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Rippey
Unit 1 talks about the roles both teachers and students play in the classroom. I learned that as a teacher, your personality helps in students learning, but more importantly, it's the relationship tha
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Riverdale
It is very important for us to know the target of students we are teaching to. It is not the same to teach adults to young learners and our duty as teachers is to adapt in the know how to deal with
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Riverside
Lesson planning is important to good instruction. It does not have to be very detailed, but it needs to give a good idea of where the lesson is going, what is needed for the lesson, and what outcomes
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Riverton
Course books and other materials used for lessons were the focus of this unit and the advantages and disadvantages of using authentic materials like newspapers and magazines and objects a native of t
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Robins
Unit 7 gives us an overview of the vocabulary, grammar, and functions of the language. I wholeheartedly agree on this chapter’s idea of balancing grammar and function. In order to create an effectiv
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Rock Falls
This unit has a major emphasis on phontics, the thoery behind this idiology is quite complex and certian took a lot of read throughs. Reading the phonetic script is not an important factor when it com
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Rock Rapids
This unit lists many teaching aids which are very useful. Especially the website resources. It also gives out the tips when teachers are using these aids and advantages and disadvantages of them. With
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Rock Valley
Unit Fourteen has provided me with a great number of resources for the created materials. It also filled me in on what to look for in a course book, which could prove to be beneficial, should I be res
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Rockford
From this unit i have learnt, that all skills, receptive and productive are equally important, and teacher should try to incorporate all of them into the lesson. For me extremely useful was the part,
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Rockwell
In this unit I leaned about the some advantages and disadvantages of authentic and created materials. The authentic material is generally more interesting and can motive the student because it is real
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Rockwell City
Past tenses give the listening or reader the understanding of exactly when in the past an event took place, if it is still continuing after starting in the past and if the event is unknown to be conti
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Rodman
In this chapter, descriptions of the type of materials that can be used in the EFL classroom are given. Plus, advantages and disadvantages of each are described. Another aspect of the unit is an met
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Rodney
This unit teaches the different parts of grammar that we use in a sentence. Is important that we know what we use and why we use certain words in our daily life. I learned to identify the verbs, to co
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Roland
Uni 9 taught me the importance of having a lesson plan before class, how to structure it and how much to rely on the plan during class. I learned that not having a lesson plan at all and sticking rigi
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Rolfe
From this unit i learned something like that "If/when + present tense, present tense" can be used to represent the ZERO conditional, "If + present tense, will" can be used to represent the FIRST condi
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Rome
In this unit, I have known that teaching a new language includes teaching vocabulary and grammar which are so necessary for students to start a new language. But how to select vocabulary depends on wh
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Rose Hill
In this Unit I have learned that a successful teacher is a melting pot of behaviors. She should be charismatic,enthusiastic and motivated while incorporating sensitivity and attention to detail (such
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Rossie
What i have learned from this unit after watching the 2 types of teaching examples are teacher really need to have the right attitude as soon as he/she steps inside the classroom. the way a teacher sm
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Rowan
In this unit we study the role of coursebooks and lesson materials with its advantages and disadvantages. There are many different coursebooks and lesson materials in English teaching so it is very im
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Rowley
Grammar, the 8 parts of speech, is very logical as the beginning of the unit reminds its readers. My career has been in math. I have frequently made the connection with English teachers of the mathema
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Royal
Helping verbs or auxiliary verbs such as will, shall, may, might, can, could, must, ought to, should, would, used to, need are used in conjunction with main verbs to express shades of time and mood. T
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Rudd
Given that people of all ages and walks of life look to learn new languages everyday, there is a need to be able to identify where your class fits in. From small children to grown adults there are mul
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Runnells
This unit looks at the practical ESA lesson. It shows that the attitude a teacher enters the class with goes a long way in determining the students' performances. It also shows that some cordial attit
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Russell
Unit 9 discusses the idea of lesson planning and whether it is a good or bad idea. When I first started out teaching and being in the education field I believed lesson plans were unnecessary and time
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Ruthven
The different roles and aspects of being a teacher and in which way to practice these to all the different levels and types of learners. Being able to distinguish the level of a student and to adapt t
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Rutland
