Teaching English To Non Native Speakers Lesson Plans

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas I have chosen this topic as I am not a native English speaker myself, and before getting into the course I wasn’t sure if it was a good idea for the debate there is between native vs non-native English teachers, and for future jobs opportunities. I have been looking for a teaching opportunity for a few months and all the adverts say "native speakers only”. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Sandra P. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The native speaker vs non-native speaker argument continues and it seems it will always be. However, non-native English teachers empathize more closely with their EFL students. Because they have been through the process of learning the...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Warangal 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: C.G. - Romania said: I come from Romania and my background in quite common, I have started studying english in 5th grade. My mother tongue is Romanian, and this actually helped me learn english as my language is a Romance language. Teaching english has become my goal ever since I was a child, but never have I imagined teaching english to non-Romanians. This is actually a totally different approach, therefore I have done some research to see what other teachers around the world have been experiencing. There is a very interesting...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Hugoton 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: I come from Romania and my background in quite common, I have started studying english in 5th grade. My mother tongue is Romanian, and this actually helped me learn english as my language is a Romance language. Teaching english has become my goal ever since I was a child, but never have I imagined teaching english to non-Romanians. This is actually a totally different approach, therefore I have done some research to see what other teachers around the world have been experiencing. There is a very interesting point of...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Teaching English as a foreign language can be an intimidating task, especially for non-native English speaking teachers. This is true for many of my coworkers who are homeroom teachers at elementary schools in Japan. English has recently become a formal subject in elementary schools here and many homeroom teachers are intimidated by the sudden responsibility to teach a language they are not fluent in. Many feel that native speakers are better English teachers since native speakers have natural pronunciation and excellent command of the language. Co-teaching with a native speaker can put added pressure on homeroom teachers to speak perfect English in front of their students. Therefore many homeroom teachers feel uncomfortable with being in the spotlight...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Greenfield 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: Even though I am a native speaker of english, this course provides valuable insight into how to effectively teach english to non-native speakers. Oftentimes people believe that they are capable of teaching anything to anyone. However, it takes a lot of pre-planning and the ability to adjust lessons to be able to effectively and efficiently teach. Many underestimate the importance of logistics and making certain that you have all the equipment and materials necessary for each lesson. While lesson plans are great in...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Checotah 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: Even though I am a native speaker of english, this course provides valuable insight into how to effectively teach english to non-native speakers. Oftentimes people believe that they are capable of teaching anything to anyone. However, it takes a lot of pre-planning and the ability to adjust lessons to be able to effectively and efficiently teach. Many underestimate the importance of logistics and making certain that you have all the equipment and materials necessary for each lesson. While lesson plans are great in...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Belington West Virginia 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 course has made me realize the importance of basic grammar that native english speakers take for granted. While there are many grammar rules, to a native speaker they come naturally and with ease. Teaching the rules to a non-native speaker is important for building a foundation to speak english. It is also important to know how to place students in terms of what level they speak at. This is important when you are dealing with a class and you cannot give individualized attention to students. If you know...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Manitoba? Are you interested in teaching English in Dauphin, Manitoba? Check out our opportunities in Dauphin, 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! This course has made me realize the importance of basic grammar that native english speakers take for granted. While there are many grammar rules, to a native speaker they come naturally and with ease. Teaching the rules...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Granite Falls 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: I have always been intrigued by the fact that so often native english speakers are preferred as tefl teachers to non-native english speakers. There are many articles to be found on the Internet about teaching english as a second language, depending on the search criteria, and most of them state that ‘tefl teachers may be native or non-native speakers of english.' As a non-native english speaker myself, I often recall the variety of english teachers I came across. I often tried to categorise them and choose...  [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 Ellsworth 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: As my own experience, even if you have the degree or any certificate that proofs you are eligible to teach english but not a native speaker, discrimination is always there. I have seen the reality and proved...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Kunshan 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.G. - Germany said: As my own experience, even if you have the degree or any certificate that proofs you are eligible to teach english but not a native speaker, discrimination is always there. I have seen the reality and proved that those efl schools who always would want to hire a native speaker even if they didn’t even reach college or don’t have any degree in teaching as long as they speak and looks english, you are hire! All over the world more and more efl schools advertise their courses highlighting that they only...