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  This TESOL review video was recorded by ITTT graduate Floyd. Floyd is from the USA but is currently living and working as an English teacher in Japan. Floyd took the 120-hour online course with tutor support as well as the teaching business English course and intends to take the Diploma course with ITTT in the future. 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. In this unit, I learned about the usefulness of games in the classroom, and their value as an...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas What qualities should a teacher have? Personal or professional qualities, and which ones are more important? For example, is it possible for a teacher to be charged with a duty to love children, or is it enough that he treats them with respect and good knowledge of his subject? Should a teacher be an outgoing leader? Which teacher is better - kind or strict? This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Alla S. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Nobody will argue that the desire to learn from a professional who knows the subject is natural. Every English teacher must know the language. It would seem obvious! However, the simple truth is often...  [Read more]

  Neil took the in-class TEFL course with TEFL International in Zhuhai, China. In this TEFL review video, Neil points out what was covered in the course including grammar, pronunciation as well as the practical side of teaching. He found the trainers encouraged him to put what he was learning into practice in the classroom. 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. I found this chapter to be the most difficult. It easy to understand the tense, past,...  [Read more]

  Would you like to travel overseas to live and work with the local people and experience a new culture? Completing a TEFL/TESOL certification course with ITTT can help you achieve this. In this TEFL review video trainee Stratton highlights the advantages of completing ITTT's four week in-class course in one of our international training centers. 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. To know what groups of students will help the teacher to plan the...  [Read more]

  In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word whodunit. This word describes a mystery or detective story that can either be a movie, a book, a play or anything to that extend. It is basically a short form of the words Who has done it?, meaning who is the criminal / murder in the story. 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 information given in Unit 10 about testing and evaluating of students is very valuable especially to new...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas A lesson plan, developed by a teacher, is a detailed description of the lesson. It can be also considered as a guide providing step-by-step the direction in which the teacher designs his/her lesson. Is it really necessary for an effective lesson? If so, What makes it so crucial? This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Beste D. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. As mentioned above, being a teachers' route-map, a lesson plan sheds light on the procedures of teaching in a definite way. It benefits teachers in more ways. First, it maintains perfect time management. As organized teaching saves time. When a teacher comes to the class with a...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas A lesson plan, developed by a teacher, is a detailed description of the lesson. It can be also considered as a guide providing step-by-step the direction in which the teacher designs his/her lesson. Is it really necessary for an effective lesson? If so, What makes it so crucial? This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Beste D. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. As mentioned above, being a teachers' route-map, a lesson plan sheds light on the procedures of teaching in a definite way. It benefits teachers in more ways. First, it maintains perfect time management. As organized teaching saves time. When a teacher comes to the class with a...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences English is everywhere. It is the world’s lingua franca. Out of 7.5 billion people, 1.5 billion speak English and just 360 million of them are native speakers, that is to say, that English is by far the most commonly studied language. It has become the global language for business, science, technology, aviation, advertisement, cinema, music, education, and so much more. How did it become so powerful? This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Philippa K. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The answer lies in history – after 1945, when the world was recovering from the biggest and most horrific conflict, the United States business...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas These days the importance of knowing English is more tangible than before which made it one of the core factors of literacy level. What is more, there are so many benefits to learning English and the impacts it has on people's business life are numerous. To name a few; it paves the way to improve and get promoted at work or opens up more job opportunities for each individual inside or outside their country. In this essay, each reason will be discussed. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Leila J. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Furthermore, it will add a significant skill to their qualifications and make them before other...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Games are a useful tool for teachers of EFL students because they help with motivation, engagement, and graceful failure (Plass 260-261). I will present a successful example of a teacher using games in an adult grammar class from Indonesia. Second, since I plan to teach online EFL students, I will present free digital games online teachers can use in their virtual classrooms. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Christopher C. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Many professional articles have been written showing the importance of game-based learning theory for EFL students. Games have an element of ‘play’ in them, and so differ...  [Read more]

