
In this short video, you will see and hear different teachers talk about their experiences as a teacher and their views on Vietnamese students and Ho Chi Minh City. You will be getting firsthand information about life as an English teacher abroad.
In this short video, you will see and hear different teachers talk about their experiences as a teacher and their views on Thai students Bangkok. You will be getting firsthand information about life as an English teacher abroad.
Explore how ESL learners vary by age and proficiency, from zero to six, and how to tailor lessons to diverse learning styles and Gardner's multiple intelligences through readiness assessments.
Explore the basic principles and procedures of widely used TEFL methods for teaching a foreign or second language, and see how grammar-translation, TPR, and ESA enable active classroom management.
In this section, you'll find three videos of a teacher who teaches English online through Skype. She's informal but explains grammar points well.
Another Skype session: adverbs of manner
The second conditional explained via Skype.
Explore nine guidelines for teaching vocabulary that connect prior knowledge, metacognitive knowledge, and strategies for knowing and learning words, with engaging activities across the curriculum to build independent word mastery.
Explore suprasegmental features crucial to teaching pronunciation, including content and structure word stress, syllable and sentence stress, and how intonation shapes meaning and intelligibility.
Master pronunciation by practicing S and Z sounds with a partner, using a handout, warm-ups, tongue-twister drills, and dynamic pair activities that identify voiced versus unvoiced sounds.
Learn to handle errors in language learning by distinguishing errors, mistakes, and attempts, identify causes like L1 interference, and apply timely, useful feedback across productive, lexical, and phonological areas.
This course is for anyone who is interested in starting a career as an English teacher. At the end of the course, you will have all the skills necessary to plan lessons, and to teach real students.
The course has a structured curriculum consisting of video lectures, articles, and an abundance of real-world examples. During the course, you will be tested after each topic with multiple choice quizzes and assignments.
A comprehensive grammar course is included to refresh what you have previously learned.