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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Nujiang-lisuzu-zizhizhou? Are you interested in teaching English in Nujiang-lisuzu-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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| This unit was interesting in thinking about positioning myself in a classroom setting Learned how to establish rapport within the class and how to manage students with different age groups, social backgrounds etc Learned how to establish rapport within the class...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhuji 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. Each of the mentioned types of classes has its own benefits and drawbacks, and the approaches are quite different. Let me start with describing teaching one to one. I started my teaching career with working with individual lessons. It seemed to me very comfortable, as I could establish a good rapport, good personal connection with the students. It is easier to go through...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Dafeng 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: L.N. - U.K. said: When I was younger my mother and sister decided to take a tefl course. In the back of my mind I always wondered why they decided to spend the money doing this as I never saw them put into practice what they had learned. A few years later, friends of ours that had taken that same course made the decision to move to a city called Mazatlan in mexico. When I heard that they were able to find jobs teaching english at a university, and their only qualification was the tefl course, I started to see the benefits of this...  [Read more]

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Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Drilling is a simple yet effective teaching technique used to practice and master language skills. The teacher models a word or a sentence, and the learners repeat it. It is a way of developing a standard pronunciation of the language and introducing a language easily. Drilling started about 70 years ago when the armed forces used it to teaching language. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Sunita T. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Drilling was called the Audio-Lingual Method or the Army method, where soldiers were taught language in the same way they were taught to march, by constant repetition. A sports coach or a music teacher's competence would be...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Mombasa 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: P.L. - Hong Kong said: I have always thought that teaching, regardless of whether it's one to one or in groups is the same. As a student, I’ve experienced being the recipient of both forms of teaching. I thought I knew the differences -- having to teach one student or a group of two to twelve students. I neglected to truly appreciate the effort that went into teaching. But ever since I started my teaching course as well as speaking to friends in the education industry, there are indeed, major differences in teaching one to one...  [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 Graceville 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: When I was younger my mother and sister decided to take a tefl course. In the back of my mind I always wondered why they decided to spend the money doing this as I never saw them put into practice what they had learned....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qingyun 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. I started to learn English in South Korea when I was in the 6th grade during winter vacation as a preparation for entering middle school. Beginning with the Alphabet, pronunciation, and grammar, I thought it was not difficult and even laughed about pronunciation. At that time I never imagined pronunciation would be the biggest challenge of listening and speaking...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Lefors 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: Two summers ago, I signed up for an intensive Arabic course for beginner and intermediate level students. The course, which was provided at a local mosque, was free of charge and spanned five weeks of summer. The imam who taught the class warned us to take the “intensive” part of the course's title seriously. He also informed us that throughout his years of teaching, his experience was that many students, for a variety of reasons, would quit. When the five weeks ended, I was the only student left in class and by...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dingshan 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. Work with small children is full of both joyful and stressful moments, especially for a young teacher, who doesn’t have work experience. A year ago, I started teaching English in a kindergarten is Asia, and I had to understand many things from my own mistakes. What difficulties may arise for a young teacher, what are the specifics of working in kindergarten and...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Glassmanor Maryland 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: Life in Corporate America was so mundane. I spent the past 10 years working for a bottom-line with no real purpose or meaning in my life. Finally, in 2010 I made a radical decision to take a sabbatical from work to complete undergraduate studies abroad in Ghana, West Africa. While I was living in Ghana, I studied Comparative Social and Economic Policy at the University of Ghana- Legon (UGL). I met some very young, motivated, and compassionate Rastafarians that started a school for disadvantaged and abandoned...  [Read more]

  Cameron from the USA moved to Mexico and started teaching English before taking her TEFL course with ITTT. In this TEFL review Cameron tells how she decided to take the course to help her improve her teaching skills as she had no prior teaching experience before moving to Mexico. Cameron took 23 days to complete the 20 modules of the course and the ability to study at her own pace was something that really suited her study style. One of the main benefits of the course for Cameron was the tutor support. During the course she was able to contact her tutor with any questions that she had and receive helpful feedback and explanations in a timely manner. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Braman Oklahoma 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: In my opinion this online esl course has been very helpful for me in improving my language and teaching skills. I could study at my own pace, revolving my family life and working life. I have gained a lot of techniques and knowledge which I could use to teach others. It has taught me materials and teaching ideas to be used in a classroom. I have learned how to teach esl class through music, film, videos, the Internet to find materials and how to create a lesson plan based on conversation, grammar, listening,...  [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 Anderson 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: It is often argued that instant and complete immersion is the best way for a person to learn a language. In fact this has been a guiding belief in the creation of english-only classes in the united states (Cohen,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Fushun 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. Imagine you just happened to hear an old song you used to listen to that you forgot most of its lyrics but not the beat itself, you can even still hummed the tune instead. Trying to figure the lyrics, that song seemingly stuck in your head all through your journey like a recorded tape until you were finally able to sing the entire song. The same...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL North Ridge Delaware 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: Probably one of the most challenging experiences I had in teaching english is when I handled one-to-one business english class. The first week was the hardest. And though I was repeatedly told that teaching business english is just the same as teaching General english, it didn't help so much in boosting my confidence to teach it. I was asking myself how I can effectively teach something that I'm not so familiar with. However, as my classes went on, I came to realize that, indeed, it's not really a big problem...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Renqiu 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. A. - Italy said: I chose to do my article about establishing rapport because I think it is one of the most important subjects when you are dealing with meeting new people all the time. You really have to know how to establish rapport in order to make other individuals feel comfortable and be able to open up to you and trust you. This is something that when teaching, it is a very important subject to be good at and understand. Especially when you’re teaching another language, it makes it that much more difficult. When I first...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Landover Maryland 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 chose to do my article about establishing rapport because I think it is one of the most important subjects when you are dealing with meeting new people all the time. You really have to know how to establish rapport in order to make other individuals feel comfortable and be able to open up to you and trust you. This is something that when teaching, it is a very important subject to be good at and understand. Especially when you're teaching another language, it makes it that much more difficult. When I first...  [Read more]