Mark Crocker Alumni Experiences During my Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) certification, I learned several valuable lessons. While knowing the English language and how to relay that to those who are learning the language is important, the most important lesson I learned is how a teacher’s attitude directly affects student interaction and class rapport. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Annie H. Being open and warm as well as using a smile has an extremely beneficial effect on a classroom. When students view the teacher as someone who is judgment-free and wanting to help, it elicits positive interaction and performance. Although this seems to be common sense, I’ve had several teachers (including language...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In order to understand how stressful conditions can be overcome in the classroom environment, it is better to first know what these stressful conditions are. Although the presence of these conditions is inevitable, in normal conditions, prevention is better than cure. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Negar A. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. In my opinion, stressful situations in the classroom are created in two ways. First, the stresses and worries the teacher bring to class. These stresses are usually caused by normal and abnormal fears of an individual. For example, the first day of a class for a novice teacher is a bit...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Learning another language is useful and is also an essential skill for life and work. But what qualities make someone is a good teacher and what skills should they possess? A good teacher needs to have qualities such as caring about teaching, having a passion for learning, and having professional knowledge of their fields of teaching. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Xianjie M. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Firstly, the methods most commonly used by good teachers include how to properly manage a class, how to effectively engage students in learning, how to make the activities more meaningful, and how to prepare the...  [Read more]

Jon ITTT Alumni Experiences Grammar can be defined as the study of the classes of words, their inflections and their functions and relations in the sentence (see Merriam Webster) or grammar is a linguistic tool that determines the rules for presenting sentences correctly. It involves a number of related sub-fields including syntax, phonetics, morphology, and semantics. That is to say, grammar is the system of the language and is the rules that make it possible for us to talk about language. Grammar names the types of words and word groups which could make up sentences not only in English but in any other language. As human beings, we can all do with grammar, even as children. But it is not everybody who is able to talk about how sentences are...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Our TEFL graduate explains the relationships between classroom management and workflow. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Classroom management is really important for ESL learning. Our TEFL graduate shares their ideas on it. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas This blog post was written by our TEFL graduate who shares their exciting classroom activities. Gökhan Yilmaz Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas We have a saying; who knows something very well, cannot teach very well. If you are not a native speaker but you are a...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Motivating students is extremely important. How to do it successfully? Read in this blog post. Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences This blog post contains information on online games for teaching TEYL. Our TEFL graduate shares their thoughts on the problem. Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences This blog post is devoted to the problem of teaching beginners. Our TEFL graduate shares their thoughts on how to approach to teaching this group. Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Skills are extremely important for every activity. Our TEFL...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Our TEFL graduate explains the relationships between classroom management and workflow. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Classroom management is really important for ESL learning. Our TEFL graduate shares their ideas on it. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas This blog post was written by our TEFL graduate who shares their exciting classroom activities. Gökhan Yilmaz Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas We have a saying; who knows something very well, cannot teach very well. If you are not a native speaker but you are a...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas This blog post contains information on lesson planning and its influence on overall success of ESL teaching. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, you will learn some techniques of teaching reading. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas This blog post is devoted to storytelling and activities accompanying it. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Sometimes classroom atmosphere is not comfortable for all students there. How to solve this problem? Read in this blog post. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas ...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences This article is devoted to the problem of cultural sensitivity. Our TEFL graduate gives their opinion on the point. Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences In this article, we will consider different teaching responsibilities and roles in the ESL setting. Our TEFL graduate gives their opinion. Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences The problem of confidence is common to many people. However, for ESL classrooms it is extremely important that teacher feels comfortable and knows their strong and weak sides. In this blog post, our TEFL graduate shares their ideas how to work on your self-assurance. ...  [Read more]

  And so on to the final phase of the ESA lesson, which is called the activate phase. What we have done so far, if you remember, is to engage the students, to get them talking and thinking in English, where possible we've elicited the teaching point from the students and covered any gaps in knowledge to make sure that the teaching point has been fully covered and then we've checked understanding of that teaching point by asking targeted and specific questions. Usually the types of activities that we've done for the study phase will involve using a single word in order to answer those questions correctly this, however, is not how language is actually used. When we use language, we always use it in some form of context. So the purpose of the activate activity is to put that teaching...  [Read more]

