Apps For Italy

Mon, 18 May 2020 Mia Santarelli Destinations The Top Travel Apps to Use While Traveling In Italy You've renewed your passport, packed durable walking shoes, and typed up a detailed itinerary directing your steps in Italy. Your Italian ducks may seem like they're in a row, but sometimes, a dream adventure to a foreign country can turn into a stress-filled series of mishaps, unless you take advantage of technology and the apps that will make your trip a dream come true. The first time I traveled to Italy, I could not wait to arrive and begin exploring the hidden histories that the winding cobblestone streets offer their visitors. Navigating a city like Florence, in which the streets are decorated with signs indicating streets that curve into twisty knots, like a bowl of al dente...  [Read more]

Mia Santarelli Mia Santarelli is currently an Art History graduate student at the Savannah College of Art and Design. She served as a gallery intern in Florence, Italy at Galleria Immaginaria and hopes to continue to develop her career in international art. Mia strongly believes in the power of language and has a passion for exploring different cultures and their histories through visual art. When she was 14 years old, Mia realized she possessed a strong enthusiasm to learn Italian. Her love for this beautiful language grew rapidly and blossomed into what would become her major at the University of Kansas. A pivotal moment in Mia's professional journey was interviewing Italian photographer Piergiorgio Branzi. After their meeting he said, "we must always swim against the current." These...  [Read more]

The Most Popular TEFL Destinations For Teachers 5 Reasons Why Turkey is a Great Destination to Teach English Gökhan Yilmaz Destinations TEFL Information Due to Turkey's huge tourism industry, English is widely spoken among locals, which also means that the opportunities for teaching English in Turkey are vast. Here are 5 reasons to teach English in Turkey. The Top Travel Apps to Use While Traveling In Italy Mia Santarelli Destinations There are many things to consider when thinking about traveling to Italy. Here are a few apps to consider downloading to use while roaming the streets of Italy to ensure a more enjoyable experience. 4 Reasons Why Vietnam is the Perfect Place For Teaching English Abroad Minh Huy Hoang Destinations Alumni Experiences What opportunities...  [Read more]

Older Posts Young Learners: 5 Creative/artistic Activities to Do During COVID-19 Mia Santarelli Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Under the circumstances surrounding COVID-19, young learners are participating in school in their homes, as the school setting has dramatically shifted. With this in mind, it is important to maintain creative thinking, imagination, and exploration of the different aspects of language learning that can be exercised in unique ways. This short guide provides five ideas of affordable creative projects that can engage young learners in acquiring proper language skills, while also proposing different tasks that the family can participate in together. 5 Reasons Why Turkey is a Great Destination to Teach English Gökhan Yilmaz Destinations TEFL...  [Read more]

Tue, 23 Jun 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Storytelling Activities in an ESL Setting When I started writing this essay I found loads of interesting material on this topic and I think later on I will look for many more articles and books to learn more about this fascinating world of storytelling. Table of Contents What are Stories for? Storytelling and School Subjects Resources Another activity was the Autobiography of Anything Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Olha K. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. What are Stories for? If you think about storytelling, you notice that the passing down of stories from generation to...  [Read more]

Tue, 23 Jun 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Setting Up Friendly Relationships in a Toxic Classroom Environment Within a classroom, you will have an assortment of students with different abilities and different styles of learning which can hurt the ability for these students to work and learn together. Table of Contents Inclusive Learning Personal Approach Confidence Building Appropriate Grouping and Organization of the Classroom Space Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate jon k. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Inclusive Learning As a teacher, it is essential to ensure that all students feel inclusive when in the...  [Read more]

Tue, 02 Jun 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas What Are the Difficulties When Teaching EFL in Kindergarten in Asia? As an international language that is widely used around the globe, English has been important and increasingly influential in our lives over the years. Learning English seems to be an inevitable, prioritized task for many of us. This is also applicable to kindergarten children aged 4 to 6 years in many Asian countries. As a former kindergarten teacher who taught English, I have encountered several problems during my time teaching kindergarten kids in Asia. These problems could be attributed to child development and their social environment. Table of Contents Type of Motivation Visual Clues Lack of English Environment Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL...  [Read more]

