brushing up on some I had known already The contents of this unit include the methods of teaching a foreign language, the ESA (Engage, Study, Activate) method in depth,...  [Read more]

Anastasiya Akpinar Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Do you remember the frustration you have experienced after education moved went online? While it may have been a disaster initially, most teachers have now adapted to the new streams of the educational process. Some even say distance learning is better for everyone. One of the most popular approaches to teaching is the ESA method, and in this blog post, we will discover how to use the ESA teaching method for online English lessons. After online education has become a routine part of teachers' lives, many still have problems with planning fun and productive online lessons. To let students take part in the process equally is a challenge for all English teachers, especially when teaching English online. So, where to start and how to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Akesu-diqu-aksu? Are you interested in teaching English in Akesu-diqu-aksu? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| This unit focused on different theories, methods and techniques for teaching EFL In this unit I have learnt the different types of methods that can be used while teaching English This unit was amazingly impressive to me because my major was about English and not teaching This unit...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Barunhaermodun Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Bayinguoleng Menggu Zizhizhou —? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I really like this unit because it gave me a overview of all the methods used in a classrom, but also showing me the best method used by most teachers. I feel like it is important to know all methods because I can use those methods depending on the lesson. The difference between mistakes and errors was also interesting to learn. I...  [Read more]