Federico Riva TEFL Information Teaching Ideas Hello everybody, thanks for joining me. I'm just about to start so please let me know that you can see me clearly and hear me clearly, for this you can use the comments box. Okay, there are some good mornings, hello and nice to see you guys, thanks for joining. My name is Liza and I'm a TEFL expert and also an online English teacher. I'm glad to welcome you to today's session that is devoted to some ways to benefit from your TEFL certification, especially if you're a non-native English teacher. Right now I'm going to make my video a little bit smaller so that you can see the presentation. Okay guys thanks for sharing that everything works smooth, that's really important for me because I need to make sure everything is clear and you can hear...  [Read more]

Federico Riva TEFL Information Teaching Ideas With the advent of online teaching making such a large part of the ESL market, we need to be aware of some teaching skills for that area. The first skill to consider which is absolutely important for ESL teachers, both native and non-native is that of pronunciation. This is a problem for most students coming from non-native English-speaking countries. They suffer by not understanding the teacher’s speech, which can be most stressful. The first skill relates to the teacher developing neutral pronunciation. There are a lot of self-study training courses that help ESL teachers to practice pronunciation skills and these are strongly recommended. Some native ESL teachers have really strong accents, for example some parts of the British Isles or...  [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]

Jon ITTT Alumni Experiences Teaching classes containing a wide variety of ages can be a great challenge. I have recently experienced such challenge. Below I am going to share my teaching experience and how I managed to overcome the difficulties. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Yan Z. In Spring this year, I was asked to teach an English Drama class in a children’s training center. Before the class started, the students were recruited and assigned by the center, which was not in my control. There were 12 elementary-school students in the class. Students were age-mixed, ranging from 7 years to 12 years old. Two thirds of the students were from Grades 1-3 and one third were from Grade 4-6. In order for the younger students to understand my teaching while also keep...  [Read more]

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Federico Riva TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Hello everybody and welcome. We're actually also going live on Instagram today, so I'm going to check that out as well as the usual Facebook and YouTube. Hopefully everything will work fine. I hope everybody can hear me well and can see me. This is the first time that we're actually live on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube at the same time, so I have a lot of screens here in front of me. Hello there, I see somebody tuned in on Instagram and we have a few people here on Facebook and YouTube already. I hope everything is going well today. Unfortunately, if you're watching on Instagram you won't be able to see the screen and maybe some of the questions that I'm popping in there but that's all good, you can still drop your...  [Read more]

Federico Riva TEFL Information Hi, I am back for another live session this week. My name is Linda from ITTT. I took a break last week, I was traveling a little bit in Korea, not too far but I got to enjoy the cherry blossoms. That's why there was no live session from me last week. But I'm back this week and I'm super excited. Today we're going to have a Q&A session, so you guys can ask me questions about TEFL and TESOL, teaching abroad, teaching online, whatever you want to know about. So something a bit more casual, let's have a chat. I would like to get to know you guys better and you can get to know me, ITTT and TEFL. If you can see me and hear me please drop a hi or something into the comment box so that I know that everything is working well. Hi Yanisha, thanks for joining....  [Read more]

What does TEFL mean?    The acronym TEFL stands for Teaching English as a Foreign Language. It is commonly used to refer to training courses that almost anyone can take to learn the skills and knowledge required to teach English to non-native speakers in countries all over the world. What is the difference between TESOL and TEFL?    TEFL stands for Teaching English as a Foreign Language and TESOL stands for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. These descriptions are generally used interchangeably, however, TESOL is more common in the USA and TEFL is more common in the UK. Do I need a TEFL certificate to teach abroad?    Although it is possible to teach abroad without a TEFL certificate, we recommended that you complete a TEFL...  [Read more]

Federico Riva Destinations TEFL Information Teaching English in 2021. A few people have told me about their teaching journey already, so keep letting me know what your plans are in terms of teaching English abroad or teaching English online. Somebody said they're interested in teaching online, so that's really cool. Someone new has just joined us from Laos, hi there. We have Margaret who is also teaching online, very cool. I’m going to talk a little bit about teaching English online in this presentation. Juliana says hi, I think you've watched before as I recognize your picture, thanks for tuning in again. It's really good to see new faces and old faces in our TEFL family today. I have prepared some visuals that I'm going to share with you guys later and I will keep an eye on the...  [Read more]

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Federico Riva TEFL Information Teaching Ideas Today, we are talking about setting realistic goals, basically having a realistic timeline for how long it takes from actually taking a TEFL course to going on to teaching English either online or abroad. If your goal is to teach English in 2021, what do you need to do? What are the steps? Okay, let me add this little graphic here, so that's what I've prepared for you guys. Setting realistic goals for teaching English in 2021 and as always please leave your comments at any time. There's also going to be a Q&A section at the end of the session so there will be plenty of time to ask questions and for me to answer them. I am working this whole live situation by myself so I might miss a question here and there, but like I said at the end...  [Read more]

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