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12 Course Books to Improve Your General English Lessons for Adults - TEFL Blog
Thu, 29 Aug 2019 Jon ITTT
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12 Course Books to Improve Your General English Lessons for Adults
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.
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Oxford University Press
Cambridge University Press
Pearson/Longman
Macmillan
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Improve Your Young Learners Classes with these 30 Course Books - TEFL Blog
Thu, 19 Sep 2019 Jon ITTT
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Improve Your Young Learners Classes with these 30 Course Books
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.
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Oxford University Press course books for young learners
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Tefl reviews - Course Books For Business English - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Course Books for Business English
BrE = British English
AmE = American English
A1 - B1 etc. = Language levels from the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages(CEFR)
Int = International English
OUP
Business Venture (A1 - B1)
International Express (AI-C1]
Business Result (A1 - C2)
CAMBRIDGE
Business Plus (Al- Bl, Int)
New International Business English (B2, BrE)
Communicating in Business 2nd Edition (B2 - C1, AmE)
PEARSON/LONGMAN
Intelligent Business (AZ-Cl.BrE)
Market Leader (AI-Cl.BrE)
Workplace Plus (4 levels, AmE)
ABAX ELT PUBLISHERS
Business Listening & Speaking
MACMILLAN
In Company 3.0 (AI-Cl)
Macmillan Business English Skills
(AI-Cl.BrE)
Workplace Plus (4 levels, AmE)
BARRONS ENGLISH
LANGUAGE ARTS
Business English
How to Write Better Business Letters
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Top Tips for Preparing ESL Students for Exams - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Top Tips for Preparing ESL Students for Exams
10/05/2021
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couldn't start i couldn't wait to start this live session okay so i have to uh
cut this first part uh when i start editing my
live stream session after we finish it but anyway uh i couldn't wait to start this live
stream session because the topic of the discussion is going to
be really fun and i like to dwell upon this um idea
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presentation and while waiting for some more people to join us
um i'm gonna tell you a little bit more about myself i also want to introduce itttt so
i will be really short i i will be really brief on that but
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Is grammar knowledge important when teaching English? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
Is grammar knowledge important when teaching English?
When considering this question it is important to first outline the different types of class levels found in English language classrooms worldwide. A fairly common classification of EFL teaching levels is indicated by the book resources available. If you consider book series such as, Reward, New Headway, and many others, you will find five levels.
These levels are, Starter (or Beginner), Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, and Upper-Intermediate.
Now we have established the general language levels of students, we can now consider the four skills of English.
The four skills
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Job for EFL Teacher Leader in Valencia, Spain
Date posted:2020-09-01 | Writer: The Kent Institute | Email: [email protected]
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What are the different types of TEFL programs? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
What are the different types of TEFL programs?
There are four main categories of English teaching programs that we will consider here:
Each program is designed with a specific audience in mind, involves distinctive educational activities, and has unique highlights.
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General English
Academic English (Also referred to as English for Academic Purpose EAP)
Business English
Young Learners
Other Notes
General English
Audience: Primarily taught in governmental schools and private language institutions worldwide.
Curriculum: Typically, it covers five study levels with a predefined syllabus, utilizing popular book series like 'New Headway' or 'Let's go'.
Highlight: It caters to millions of students worldwide who are keen on learning general English.
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What are the different types of TEFL programs? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
What are the different types of TEFL programs?
There are four main categories of English teaching programs that we will consider here:
Each program is designed with a specific audience in mind, involves distinctive educational activities, and has unique highlights.
General English
Audience: Primarily taught in governmental schools and private language institutions worldwide.
Curriculum: Typically, it covers five study levels with a predefined syllabus, utilizing popular book series like 'New Headway' or 'Let’s go'.
Highlight: It caters to millions of students worldwide who are keen on learning general English.
Also read: Should I take a TEFL course bundle?
