English Is A Second Language

  The Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages or CertTESOL is an internationally recognized professional teaching qualification that is common in the field of teaching English as a foreign or second language. The course is an entry level course aimed at teachers with little or no experience in a classroom. CertTESOL courses can be studied in a number of locations as they are individually designed and organized by different language institutes around the world. These course providers are regulated and certified by Trinity College, London. The CertTESOL certificate is seen as equivalent to the CELTA certificate due to the similarities in the course syllabus. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL...  [Read more]

  The simple answer is no, you do not need to have any knowledge or experience of languages other than English to take a TEFL course or to become an EFL teacher. The ability to speak other languages is not required as the vast majority of TEFL classrooms around the world rely on the communicative approach to English teaching that specifies that English is the only language used in the classroom. In multilingual classrooms where the students could have a dozen or more different first languages, being able to communicate in one or two of them would obviously be of no particular advantage. In monolingual classrooms you may also find that students are more inclined to revert to their mother tongue during the lesson if they are aware that the teacher can understand what is being said....  [Read more]

  http://www.teflcourse.net This video explains the usage of the future perfect continuous tense. This tense is used to talk about how long an action/event will have been going on by a certain time in the future. Although the future perfect continuous is rarely used in everyday English, if you are looking to teach English as a second language, you will need to be knowledgeable on even rare grammar points such as this. So if you are considering entering the world of English teaching the best way to equip yourself with the necessary skills is to take a comprehensive TEFL course and ITTT's online TEFL courses give you a good foundation in the areas of English grammar that you are most likely to encounter when you first set out to teach English as a second language. More information...  [Read more]

  Would you like to live and work abroad? With a TEFL or TESOL certificate you can work and live abroad, Teaching English as a Foreign Language or Teaching English as a Second Language. Check out ITTT's courses and start a new life with a TEFL or TESOL certification! 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 section before moving onto the next. It is important to understand the methodologies and to teach and let the students understand them especially if english is not their first language. There...  [Read more]

  CELTA is an internationally recognized teaching qualification in the field of teaching English as a foreign or second language. The course is aimed at potential teachers with little or no experience inside a classroom. CELTA courses can be studied in a number of locations around the world and are individually designed and organized by different language institutes. Although there may be some variety between individual courses, the fundamental specifics of the course are dictated by Cambridge ESOL, part of the University of Cambridge. 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...  [Read more]

  Globalization and the increasing demand for English speaking professionals all over the world, especially in emerging regions, has brought about a new, steadily growing sector: English as a Second Language (ESL). An ESL teacher is, therefore, an educator who works with English Language Learners (ELLs) whose native language is not English. The goal of the ESL teacher is to help the students reach a certain level of fluency in English, on both a spoken and written level. ESL educators are not to be confused with foreign language teachers. ESL teachers do not share the same native language and are specifically trained to offer explanations and directed teaching methods to non-English speakers. This teaching style is mainly focused on repetition, drills, demonstrations, and visuals....  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas In an increasingly globalized world, English has become the lingua franca for the world. What is very interesting with English is that it is a kind of Frankenstein of languages and thus a great language to now be spread worldwide. English, which is based on a dialect of northern German, has massive infusions from the French after the Norman invasion of 1066, Norwegian and Scandinavian languages from the Vikings settlements in medieval England, as well as many other languages that have influenced it over the years. It is a language that carries with it many different languages and much history. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Alexander C. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL East Bangor Pennsylvania 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: I have a special interest in this topic because of personal experiences. My native language is spanish and I learned english as an eight year old child when my parents left our native country Cuba and moved to the united states. I remember when we first arrived that I could not understand what my teachers were saying (particularly due to their Southern accent). Two years later when I changed schools I spoke english fluently. The learning process was unconscious and I had no special language instruction. I...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL La Plata 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: G.A. - Panama said: I have a special interest in this topic because of personal experiences. My native language is spanish and I learned english as an eight year old child when my parents left our native country Cuba and moved to the united states. I remember when we first arrived that I could not understand what my teachers were saying (particularly due to their Southern accent). Two years later when I changed schools I spoke english fluently. The learning process was unconscious and I had no special language instruction. I...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Puducherry? Are you interested in teaching English in Karaikal, Puducherry? Check out our opportunities in Karaikal, 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! (15)First language vs. second- language acquisition: does our native language interfere with the acquisition of a second language?“To have another language is to possess another soul” Charlemagne Second-...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Language is one of the most significant aspects that differentiate humans from other species. The method of human communication is considered unique as it incorporates both spoken and written communication. The use of language in communication consists of the use of words in a structured or conventional way. Language acquisition is considered one of the most unique and impressive aspects of human development both psychologically and cognitively. However, every human acquires the language they encounter as children. It is from this point that they can learn multiple languages, although these languages will always be unique from the first language they were exposed to. The uniqueness of the first language from the languages learned exposes the...  [Read more]

