Language Certification

TEFL is Teaching English as a Foreign Language; TESOL is Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. The two terms are generally interchangeable. A TEFL/TESOL certificate is the major qualification required to teach English abroad. There is a huge demand for teachers around the world with opportunities in almost every country. Taking a TEFL/TESOL certificate course provides the opportunity to travel and work around the world, to gain knowledge and experience of foreign cultures and languages and to embark upon a career in teaching. No previous teaching experience or specialist qualifications are required. The only requirement is fluency in English. TEFL/TESOL employment prospects for graduates of our courses are excellent. You will find teaching job opportunities throughout the world,...  [Read more]

  The Association of Language Testers in Europe is an association of organizations involved in the assessment and certification of language learners in a variety of languages across Europe. The main purpose of the association is to provide an effective framework that allows employers and employees to compare the levels of language qualifications awarded in different countries. The development of the association and its framework has been largely due to the increase in migration of workers between European countries brought about by the widespread easing of border controls within the region. The association continues to grow and currently represents 27 different languages from all over Europe. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online...  [Read more]

  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]

  The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is a system designed by the council of Europe to provide a standardized method of comparing levels of language proficiency represented by the different examinations and assessments throughout Europe and other areas. The system can be used in conjunction with any European language and divides proficiency into six separate levels. Each level of the framework has a description of the abilities needed to achieve that level in speaking, reading, writing and listening skills. The CEFR system is becoming widely known as the European standard for evaluating an individual’s language proficiency. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of...  [Read more]

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  The Business Language Testing Service (BULATS) refers to one of the world’s leading providers of language assessments and examinations aimed at students, employers and job applicants in business related fields. The service offers a range of testing programs that assess an individual’s language proficiency in English, French, Spanish and German. The system is widely used by higher education providers to assess the abilities of course applicants. It is also used by private and public sector companies for testing the suitability of job applicants or existing employees for certain foreign language positions. 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...  [Read more]

  Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) is an all encompassing term that covers the various ways computers are used by teachers and students to aid the process of language learning. As the availability and sophistication of computer technology continues to grow, so does its relevance in the English language classroom. Although computers are not a replacement for the knowledge and skills of a well-trained and experienced English teacher, they do offer a number of ways to help the language learning process. There are many types of software programs available to help students learn and practice new language skills, as well as many websites aimed at English language students. The internet also provides teachers with access to all manner of teaching resources including materials...  [Read more]

The English language teaching situation in Africa is at best rather confusing. Many ex-colonies of Britain use English as the medium of instruction in state schools and so most teachers are locals. Some advanced level positions may be available in universities in such locations. In other African countries English is much in demand but few schools are able to afford a native speaker teacher and so positions are largely filled by voluntary workers (though sometimes paying a 'local' salary). There are many placement organizations that can arrange voluntary work in Africa should that be your aim. There is some work available in South Africa but as many of their citizens speak English as a native language, opportunities for non-South Africans are somewhat limited. Zimbabwe used to offer a...  [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]

