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by A BBB W e d De c 12, 2012 2:24 pm

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Also what topics will I be teaching, if you have done the course what did you or your group
members teach. If you could also give me a list of things I maybe teaching so I can revise
them before I start.
Thank you
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by Susan Mon De c 17, 2012 8:22 pm

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If you have never taught before, you could also look into how to present language to
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Good luck!
Susan

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by Susan W e d De c 19, 2012 9:48 am
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before I start, if anyone can give me some
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how to present language is a topic, and quite an extensive one, on most TEFL courses.
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by Denglish Thu De c 20, 2012 3:16 pm

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just finished the Cert TESOl in Oxford. Get yourself a short teaching practice of 3
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ready for your first couple of days of the course. You will probably have to give an
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ice breaker to show you can stand up in front of the class without falling to pieces. I
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won't have to be English grammar related. There are so many things to learn as
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far as grammar is concerned. Also look at englishgrammarsecrets.com. The website has

some good basics to get your grey matter working. Prepare to make your own learning
material for your lessons. Get some good scissors, pens, pencils and craft paper and a
cutting board and slide cutter attachment. These cost about 5.00 in the UK (The Works)
or the equivalent where you come from. Start preping stuff now. If, like me, you are doing
a 4 week intensive course, it will save you so much time. You will have to do a learner
profile of a foreign student. Get hold of a copy of "Learner English" by Michael Swan. It
covers most language issues of the majority of those nationals that may be in your
parameter of use. This will also help if you have to, like me, learn a foreign language for a
few periods. Also get hold of "Practical English Usage" by Michael Swan and "Learning
Teaching" by Jim Scrivener. Get hold of a free copy of Pho TransEdit. It is a phonemic
translator. I did all my own donkey work before I found this program. Do not use it for
everything though. You need to understand the phonemic chart and IPA in general. This is
only good for the likes of your Learner Profile Assignment. Get a good skype headset and
get to know a few teachers who may be able to give you real time advice if you get stuck.
But Please! Please! do your own work and do not plagiarise. You will learn better by doing
all your own work. take and use advice, dont let it run your course. . Get some decent
board markers. Get some old magazines and newspapers. You will definitely need a laptop
or desktop and CDs to burn and a data stick. (Top tip. If you are using Interactive white
boards at your location of study, find out what windows and office they work on. Mine was
newer and I had to doctor all my prepared lessons, losing effect through the age of the
programmes the school used). Due to my background I had the logistic support to have my
printer with me as well and was able to do all my own lesson plans, work and assignments
without using the schools' systems, or half my stuff going missing from the printer, or it
forever running out of toner or paper in the middle of a print. There is however one thing
that will make or break your time on your course. It is a sense of humour. If you do not
have one, get one. If you have one, use it and instill it into your teaching. Boring lessons
are a nightmare. A happy student is an alert student. As it happens I have been a militaty
instructor for over 25 years and so teaching came easy. My grammar let me down so check
out the books, check out the sites. Pick a topic and learn till it sits and then pick another.
That way you will save time and effort, and have a bit more free time. I wish you the best
of luck and hope you enjoy the experience. I did. A lot of the things I have explained were
never explained to me beforehand and I think this should be given out as a pre course
package. If you need any more advice please PM me and I will be glad to help.
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by A BBB Sat De c 22, 2012 3:08 pm

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you everyone who has commented especially Denglish for your detailed response I
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by hkenglishtutor Sat Fe b 09, 2013 1:59 am

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Myn advice is: Don't give up!
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courses can be very demanding and tiring. Since you are dealing with people a lot of
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emotions
are involved. Trainers can sometimes be very direct in their comments so be
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to feel a little upset now and then. Think of "The Apprentice" in a classroom
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setting.
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Location: Hong Kong
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The best reward is seeing the smiles on the faces of your students when your lesson
works!
Good luck - and if you are ever in Hong Kong look us up - we always need native English
teachers :)
Ian
http://www.hkenglishtutors.com (http://www.hkenglishtutors.com)
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