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Chicago

In Unit 5 I feel I got a good overview of classroom dynamics. In particular it made me think about the classroom settings I had growing up- why the teacher would sit down at certain times, stand at ot

Chicago Heights

It was good to be reminded that a teacher doesn't primarily have to be a disciplinarian. Setting a relaxed atmosphere, giving as well as expecting respect and how to use your voice and body positionin

Chillicothe

Unit 15 was all about different forms of evaluations and testings. It's important to know which kinds of tests are necessary to evaluate student's skill levels at the beginning of a course. If you sta

Chrisman

This unit was very useful! I've learned about how to write a lesson plan and why, that writing of lesson plans has a number of functions. It was also useful to know what is worth to be done before the

Christopher

Speaking and writing skills help the students to communicate and they are called productive skills. It is important not to forget to pay attention to writing during the lessons, as this skill is often

Clinton

There are 5 types of conditionals in English: zero conditional - to state commonly known facts, first conditional - for talking about possible situations in the future, second conditional - for talkin

Coffeen

This unit focused on pronunciation and phonology (ie the study of the sounds of words). The section on pronunciation dealt with the three areas of stress, rhythm and intonation. It was interesting to

Colchester

After reading unit 15, I gained some good insight on testing and evaluation. I found the "Evaluation by Students" section interesting because this type of evaluation promotes an awareness for both the

Collinsville

There are four basic skills in a language. Receptive skills (reading and listening) and productive skills (speaking and writing). There are two main reasons for reading and listening. For purpose and

Colona

After reading through unit 6, I realized how tricky tenses can be, especially to foreigners, and I remembered about learning these tense forms when I was younger. Though they are quite different, I wa

Columbia

There are different ways to assess the students language levels. By tutorials, evaluation by the students and tests. There are different tests to be given throughout the course. Placement tests at the

Country Club Hills

this unit is about productive skills :speaking and writing. Thpugh they are different, both are used for communication. Teachers need to motivate students and make them to seee the importance of produ

Countryside

It would be satisfying for a student to learn all the four basic skills of communication which play equally important role. Speaking and writing are both incredibly important skills in communication.

Creal Springs

Teaching receptive skills such as reading and listening is important for the success of ESL students. People read and listen either for a purpose, or for entertainment, and the keys to teaching in the

Crest Hill

This unit is about the role of the teacher and learner,and also their relationship . In my opinion ,learning happen if the teacher and student fallow the rules and enjoy the learning process in all le

Crystal Lake

Speaking and writing are productive skills that all students of the English language need to succeed. As teachers, it is important to create a comfortable classroom environment where students feel at

Cuba

This was a very interesting unit in which I discovered the advantages and disadvantages regarding the use of course material including authentic and created material. As a language student myself in F

Dallas City

This unit was helpful in that it laid out the dos and don'ts of teaching special groups of students or individuals rather than groups of adults. These groups may include beginners, individual students

Danville

The differences between the teacher's attitude between Lesson One and Lesson two greatly affected the students' ability to engage in the lesson. In the first video he was negative, spoke too quickly,

Darien

Being a good teacher requires not only good language skills but also profound knowledge in psychology and communication skills. If a teacher is motivating students, encouraging them to do their best,

Decatur

Students normally focus on Speaking and Listening more than Writing and Reading and it may seems better for them to communicate with foreigners. But can not deny that without Writing and Reading there

DeKalb

In this unit,I learned that experienced teachers will use different solutions when facing different situations.For example,if the classes are new,teachers must establish rapport with the students and

Delavan

Unit 10 had an interesting twist with the videos. It was neat to see, nearly immediately, how the teacher in video 1 wasn't using any of the previous unit lessons' methods for teaching. For me that de

Des Plaines

In this unit I learned how to writing and speaking skills are taught in lessons in the classroom. The unit also described the importance and value of writing and speaking as they are productive skills

Dixon

From Unit 7 I've learned about the behind the scenes work done by teachers in choosing vocabulary words to work on. It's interesting looking back and thinking about what teachers have done for me in t

