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Best Facebook Page for TEFL TESOL Courses   Our Facebook page provides an important hub where our students and course graduates can connect with each other and share advice, tips and information on all aspects of TEFL. One of its many benefits is that it is made up of people from all nationalities and backgrounds so everyone should be able to find what they are looking for. Feel free to join our online community and put your questions, recommendations, and course reviews out there to not only find the answers that you are looking for, but also to help others like you to make the right choices to suit their situation and future teaching plans. Our Facebook page is also a great place to access other content, such as our webpage, YouTube channel, special offers, photos and much more....  [Read more]

Thu, 14 Mar 2019 Jon ITTT Alumni Experiences Strong Reasons for Completing a TEFL Course Why complete a TEFL course? All the mainstream ads answer this question with, "Travel the World", "Work and Live Abroad" "Discover different Cultures", "Meet new People" and "Learn the local Language", all are great reasons. I had to ask myself this a few times. I have lived in many non-English speaking countries over the years and over these years have assisted many locals with their English homework or extra studies. I am a native English speaker, I know how to speak English; I have done it all my life so why would I need to take a TEFL course? Table of Contents You will learn a teaching method A TEFL course provides structured learning Improve your teaching ability with a TEFL course today!...  [Read more]

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 Federico Riva Teaching Ideas The Principles of Building a Strong Vocabulary Perhaps more than anything, the size of a student's vocabulary puts a limit on what he or she can and cannot do in English! Because although I think that grammar certainly has a place in the teaching of English, my own experience has shown me that the number of words and phrases in your language arsenal will be a bigger determining factor of your ability to understand and to use a language actively. Here I will explain why I believe that vocabulary is key when it comes to mastering English and at the same time give some examples of how to teach English vocabulary effectively to students in line with the ESA methodology. Table of Contents Active vs. Passive Vocabulary Benefits of a Large...  [Read more]

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas How to Help Children Become a Strong Reader As language acquisition through immersion goes, reading is positively amazing. Where movies may help with attitude and tone, reading allows us to see the words, form visual connections between them, and familiarise ourselves with spelling, punctuation, and structure. The best results, of course, are seen in readers who do it for pleasure, and for whom the point of reading is not simply to be done with it. How, then, do we get our children to read for fun when most of them seem to dread it? Table of Contents Step One: Drop mandatory/standardized reading Step Two: Make it social Step Three: Accept differences Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: This...  [Read more]

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas 5 Unusual Ways to Build Strong English Vocabulary Vocabulary lessons are quite easy to teach and students love them because of the many exciting games teachers usually implement. In this article, we want to share several unusual ideas for building strong English vocabulary that will definitely help you in your classroom. Table of Contents Listen to this blog post: 1. PlayDough Wordbuilding 2. Greek and Latin Word Roots 3. Interactive Word Wall 4. Labelling Real Objects 5. Find a Native-Speaking Pen Pals Do you want to teach English abroad or online? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: Check out what our course grads say in our many video testimonials! Listen to this blog post: 1. PlayDough Wordbuilding You can approach any age...  [Read more]

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 Federico Riva Budget and Salary TEFL Information Your Questions about TEFL & TESOL Answered! Welcome, I'm Linda from ITTT, and we are doing a live Q&A session today, so let me just check if this is working. Is anybody here if you're here, if you can see me if you can hear me. Please, leave a comment. That would be great so that I know that you are here. And, please, let me know where you guys are tuning in from? I would be super interested to see where you are tuning in from. I'm in South Korea. I'm about an hour and a half outside of Seoul, like in the middle of South Korea in a city called Cheongju. It's not that big. It is quite big, but it's not pretty well known, but um, I've been here for five and a half years already. Table of Contents Watch the live...  [Read more]

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas How to Build Strong Reading Skills from Early Childhood Reading skills are something that people should acquire from early childhood. A book is a treasure that produces inspiration, strong knowledge, morality, and pleasure. This activity stimulates people to shape their personality, nurture their character, and create a particular set of precious values and principles to guide them in life. Reading books continually determines people to discover themselves better, perceive the environment appropriately they live in, and understand the people and events around them. It makes people rich spiritually and contributes to the formation of a healthy and stable personality. Once they comprehend the...  [Read more]

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas How to Help ESL Students Build Strong Reading Skills Reading is a skill that people should acquire from early childhood. A book is a treasure that produces inspiration, strong knowledge, morality, and pleasure. This activity stimulates people to shape their personality, nurture their character, and create a particular set of precious values and principles to guide them in life. Reading books continually determines people to discover themselves better, perceive the environment appropriately they live in, and understand the people and events around them. It makes people rich spiritually and contributes to the formation of a healthy and solid personality. Once they comprehend the circumstances of...  [Read more]

