Teach English in Luojiaba Zhen - Hanzhong Shi

There are many different reasons why someone might choose to complete a TEFL course. For some it may be to earn a new qualification whilst for others there may be much more to it than that. This short essay will highlight and explain some of the main reasons why people choose to study and complete TEFL courses. Possibly one of the main reasons why people choose to complete a TEFL course is to gain a qualification that will help them to attain a job in a foreign country that they wish to live and work in. Teaching English in their country of choice may not be the only job that is available to them, but it is one of the easiest ways to be able to live in a foreign country. Following Mandarin Chinese and Spanish, English is the most commonly spoken language in the world and out of the three top languages it is the most widely spoken. Being utilised in 106 countries and with over 950 million speakers communicating in English around the world, everybody wants to learn it, and so, learning TEFL and teaching foreign students the language will be helping the world to become a much more globally connected place. Learning TEFL and working abroad is also a great way to be adventurous, experience new cultures, learn new languages and change up the "normal" 9-5 lifestyle. Plus, International experience, whether working or studying abroad is more often than not seen as a plus to employers. Regarding job applications as a teacher of English in a foreign country, there are a certain number of countries where a TEFL certificate will not be needed, whereas in other countries it may be essential that an aspiring teacher holds a TEFL certificate to even think of applying for a job. For example, in specific countries, an English teaching school may wish to see a TEFL certificate with a certain number of hours completed on it, such as a 120 hour TEFL certificate for teaching in Korea. Other countries may place experience above certification as a necessity, and in some cases a country may require the applicant to hold both a TEFL with a certain number of hours as well as a certain period of experience in teaching, for example in Dubai teachers are expected to hold a TEFL certificate as well as a minimum of one year teaching experience in the same grade. In some cases a job which specifies positions for a business English Teacher or an Elementary school English teacher may look for someone who holds a TEFL Teaching Business English or TEFL Teaching English to young learners certificate. Another reason why someone may wish to study a TEFL course is to improve their own way of teaching. If someone is a teacher of English to foreign students already, they might choose to take on a TEFL course as a way to update their knowledge of teaching the language. An English Language teacher with a certain style of teaching might complete a TEFL so that they can broaden the way they teach and add new styles to their teaching form, which in turn, can help vary their lessons in the future. It could be that a one-on-one teacher has acquired a new class which involves multiple students and they would like some insight on how to manage and control such a group, or perhaps it is the other way around, and a classroom teacher finds themselves teaching privately in a one on one lesson. A new teacher who is struggling in their own lessons might take a TEFL course so as to boost their confidence and to enhance the experience they give in the classroom by applying what they learn on the course into the lessons. A TEFL course can provide some new activities, games and ideas on how to focus on specific elements of the english language that a new teacher might not be aware of. A TEFL course can provide an opportunity for a new teacher to go over some of the materials that they may have learnt recently to help them feel more grounded. Some teachers might be extremely good at teaching the Productive skills of speaking and writing but they might not be so great in teaching the receptive skills of reading and listening, in this case it would be good for the teacher to take a TEFL course and to brush up on these skills to make their class lessons more varied and successful. Some people may be a natural at teaching English to foreign learners of the language, but they may struggle with lesson planning, classroom management or seating arrangements; thats where studying and completing a TEFL course can be useful. Overall, studying a TEFL course will help current teachers improve their class dynamics and atmosphere, as well as introduce new skills and practice others that they may already know. There are also people who will choose to study a TEFL just to add to their curriculum vitae or resume in hopes that it may come handy in the future. Maybe they will meet a new foreign friend who wishes to improve their English or perhaps they will find themselves in a situation teaching a foreign student who has moved to an English speaking country without any knowledge of the language, teaching them english will help them to open new doors. Some people who are aspiring to work in a career in education may wish to take on a TEFL course not because they hope to work abroad but because it will help improve their future job prospects at home as a teacher. Although there are many different reasons for completing a TEFL course and a person may have more than one reason for studying TEFL there is one thing can be agreed upon; studying a TEFL course cannot disadvantage but only benefit the holder in acquiring a job, improving their career possibilities or even helping a friend improve their English skills.