Easiest Way To Get A Teaching Certificate

Can I teach English with just a TEFL certificate? While some countries mandate a degree for specific teaching roles, numerous opportunities exist for those without one. Flexibility in job types and conditions can pave the way. A prominent qualification that many employers globally seek is the TEFL certificate. Possessing a 120-hour TEFL certification enhances your employability, and further specialization can boost your prospects. Key areas of specialization include: In essence, while a degree is beneficial, a TEFL certificate opens doors to diverse teaching opportunities worldwide. Table of Contents Where can I teach EFL without a university degree? Latin America Asia Europe Highlight on Spain Finally, consider internship programs or volunteering Where can I teach EFL without a...  [Read more]

Can I teach English with just a TEFL certificate? We should start by acknowledging that there are some countries where a degree is required for certain teaching jobs. However, even within these countries there are often opportunities for teachers without a degree. In such situations you would need to be more flexible in terms of the type of job and conditions. As we will see later, undertaking volunteering or internship programs are examples of such flexibility. The main point here is that you can teach in many countries without a degree, provided you do have some other attributes or qualifications that employers are looking for. One of the most important qualifications worldwide for EFL teachers is the TEFL certificate. If you have a certificate of at least 120 hours then you should be...  [Read more]

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas The Role of Multiple Intelligences in The Lesson Planning The theory of multiple intelligences (MI) suggests that there are eight different areas in which an individual can be intelligent. This idea was developed by Dr. Howard Gardner, who thought using only one measurement from an IQ test limits one's potential. Table of Contents The MI Theory Outline Eight intelligences: Applicability of The Theory Challenges Planning Lessons Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Ilma J. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The MI Theory Outline Eight intelligences: Theory eventually became...  [Read more]

Mon, 11 Mar 2019 Mark Crocker Alumni Experiences The Many Reasons For Taking a TEFL Course There are many different reasons why someone might choose to complete a TEFL course. For some it may be simply to earn a new qualification whilst for others there may be much more to it than that. This post will highlight and explain some of the main reasons why people choose to study and complete TEFL courses. Table of Contents The Gateway to a New Life Abroad International Job Requirements Build on Your Existing Teaching Skills Boost of Confidence for New Teachers Build a CV/Resume for the Future What is your motivation for taking a TEFL course? Related Articles: Listen to this blog post This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Connie S. The Gateway to a New Life Abroad One...  [Read more]

How can I teach online without a degree? With the help of the information we have provided below, you can start teaching English as a foreign language online even if you don’t have a degree. We have looked at why some employers might insist on a degree, how to increase your chances of getting hired, and where to hunt for jobs. Why do some online teaching jobs require a degree? Normally, employers require a degree in order to obtain a work visa when hiring someone to teach English abroad. Visas are not a problem, though, when it comes to teaching online - so why do they still want teachers with degrees? One reason can be found in recent reforms made in the largest TEFL market: China. China is the largest TEFL market in the world, and this is also true for the online TEFL sector, where...  [Read more]

How can I teach online without a degree? While a degree can be beneficial, it is entirely possible to teach English online without one. Although some employers might prioritize degree holders, many value experience and certifications. To boost your chances of getting hired, it is important to understand employer preferences, continuously upskill, and be strategic about where you apply. Popular platforms for non-degree holders include Preply, Cambly, Palfish, and Acadsoc. Table of Contents Why do some online teaching jobs require a degree? What do you need to teach English online? Which TEFL course should I get for teaching English online? Why do some online teaching jobs require a degree? Normally, employers require a degree in order to obtain a work visa when hiring someone to teach...  [Read more]

Thu, 03 Dec 2020 Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas 5 Steps to Work on Your ESL Teaching Career When I started teaching English, I've always experienced imposter syndrome because my major was Linguistics. I had no idea about teaching itself, although I knew a lot about how the language works. Table of Contents Step 1: TEFL Course Step 2: Further Education with MOOCs Step 3: Educational Conferences Step 4: Teaching Community Step 5: Language Tests Are you ready to get your ESL teaching career on a new level? Take a TEFL course today! Related Articles: Check out what our course grads say in our many video testimonials! To change this situation, I've started working on my teaching skills to build a successful ESL teaching career. In this blog post, I...  [Read more]