Mark Crocker Alumni Experiences Motivation is one of the most influential aspects of learning a new language. For all language learners motivation varies, but it is surely an essential part in achieving fluency within any given language. Motivation can be dependent upon age, language fluency (both first language and second language), affective filter (i.e. an individual’s comfort level within a particular setting), and many other factors. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Nicole H. In learning a new language, motivation is often dependent upon age. Age can affect an individual’s desires and reasons for learning a new language and thus influence the motivation to learn and become fluent within the language. As children,...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences “Everyone who remembers his education remembers teachers, not methods, and or techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system” – Sidney Hook. Teaching is as ancient as time and its ways of imparting knowledge have evolved throughout the centuries. Past behind are those days when children were considered wicked and in need to be reformed (Hobbes’ view). Likewise, it stopped being a one-way relationship where teachers had a dominant position and students were just mere recipients of data. Looking back at my school days, I compare teaching now and then. And even though roles and methods have made a 180 degrees turn, it has made me wonder why I can’t remember my university Language teacher...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences The problem of confidence is common to many people. However, for ESL classrooms it is extremely important that teacher feels comfortable and knows their strong and weak sides. In this blog post, our TEFL graduate shares their ideas how to work on your self-assurance. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas This article is devoted to the most important teaching skills that TEFL experts need for work with young learners. Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Our TEFL alumna tells about the most challenging things faced by students from Japan. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas ...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences The problem of confidence is common to many people. However, for ESL classrooms it is extremely important that teacher feels comfortable and knows their strong and weak sides. In this blog post, our TEFL graduate shares their ideas how to work on your self-assurance. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas This article is devoted to the most important teaching skills that TEFL experts need for work with young learners. Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Our TEFL alumna tells about the most challenging things faced by students from Japan. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas ...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Being a teacher for the first time, I was very nervous about the type of students I would have in my class and how their behavior would affect the classroom environment and the students around them. Before starting teaching, I was mainly worried about middle and high school students. I was afraid they wouldn’t be interested in the games that we would play in class and that they would just be on their phones. However, I was wrong- at least partially. The students don’t use their phones during class, due to strict rules and also having a teaching assistant, which left me feeling very relieved. I was worried about having to tell students not to use their phones and ending up having to confiscate them. The...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas A lesson plan is a series of instructions written by the teacher on how to cover his lesson It is also a working document to refer to during the lesson ad a record of the class content useful for future lessons or for other teachers. An effective lesson plan should be flexible and open to change. How a lesson plan is written depends upon the teacher. It's complicated because it doesn't exist the perfect way to write a lesson plan. It can be formal following a specific pattern or written in the form of notes but simplicity is essential. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Daniela F. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Firstly, a...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas "A man doesn't learn to understand anything unless he loves it" Goethe The role of the teacher is very important in our lives. A good teacher provides us with knowledge, motivation, and encouragement while creating interest in his subject. He cares about his students and demonstrates patience. An experienced teacher knows what role or roles to take during his lesson. The most important role is the role of an organizer. The teacher instructs the class through daily activities. He may also split students into pairs for role-playing or encourage mill drill exercise, where students come to each other, ask questions, and receive answers. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Ekaterina H. Please note...  [Read more]

  There is no simple answer to this question as it depends entirely on which type of TEFL course you choose to study. At ITTT we have a range of courses that are designed to suit the various needs of our trainees, each with its own time scale for completion. Please see below for a breakdown of our various course options. Online courses are often the quickest route towards TEFL certification. If you are in a real hurry a course such as our 60-hour introduction to TEFL may be a good choice as you can conceivably complete it in as little as five days. Even those who prefer to study at a slower rate should find they can complete the course within one month. However, it is worth remembering that the majority of employers worldwide insist on job applicants having a TEFL certificate of...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Discipline often comes to the mind at the mention of classroom management, but the crucial component is much more.Classroom management creates a set of expectations used in an organized classroom environment. This will include routines, rules, and consequences. Effective classroom management paves the way for the teacher to engage the students in learning. Classroom management is important because it allows learning to flow effectively some important elements can be considered such as Effective teaching, Efficient use of time, fewer behavior problems, community building and many other elements when a class is managed well by the teacher. Just to elaborate more on the elements mentioned as to why classroom...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences All people are susceptible to boredom and confusion. Either of these or their combination can lead to frustration. Once frustrated, a learner will find it exponentially more difficult to grasp or retain new information. The student’s mind will be elsewhere, unmotivated and uninterested. Therefore, an instructor should make it a priority that each and every student can not only understand the created material but be interested in it as well. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Patrick O. So how does one create engaging and educational material for groups of vastly different people? I believe that the first step is always the same: getting to know the students. On a very fundamental and...  [Read more]