TEFL Reviews

Definitely a doozy of a unit with complexity...

This unit went over the numerous pieces of equipment and teaching aids available to ESL teachers...

This unit has been a great insight on how testing works, i found it valuable to learn about how we can test our classes to review what the students have learnt throughout the duration of the course...

Unit 19 focused on teaching to special groups such as children and business professionals...

In this unit, I get clear concepts on what good personalities a good teacher have, how a good teacher teaches in a classroom...

Unit 8: Teaching Productive Skills is a very interesting lesson...

Watching the videos in this unit was a useful experience to see the material I have learned about in action, and also to see the difference the teacher's attitude can have on the class...

In the era of video lectures and interactive experiences, decent recording equipment has become an indispensable tool for the modern teacher or instructional designer...

Currently, in my lesson planning experiences, I just jot down the list of activities/materials needed for the lesson...

This unit has helped define in general the various roles of a good teacher as well as the traits of a good learner...

Unit 8 rounds out the tense structure of the English language with future tense, having previously explored present and past tenses...

Like receptive skills, productive skills are essential for a fluent and broad understanding of the English language...

This unit focused on teachers (their roles and characteristics) and learners (their roles and characteristics)...

Lesson planning is a way for the teacher to organise their thoughts or approach to a particular topic...

There is a lot of posible variability in the relationships between a teacher and their students, the teaching style, learning style and the students intention from a language course...

Formation of a teacher!! This unit tells us that how a good teacher is formed!! To study and do a specialization in one or more subject is not only important for teacher but also the proper way of teaching and guiding students matters equally!!A teacher have to be an helper a supporter or all rounder to help students!! A role of teacher should be like the mothers !! Yes a teacher have to be like mothers and friends and then she can make successful teaching!! To be a good knowledge able teacher is not enough to make a strong base of studies and positive manners are important!! Teacher can't feed all the data or contents of the course in students mind she have to produce a such a way for learners that they enjoy learning and be a successful learner!!...

In this unit, we discussed the importance of reading, listening, speaking, and writing...

Jeremy Harmer`s ESA style is tried and proven and in my personal experience, it was also very different and helpful...

In a 21st century classroom,the growing diversity of students requires teachers to be able to take on different roles in order to meet different needs and support individual student's learning...

This unit was similar to the previous grammar topics covering the present and past tenses...

Unit 10 explores 2 real life scenarios of a teacher in a live classroom...

A teacher needs to be prepared all the time, and a lesson planning helps teacher's preparedness...

Lesson planning is necessary for a teacher in order to be prepared for their class...

This unit covered the basics of classroom management, including the use of body language and voice, the pros and cons of different class word groupings, classroom arrangement, teacher and student talk tine, how to give instructions, establishing rapport, and maintaining discipline...

In this unit, I watched two lessons completed by the same teachers with the same students, but with different teaching methods...

A good teacher motivates their students to learn, good teachers are lively and actively involved with lessons but most of all care about the students...

The material of Unit 8 brought back to attention the tenses, specifically the future tenses...

In this unit I learned about the relationship between teachers and learners...

This unit has taught me different ways to use tools and equipment...

This final unit contained information about cultural issues, finding employment, creating a CV & cover letter as well as EFL web info/references...

Unit 13 was by far the hardest unit to study...

Communication takes on many forms and significance, and because successful, clear communication is the ultimate goal in the ESL classroom, writing and speaking skills become the focus...

After reading this unit, I have a clearer idea of the different roles a language teacher can choose from...

This unit specifies general learning patterns and theories (maturation, environmental, constructive and others), as well as explains language learning/acquisition process, student levels/knowledge, as well as reminds about the teaching methods (ESA, Boomerang and others)...

This unit gives an exhaustive account of methodologies on English language teaching...

Unit 7 focused on teaching receptive skills...

For this unit, I think the most useful section was the multiply-pronged approaches to teaching vocabulary or grammatical structures...

The unit 17 is a general info and guide on the teaching aids and equipment which is often uses in the classrooms...

This unit gave an overview of many examples of modal verbs and the various ways they are used...

In this unit, we were presented with the last lesson regarding grammar of this course, this doesn't mean we cover the entire English grammar but the basics we will need to teach to our students...