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Why should one complete a Teaching English as a Foreign Language course is the question that will be addressed by using what I have learned taking the ITTT 120 hour course. This summative task answers this question by going into detail about how it can be used to do something worthwhile in your travels, learn a new skill, opens doors and new job opportunities and help to learn a new language. Taking a TEFL course allows you to do something worthwhile on your travels abroad by teaching young people or adults to help better themselves. Instead of just traveling, one can help enrich the future generations by giving them the skills to succeed in a growing English speaking world. This allows the student to build his or her global resume. It is also worthwhile to complete the course as it helps with culture adjustment. Teaching abroad can help with adjusting to a new culture by dealing with the native people directly and allowing you to get comfortable with the country. Completing a TEFL course can also give better insight into learning a new language. The skills that have been acquired in the TEFL course allows for a more in depth approach to learning the new language. The course has taught not only how to teach a new language but it has also taught how people learn a new language. Knowing this, some best working strategies can be identified and allows the learner to grasp the language quickly and with better understanding. A TEFL teacher can begin to understand the language better as it will be heard regularly between students and can create a rapport outside of the classroom to help each other learn. The student may become a teacher, but this should only be done outside the classroom. Many job opportunities open up after completing a TEFL course both domestic and abroad. A TEFL course certificate can be added to a resume to help further one's career and used as a good networking tool. Companies, even ones outside of teaching, like to see skill based certificates on resumes and could help land a better job. Teaching a foreign language builds stronger networking skills because it allows for more diverse communication. Going to a foreign country with a TEFL certificate in hand makes it easier to be hired on the spot instead of interviewing from outside the country. Schools can have a better idea of a candidate’s teaching abilities in a face to face interview and the job hunt can begin as soon as possible upon arrival in a new country. For someone who is not currently in the teaching profession, the TEFL course can benefit many aspects of life in regards to learning a new skill. Teaching is used everyday in virtually everything we do. We are constantly learning, even in the field we have been in for our entire career. Teaching a TEFL course can add insight into the world of teaching and how we can better be better teachers in other professions. There is an italian phrase, often attributed to Michaelangelo, “Ancora Imparo”. Roughly translated it means “Yet, I am learning”. A TEFL course allows for that learning to be translatable to various career paths through the ability to recognize what good teaching is and how to be successful at it. Taking a TEFL course can be time consuming and sometimes strenuous, but in the end worth the time and effort put in to achieve a TEFL certificate. Teaching English as a foreign language helps the student to help better themselves, helps to bridge some language gaps when learning a new language, and allows the student to learn new skills that can benefit many aspects of life.
