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I decided to complete TEFL course nearly a month ago. But before telling about reasons why I took this decision I would like to tell some facts about myself. My name is Julia, I was born in Kyiv, Ukraine and had been living there for all my life – now I’m 35. I had very successful career in marketing working for a big international company. But once I realized the job takes all my time and efforts and I felt very exhausted and unhappy. So I quitted my job and started to travel: Georgia, Italy, Spain, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore. Now I live in Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam. Learning English is extremely popular in Asian countries. The demand is so big and level of salary is rather high – so many foreigners make this job with a great pleasure. Teachers of English as a second language get lots of advantages – the main one as for me is interesting and challenging job you can plan by yourself: where you want to live, how many hours to work, online or offline and many other options. This job is also very important to society – speaking foreign language gives opportunity to communicate with people from other countries, feel free and confident while travelling, to find well-paid job. English is one of the most widely speaking language in the world, so person speaking English broadens his/her communication opportunities greatly. For sure most of the schools prefer to sign contract with teachers from English speaking countries, but still there are vacancies for non-native speakers. In this case getting TEFL certificate is really important. To be honest I thought it would be quit formal and easy for me because my first education was “Foreign languages” and I had 2 years’ experience of teaching English in Ukraine. In fact, it was really useful. I really liked ESA methodology, for sure it’s perfect way to teach and motivate students. It was also very helpful to summarize knowledge about teaching different skills and what is the main – how to teach students in English without using their native language. So I’m absolutely satisfied and would strongly recommend other people who want to work as ESA teachers to study and get TEFL certificate. For being a really good teacher knowing language is not enough – you should know how to give your knowledge to other people in simple and engaging manner, motivate and involve them in study process. It’s not only about speaking and explaining – but mainly about making your students motivated and confident to use the language. And when you achieve this result it’s a great pleasure. Actually this is the best I've learned at ITTT course. Here you get basic knowledge and then you should improve it every day in your work: be creative, search for new ideas, get feedback from the students and analyze what can be improved in your work. This process never stops and that’s amazing. “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires” William A. Ward. Thanks for great experience!
