TEFL Reviews

The main thing I learned from this unit was the difference between past perfect and past perfect continuous...

I have learned about pronunciation and phonology...

This lesson gave us an overview of popular teaching methods including grammar-translation, audio-lingualism, PPP, task-based learning, communicative language teaching, community language learning, the silent way, suggestopaedia,the lexical approach and ESA...

This unit shows that even native English speakers can have trouble with the English language...

Lesson planning is not mandatory for teachers but it is necessary for inexperienced teachers as it helps them to be flexible and be able to deal with unforeseen problems that may arise during the course of their teaching...

Chapter 13 discussed the importance of teaching phonology and pronunciation...

Teaching new language requires the careful thought of many aspects and methodologies...

This unit presents information on what an instructor needs to know and consider prior to and when he/she introduces new vocabulary, grammatical structures, and language functions...

Unit 14 described the use of coursebooks and lesson materials, demonstrating the differences between authentic materials and created materials...

This unit went over how to teach special groups, including young learners, adult learners, companies, and learners from all different backgrounds in one room...

The introduction of the main teaching technics such as Grammar - translation; Audio - lingualism; Presentation, Practice and Production; Task - Based; Communicative language teaching; Community language learning; The silent way; Suggestopaedia; The lexical approach...

This unit concentrated on the importance of speaking and writing for ESL learners and teachers...

The topic of Unit 19 was the various types of special groups a teacher can encounter...

Unit 8 Describes the different types of future tenses, and when it is appropriate to use them...

The unit \"Conditionals and reported speech\" started with conditionals which consist of two clause, the \"if\" clause and the main clause...

Unit thirteen was about teaching pronunciation and phonology...

This unit went over how to teach students from different groups, other than what has previously been discussed in former lessons, for example, teaching to business English students, individuals, small children who are beginning learners and also multi-lingual classes where the students do not all speak the same native language...

The process of teaching - learning depends upon the different type of equipment available in the classroom...

The future tense system is quite complex...

Firstly, in all of the grammar points that mentioned in TEFL course, I think Model Verb is relevantly the easier one to digest for students compare to the Conditions...

This unit deals with the books and materials a teacher can use when teaching the elementary and intermediate students,and the benefits and disadvantages of depending too much on course books...

The two video lessons were totally different in how the teacher taught the students regarding behaviour, response, mood, etc...

This chapter focuses on various aspects of classroom management, including the teacher's physical presence, how to group students, appropriate classroom arrangements, establishing rapport, how to maintain discipline as well as when to deliver individual attention...

This unit was very helpful in the aspect of building the students confidence...

This unit focuses on class management...

The main thing I learned from this unit was the difference between past perfect and past perfect continous...

Future tenses tell the listeners when the action is to be carried out in combination with other verbs...

This unit mainly concentrates on conditional sentences and reported speech...

I took note of the confusions that may arise with future tenses as I completed the right unit...

Unit 15, Testing and Evaluating Students, deals with various levels and types of testing...

Lesson plan preparation is essential particularly for new teachers as it can serve as a guide for the general direction of the lesson, and allows the teacher to anticipate and think of solutions for problems that may arise...

SIMPLE FUTURE The action will happen in the future...

Reading and listening are extremely important skills when it comes to learning a new language...

This unit on conditional statements and reported speech was enlightening, but also pointed out that there are a lot of potential pitfalls for students especially when it comes to the challenge of understanding which verb tense to use for various conditional meanings...

In this Unit I have learned that there are 3 ways to assess students language level, they are through Tutorials, Evaluation by the students and by Testing...

In this unit, I learned some of the most common problem situations that teachers can encounter in the classroom and the suggest ways of dealing with them...

In this very interesting unit I learned that teaching pronunciation is about more than just talking, and that it is often under-taught or lacking in ESL lessons...

There are four basic skills in any language that is, receptive skills, reading and listening skills, productive skills plus speaking and writing skills...

I felt that in this unit of the course I have learnt the most about grammar...

Unit 18 covered the topics of modal auxiliary verbs, passive voice, relative clauses and phrasal verbs...