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Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas A student learning English as a foreign language will likely find it difficult, slow, but ultimately rewarding. The key to success is experiencing these rewarding moments regularly throughout their English-learning journey. It can be hard to recognize your progress when learning a new language, and this can be demotivating. To overcome low motivation, regular 'rewards', or encouragement, can make it easier to notice milestones and remain motivated. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Alisha D. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. While some students may naturally possess these attitudes and skills, a lot of these traits can be...  [Read more]

Federico Riva Teaching Ideas Motivation can be categorized into two types: intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsic motivation is a drive that comes from within a person. People are intrinsically motivated when they enjoy doing an activity. Extrinsic motivation is a drive that comes from outside of a person. People are extrinsically motivated when they want to gain a reward (like a prize or a good grade) or avoid a punishment. Motivating Students to Learn English with some Smart Tactics are as follows: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Nigar S. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. One way to encourage students’ intrinsic motivation is to make class communicative. Part...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Teaching as a general concept is a word derived from "to teach" which means to instruct, it means a process in which one individual makes something known to another individual, it is a system of actions intended to produce learning. As Morrison said, "teaching is intimate contact between a more mature personality and less mature one which is designed to further education of the later". This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Ghaith F. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. As we see teaching is a kind of influence aimed at changing the behavior potential of the student. In this situation, the teacher needs to overcome gaps and...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas When teaching English, teachers need to be aware of the issues that students will be dealing with. For my summative task, I would like to explore one of the biggest issues that I experienced while studying English, which is a ‘confidence issue.’ This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Mitsuki O. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Generally speaking, the issue of not being confident in language learning enormously affects students, especially when they are actually trying to use English for output exercises in both speaking and writing. To minimize this confidence issue and increase their confidence level, from my teaching...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Keeping students motivated to learn can be one of the biggest challenges a teacher may face. Without motivation, the students can become bored and complacent; they may even start to act out and disrupt the class. A few ways a teacher can keep their students motivated are by participating in games and physical activity, reward, and praise, and having a good attitude as a teacher. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Victoria O. Also read: Top Online Lesson Plan Resources for New and Advanced Teachers Games and activities are a good source of motivation because they are fun. Students are usually excited to play games, especially younger students. Games get students physically involved in a...  [Read more]