Academic English (Also referred to as English for Academic Purpose EAP)
Audience: Tailored for students who need to demonstrate... [Read more]
What Books to Use: An Overview of The ESL Teaching Materials - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
What Books to Use: An Overview of The ESL Teaching Materials
07/18/2021
hey everybody it's lisa here and i'm super glad to welcome you to the
weekly live stream by itt um if you don't know me yet um
once again my name is lisa and i'm a non-native english teacher from russia
i've been working online primarily since 2020 and today
um i would like to reach out to you and tell you about um some esl course
books uh to pick out for your uh teaching
i'm not going to dig into details i'm just going to briefly present
my approach how i choose the most appropriate materials
but anyways i hope that this topic um will be interesting and helpful so uh stay tuned
uh and um let me know that you hear and see me clearly because
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2021 Online ESL Classroom: Top Tips for Planning Online English Lessons - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
2021 Online ESL Classroom: Top Tips for Planning Online English Lessons
01/12/2021
hello hello um if you guys join me please let me
know in the comment section that you can see me clearly and you can hear this
uh video uh so that i know that my equipment works smooth
um so please let me know that you're here and you see and hear me clearly
i'll be very very thankful for that um and um yeah
to start with uh my name is lisa i'm an itttttt tefl expert and
an online english teacher and today we will talk about one of the most
important things in tefl teaching online lesson planning well we will talk
about lesson planning in general but as long as i'm more specialized in
online teaching i'll try to share my personal experience in planning online classes
um hello guys thanks for joining me um... [Read more]
The Reasons to Get a TEFL Course - TEFL Blog
Fri, 19 Jun 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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The Reasons to Get a TEFL Course
By completing the online TEFL courses, I've obtained a clear understanding of what factors are concerned when it comes to teaching English. It's important because it offers a tremendous amount of knowledge as well as benefits to whoever wishes to develop a career in the English education field.
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To start with, the TEFL begins with some general introduction of TEFL.
Secondly, Theoretical knowledge is covered.
Then it comes to the practical knowledge that TEFL teaches me.
Teaching Skills
Resources and Materials
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Why Is Lesson Planning Important? - TEFL Blog
Sun, 05 May 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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Why Is Lesson Planning Important?
Lesson planning means that the teacher establishes his/her credibility. It shows that you are organized, structured, have thought about what you are going to do, and understand your area of expertise.
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Is lesson planning a 100% sure thing?
The hidden benefit of lesson planning
Lesson Plan Example
Topic
Aims
Age group
Level
Time
Materials
Introduction
Procedure
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Your First Online English Lesson: 5 Main Things to Include - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Your First Online English Lesson: 5 Main Things to Include
08/26/2021
hey guys welcome to a new itt's live stream uh and my name is lisa uh if you
don't know me yet uh i'm a tefl and t soul expert at itt and i also teach
english online as a non-native esl teacher so i'm super glad to welcome you
um at today's session and it's going to be devoted to um the very first online
esl class um i hope yeah my name is lisa not linda
but it's okay hi uh mikey i hope i pronounce your name correctly
so uh today's session is going to be devoted to everything related to the
very first uh lesson with your um online students
so um i'm going to share five uh five main points uh you have to remember
before planning your very first lesson um so hopefully it's going to be useful
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I'm a Non-Native English Teacher: How do I find a job? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
I'm a Non-Native English Teacher: How do I find a job?
09/08/2021
hey guys i'm super glad to welcome you at a new ITTT live stream
um i'm going to wait for a moment um until some people um join me
but uh today's topic is devoted to a really um challenging issue
um for those teachers who are unaware about their abilities to
uh find a job uh and i'm going to dwell upon the problem
of um getting employed as a non-native speaker
so basically this is a tough issue for
all new teachers and for some current teachers i'm going to share my own experience but
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How to Become a Freelance TEFL/TESOL Teacher - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
How to Become a Freelance TEFL/TESOL Teacher
03/17/2023
hi Linda here from ITT back this week with another live session and and today
we're going to talk about how to become a freelance tefl teacher all right I
think this is a topic that a lot of people are going to find very interesting um a lot of people are probably going to
want to kind of follow in the in the footsteps of this
newer kind well is it a new career but I mean we've definitely seen some changes
in the teaching industry in the teaching Market um also thanks to the Boom in online
teaching and freelance teaching freelance English teaching has definitely become uh increasingly
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Top 5 Underrated TEFL Destinations - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Top 5 Underrated TEFL Destinations
03/28/2023
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we're going to talk about how to become a freelance tefl teacher all right I
think this is a topic that a lot of people are going to find very interesting um a lot of people are probably going to
want to kind of follow in the in the footsteps of this
newer kind well is it a new career but I mean we've definitely seen some changes
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um what it actually means to be a tefl freelance teacher
um the... [Read more]