Du Quoin

In this unit, I learned a lot. It was useful to learn how to deal with groups or individuals with specific needs. So for example, I did not know earlier that at the beginners stage their are divisions

Earlville

To be honest, I love this unit, not only because there are a lot of useful tips and clues offered by this unit regarding modals, passive voice, and phrasal verbs, but also because phrasal verbs and mo

East Dubuque

This final unit discussed the issues that may arise when teaching students English. This unit is important as it is a useful aid for teachers who have not had the opportunity to teach before and may n

East Moline

The unit about how to teach vocabulary, grammar, and functions discussed what students need to know about language. As teachers it is vital that we know what is relevant for students to be learning ba

East Peoria

This unit totally talk about the most popular methodologies in EFL teaching. But, actually which methods and techniques are the best and produce the best results, has been debated. This unit gives us

East St. Louis

according to this unit we have two different types of skills-receptive skills-reading and listening,and productive skills-speaking and writing.this unit focuses on the receotive skills. we have differ

Edwardsville

To be a good teacher it is important to be able not just to speak the language but also to understand its structure. A teacher should be able to explain the language system to the students, so that th

Effingham

These two videos clearly demonstrate the huge difference between poorly prepared lesson and a well-prepared lesson. First of all, the teacher's attitude obviously affects the level of participation. T

El Paso

In this unit we learned about the Present tense and its four aspects-simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous. We learned the proper form of each aspect, how to write the affirmative and ne

Eldorado

After watching videos from Unit 10 I have seen an examples of how provide students with good or bad type of lesson. In the first video I saw teacher being don’t care in what is going in the classroo

Elgin

Teaching correct pronunciation and intonation is often neglected, but it's importance can hardly be overestimated: in case of good pronunciation and intonation but lack of grammar one can be understoo

Elmhurst

To have an interesting teaching class we have to have many good teaching aids or teaching equipment like board, CD players, video camera, and many others. So we can make lesson planning on paper and l

Elmwood

I thought that the last couple of pages and sections of the unit offered a lot of useful websites and links that I most definitely plan to use in the future. It also gave me some creative ideas on ho

Eureka

Placement tests are very important to make sure that students are "placed" in the right level of English instruction otherwise they might either find themselves lost or bored. Including reading, writi

Evanston

I never realize how complex the future tense is. It is quite crazy how can you use a language without knowing so many things about it. Again, I wonder which will be the best way to teach these grammat

Fairbury

The attributes of a good teacher are extremely important. One should not only love to teach but work to understand their students' skill levels and motivations and teach accordingly. Each situation wi

Fairfield

This unit talked about using course books and lesson materials which can be those already produced by a company or those which can be designed by a person teaching the course. Most courses would use a

Fairview Heights

Phonology and phonetics are really important to pronunciation. To speak English properly, articulation and phonology should be learned as well. Intonation and stress is very crucial to articulate in E

Farmer City

Unit 14 focused on the course book and lesson materials aspect of teaching. It highlighted the two different categories of materials, authentic or created. Authentic materials are those used in the na

Farmington

This unit got me thinking about the types of needs and teaching opportunities. It was quite informative on how children can differ from adults. I also got to thinking about business English classes

Flora

There are seven ways (tenses) to express a future meaning in the English language: Future Simple, Future Continuous, Future Perfect, Future Perfect Continuous, Present Simple, Present Continuous and '

Freeport

In this unit I was provided with two very good examples of a good and a bad lesson. First-hand teaching examples helped me to focus on the ESA method. Now I understand that a clear explanation of the

Fulton

Some great equipment and teaching aids suggested and discussed in this unit and many online resources made available. The list of online literature: books, poems, dictionaries is marvelous. Various te

Galena

When I first started working as a teacher I was amazed by the idea that test was not just to evaluate the student in a judgmental way, but to inform teaching and learning. Assessment as a learning too

Galesburg

The tenses in English were introduced, along with four aspects.This unit examines the structure and use of the four present tenses, Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect and Present Perf