Fri, 29 May 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Business English, Understanding the Importance of Teaching Both Illocutionary and Perlocutionary Utterances Business language is often used to affect another person's behavior. However, it should be stated early that the language must be used to help the other person. It should not be used for mere financial gain. One may gain financially by it, but the persuasion, if acted upon, must have a positive effect upon the person who has been persuaded. One may be able to persuade an Eskimo to purchase ice, however, that makes the businessperson a swindler rather than an excellent salesman. Table of Contents Sentence Structure Why to teach those points? Students' goals Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course today!...  [Read more]

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas What is The Difference Between Teaching English to High-School Students and University Students? An obvious difference between teaching English to high-school students and university students in the organization. Class sizes at a school are usually limited to about 25 students and we have to check the attendance because it is compulsory. The timetable and the syllabus are fixed. At a university, the groups are often much bigger, and the teacher can arrange the syllabus more freely. Table of Contents Students' Age The Level of Motivation Syllabus Class Size Responsibilities Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Mara B. Please note that this...  [Read more]

Wed, 08 Jul 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences My Journey as an English Teacher Abroad Ever since I was a little girl, education has been a huge part of my life. My mother was a teacher at the elementary school I attended and also taught me and my sisters Japanese after school in our home. I have always been inquisitive, constantly asking questions to my parents and teachers about topics I was interested in and about things I didn't quite understand. Table of Contents My learning experience Teaching Experience in Japan Benefits of being a teacher Business Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Kim S. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or...  [Read more]

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 Federico Riva Destinations TEFL Information Live Session: The Top Hiring Seasons for Teaching English Abroad oday's exciting topic is the top hiring seasons for teaching English abroad. We're going to go over different countries on different continents and what their hiring seasons are, so when's the best time to go job hunting. Also there will be some tips for job hunting in those places as sometimes you need to get hired in advance when you're still in your home country and you can do online interviews, but in some countries you need to apply in person. So we're going to talk about that as well. Table of Contents Watch the live session here The top hiring seasons for teaching English abroad Tiana has a question. Are there any specific job websites you'd recommend...  [Read more]

Live Session: The Top Hiring Seasons for Teaching English Abroad   Hello and welcome. I'm back again this week for another live session from ITTT. Super excited to be here again, as always it is Friday 10:00 a.m. where I am in South Korea. Please let me know if you can see me and if you can hear me, use the comment section and just throw in a quick hi and where you're watching from. Let me know where you are in the world. I would be super excited to know because we always get a very international crowd here. Let me know where you are right now and what time it is there. I would appreciate it. I am in South Korea, about an hour and a half south of Seoul. It is Friday morning and the weather is kind of cloudy but it's not too bad. Yesterday was really nice, spring has finally arrived....  [Read more]

The Top Hiring Seasons for Teaching English Abroad 03/18/2021 hello hello hi welcome welcome i'm back again this week for another live session for itt super excited to be here yet again um as always uh it is friday 10 a.m where i am in south korea and please let me know guys if you can see me if you can hear me um you know use the comment section and just throw in a quick hi and where you're watching from let me know where you are in the world um i would be super excited to know um because we always get a very international crowd here and it's super exciting so please let me know where you are right now what time it is there and um yeah just a high i would appreciate it i am in south korea about an hour and a half south of seoul it is friday morning um the weather it's it's kind of...  [Read more]

TEFL Interview: The 15 Most Asked Questions They Will Ask You 02/25/2021 hello hello and welcome my name is linda thanks so much for tuning in um yeah i'm back here again like every week i guess um live with itt talking about yet another very exciting and interesting teaching and tefl topic today and i think especially this topic is going to be so useful um and it's i think not talked about enough right we always talk about how to choose the correct tefl course how to choose you know how to find jobs and all this kind of stuff but not we're not going down into the nitty-gritty of the actual tefl interview and that's what we're gonna do today so we are talking about the 15 most asked questions in a tefl interview and hi guys thanks so much for watching i see we already have a couple of...  [Read more]

