Best Teaching Techniques For Adults

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas The capacity for learning is present in people of any age and the desire for education and knowledge should be nurtured and celebrated to the best ability of not only the student but the educator as well. Because education is something that people seek out for the duration of their lives, the role and processes of an educator are incredibly diverse and are many times determined by the specific educational situation. One of the biggest determinations of the teaching processes and style arises when one considers the age of her students. Though a teacher may use songs and games when teaching children, her approach to teaching adults would be very different. Young learners acquire information in different ways than adult learners and it is the teacher’s...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In the past, the emphasis on teaching a foreign language was, amongst other older techniques, Grammar-Translation, and is still used in some situation today. This method helped the student to learn ‘about’ the language instead of learning the language (ITTT Unit 3,3). Over time, and continuing today, more and more attention and research have been placed on the question of what makes a good language learner. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Cliff G. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. There are considerable differences in age, gender, motivation, attitude, and culture. Different students assimilate differently. The environment also plays a roll in learning. Some learn...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gaoqiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ankang 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. There are many differences between the ways that adults and young learners learn English in a foreign country. Adults are usually highly motivated to learn English whereas young learners have not chosen to learn but their school has made the decision. This affects how they learn. Also, young learners have shorter attention spans but usually do not become embarrassed...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in British Columbia? Are you interested in teaching English in Kimberley, British Columbia? Check out our opportunities in Kimberley, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net 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. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! When teaching english, or any subject, teachers have to take into account whether they are teaching young learners or adults. Although there are similarities when teaching either groups, there are...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Taiping Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Aba Zangzu Qiangzu Zizhizhou —? 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. Dyslexia is a learning disorder in children and adults where individuals brain struggles to process visual signs, phonetic sounds and additionally, struggle to connect visual signs to phonetic sounds. Commonly, students with dyslexia have problems recognising the difference between similar sounds, can be slow at learning a new vocabulary, and...  [Read more]

Mark Crocker Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas There are many types of English learning groups and each group requires different teaching techniques. In my opinion, English learners can be divided into 2 groups: beginners and English learners for specific purposes. Beginners can be students who have no English at all or know a few simple structures. They can be children or adults. English learners for specific purposes are students who have a basic English level and want to achieve their specific aims of learning. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Nhung T. Children are quick to learn but prone to forget. Therefore, they need frequent repetition and revision. Here are some tips for successful lessons with young beginners: Also read: 10 Tips When Teaching English...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiying Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jinan 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. Being a teacher is one of the most rewarding jobs in the world. Being an English teacher means that you can motivate, influence or even change the hearts and the lives of the students all over the world. Teachers are ‘models’ in the eyes of the student. Thus, it is extremely important how the teacher looks, teaches and acts in the classroom. Both teaching young and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Newfoundland and Labrador? Are you interested in teaching English in Embree, Newfoundland and Labrador? Check out our opportunities in Embree, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net 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. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! Learning a new language can be a difficult task for anyone. teachers must find ways to adapt lesson plans to best suit their students' needs. There are general differences between adult...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wenhua Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ziyang 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. I have learned some methodologies and techniques in this unit. Some of them are inspiring. but i do find it difficult applying ESA when teaching some students who are just reluctant to talk. And the whole process will just be SSSSS.....I really don't think it's my fault. My students are all adults. I tried my best to pick their interest, but in vain. I n that case, I...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Yuhang and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: M.Y. - Korea said: Learning a new language can be a difficult task for anyone. teachers must find ways to adapt lesson plans to best suit their students’ needs. There are general differences between adult and young learners that are often universally apparent. teachers can use these differences as a basic template in terms of determining how to structure their lesson plans. Adult students are more apt to take classes because they have a self-driven desire to do so. Young students usually take classes due to school requisites, so...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas When starting a teaching career, it is necessary to be aware of the different difficulties groups of learners one will encounter. This includes young learners, beginners, multilingual, adults, and many more. Each group has a different class attitude and learning ability. While there are hundreds of different teaching activities and styles, not all of them will work with each group. It is important to distinguish the most useful from differing classes. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Kellyann E. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. When speaking of adult students, they are typically more motivated, eager to learn, and have many life...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shangtang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Dezhou 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. How do you define who a teacher is? In the general sense and definition, a teacher is a person who helps others to acquire knowledge, competences or values. In an informal scenario, someone who helps another learn something new can be called a teacher while in a formal setting, teachers are seen as educators as they teach knowledge through the curriculum to the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shandongshengkenli Jingji Kaifaqu? Are you interested in teaching English in Dongying 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 English language is the most spoken one as a second language in the whole world. It has become the international language of business, science, technology, international relations and diplomacy. Songs can be used to develop students’ listening skills. They improve listening skills ‘because they provide students with practice listening...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Duyang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Baoji 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. Teachers play important roles in the lives of the students in their classrooms. Teachers are best known for their role of educating the students. The best teachers possess excellent communication skills, understand classroom management and appropriate discipline techniques to ensure a positive learning environment. Teachers do not need to be experts in any specific...  [Read more]

