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Jon ITTT TEFL Information English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is an area of English language teaching and learning that encompasses business English and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) as well as courses that teach English needed for specific jobs and industries. As a qualified TEFL teacher you will likely teach ESP in some form and in this post I’ll look at course books aimed at teaching English to those in certain professions such as finance, law, tourism, medicine and aviation as well as books used for teaching EAP. EAP focuses on the language and skills needed for students to study in English at university level. As with other English teaching, EAP deals with reading, writing, listening and speaking, as well as vocabulary and grammar but these are linked to the students’...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Wendeng 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: J.J. - China said: As a new teacher, one of the biggest challenges to overcome was learning to manage my classroom. Anyone who’s taught a classroom full of twenty, five and six year olds knows to what I am referring. Understanding how to organize and use the space in my classroom, make use of groups and independent study time, as well as establishing rules and agreements in a positive manner can be difficult. Studying at University and taking tefl courses can only take a person so far. I learn best through experience and once...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Bowman Georgia 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 a new teacher, one of the biggest challenges to overcome was learning to manage my classroom. Anyone who's taught a classroom full of twenty, five and six year olds knows to what I am referring. Understanding how to organize and use the space in my classroom, make use of groups and independent study time, as well as establishing rules and agreements in a positive manner can be difficult. Studying at University and taking tefl courses can only take a person so far. I learn best through experience and once my book...  [Read more]

ITTT has recently opened a TEFL & TESOL training center in Orlando Florida. If you wish to be TEFL/TESOL-certified and would love to take a course in Orlando Florida, this is an opportunity you cannot miss. Check out course details and fees for ITTT's Orlando Florida. TEFL/TESOL center here! Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Lighthouse Point Florida 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 a new teacher, one of the biggest challenges to overcome was learning to manage my classroom. Anyone who's taught a classroom full of twenty, five and six year olds knows to what I am referring. Understanding...  [Read more]

Ahmed Taha TEFL Information Teaching Ideas This article explains what TBLT is and how it differs from more traditional approaches to teaching. Why has it become such a popular teaching method for languages? Will it continue to be popular or will it be replaced by another approach? PPP now stands for present, practise, and produce. The teacher is in charge of everything in the PPP classroom. As a result, there is a finite amount of room for student behaviour and agency. A linear syllabus is also a part of PPP. So you only get one chance to learn grammatical rules and other aspects of the language. Finally, lessons in the PPP format can become repetitive and boring. So this isn't the most effective method of inspiring students. Task-based language instruction has emerged as an...  [Read more]

Jon ITTT TEFL Information Business English falls under the umbrella of English for Specific Purposes (ESP), and is an area of English language teaching that focuses on the language students need in order to function in an international business setting. It is a popular sector for qualified TEFL teachers to work in and one that can be financially rewarding. Students taking business English classes will generally already have a reasonable level of English language ability and course books tend to be aimed at pre-intermediate level students and above but there are books aimed at lower level students. There are several publishers involved in producing course books for the business English classroom. Two of the main publishers are Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Mingxing Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jinzhong 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. When teaching abroad, a teacher can expect to teach in two types of classes, multilingual and monolingual. Monolingual classes are comprised of students living in their home country and the students all speak one common tongue. In a multilingual class, the students are usually living in an English speaking country. These students will usually speak a variety of...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Jeonju 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: D.S. South Korea said: Pronunciation “refers to the ability to use the correct stress, rhythm and intonation of a word in a spoken language. A word can be spoken in different ways by various individual, or groups depending on many factors, such as: the area in which they grew up, the area in which they live, if they have a speech or voice disorder, their ethnic group, their social class, or their education” (Wikipedia online 05/30/2012). This paper will examine the common pronunciation problems of Korean speakers. I will...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Alberton Montana 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: Pronunciation “refers to the ability to use the correct stress, rhythm and intonation of a word in a spoken language. A word can be spoken in different ways by various individual, or groups depending on many factors, such as: the area in which they grew up, the area in which they live, if they have a speech or voice disorder, their ethnic group, their social class, or their education” (Wikipedia online 05/30/2012). This paper will examine the common pronunciation problems of Korean speakers. I will examine some...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Spring City Pennsylvania 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: Pronunciation “refers to the ability to use the correct stress, rhythm and intonation of a word in a spoken language. A word can be spoken in different ways by various individual, or groups depending on many factors, such as: the area in which they grew up, the area in which they live, if they have a speech or voice disorder, their ethnic group, their social class, or their education” (Wikipedia online 05/30/2012). This paper will examine the common pronunciation problems of Korean speakers. I will...  [Read more]