ITTT has recently opened a TEFL & TESOL training center in Orange County California. If you wish to be TEFL/TESOL-certified and would love to take a course in Orange County California, this is an opportunity you cannot miss. Check out course details and fees for ITTT's Orange County California. TEFL/TESOL center here! Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Trinidad California 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: (15)First language vs. second- language acquisition: does our native language interfere with the acquisition of a second language?“To have another language is to possess another soul”...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Fengcun Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Weinan 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. Introduction The Collins English Dictionary defines someone’s first language as the language that they first learned and speak best. The dictionary emphasizes the use of first language especially when that ‘someone’ involved speaks other languages. The Cambridge dictionary defines first language much similarly to the Collins English dictionary as being the the...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Shickshinny Pennsylvania 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: EPIK, a popular tefl recruiting agency in Korea, estimated that they have hired 6,831 foreign teachers to work in Korean public schools since 1995.6 Why is this? It is estimated that there are1 billion non-native speakers of english .3 This makes english the one language that is spoken by the greatest number of non-native speakers. 2 And this need to learn english continues to grow. Thus, the study of the process of learning languages is particularly interesting to current and potential tefl teachers. This...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Parksley Viriginia 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: Linguists have been unraveling the mysteries of first language acquisition for many years though research on second language acquisition is relatively recent. Researchers have found many similarities and differences between the two. There is now also research that shows that it is possible to use these similarities and differences to create a more effective and motivating english as a second language program. One of the biggest differences between acquiring a first language and acquiring a second is the time...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhuangshang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Luliang 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. Many people around the world may have asked themselves this question. What is the difference between learning the first language compared to the second? There are many theories on this topic that will be discussed in the following paragraphs. The first topic is relating to the acquisition of the first language which is learnt through necessity. The first...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qingjiang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Bazhong 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. In recent decades, the world has become more global with increases in international business and tourism and the demand and desire to speak two or more languages has significantly increased. As children, individuals begin to learn their native language, often referred to as the mother tongue or L1, and are generally fluent at a young age. Any language learned...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Malinggang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Heze 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. Due to the booming of freelance jobs, the amount of adults learning new languages to live and work in other countries, or to work in their home has increased: It is not the same teaching a young student than teaching an adult, but that does not mean that adults cannot learn a second language, despite their age or native language. A second language can be acquired as...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Circle Pines Minnesota 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: Language acquisition is clearly an extremely intriguing and complex topic, especially for those who teach a foreign language. A child's first language is learned as a necessary part of their development, to be able to communicate with those around them and therefore function in the society into which they were born. A child's brain is particularly adept as well at picking up this language and incorporating it into its functioning. Second language acquisition is perhaps an even more complex and confusing...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Glade Kansas 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: Now that the world is shrinking into a ‘global village' thanks to the advancements in technology it has become more common to raise children bilingually. For some it is a choice whereas for some others it is a requirement. The components listening, speaking, reading and writing constitute any language. ‘Bilingual' here can mean equal proficiency with respect to all the above components in both languages or to a certain degree only. In any case, careful planning is the key factor in successful bilingual teaching and...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Sour Lake Texas 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: For my undergraduate senior thesis, I wrote about second language acquisition in an immersion school for kindergartners with speech sound disorders (a type of communication disorder). Through this experience, I learned much about the difference between first and second language acquisition, as well as through my own experience as a student of spanish. It is obvious that the process of learning a first and second language are very different, although how and why is apparently still very much a mystery to scientists....  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Kitakyushu 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: T. Z. - U.S.A. said: For my undergraduate senior thesis, I wrote about second language acquisition in an immersion school for kindergartners with speech sound disorders (a type of communication disorder). Through this experience, I learned much about the difference between first and second language acquisition, as well as through my own experience as a student of spanish. It is obvious that the process of learning a first and second language are very different, although how and why is apparently still very much a mystery to...  [Read more]

