Student Talk

  In this TESOL review video two TEFL students talk about their experiences during their four week course in Corinth, Greece. Don't be worried if you have forgotten the rules of grammar. ITTT does not require prospective trainees to have an in depth knowledge of the terminology and structures of the English language. We will teach you this during the course thus providing you with the knowledge and skills needed to be a successful teacher. 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...  [Read more]

  There are some other classroom management issues that we need to consider and they may include issues such as writing on the board, giving students individual attention, the use of teacher talk time, the way in which we should give instructions to our students, the building and maintaining of rapport with our students, and finally the one that perhaps most new teachers particularly spend a lot of time worrying and thinking about, is the issue of classroom discipline. So what we'd like to do is to take each of these in turn and look at some of the major issues surrounding these classroom management issues. 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...  [Read more]

  In this TEFL review video a student from South Africa talks about her second week at ITTT's training center in Phuket, Thailand. She discusses some of the course components, the training staff and the rewards of doing the course in Phuket. At ITTT all in-class trainers and online tutors are experienced and qualified professionals and they guarantee to deliver to trainees the most up to date training methods in the teaching of English to non native English speakers. 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...  [Read more]

  Did you know that you can complete an ITTT online course in the comfort of your own home and at your own pace? In this TEFL review video George talks about his experiences as an ITTT online student. ITTT offers a variety of TEFL/TESOL online courses. For example, for teachers who are considering working with younger students, ITTT offers the Certificate in Teaching English to Young Learners. Young learners can be one of the most rewarding of all groups to teach and ITTT's course will provide you with the tools to be an effective classroom teacher. To find out more about this course and other TEFL courses ITTT offers simply follow the links above. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiaowandong Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Dali Baizu 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. This unit deals with classroom management and discusses seating arrangements, the varying types of student groupings for classroom work and teacher talk time versus student talk time. It also talks about ways to encourage and promote a positive learning environment through effective uses of body language, respect, control and discipline. It was helpful...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qibaer Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Aletai Dìqu — Altay? 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 unit first talks about several different methodologies of teaching and then digs deeper into the methodology ESA or Engage, Study and Activate. This method motivates the students, exposes them to the language, gives them the opportunity to use it and gives the teacher flexibility in the classroom. One very important component of this process is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shuiding Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yili Hasake Zizhizhou — Ili? 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. This unit goes over ways to manage your class correctly. It brings up how to use gestures and eye contact effectively. It also goes over the different groupings that a teacher could use and how to use different grouping to be the most effective. Another thing that it talks about is teacher talk time. It brigs up the best and worst times for a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xinrong Qu Jedao Guanli Zhongxin? Are you interested in teaching English in Datong 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 more a teacher talks during class the less time there will be for the students to speak their new language. When the teacher spends excessive time talking during class, it can be difficult for the students to concentrate and even leave them feeling bored, causing them to learn slower and retain less information. One of the best results of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jizixian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yan'an 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 this essay I am going to talk about how students can be motivated, more specifically, how to encourage shy or reluctant students to participate in class discussions. With the possible exception of mental "problems" such as being a mute, most of the time I find that a student who is unwilling to talk is either not confident in their abilities, or waiting for...  [Read more]

Mohammad Jabary Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Speaking of the students in class has always been an issue for the teachers and the institutes. We often question how we teach and remodel our teaching methods so we can make it possible for the students to talk more, while sometimes it has happened that even the teacher loses track of time, thus leading to an only teacher talk class style. After spending many times recycling the idea of why I, as a teacher, should talk or even how much and when to talk strikes me every time I make a lesson plan for my class. But first, let us consider the reasons why it is important to let the students talk more rather than just be listeners. The very first moment we start our approaches and tach, it must be clear and pointed out that only if they use...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Jobs Westminster United States 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 section covered two important topics: the conditional and the difference between direct and reported speech. There are several types of conditionals and they differ in meaning and which verbs are used. The zero conditional is used to state facts while the first is used to talk about a probably future situation. The second conditional talks about an improbable future situation. The third conditional talks about a hypothetical improbable past action. The mixed conditional talks about a hypothetical...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Honghe-hanizu-yizu-zizhizhou? Are you interested in teaching English in Honghe-hanizu-yizu-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 focused on methods and ideas for managing students in the classroom, a key part of which involves maintaining a balance between teacher talk time and student talk time Adaptability is key to engaging students of a different country or...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Self-confidence is not an easy trait to gain, especially when we talk about teachers. Self-confidence is obvious and easy to observe from all people, whether students or other teachers. When the teacher has a lack or weakness in self-confidence, their students or their coworkers will see that during the explanation, when she/he talks in front of the students and answering some questions in the class. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Walaa S. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Self-confidence is also associated with creativity, whenever the teacher is confident of himself/herself then, he/she will show the creative aspect of him/her. TESOL/TEFL teaches the teachers...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this essay, I am going to talk about how students can be motivated, more specifically, how to encourage shy or reluctant students to participate in class discussions. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Bertram R. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. With the possible exception of mental "problems" such as being a mute, most of the time I find that a student who is unwilling to talk is either not confident in their abilities, or waiting for somebody else to answer the question. Also Read: The Benefits and Pitfalls when Teaching One-on-One What I have found to be a good way of encouraging students to talk who are shy is to teach them the sentence structure or grammar I...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yanwo Zhen? 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. A student coming into a classroom everyday looking at the board and listening to a teacher talk for hours can become mind-numbing. This can increase the chances of a student daydreaming or potentially even falling asleep. One way of preventing a student from becoming disengaged or having his or her learning hindered is by incorporating games into the classroom. Games...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hubin 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. It is very important for the teachers to adopt as many ways as possible to let students to practice English in class. I believe the success of this teaching strategy is due mainly to the fact that the learners can choose what they want to read, listen to, watch, and talk about in class. Personally , I suggest and have tried the following ways to do the practice. Free...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yangan 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. This unit is about the differences in teaching and learning in terms of two very distinc groups of students based on age and level. Group one being composed of five to nine years old and group two being composed of nice to thirteen years old. Then it goes into the methadologies within the scope of teaching and learning. First being maturation theory in which simply...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Caijiapo 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. Establishing rapport My name is Guyu, I’m a Chinese girl, the topic of my summative task is Establishing rapport .Writing this topic ,I want to talk about my teaching experience of how to establish rapport in my class. It hasn’t been long since I became an English teacher, I have 8 cute students In my class,they are between 9 and 11 years old. Before I take over...  [Read more]