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Duisburg 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.H. - Japan said: Throughout the course, I learned lots of things I didn’t know back then. I gained something that I won’t be able to find in a country where foreigners don’t often teach. I studied english in a country where they teach english with non-native speakers- that is why there were a lot of misunderstandings in learning the language. The course also helped me to be more aware of my language and gave me ideas to be of use in a classroom. Understanding how the dynamics work in a classroom is a real help too,...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences As a Belgian born citizen, I was brought up with different languages. Belgium is officially a trilingual country: French, Dutch, and German are all official languages. Dutch is my mother tongue, I have been learning French since primary school. Later, in high school, German and English were added to my curriculum and in college, I extended my language skills by taking a Spanish course. This means I have been studying foreign languages since primary school until my university degree when I was 25 years old. This made me decide to write on the following topic: why non-native English speakers can be good TEFL teachers. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Roel S. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Ezhou 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: V.J. - U.S.A. said: Traveling to a foreign country and teaching english to non-native speakers is a career that presents many exciting experiences and challenges. Therefore, many adventurous people are interested in trying out such a career. For native english speakers, the idea of teaching english to non-natives seems quite simple: Fly to a new country, teach the eager students the ABCs and 123s of english, and consider the task completed. However, what many aspiring english instructors do not realize is that becoming a successful...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences In a globalized world, where people come and go easily from country to country for different reasons, English has become the first spoken language. Considering this fact, it’s still shocking how not being a “native” has such an impact by the time of applying for a job or hiring someone for it. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Arantza M. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. As a non-native speaker who has studied English since a very young age, I can say that it’s quite difficult to be taken into consideration when it comes to applying for a teaching job. I have realized that recruiters don’t focus that much in the actual level of English or even in the...  [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 Portland Indiana 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: Traveling to a foreign country and teaching english to non-native speakers is a career that presents many exciting experiences and challenges. Therefore, many adventurous people are interested in trying out such a career....  [Read more]

Federico Riva TEFL Information There are a number of ways Native and non native English speakers can build their careers. This blog will cover some examples. This blog post is going to discuss some of the ways in which you can build your teaching career as a non-native English speaker. This is really important to discuss because many people who take a TESOL course are not aware of how to implement this experience after the course. Here I will share my personal experience and give some advice on how to build your own teaching career. To give some quick background information, I have been teaching online since 2020 because of the quarantine situation and I am also a non-native English speaker. I have been studying English for 20 years. Here I discuss some challenges that online ESL...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences The United States of America, Canada, The United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. If one is not a citizen of one of the aforementioned countries, they are not likely to be considered as a native English speaker. There are certain countries such as the Caribbean Islands, India, Philippines and Singapore in which English is the official language and which use English as a primary language among the citizens. However, they are not recognized as native speakers of English due to various reasons, mainly accent, even though the use of the English language, including both grammar and vocabulary, doesn’t differ too much from British English or American English. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Eng H. S. As...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Are you a near-native English speaker and looking for an English teaching job in East Asia? Beware of the very requirement you will face in countless job ads that can even put you off from applying for any TEFL jobs. I am quite confident that you can guess what that requirement is. Being an English native speaker! According to my personal experience in Thailand, what you might see in all those ads is more about holding the passport of one of the English speaking countries rather than language proficiency and teaching skills. It seems that requiring you to be native to be able to apply is not even enough for them. Sometimes they make it even more frustrating by restricting the list of the countries and narrowing it down to a maximum of 5 or 6 countries....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Ontario? Are you interested in teaching English in Sarnia, Ontario? Check out our opportunities in Sarnia, 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! I have learned a lot from this course, it was very informative for me and also challenged me. As a native english speaker grammar is taught very young so it was very helpful to revisit the technical aspects of grammar. I...  [Read more]