Ask a Non-Native TEFL teacher: Career, Motivation, Self-Development   Hey guys, it's Liza here and I'm super happy to welcome you to our weekly ITTT live session. Today we are going to talk about some usual teaching stuff and if you are interested in anything related to TEFL teaching or career building, this is for you. Feel free to comment and I'll try to help you out with my thoughts and ideas, and maybe you'll find my suggestions useful. I have to fix my camera just slightly, I feel like it's moving down somehow. I hope that you can hear me clearly and see me clearly, please let me know where you guys are from. Also, let me know what stage of your career development you are at. As for me, I'm a TEFL teacher. I used to teach in China several years ago but nowadays I'm almost...  [Read more]

Mon, 17 May 2021 Federico Riva TEFL Information Teaching Ideas Ask a Non-Native TEFL teacher: Career, Motivation, Self-Development Hey guys, it's Liza here and I'm super happy to welcome you to our weekly ITTT live session. Today we are going to talk about some usual teaching stuff and if you are interested in anything related to TEFL teaching or career building, this is for you. Feel free to comment and I'll try to help you out with my thoughts and ideas, and maybe you'll find my suggestions useful. I have to fix my camera just slightly, I feel like it's moving down somehow. I hope that you can hear me clearly and see me clearly, please let me know where you guys are from. Also, let me know what stage of your career development you are at. Table of Contents Watch the live session...  [Read more]

5 Ideas How You Can Use Your TEFL Certificate to Make Money 10/20/2021 hey guys welcome to a new live stream with international tefl and tesol training my name is lisa and today we're going to discuss a rather important topic how to utilize your tefl certificate at one hundred percent to make more income uh and while waiting for some more people to join us i would like to briefly introduce myself so let me change um the slide quickly so here it is if you don't know me yet here i am my name is lisa i am an esl teacher i'm also an esl marketing consultant and i work as a teflon tesol expert at itt so these live streams are regular we uh deliver them twice a week i go live uh usually on tuesday and my colleague linda goes live on uh thursday or friday so if you want uh to get some uh...  [Read more]

Wed, 28 Aug 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Teaching Grammar To Young Learners Effectively Given that grammar is, unquestionably, one of the fundamental pillars of essentially any language, it is therefore of utmost importance to educate learners the correct grammatical rules, and even more preferably, when the learners are of a very young age, so that they can, presumably, have a better grasp of the underlying grammatical rules before they embrace on a pursuit of more advance intellectual knowledge. Table of Contents Status of the English Grammar Games and Grammar Practical Research Anticipated Problems Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course today! Related Articles: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate CHUN YAN T. Please note that this...  [Read more]

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 Federico Riva TEFL Information Teaching Ideas How to Develop Your Teaching Skills as a Non-Native English Speaker Hello, nice to see you. I'm waiting for people to join me and if you are joining please let me know if you hear and see me clearly. Hello everybody, nice to see you guys, thanks for joining. Don't be afraid to write down your comments. Is the sound and picture okay because I want to make sure that this stream goes smoothly? There are many people joining today, that's awesome. It means that today's live session is going to be interesting and will hopefully be useful to many people. Let me remind you of the name of the stream today. We're going to talk about how to develop teaching skills as a non-native English speaker. Table of Contents Watch the live...  [Read more]

How to Develop Your Teaching Skills as a Non-Native English Speaker   Hello, nice to see you. I'm waiting for people to join me and if you are joining please let me know if you hear and see me clearly. Hello everybody, nice to see you guys, thanks for joining. Don't be afraid to write down your comments. Is the sound and picture okay because I want to make sure that this stream goes smoothly? There are many people joining today, that's awesome. It means that today's live session is going to be interesting and will hopefully be useful to many people. Let me remind you of the name of the stream today. We're going to talk about how to develop teaching skills as a non-native English speaker. If you are watching during the live session and don't have time to finish it with us, this video...  [Read more]