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas How to Build a Strong Foundation for Effective EFL Teaching Setting a solid foundation for any learner is crucial. There are many different factors to consider. The students' age, culture, religion, learning abilities, and difficulties are capable of reading and writing in the Roman alphabet. This is only looking at the learning as an individual. When you have a group of learners, you need to consider things such as the class dynamic, personality clashes, quiet vs. loud, making sure all students are comfortable. Table of Contents Positive Attitude Managing Challenging Learners Correctly Are you ready to teach English abroad or online? Related Articles: Check out what our course grads say in our many video...  [Read more]

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 Federico Riva TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Q&A About TEFL/TESOL ✅ Ask us anything! English to me and I'll answer them to the best of my ability. We have a first time watcher Sebastian watching from Cameroon and it is 2:00 a.m. there, wow thanks so much for staying up and watching our live stream, that's awesome. Table of Contents Watch the live session here Muhammad asks how much is the course and how many courses do we have? We have another question from Maria. I did the 120-hour TEFL course, is it valid everywhere? Okay, Hamza wants to inquire concerning the duration of the 120-hour TEFL online course. Another question from Hamza, how much does the 120-hour TEFL online course cost? Okay great, we have a question from Christine. I'm...  [Read more]

Fri, 15 May 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Reading as the Most Important Skill to Acquire Reading is a skill that people should acquire from early childhood. A book is a treasure that produces inspiration, strong knowledge, morality, and pleasure. This activity stimulates people to shape their personality, to nurture their character, and to create a particular set of precious values and principles that will guide them in life. Reading books continually determines people to discover themselves better, to perceive appropriately the environment they live in, and to understand the people, events that happen around them. It makes people rich spiritually and contributes to the formation of a healthy and solid personality. Once they comprehend the circumstances of their living...  [Read more]

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Tue, 07 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas How Teacher-Student Rapport Affects the Overall Success of Students Establishing a positive rapport with their students is one of the most critical factors of creating a successful classroom environment. While establishing rapport is a process and takes longer than a single class session to do, it all starts with the introduction to the classroom. A teacher who enters a classroom of students with an energetic attitude and expresses their enthusiasm for teaching and eagerness to get to know the students is likely to have much greater success with their students than a teacher who does not positively present themselves. This is not to say that all teachers must be extremely energetic and outgoing in personality to be effective, but...  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Simon Says Printable Ideas Do you need ideas to keep your game of Simon Says going strong? Try these ideas and your students will definitely have a blast!   Are you interested in teaching English as a foreign language? Get your TEFL or TESOL certification with ITTT. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Social Media Presence and Partnership Opportunities     If you wish to display this infographic on your website, please copy and paste the code below into your own web pages.   View an enlarged version of this infographic: big version Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Long Vowel Sounds "-e" Word List Here's a useful word list with long vowel sounds to use with your ESL students.   Long vowel sound spelling patterns are quite difficult for students to learn. First they must understand that more than one letter can be used to represent one sound and then learn the various ways that the sound can be represented in print. Are you interested in teaching English as a foreign language? Get your TESOL certificate with ITTT.   Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Reasons to Take an English Level Test as a Non-Native English Teacher   Hi everybody wherever you are right now. I'm in South Korea and it's 10 a.m. Friday, so good morning. I'm back here again today, my name is Linda from ITTT if you've been here before hi and if this is your first time watching thanks so much for tuning in and taking the time, we really appreciate it. If at any time during this live session you have any questions, feel free to drop your comments in the comment section from whichever platform you're watching from. We are streaming live on Facebook and on YouTube at the same time. If you can see me and hear me just leave a hi in the comment box, that would be highly appreciated so that I know that everything is working well. For the first couple of minutes let's...  [Read more]

Tue, 21 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas How Can Teachers Motivate Students and Why is it Important? Regardless of the level, age or culture of students, a desire to learn is essential. Even the most intelligent, pleasant and well-prepared teacher will have a hard time teaching an unmotivated class. Teachers must engage students to create motivation when it is needed. In this essay, I will examine the need for, methods of achieving, and the deep importance of student motivation. Table of Contents Where Can You Implement Motivation Strategies? We can motivate students and pique their interest in many ways. Another great tool for motivation is the use of "Authentic Materials". Perhaps the best tool for motivating students, however, is the behavior and demeanor of the teacher...  [Read more]

Mon, 26 Mar 2018 Linda Dunsmore Destinations TEFL Information The Best Government Programs For Teaching English Abroad Teaching English abroad is now a popular career option for many people of all ages. While there is a strong demand for TEFL certified teachers in many different regions of the world, there are certain countries who have implemented government-funded programs to attract foreign English teachers. Through these programs, qualified English teachers are placed into schools around their countries where they are employed for a set period of time. Here is a list of the best government programs for teaching English abroad. Table of Contents Listen to this blog post: EPIK for Teaching English in South Korea Requirements and More Information About the Program: How to Apply...  [Read more]