Linda Dunsmore TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Sometimes non-native English speakers are discouraged in their pursuit of teaching English as a foreign language. With the right TEFL certification course and training, anyone who is a fluent English speaker can also be a great teacher. There is really no reason for non-native English speakers to worry as the following alumni report will clearly show. This post was written by our ITTT graduate Lola H. I chose this topic because I am not a native English speaker, and being a non-native English speaking teacher, in my case in South Korea, has its advantages, but also some disadvantages. I will develop the disadvantages first, then introduce the advantages. First of all, if you are not a native English speaking teacher, you have to prove...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Incheon 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: R.S. - Luxembourg said: Despite being a native english speaker and completing school and a teaching degree at university in an english speaking country, I found out through this course that there was a lot I didn’t know about the english language, its use and construction. With this course I feel that I am in a position to put all of these lessons to good use teaching non-native speakers here in Luxembourg, in particular young learners, and I look forward to approaching local communes, schools and families about starting english...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences The English language is complex, but it becomes even more so when we consider the differences informality. In most classrooms for second language learners, the ‘formal’ version of English is taught. This is important so that students learn the grammar and vocabulary necessary for proper speaking and writing skills. However, the use of ‘informal’ language with slang and idioms is just as common in everyday life and can vary depending on the region. Both offer unique benefits to the learner, but only the formal style is generally taught in class. More often than not, language lessons focus on the formal use and structure of the English language. This is essential to establish a clear understanding of the rules and structure of formal English....  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Greensboro Alabama 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: A few years ago, I had a great opportunity to live in Bangkok for six months. While living there, a Filipina friend of mine who worked as an english teacher asked me if I could fill in for an American teacher at the school she worked. He had to have surgery on his knee and would be out for two weeks. I was excited about the opportunity and jumped at the chance. The night before my first day, I became really nervous because I did not have any experience teaching, especially in front of a class of non-native...  [Read more]

  Absolutely YES! Large numbers of non-native English speakers complete our TEFL courses each year and go on to have successful careers teaching English either in their home country or further afield. In order to successfully complete the course you will need to demonstrate a high standard of English, but it is certainly not a barrier that will stop you from becoming a fully qualified EFL teacher. In many cases being a non-native English speaker can actually be an advantage in the classroom as you have already been through the same experience that your students are currently facing. This can help to build a good rapport between the students and the teacher as they are often less afraid of making mistakes in this situation. It can also provide the students with a real incentive to...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) involves dynamic, cross-cultural English language instruction, requiring a level of intentional, service-oriented cultural sensitivity and awareness with new English learners that may not be so readily understood or relevant with native speakers from the United States of America. Beyond the memorization of rote grammar, language proficiency, public speaking, reading comprehension, and other elements of linguistic aptitude, there must first be a deliberate recognition of the unique challenges of a non-native speaker of the English language. While our units do not suggest that instructors allow learners to speak in their native tongue regularly, its use does not necessarily suggest an avoidance or...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Yingcheng 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: H.S. - China said: I was extremely dubious when initially approached about working as a non-native english speaking teacher in a school where most teachers are tefl certified native english speakers teaching students whose first language happens to be mine too. I was however convinced that my experience of learning the language in itself was sufficient to compensate the absence of such a certificate, let alone the impressive results. I consequently took the chance and now I am irrevocably in love with this energizing job! Back...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) involves dynamic, cross-cultural English language instruction, requiring a level of intentional, service-oriented cultural sensitivity and awareness with new English learners that may not be so readily understood or relevant with native speakers from the United States of America. Beyond the memorization of rote grammar, language proficiency, public speaking, reading comprehension, and other elements of linguistic aptitude, there must first be a deliberate recognition of the unique challenges of a non-native speaker of the English language. While our units do not suggest that instructors allow learners to speak in their native tongue regularly, its use does not necessarily suggest an avoidance or...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Well, before starting this summative task and as I was going through the list of topics, I noticed this one…TEFL for non-native English speaking teachers (N°30) and thought: that’s the one I want to talk about. Yes, I am a non-native English speaker and months ago, I have given to my life a completely different orientation, leaving behind nearly a 30 years career spent in the financial and business fields. As being one important step included in this global professional and personal project, I decided to apply for a TEFL course and graduate in June 2019. However, before committing to the ITTI TEFL course and even until now, I am still reflecting upon what TEFL means for a non-native English speaking teacher. So far, I have reached some conclusions...  [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 Deadwood 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: I was extremely dubious when initially approached about working as a non-native english speaking teacher in a school where most teachers are tefl certified native english speakers teaching students whose first language...  [Read more]