Intermediate Reading

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Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Teaching is a way of imparting knowledge to students. When teaching English imparting in language, it means the teacher will be imparting knowledge about the language to his/her students, according to the level of the student eg starters, elementary, pre-intermediate, intermediate or upper-intermediate level. There are many teaching methods and these include gramma translation, presentation/practice/production, communicative language teaching, the silent way, suggestopedia, the lexical approach and audio-lingual method (drilling). This paper will focus on analyzing drilling as a teaching method so that one can weigh on whether it is an effective teaching method or not. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Jacquelline M. Please note...  [Read more]

Federico Riva TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Placement tests are designed to put students in their appropriate ESL level band. What are the levels and how do the tests do this? ### Watch the video about this topic One type of test we commonly use for our ESL students is called the placement test. They're also called level tests and as the name implies what we're trying to do is to place students in a particular level of class. Typically there are five levels, these being, Starter (Level 1), Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate and Upper- Intermediate (Level 5) Some of the more common features of these tests are that; 1. All four skills are commonly tested that means, reading, writing, speaking and listening and 2. They tend to be what's called progressive. By progressive what...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Danianchen Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Binzhou 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. Nowadays, an increasing amount of people have taking on a liking on English for various purposes, thus causing heated discussion about learning English, grammar learning especially. Some contend that we shouldn’t learn grammar. While others attach great importance to English grammar. Personally speaking, English grammar is of great essence like the foundation...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Baitou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chengdu 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. Teaching process is one of the most interesting things in the world. And I don’t speak about foreign languages only, it is in general. But we are here to discuss some methods of teaching a foreign language in particular, English language. There are a lot of different ways of how to teach English, but I would like to discuss one of the most interesting ways –...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gucheng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hanzhong 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. Of the variety of teaching methods introduced in this course, the method of Engage, Study and Activate by Harmer brought new methods to my knowledge and application. In contrast, I recently assisted ESL teachers in beginner and intermediate levels, and observed their teaching methods actually rely on the teacher’s speaking of English, and the students’ practice...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Lesson planning is an essential part of your teaching practice. Moreover, it is vital to be creative all the time. This sample lesson plan will help you to set a perfect lesson for beginners or lower-intermediate students. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Michelle M. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. List a number of role-play situations that would be appropriate for beginner and low intermediate level students. These role-play situations should include variety with multiple structures for students to exploit. Also Read: Top 10 Places to Take Your TEFL Course in Spring Choose one of the situations on your list and design dialogue. Make sure that the dialogue your...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Nowadays, an increasing amount of people have taken on a liking on English for various purposes, thus causing heated discussion about learning English, grammar learning especially. Some contend that we shouldn’t learn grammar. While others attach great importance to English grammar. Personally speaking, English grammar is of great essence like the foundation for the skyscrapers. Everyone who wants to master a language must have a solid grammar foundation. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Hóng Méi Z. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Firstly, nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards, so for English learners, they need to grasp some basic...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jicun 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. A teacher can be assigned to different teaching environments. It can be a state school or private institution, and the location may or may not provide a syllabus. As a teacher it can be up to you to design and develop a syllabus appropriate for the age group you are teaching. There are a few steps to take before during and after the course. A level test is used to...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Cigou 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. An especially appropriate theme for teaching business English is Computer Aided Language Learning (CALL). Business students are most likely already familiar with using computers and particularly the Internet. The Internet can provide a teacher with an enormous array of teaching resources from non-authentic and authentic materials to lesson plans and ideas. The...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Waqie 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. What is a flashcard? A flashcard can be an excellent teaching recourse to help teach any subject. It can be used for drilling and to elicit information for a quick response in group teaching or for private studies. A flashcard can be used in a variety of activities. From words, facts, dates, pictures and numbers, either single or double sided. In...  [Read more]

Linda Dunsmore Teaching Ideas Business students are most likely already familiar with using computers and particularly the Internet for learning English. The Internet can provide a teacher with an enormous array of teaching resources from non-authentic and authentic materials to lesson plans and ideas. Here are 7 great resources for teaching business English at no cost to the teacher! This post was written by our ITTT graduate Shannon S. This is a website that features hundreds of free online non-authentic teaching materials such as vocabulary exercises, grammar quizzes, listening comprehension videos, and reading comprehension articles. The materials are related to such business areas as accounting, sales and marketing, project management, interviews, information technology (IT), and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Guangxing Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chengdu 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. A teacher a person who teaches, instructs or an educator. The ESL teacher is one who is teaching English to people who do not speak English or those who don’t speak English very well that is intermediate level. So the teacher is important in the ESL classroom. The teacher is important in the ESL classroom because he helps to control the discipline in the class...  [Read more]

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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dawangzhai Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Liaocheng 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 am modeling this approach after my experience of an advanced-level German class taken in Germany, in which all students had prior knowledge of modal verbs and their uses, and the lecture served as a comprehensive overview and comparison of all possible German modal verbs. I recall this lesson fondly as one of the most memorable language classes I have...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Chickasaw Iowa 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 this course I have learned to use the ESA method for lesson planning. It has given me the tools for constructing a functional lesson and it was very useful in that sense, but I still have to learn how to use them successfully in the real world. I plan on doing that by starting with teaching the basics to students from beginner to intermediate level and hopefully progress enough over time to be able to teach higher levels as well. The course was also a revision of grammar for me, concerning the english language. I...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wenchuan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hanzhong 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 is an obvious difference between teaching one to one and teaching groups. Teaching one to one is focused on an individual student that he or she can get full attention from the teacher. While teaching groups is focused on the majority of students. Teaching activities can be differentiated based on the different levels of all students. Teaching One to One...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Reading is one of the key elements for all English learners. By reading authentic stories and books, not only do we learn reading and understanding the text we are working with, but we also expand our vocabulary by discovering new authentic words you wouldn't be able to find in your course books, and more importantly, you can see it in context which makes it easier to remember and use those words and structures in the future. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Julia P. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. It's important to know which stories to choose based on your student's age and English level. Younger learners would find illustrated books with short stories for children...  [Read more]