Ask a Non-Native TEFL Teacher: Career, Motivation, Self-Development 04/20/2021 hey guys it's liza here and i'm super happy to welcome you to our weekly itttt live session uh today we are going to talk um about some usual teaching stuff and if you are interested in anything related to tefl teaching or um probably career building so feel free to uh comment and i'll try to help you out and reach you back with uh my thoughts and ideas um and maybe you'll find um my suggestions useful okay uh i have to fix my camera just slightly i feel like it's moving moving down somehow so um i hope that you can hear me clearly and you can see me clearly and if you see this video if you see this live please let me know where are you guys from so what's something is wrong with my camera uh for some reason i...  [Read more]

Fri, 21 Apr 2023 Federico Riva TEFL Information Alumni Experiences 8 Mistakes to Avoid When Applying to EFL Teaching Jobs In this blog post, we will look at 8 common mistakes made by applicants in their applications for ESL teaching positions. Table of Contents Watch the video about this topic We are going to look at eight of the biggest mistakes to avoid when applying for an ESL teaching job. 1. Follow the instruction given about how to apply 2. Proofread your Application before sending 3. Not attaching a cover letter. 4. Not addressing the letter to a person. 5. Applying in a country where you don't meet the requirements. 6. Applying for a job you're not qualified for. 7. Not providing proof of English proficiency if you're a non-native speaker. 8. Not attaching a photo. Are you...  [Read more]

TEFL - FAQs At ITTT we are dedicated to training new teachers to become effective and confident professionals who are capable of working in English language classrooms worldwide. Throughout the training process we are here to guide you every step of the way, from choosing the right course all the way through to finding the best job to suit your plans. Inevitably you will have many questions along the way which is why we have put together the following FAQ section that should help to answer some of the most common queries. TEFL & TESOL (General) What is the difference between TESOL and TEFL?    TEFL stands for Teaching English as a Foreign Language and TESOL stands for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. These descriptions are generally used...  [Read more]

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 Katie and Jake from Untold Wanderlust Destinations 5 Important Things to Prepare You for Teaching English in Hanoi After galivanting around India, Central Asia, and Europe for the summer, we finally decided to head back to Vietnam for another year of teaching. However, this time we were going to make a huge change! Instead of going back to our jobs, apartment and friends in Ho Chi Minh City, we decided to check out what Hanoi has to offer. Although it's the same country, it's like starting all over again! As we have only recently gone through this huge change, we have decided to put together 5 important things to help you make the move to Hanoi and teach English. Table of Contents Looking for work as an ESL teacher Finding somewhere to live Getting around Hanoi Food...  [Read more]

TEFL Q&A for Non-Native ESL Teachers: Ask Us Anything! 11/25/2021 hello everybody uh it's another live stream with itttt and my name is lisa uh i'm super glad to welcome you as usual uh it's been just a week but uh it felt so long as for me uh because i really like going live and being helpful and today's live stream session is actually going to be pretty simple because um this is just a q a session um for non-native esl teachers hopefully um you will find it useful and um maybe you have some questions that concern you most so that's the time when you can actually ask these questions so feel free to use the comment section because i'm here for the next uh 45 to 60 minutes uh right for that so let's have this nice and lively conversation and to begin with um i think we can just share...  [Read more]

Native English Teacher vs. Non-Native English Teacher: What are the differences?   Hello, Welcome, my name is Linda nice to see you. I’m a TEFL and TESOL professional at ITTT and I’ve been living and working in Asia since 2012-ish and I live in South Korea and I’ve been here for five and a half years. I also taught English in China and here in Korea as well and I also work for ITTT and we have a guest so to speak but also from ITTT but joining us for the first time my colleague Lisa. My name is Liza. I’m a TEFL and TESOL expert at ITTT as Linda and I’m also a former ESL teacher. I’ve been teaching online this year but before I worked in China as a lead teacher in a kindergarten so that was quite fun and I'll share my experience today. ## Where in China did you teach?...  [Read more]