  This is the second part of Linda’s video journal of her 120-hour TEFL course with ITTT. In this TEFL review video Linda has just finished unit 2 of the course. This unit covers parts of speech and is the first grammar related unit in the course. While unit 2 is a little longer than unit 1 she found that it was not too much work for her to cope with. In the next video we will find out how Linda coped with unit 3 of ITTT’s 120-hour TEFL course. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qudi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jinan 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 modes of learning for younger and older learners seem as though the gap has been widening, but there’s constantly ways to bridge these kinds of differences with similar pedagogical approaches. One magnificent factor of teaching both children and adults in an ESL classroom is that there’s always room for foundational English lessons. This could cover grammar rules...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Teaching is an exceptional art which allows all human beings to take advantage of the conveyed knowledge. Particularly, the teaching and learning process of English could be successfully accomplished in the case of young learners as well as adults. Both the teacher’s role and several techniques denote essential features to achieve rewarding English learning results. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Carla A. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Therefore, communicative activities related to games during the active stage help keep up students’ enthusiasm. Besides, a great deal of diverse warm-ups contributes with engaging students at the beginning of the class and make...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Guoli Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zibo 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. Every person goes through a relative similar life cycle study for the first 8 to 12 years or more than start working to support his life expenses while developing a life career. we all went through that path of life and we all have things we like in life and in our surroundings that leads us to develop a certain path some of us find people very interesting some feel more...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Kangzhuang Gongye Yuanqu? Are you interested in teaching English in Changzhi 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. Every child has different skills and interests, just like adults, and therefore it is the teacher's job to adapt to the needs of a particular classroom and group of students and determine how to best to handle differences without focusing too much on individual students or watering down the class as a whole. As a student, I also struggled and became...  [Read more]

ITTT has recently opened a TEFL & TESOL training center in Madison Wisconsin. If you wish to be TEFL/TESOL-certified and would love to take a course in Madison Wisconsin, this is an opportunity you cannot miss. Check out course details and fees for ITTT's Madison Wisconsin. TEFL/TESOL center here! Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Goetz Wisconsin and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Classroom management techniques are often a hot button topic and the best technique to control students is widely debated. The most popularly taught method for tefl teachers, especially with children, is the “good...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yishi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yuncheng 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. According to Unit 19 of the ITTT course, the EFL industry has seen a big increase in demand for one-to-one lessons in recent years. Whether that be with beginner children or adults concerned about Business English, teaching one-to-one is somewhat different than teaching in a group setting. Before one starts teaching at an individual level, it is essential to learn...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas How do you define who a teacher is? In the general sense and definition, a teacher is a person who helps others to acquire knowledge, competence or values. In an informal scenario, someone who helps another learn something new can be called a teacher while in a formal setting, teachers are seen as educators as they teach knowledge through the curriculum to the learners through lectures for adults, lesson, small group activities or hands-on activities for the young learners. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Jackline M. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The education that the students acquire is key to determining the future of the learners as teachers provide the tools...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences The English language is the most spoken one as a second language in the whole world. It has become the international language of business, science, technology, international relations, and diplomacy. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Askarbekkyzy K. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Songs can be used to develop students’ listening skills. They improve listening skills ‘because they provide students with practice listening to different forms of intonation and rhythm. Songs can be really helpful in practicing listening skills “warm-up work can provide a basis for students to make predictions before listening; listening activities can encourage listening for gist...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Mount Airy North Carolina and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Many factors contribute to the differences of learning a first language compared to a second one. It is commonly understood that children begin recognizing sounds even from any early age, when the synapses in the brain are beginning to connect the many areas of communication pathways. When a child is born, he quickly recognizes the familiarity of his mother's voice. From recognizing sounds, and then reproducing them, the child graduates into understanding the combination of sounds to form words, and then...  [Read more]

Mark Crocker Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Humans are social animals. Throughout history, we’ve always evolved in communities and societies, where individuals relate with others by affiliating themselves to different groups. They are then integrated into a complex social network, whose members often have a strong impact on each other. Group dynamics represent this impact: they designate the functioning of a group and the relationships between its members. These dynamics also play an important role in the classroom, thus it is essential that the teacher understands them in order to create a productive synergy between themselves and their students. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Eva M. One of the main components of group dynamics is the cohesion between its...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Changzhi-shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Changzhi-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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| Education is a broad term that stretches beyond the topics of language, math, or science Punishment is the imposition of an undesirable or unpleasant outcome upon a group or individual, meted out by an authority—in contexts ranging from child discipline to criminal law—as a response...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas One of the main differences between teaching groups and individual students is the lesson plan. Several factors need to be considered when planning a lesson for a single student: The aforementioned factors should be taken into account even when teaching groups but in one-to-one lessons they are crucial. Considering that the whole lesson is dedicated to one individual, material covered should be graded to his/her exact level to achieve the best result, giving the teacher freedom to make the lessons challenging to stimulate further self-study. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Ivana P. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Unlike teaching groups, where topics might be...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Learning a new language is a collaborative effort between students and teachers, and while students may have different levels of motivation to learn, a teacher can and should develop the skills needed to adapt to ensure the student can retain the most knowledge possible. Teachers should have the flexibility to adapt instruction based on student personal factors such as age, cultural impacts, and prior student experience with English. Teachers also have the ability and responsibility to adjust instruction based on classroom limitations or to take advantage of all available resources. Finally, teachers need to be flexible enough to take an objective look at the effectiveness of their instruction and adjust as necessary to ensure best practices continue...  [Read more]

Mark Crocker Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas English is one of the most common languages in the world. Knowing English can help people communicate with others from different countries and seek opportunities to have a better job or life. English can bring benefits to everyone, no matter how old they are. Therefore, English is becoming essential in many areas and more people, from kids to adults, are learning it as a second language. To help people learn English effectively, teachers play a significant role in their learning progress. There are many types of students and depending on their needs, ages, and personalities, teachers must learn how to adjust their teaching styles accordingly. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Ngoc S. Some people learn English so they...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Whether you are a seasoned professional starting a new year at a school you’ve taught at for years, or you’re teaching your very first ESL class, the first-day teaching can be very intimidating. Teaching English as a second language, whether in your home country or a non-English speaking country, can be especially difficult due to the language barrier faced by both the students and the teacher. Because of the language barrier in ESL classes, it is vital to build rapport with your students to create a productive and comfortable learning environment. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Samantha S. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Building rapport, or a trusting and...  [Read more]