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Teach English in Dongxia Zhen - Xining Shi

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dongxia Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xining Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language.

The past two weeks while learning the TEFL course has given me a more well rounded perspective on what it takes to be a great teacher. It has taught me how to be effective in the classroom using different teaching techniques such as the boomerang and straight arrow methods. Ive also learnt how to use different tests like the diagnostics test that can help assist me in learning where my students are before the course starts. Another test would also be a progressive test, that helps aid me in seeing if my students are retaining the information that they have just been studying. All in all, this course has helped me achieve becoming a more well rounded teacher. I am a retired professional soccer player, so my teaching experience hasn't come in a "normal" classroom environment, I have been lucky enough to teach soccer to young children across the world like countries such as Canada, USA, Mexico, as well as parts of Europe. While being a coach isn't a typical teacher/classroom situation, I am responsible for the building blocks of the children outside of the school system. I believe this has given me a different approach than what a usual teacher would take. From my previous teaching experiences, I've learnt I need to keep the teacher/coaching authority while being clear and concise about the direction of the class or session. During this time Ive been able to practice managing time and efficiency for the sessions in order to be effective and benefit my players for the upcoming match. Coaching soccer has allowed me to make mistakes and learn from them on how to create a proper effective practice, for example: Kids aged 5-7 need to be busy all the time, while having fun with each activity in order for me to keep them interested and retain their attention. On the other hand kids aged 15-16, can have more of a strategic training session where I can stop them and explain on how to execute the session properly. At the end of the day the most important thing for me is that the students want to be there and are having fun! If my students are not looking forward to being in class or practice they will not want to learn, not be as focused and open to learning new information. My goal personally, is to be the best possible version of myself and help others learn to be the best they can be as well. I feel like teaching others online would be a great start for me in becoming a best version of myself and it will allow me an amazing steeping stone to jump into the teaching world aside from sports and coaching. My experience with this TEFL course has been an amazing journey, It has made me reflect on who I am, not only as a teacher but as a human being. I have been able to look back on my past experiences in life and have been lucky enough to see what certain moments have pushed me in the direction of teaching other people english. This course has given me the tools to use in becoming a successful, positive teacher in order to help my students achieve success in their education inside the classroom as well as outside of the classroom.


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