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 Linda Dunsmore TEFL Information Teaching Ideas Overview of TEFL and TESOL for Teaching English Abroad or Online All right, looks like we're live! Awesome! This is great. So thanks so much for tuning in today for our actually very first Facebook live and I'm super happy to be here with Jessica today from GoOverseas. We're gonna talk today about all things teaching English abroad, online, and everything in between. All things TEFL and TESOL and all that good stuff and I'm actually tuning in live from South Korea where it's 9 00 am Friday and I think Jessica is in Southern California. Right, yep it's 5 p.m here so just starting to get dark. I've actually just realized I'm probably going to need the light before the session is over so i'm going to run and do that now...  [Read more]

Overview of TEFL and TESOL for Teaching English Abroad or Online   All right, looks like we're live! Awesome! This is great. So thanks so much for tuning in today for our actually very first Facebook live and I'm super happy to be here with Jessica today from GoOverseas. We're gonna talk today about all things teaching English abroad, online, and everything in between. All things TEFL and TESOL and all that good stuff and I'm actually tuning in live from South Korea where it's 9 00 am Friday and I think Jessica is in Southern California. Right, yep it's 5 p.m here so just starting to get dark. I've actually just realized I'm probably going to need the light before the session is over so i'm going to run and do that now while Linda just explains today’s topic. No problem, cool. ...  [Read more]

A Look Inside: TEFL/TESOL and Teaching English Abroad or Online 10/16/2022 all right looks like we're live awesome this is great so thanks so much for um tuning in today for our actually very first facebook live and i'm super happy to be here with jessica today from go overseas hi everybody and um yeah we're gonna talk today about all things um teaching english abroad online and everything in between all things tefl and tesol and all that good stuff and um i'm actually tuning in live from south korea it's 9 00 am friday where i am and i think jessica is in southern california right yep it's 5 p.m here so just starting to get dark i've actually just realized i'm probably going to need the light before the session is over so i'm going to run and do that now while linda's just there's no...  [Read more]

These are the Best Government Programs for Teaching English Abroad   Hi my name is Linda from ITTT, international TEFL and TESOL Training and I'm back again today for another live session. If you can hear me and see me please let me know as I'm trying out a new mic today so if that is working well it would be good to know. So please leave a quick comment to say hi and where you're watching from. I have been living in South Korea for five and a half years, so for me right now it's 10:00 a.m. Friday morning. Let me know where you are tuning in from and what time it is where you are. Okay cool, hi South Africa, welcome and thanks so much for joining. I guess you can see me and you can hear me so that's really great. Let's just wait for a few more people to join and then we can get...  [Read more]

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 Federico Riva TEFL Information Teaching Ideas These are the Best Government Programs for Teaching English Abroad Hi my name is Linda from ITTT, international TEFL and TESOL Training and I'm back again today for another live session. If you can hear me and see me please let me know as I'm trying out a new mic today so if that is working well it would be good to know. So please leave a quick comment to say hi and where you're watching from. I have been living in South Korea for five and a half years, so for me right now it's 10:00 a.m. Friday morning. Let me know where you are tuning in from and what time it is where you are. Table of Contents Watch the live session here So back to today's topic. The best government programs for teaching English abroad. So what does...  [Read more]

The Best Government-Run Programs For Teaching English Abroad 01/14/2021 My name is linda i'm from itt international tefl and tesol training and um yeah i'm back again today for another live session and yeah if you can hear me if you can see me because i'm trying out a new mic today so if that is um working well um i need to know if you can hear me and you can see me so please leave a quick comment um just throwing in a high and where you're watching from so that i know that you can hear me clearly and that you can see me and that you're here and ready to go through today's live and today's topic that would be really really great um yeah my name is linda um working for itt and i have been living in south korea for five and a half years so for me right now it's 10 a.m friday morning in...  [Read more]