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences A Lifetime Love for Language Learning As a young child, I was, for some reason, obsessed with the idea of learning French. I tried a couple of languages, including Finnish at some point, but kept going back to French. I have no idea why because I was never exposed to the culture or the language itself at that age. I doubt I even knew anything about the country itself. I think I assumed learning French would make me sound smarter but, the joke's on younger me, I have no skill in French and never have. I tend to struggle with romance languages in general. Table of Contents My Personal Second Language Experience My Choice Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: This post was written by our TEFL...  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Basic Sentence Structures This is the perfect sheet to hand out to your students to help them with the most basic sentence structures in English. Ideal for beginners to build a strong language foundation.   Basic Sentence Structures in English   Are you interested in teaching English as a foreign language? ​Get your TEFL or TESOL certificate with ITTT. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 Federico Riva TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Reasons to Take an English Level Test as a Non-Native English Teacher Hello everybody. It's Liza here and I'm super glad to welcome you to my weekly ITTT live session. Today's session is devoted to international exams and the reasons to take them as a non-native ESL teacher. Before we begin, please let me know if you see me and hear me clearly, just because I want to make sure my equipment works smoothly. We've got this comments section and you can basically communicate with me through that. Table of Contents Watch the live session here Mahmoud says that he has taken a PTE test. Joe says that he is currently teaching in Vietnam and they have a requirement of having C-1 to get a work permit. By the way, where are you...  [Read more]

Wed, 14 Apr 2021 Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas The 3 Crucial Points Why Rapport is Important in the ESL Classroom A teacher-student rapport plays an integral role in promoting positive teaching outcomes. A connection from both the instructor and the student is evident in terms of positive thoughts and an identical feeling of familiarity. In addition to this, a perception of a bond fosters quality interactions where the student feels vulnerable so that they feel confident to share their weaknesses and challenges(Webb & Barett, 2014). Similarly, the relationship is defined by mutual trust, an ingrained sense of connection, and an emotional affinity where the instructor can cultivate the desired outcomes without feeling burdened(Fleiming,...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Liza is a translator, freelancer and ESL teacher from Russia. She had been teaching in a Chinese bilingual school for more than two years and recently moved to Thiland to run her blog about teaching and freelance job. Read my articles How to Build Strong Reading Skills from Early Childhood | ITTT | TEFL Blog Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our TEFL graduate shares their thoughts on teaching reading skills. ✅ Is it the parents' responsibility or depends on children? Learn more here. How to Teach EFL Kindergarten | ITTT | TEFL Blog Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our TEFL graduate shares their thoughts and experience on teaching EFL kindergarten...  [Read more]

Thu, 30 Jul 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences How to Become a Self-Assured Teacher Before getting into teaching I had a good experience in the corporate sector. Training always had my interest, but never I thought that my first day would be so unpredictable. As I was a fresher in the training field, I could always relate with my students. I could just feel that if after having reasonable knowledge I could be nervous and unconfident, students can sure be. The day I am talking about was my first demo lecture for a group of students. As the students started entering the classroom, my mind was just running towards the unknown queries I may have to face. But, gradually I understood that to have an answer to all questions was a very wrong expectation to keep from oneself. The...  [Read more]

How do I apply for a student visa to legally teach English in France? To legally teach English in France as a non-EU citizen, one effective method is applying for a student visa. This visa permits a specific number of work hours each week, making it ideal for teaching opportunities. Here is how you can proceed: By combining formal teaching and private lessons, you can enjoy a fulfilling experience teaching and living in France. Table of Contents What is the application process for a student visa in France? How can I check that I have the right documents? What should I do on arrival in France? How easy is it to get a student visa for France? What is the application process for a student visa in France? It is recommended that you allow a minimum of four weeks for the application to...  [Read more]

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Elizaveta Pachina Liza is a translator, freelancer and ESL teacher from Russia. She had been teaching in a Chinese bilingual school for more than two years and recently moved to Thiland to run her blog about teaching and freelance job. Read my articles The Applicability of ESA Strategy to Academic Research Writing Instruction | ITTT | TEFL Blog Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our recent TEFL graduate shares their personal experience of taking a course with ITTT and explain how a proposed ESA methodology may be applicable in some other fields. ✅ Read this article to learn the key-points. How to Help ESL Students Build Strong Reading Skills | ITTT | TEFL Blog Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching...  [Read more]

How much can I earn teaching English in Taiwan? With a highly developed infrastructure, a stable economy, plenty of job opportunities, high salaries, and a relatively low cost of living, Taiwan has become an increasingly popular destination for teaching English abroad. Native English speakers with a TEFL certification should have little trouble finding a suitable position in a public school or a privately owned language academy. Teaching jobs can be found right across the country but are most numerous in large cities such as Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, and Tainan. What are TEFL salaries in Taiwan? There are several types of schools that employ foreign teachers in Taiwan, all of which offer various salaries depending on your previous classroom experience and level of teaching...  [Read more]