For various historical and economic reasons, English has become the dominant language of the world in the twentyfirst century. English is the language of science, air traffic control, tourism, the internet and to a very large extent of trade and export. According to the British Council at least one billion people speak or are trying to speak English at the present time and of those about 300 million people are actively studying the English language. These statistics help to explain the emergence and explosion of the TEFL industry. This is bad news for those without a command of the English language but very good news for English speakers who find themselves in possession of a commodity that is in much demand throughout most of the world. This guide will hopefully provide you with an...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Manipur? Are you interested in teaching English in Manipur? Check out our opportunities in this beautiful US state, 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| There are many different types of nouns such as common (cat), proper (Pantera), compound (textbook), abstract (beauty), and collective (family) nouns. There are countable (things that can be counted) Verbs are action words or a state of being. Verbs are either transitive or...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Meghalaya? Are you interested in teaching English in Meghalaya? Check out our opportunities in this beautiful US state, 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| This unit breaks down the various aspects of grammar that form a sentence. Then takes these and breaks them down further into their specific types. Nouns; a word that names people, places, things, ani In this unit different parts of speech were covered such as: nouns,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Nagaland? Are you interested in teaching English in Nagaland? Check out our opportunities in this beautiful US state, 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| For me, I find this lesson easier to understand compared during my high school days. I hope my usage of grammar will improve more as I continue my English lessons. Although English is my country's sec Unit Two covered the basic structure of English grammar. Each word is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Puducherry? Are you interested in teaching English in Puducherry? Check out our opportunities in this beautiful US state, 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| (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 I'm not sure what I initially expected this course to be like; but I...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Goa? Are you interested in teaching English in Goa? Check out our opportunities in this beautiful US state, 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| The content of this unit is actually an overview regarding formulating the structural parts of different sentences,according to correct grammatical ruls of english language,such as:verbs,nouns,adjecti This unit was a review of the parts of speech. It was especially useful to learn...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Mizoram? Are you interested in teaching English in Mizoram? Check out our opportunities in this beautiful US state, 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| This unit focused on parts of speech. The components of a sentence such as verbs, nouns, adjectives and articles. It also focused on intransitive/transitive and regular/ irregular verbs. The unit expl The parts of speech, which is the more detailed study of each word in a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Gujarat? Are you interested in teaching English in Gujarat? Check out our opportunities in this beautiful US state, 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| Since I've learned to read magazines and newspapers, I've developed the habit of cutting out good articles and pictures. The formula above is from a newspaper of which I can't exactly remember because A sentence requires at least a noun as a subject, and a verb but can include...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Uttarakhand? Are you interested in teaching English in Uttarakhand? Check out our opportunities in this beautiful US state, 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| The lesson was on the parts of speech. I learned all the different parts of the sentence. all from nouns,verbs, articles, adjectives, adverbs, pro nouns, and prepositions. This helped me go back and r This unit gives a basic run-through of the rules of grammar. As a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Rajasthan? Are you interested in teaching English in Rajasthan? Check out our opportunities in this beautiful US state, 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| I believe that I have learned the importance of knowing proper grammar Before trying to teach english to speakers of other languages. Clearly you cannot teach proper or correct English unless you have This unit was an excellent refresher of the basic parts of speech as well...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Kerala? Are you interested in teaching English in Kerala? Check out our opportunities in this beautiful US state, 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| I feel that I always need a refresher in grammar because it is easy to forget the intricacies of the English language. English is a very challenging language to master and it's important for English l To teach english effectively, teachers should be aware that teaching and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Mpumalanga? Are you interested in teaching English in Mpumalanga? Check out our opportunities in this beautiful US state, 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| I learned from this lesson further into what we use everyday grammar wise. I found this to be a very informative unit, and will definitely use these skills in the future. The one thing that I found t In this unit I learned about the importance of creating lesson plans...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Maharashtra? Are you interested in teaching English in Maharashtra? Check out our opportunities in this beautiful US state, 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| This chapter covered parts of speech or grammar. This unit touched on the following topics: *Noun - person, place, thing, concept/idea *Verb - action verbs, state verbs, aux. (helping) verbs, regular Learning the parts of speech of grammar is a challenging process...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Quebec? Are you interested in teaching English in Quebec? Check out our opportunities in this beautiful US state, 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| This unit was a very good review of the present tense. I especially enjoyed looking over the common mistakes part of the lesson. Also all the examples on different activities to use in the classroom I learned about the names of the various english future tenses and troubles in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Karnataka? Are you interested in teaching English in Karnataka? Check out our opportunities in this beautiful US state, 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| Unit 2 parts of speech was really informative and left me mind boggled at the many types of verbs there are. I already knew that a sentence must have a subject and a verb to be considered a sentence. This unit taught me a lot that I had either never learned or had forgotten...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Limpopo? Are you interested in teaching English in Limpopo? Check out our opportunities in this beautiful US state, 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| This unit introduced the concept of basic sentence structure. While I have an excellent understanding of English sentences and grammar, I don't know many of the correct names of the parts of a sentenc This unit made me realise how much I take for granted in knowing English,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Gauteng? Are you interested in teaching English in Gauteng? Check out our opportunities in this beautiful US state, 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| This Unit is pretty straightforward. I like the way that the parts of speech are presented in the video more than the reading, because it is a little bit much reading that list of verbs. This Unit i This Unit is pretty straightforward. I like the way that the parts of speech...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Gauteng? Are you interested in teaching English in Gauteng? Check out our opportunities in this beautiful US state, 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| This unit dissected the structure of sentences into their individual parts, from the more obvious components (nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.) to the more specialized and obscure (e.g. prepositions and This unit showed two different classes. The first video is really a bad class...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Haryana? Are you interested in teaching English in Haryana? Check out our opportunities in this beautiful US state, 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| The greatest benefit from this course has been improving my own understanding of the structural base of english language and techniques in approaching teaching this. Tenses I found particularly challe This was also an interesting section for me to go over because it dissected a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Maharashtra? Are you interested in teaching English in Maharashtra? Check out our opportunities in this beautiful US state, 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| Knowing the parts of speech is very important to grammar learning, and the basic of remebering words. In a sentence, there are usually a subject, a verb and an object. In a more complex sentence, we h Nouns can be classified into five main catagories Common, Proper,...  [Read more]