TEFL Videos - TESOL TEFL Reviews - Video Testimonial - Anna

Within this unit, I learned about the different levels to both teachers and learners. For teachers, I learned different methods to approach students to motivate learning. As far as the learners go, I learned the breakdown of different levels in not only age, but skill level. This lesson was a great introduction to the breakdown of the basics of teaching English to a wide variety of people, both in age and in skill level. I found this unit very useful in understanding the various roles that a teacher will take on in the classroom. I think it will come of great use to incorporate all of the potential roles as a teacher to keep the lessons both informative and interesting. It will also help me in the future to be able to access different levels of competence of different students so that the fast learners don't stagnate and get bored, while still helping struggling students to learn effectively at their pace and level. This unit was a very basic and broad unit. I gained a better understanding of how to have better body language as well to involve myself with the students personally. I will also remember to take the time to not only join set activities, but also to step a side once in a while so I can observe and record the progress that the students are developing. Age differences and how each category learns differently shocked me the most. I will keep this in mind for future lectures. I have always believed that motivation is key because if the professor/teacher is not motivated then neither will the students. I have learned this from experience in multiple subjects and this unit has confirmed my hypothesis.