  In this TESOL review, Ben from South Africa talks about his experience of taking an online TESOL course with ITTT and how he is looking forward to starting his teaching career overseas now he is a qualified English teacher. Earning a TESOL qualification with ITTT gives you the opportunity to see the world while also earning a living. 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. The unit explains the best ways of teaching receptive skills to student. Both reading...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas A student coming into a classroom every day looking at the board and listening to a teacher talk for hours can become mind-numbing. This can increase the chances of a student daydreaming or potentially even falling asleep. One way of preventing a student from becoming disengaged or having his or her learning hindered is by incorporating games into the classroom. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Robyn W. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Games can be played with any age group which makes them very flexible, and they can be used in a variety of ways when learning a new language. Just by playing games, a tremendous amount of possibilities for a student can open up. It can...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huairen 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. Classroom management refers to what happens in the classroom and they are variety of ways or processes teachers use to ensure a smooth and organize class, in order to achieve their task in the classroom and to create an appropriate environment suitable for learning. In other to achieve these goals the teacher has to be the master of the class ,he chooses who to talk...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Cape St. Claire 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: In any class setting it can often feel forced and unnatural for a student to express himself or herself, especially when it comes to learning a new language. Language and culture can be very personal to any one person so students will tend to put up a wall of silence and guard their heart. They are guarding their personal voice; they want to keep it within the confines of what they like to talk about or what they believe in. They also may feel scared to open up especially if they can't speak in their mother...  [Read more]

  In this TEFL review Koichi from Japan describes his experience as a TEFL/TESOL student with ITTT. He took the combined course and completed the in-class component in Phuket. 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. THIS UNIT,JUST LIKE THE OTHER UNITS TALKS ABOUT MODALS,PHRASAL, VERBS AND PASSIVE VOICE,WHICH ELABORATES HOW WE CAN IDENTIFY THE PASSIVE AND ACTIVE VOICE. IT ALSO TALK ABOUT THE 3 CATEGORIES OF CLAUSES AND WHEN THEY ARE USED.WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chujiang 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. Teacher talk time in the classroom can have positive or negative impacts for the students. To look at the positivity of teacher talk time in the classroom, it is beneficial for the students to listen to a native speaker to pronounce words correctly and improve their listening skills as well. Conversely, the negative aspect of too much teacher talk time in the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shuping Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zigong 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.       Unit three dwelled on the 8different methods of language learning, describing and explaining each one of them as well as pointing out their pros and cons. The section however ended with the conclusion that it is difficult to ascertain which of them is the best method. Choosing a suitable method will depend on factors such as the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dianshang Zhen? 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. In an ESL classroom environment, teachers will inevitably partake in varying amounts of teacher talk time. Some classes will be more dominated by teacher talk time while others may involve more student talk time. Teachers must be aware of the times in class when they can limit their talk time because ultimately students will only acquire English language skills...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Gauteng? Are you interested in teaching English in Tsakane, Gauteng? Check out our opportunities in Tsakane, 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! The information about the teacher talk time and Student talk time was the most intruiging. I personally believe that the effectiveness of teacher talk time would be different according to the nationality of the students....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hongqiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huzhou 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 past tense describes a past event or state of being and it's divided into four tenses; the past simple, past continuous, past perfect and the past perfect continuous. This lesson covers the structure of those tenses , usages, the errors/mistakes a student may make and the activities that can be included in the activate stage. First we have the simple past tense...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Bingtuan Qishiliu Tuan? Are you interested in teaching English in Yili Hasake Zizhizhou — Ili? 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 this unit I have learnt how to manage my class better in regards with how to ensure that my students get enough time to speak and also listen. It is important to not to give information to the students too easily and sometimes it is good for them to correct and help each other as this would increase the student talk time. I also learnt...  [Read more]

  Sairi from Mexico was already teaching English when she took the ITTT online course. In this TESOL review video she talks about how the course has helped her develop her teaching skills. 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. This has been a very short unit but nonetheless fulfilling; it has been interesting to learn about the reasons why students may talk in their mother tongue and how to address this problem. It has also been worthwhile to learn about the...  [Read more]