This section covers the present tense. Tense means place in time, which is something I never knew until this moment though it seems rather obvious now. Each tense has four forms; this is a vastly diff
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Ryan
Some of the resources listed in this unit are a bit dated. So much can be found on the internet these days that many resources are not needed if the instructor has a computer with internet access. Vid
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Sabula
In this unit, two videos were presented, one a poorly executed lesson and the other a well executed, level appropriate lesson. The first video was the poorly executed lesson. The teacher arrives late,
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Sac City
What I have learned in this unit 13, Teaching pronunciation and phonology. Pronunciation is probably the most ignored aspect of English language teaching. Because native English speaker even find it d
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Sageville
This unit explains the main verb tenses used in the English language, the grammatical structures and the common errors/mistakes made by the students.It also shows in detail how to use the "Activate" p
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Salem
Reading and listening are both challenging exercises for students .This unit helps us to resolve this problem in class teaching these two receptive skills with what has been developed here .The word s
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Salix
As mentioned in this unit, I also believe that reading is as important as listening; but of course we should know how to listen well first. If we know how to listen carefully, it will be easier for us
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Sanborn
I learnt from this unit that the students participate effectively in the second lesson.Confused and intimidated are the most accurately describes the students in the first lesson.The teacher has a pos
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Sandyville
In this lesson I learned which 4 are the basic skills of any language, as well as their categorization on receptive skills (reading and listening) and productive skills (speaking and writing). I learn
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Scarville
I enjoyed this unit a lot. I have wondered about teaching English one-on-one or teaching business English. After this unit, I feel more secure about the future possibility of doing so. I liked how the
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Schaller
I learnt about how pronunciation is one of the more neglected aspects of English language teaching but also how it is considered very difficult by the students. Pronunciation affects the meaning of th
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Schleswig
Understanding of the vital importance of productive skills and implementation of accuracy and fluency activities in study of English inside the classroom. keeping the class motivated and interested is
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Scott
This unit clearly laid out the different rolls a teacher will play within the classroom, as well as example qualities of a good teacher and good students. It also gave an overview of stages of English
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Scranton
In Unit 16 I learned the about Conditionals and reported speech *Conditionals are sentences containing "if" which refer to past, present and future possibilities *There are five main conditionals - Ze
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Searsboro
There are 4 types of basic skills in all languages. They are as follows; Receptive Skills - reading and listening, and Productive Skills - speaking and writing. All are important and all should someho
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Sergeant Bluff
This unit was about modal verbs, their functions, usage and form in present and past tense. We also learnt about relative clauses - defining or non-defining that somehow give information about the sub
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Seymour
I fount this unit really quite difficult. I can see why some teachers do not want to teach pronounciation. Although I think Is is a valuable piece of learning . I am learning Italian at the moment an
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Shambaugh
In Unit 18 I learned about Modals, Phrasal verbs and passive voice Basic Rules - Modals are: can, could, may , might , shall, should, must, have to, got to, need to. These are used before other verbs
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Shannon City
It's helpful to learn hown to use the model verbs. I deeply understand when to use them through the rules. For example: the model verbs are used before other verbs to add meaning to the main verb and
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Sharpsburg
I believe that this unit has been the most teacher-focused unit so far. Learning about all of the different possible teaching aids that could be used while teaching a lesson has been interesting becau
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Sheffield
Again, just like the last unit, I found this unit extremely useful in not only reminding me of basic grammar, but also to help me think of ways in which I could better teach it to students. Moreover,
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Shelby
This has been the most challenging unit I have found so far, grammar is extremely important.The tables were a great help, given the modal auxiliary verbs, it's tenses and the use. Equally interesting
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Sheldahl
Many teachers have different preferences when it comes to materials in the classroom. Some teachers prefer to create their own material, while others like using a course book. All course books have it
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Sheldon
Unit 9 is about course textbooks and lessons material. As teachers we have access to authentic (real-world)material, and we can create our own. For created material, the Internet provides a wide range
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Shell Rock
this is unit is quite useful to me, as the level goes up, I think grammar takes a more and more important role, especially when it comes to Chinese kids, no matter it's for study overseas or study dom
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