IF I WAS vs IF I WERE - English Grammar - Teaching Tips
This video covers the difference between 'If I were' and 'If I was' as their usage is often confused. 'If I was' is used for things that could have happened in the past or now, for example: If I was rude, I apologize. 'If I were', however, is used when we speak about imaginary situations or things that are contrary to fact, such as here: If I were a dog, I would sleep all day.
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 currently work with adults. This section brought home some of the techniques I’ve used but also a look at what I should do differently for students who are not on the same level. Teaching in groups and especially students of different capacities sounds like a tricky area to implementIn this unit I learned the two different receptive skills and how important both of them in their own ways are. I learned the ESA way to teach the students. I learned the different ways we read different context. This unit taught me to be carefull of selecting text for the level of english.Being a good teacher takes time and patience but also effort and a lot of hard work. Either you decide to be a manager type or a prompter type, you always have to focus and help your students. Through your way of teaching, they will learn or not. So improving at all levels is always a plus.
