Bringing the World Closer

YOUR FIRST ASSIGNMENT!

Hello everyone!

Congratulations on completing your first task: successfully logging in to www.myteachinghouse.com.

I have a few more tasks for you to complete—it may take about an hour or two. Please read the instructions below and complete it before next Monday.

Directions: All written answers must be posted on this thread (First Assignment) within the discussion forum in your course group. Since there are many of you, it's important to post only on this thread (click "Reply to This" at the bottom) so that we can keep the forum from getting full and messy-looking. However, if you have any other comments or questions you are welcome to start a new thread.

1. If you haven’t already, edit your profile with your current location, status and photo.

2. Browse through our international directory of English language schools (hover over "RESOURCES" in the toolbar at the top of the page and click "SCHOOL DIRECTORY" ). Post the name of a school that you think you might be interested in applying to after the course, and (briefly) why you liked that school.

3. Go to Course Forms page and find a word from one of the glossaries that you do not know.

4. Post one idea or recommendation for MyTeachingHouse.com.

5. Post a personal goal related to taking our Teaching House CELTA course.

6. Post a comment about someone else’s comments, for example, “Lizzy, I agree with your comment about the job listings section…” or “Abby, I saw that you wanted to work in Paris. I was thinking about that myself—is it hard to find work in France?” If you're one of the first people to post, come back later with a comment after your peers have caught up.

Good luck and keep coming back to our site!

You can email me at iulia@ihboston.com if you have any questions.

See you all soon!

Iulia

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Jennifer Cortright on February 5, 2012 at 9:08pm

I would personally be interested in applying to work with Berlitz Language Center - I have studied with Berlitz before and liked their methodology and strict immersion rules. They also have a large amount of centers around the world with many opportunities to transfer between centers.

I would also apply to the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center as I have a deep interest in Chinese culture and would late be interested in working in China and believe this would be a good way to prepare myself.

Permalink Reply by Jennifer Cortright on February 5, 2012 at 9:11pm

Personal goal: obtain effective teaching methods that are student focused whilst increasing my knowledge on English grammar; advancing organizational and lesson planning skills.