Jon ITTT TEFL Information Teaching Ideas As a newly qualified TEFL teacher the chances are you will be working for a school which supplies its teachers with all the resources needed to teach successful lessons based on a set course. This article shows a selection of the course books that are available for teaching general English course to adults from a number of publishers in the TEFL industry. There are several publishers involved in producing course books for the TEFL classroom. The main publishers are Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Pearson/Longman and Macmillan. These publishers produce course books across a range of EFL sectors including, young learners, adults, business English, and English for specific purposes. General English course books for adults will...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tumen Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Aba Zangzu Qiangzu Zizhizhou —? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Games in the classroom How effective is using games in classrooms? According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a 'game' is an „activity that one engages in for amusement or fun“. Hadfield defines the game as „an activity with rules, a goal and an element of fun“ (Klimova: 2014). Games have been a significant part of the teaching...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Eshan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zaozhuang 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 was my first experience teaching in Taiwan and I was in charge of teaching ESL to 7th-11th graders. I had never taught out of the United States and never considered the possibility that my students wouldn’t understand, what I thought, was simple English. I asked my junior high students to “put on their thinking caps,” to “line up single file,” “to...  [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 Au Sable 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: Proper pronunciation is one of the fundamental aspects of developing a new language skill. In the case of japanese learners of english (JLE), Ohata (2004) states that we must understand the phonological...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Blue Ridge 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: In South Korea's culture education is taken very seriously. Parents sacrifice everything for their children's education. They have class six days a week, sometimes seven, and are enrolled in various after school academies. english academy is one of the more common academies parents send their children to. After the Korean War it was required for students to take english in school as a second language. It has become even more important since globalization and the advancement of technology. Many teacher's from...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Kou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xianyang 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. If you are a young learners’ English teacher students aged 6-10, what kind of course material you should choose for your class? The answer to this question can be very important to those tutors who have to choose the course material by themselves and are not provided by the school. In this article I will share my knowledge and experience about two course materials I...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Sendai 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.P. - Austria said: McCarten posits that “[t]he acquisition of vocabulary is arguably the most critical component of successful language learning” (2007: 26). The numbers seem to bear this claim out: 'Heinemann Guided Readers' for 'Upper Level' students use about 2,200 words (Hedge 2008:111). In comparison, the number Aitchison gives for the vocabulary range of the average 5-year-old english native speaker is 3,000 (2003: 188). Naturally, these figures are even higher for adults – Aitchison estimates an educated native...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Bandar Lampung 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.K. - Japan said: Proper pronunciation is one of the fundamental aspects of developing a new language skill. In the case of japanese learners of english (JLE), Ohata (2004) states that we must understand the phonological differences between japanese and english to best understand the difficulties for JLE. Through this paper we will examine the structure of phonemes, vowels, consonants, syllable types, rhythm and intonation to clarify how a learner will develop their ability to speak english. Phonemes Lado (1957) has...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences As a professional English tutor, every now and then this question rises up: should I teach British English or American English? Before we answer the question, let’s see how many versions of English exist: We can think of British English, American English, Australian English, South African English, Canadian English. But let’s just focus on one pair which most of the English course materials are based on them: British and American. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Oleksandr P. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Also Read: Group Teaching or One-to-One: What Will You Choose? First of all, you need to know your students’ goals of learning English: are they...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Stonington 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: In today's society there seems to be a consensus that there are certain people who have a natural ability for learning languages. There is always someone in every classroom who seems to comprehend and produce language at a faster rate and more effectively than others, doing so with finesse and ease. Many different factors affect the way in which one learns and learning a second language is no exception. It can be a long, often extremely complex, process, and success can be dependent on many different factors, for...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Georgetown District Of Columbia 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: Teaching young learners vs. Adults. Learning modes: young learners vs. Adults (16) Learning english as a foreign language is a complex learning process. Adults and young learners have many similarities, but are different in many areas as well. When looking at learners of english, teachers must consider the age of the learners when planning for and teaching a class. young learners are usually still developing cognitively, linguistically, socially and are still building their literacy skills (Cameron...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dawang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xi'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. As a professional English tutor, every now and then this question rises up: should I teach British English or American English? In this article I will share my experience about it. Before we answer the question, let’s see how many versions of English exist: We can think of British English, American English, Australian English, South African English, Canadian English,...  [Read more]