ITTT has recently opened a TEFL & TESOL training center in Ann Arbor Michigan. If you wish to be TEFL/TESOL-certified and would love to take a course in Ann Arbor Michigan, this is an opportunity you cannot miss. Check out course details and fees for ITTT's Ann Arbor Michigan. TEFL/TESOL center here! Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Marquette Michigan 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: children acquire first language through immersion, constant hearing, and interaction in the native language. They acquire second language by being exposed to the language when they already have a first language...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Haikou 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: N.F. - U.S.A. said: There are a lot of differences between the way that young learners and adult learners learn a second language. The easiest time in one's life to learn a second is before the age of six, and children up to age eleven are still considered to be in their peak language learning years. After age eleven, language learning gets much more difficult and even more difficult after age eighteen. The brains of young children are designed and set up for language learning, because children need to learn their first language...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Silver Lake Minnesota 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: There are a lot of differences between the way that young learners and adult learners learn a second language. The easiest time in one's life to learn a second is before the age of six, and children up to age eleven are still considered to be in their peak language learning years. After age eleven, language learning gets much more difficult and even more difficult after age eighteen. The brains of young children are designed and set up for language learning, because children need to learn their first language...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Ruokehe Nongchang? 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. Based on the increasingly prominent role of English as a second language, people pay more and more attention to kids’ s English learning. Here this paper attempts to present the concept of second language, analyze the factors that affecting second language learning, as well as the advantages of kids’ English learning as a second...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Changchi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Bazhong 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. “Does the first language influence second language acquisition?” This question is often raised by the people who study the second language, and the answer is obviously yes. Take the example of the accent when a non-native speaker speaks English, the pronunciation and intonation of the mother tongue can be easily brought into the new language with no intention,...  [Read more]

ITTT has recently opened a TEFL & TESOL training center in Orlando Florida. If you wish to be TEFL/TESOL-certified and would love to take a course in Orlando Florida, this is an opportunity you cannot miss. Check out course details and fees for ITTT's Orlando Florida. TEFL/TESOL center here! Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Gretna Florida 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: This research is about teaching children at kindergartens, this age group includes children from babies till the age of 6 years. This age is very critical to learn anything, form languages to moral aspects of life. There...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Sunjiazhuang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yangquan 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. Frank Smith, a contemporary psycho-linguist said; "One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way." This quote simply means that if you know more than one language, you will have a lot of opportunities be it career or learning. This essay will talk about the role of the first language in acquiring a second language....  [Read more]

ITTT has recently opened a TEFL & TESOL training center in Portland Oregon. If you wish to be TEFL/TESOL-certified and would love to take a course in Portland Oregon, this is an opportunity you cannot miss. Check out course details and fees for ITTT's Portland Oregon. TEFL/TESOL center here! Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Miles Crossing Oregon 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: One of the many challenges facing South African teachers is cultural diversity in the classroom. Many english schools are acquiring students who come from non-english speaking homes, but who expect to be taught...  [Read more]