ITTT has recently opened a TEFL & TESOL training center in Orlando Florida. If you wish to be TEFL/TESOL-certified and would love to take a course in Orlando Florida, this is an opportunity you cannot miss. Check out course details and fees for ITTT's Orlando Florida. TEFL/TESOL center here! Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Orlando 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: english has evolved to become a language commonly used by millions of people around the world, thus; giving it an international standing. It has advanced and has acquired a unique role that is recognized in countries...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Quebec? Are you interested in teaching English in La Pocatière, Quebec? Check out our opportunities in La Pocatière, 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! Harris and Hodges (1995) describe vocabulary as all the words of a language. A more explicit definition is given by Neuman and Dwyer (2009), referred to by Bintz (2011), who stated that vocabulary is: the words...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xinyi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Luliang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. English is introduced as a global language. A global language needs to be used by more people than any other language. Also, it depends on the power of its people including the power of military, politics, and economics. After World War 2, the US became the richest nation on earth; therefore, English became an official language as an international language. People...  [Read more]

ITTT has recently opened a TEFL & TESOL training center in New York City. If you wish to be TEFL/TESOL-certified and would love to take a course in New York City, this is an opportunity you cannot miss. Check out course details and fees for ITTT's New York City. TEFL/TESOL center here! Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Napoli New York 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: Teaching young learners vs. Adults. Learning modes: young learners vs. Adults (16) Learning english as a foreign language is a complex learning process. Adults and young learners have many similarities, but are different in many...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL New Munich 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: english is probably going to remain one of the world's most important languages for a long time into the future, but I feel like that we can't say that english is ‘THE' global language. After studying abroad in Costa Rica and thailand, and living with a host family and learning a new language I am against the push to have english be the global language. I think mandating english as the global worldwide language disrespects many other nationalities and cultures. english is not currently the predominant...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL Zagreb 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.C. - U.S.A. said: english is probably going to remain one of the world’s most important languages for a long time into the future, but I feel like that we can’t say that english is ‘THE’ global language. After studying abroad in Costa Rica and thailand, and living with a host family and learning a new language I am against the push to have english be the global language. I think mandating english as the global worldwide language disrespects many other nationalities and cultures. english is not currently the predominant...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shengrenjian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yuncheng 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. INTRODUCTION In order to learn a new language, a student should be exposed to it and understand the meaning of it. In addition, the learner should be able to practice and produce it (ITTT, p. 1). Japanese students deal with a variety of issues while learning English. To begin with, the Japanese language has a different writing system, grammar and syntax (FIS,...  [Read more]

Jon ITTT TEFL Information Teaching Ideas TEFL teachers both new and experienced will benefit from having a range of course books to draw on for their lessons. General English course books for young learners differ from those for adults in a number of ways. Obviously the types of topics will be geared towards the interests of younger people but there are also differences in the way the language is presented. Course books for adults will generally have sections with explicit presentations of a grammar point,whereas books for young learners do not usually cover grammar in detail. There are several publishers involved in producing general English course books for young learners. The main publishers are Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Pearson ELT, and Macmillan. These...  [Read more]