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 Laura Payne Destinations TEFL Information The Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program: All You Need to Know and How to Apply The Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program is not the only means to teach English in Japan, but it is one of the most popular programs out there both for aspiring teachers and those who wish to pursue other fields. I first joined this program a little over a year ago. In the short time since then, I've gained incredibly valuable experiences through my work as an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT). Table of Contents The History of JET Duties of an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) How to Apply for the JET Program Remuneration and Living Rewards of JET Common Challenges for ALTs The JET Community Listen to this blog post What are you waiting...  [Read more]

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 Federico Riva TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Native English Teacher vs. Non-Native English Teacher ✅ What are the differences? Welcome, my name is Linda nice to see you. I'm a TEFL and TESOL professional at ITTT and I've been living and working in Asia since 2012-ish and I live in South Korea and I've been here for five and a half years. I also taught English in China and here in Korea as well and I also work for ITTT and we have a guest so to speak but also from ITTT but joining us for the first time my colleague Lisa. Table of Contents Watch the live session here Where in China did you teach? So, what are the differences when it comes to teaching English abroad and online? Are there teaching jobs for non-native teachers in china? Let's look...  [Read more]

Fri, 21 May 2021 Federico Riva TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas How to Stand Out Online as a Non-Native English Teacher Hello everybody, welcome to the ITTT weekly live stream. My name is Liza, and today we are going to discuss an extremely important topic which is related to English teaching as a non-native teacher. Because the field is pretty competitive, many people want to find out if it is possible to stand out or not. Let's just quickly change the slide. So the reason I decided to choose this topic is that one of my regular viewers asked me about how to actually stand out as a non-native teacher, especially online. I find it is really important, so let's discuss it today and before we move on, please let me know that you can hear me and see me clearly. Table...  [Read more]

TEFL Cape Town | TEFL South Africa Cape Town, one of South Africa's capitals, is located at the edge of the African continent, greeting both the Atlantic and the Indian oceans. Overlooking the city, rising almost straight from the sea, is the majestic Table Mountain reaching over 1000 meters high. Being the oldest city in South Africa, the Mother City – as it's often called, offers travelers a rich diversity of history and culture, dating back to the 1400s. Travelers have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the South African culture by exploring and enriching their minds with all that Cape Town has to offer. With the vast expanse of nature, Cape Town offers a great balance between natural beauty and urban life. In recent years, tourism in the Cape Town area has increased...  [Read more]

What are TEFL courses? TEFL courses are designed to give you all the skills and knowledge you need to start a new career teaching English as a foreign language. Once you have completed a TEFL course and received your TEFL certificate you will be able to apply for a wide range of jobs in countries across the world. Before you choose a TEFL course you should be fully aware of all the course options available to ensure you make the right choice to suit your future plans. Table of Contents How to choose the right TEFL course? What should I look for when choosing a TEFL course? How long should an online TEFL course be? What are the differences between an online TEFL course and an in-class TEFL course? What are the advantages of an online TEFL course? Are online and in-class TEFL courses...  [Read more]

What are TEFL courses? TEFL courses are designed to give you all the skills and knowledge you need to start a new career teaching English as a foreign language. Once you have completed a TEFL course and received your TEFL certificate you will be able to apply for a wide range of jobs in countries across the world. Before you choose a TEFL course you should be fully aware of all the course options available to ensure you make the right choice to suit your future plans. How to choose the right TEFL course? Deciding which TEFL course suits your individual learning style, your current situation and your future plans can be difficult as there is no standard length of training or a fixed syllabus that providers have to adhere to. The best advice we can give is don?t simply choose the...  [Read more]

What is TEFL? If you are bored with the everyday grind and want a new life that is full of travel and adventure, TEFL could be the perfect option for you. First you need to choose the right TEFL course to suit your situation and then work your way through the training. Once you have completed the course and you have your TEFL certificate in hand you will be ready to head overseas to start work as an English language teacher in the country of your choice. Table of Contents What does TEFL and TESOL stand for? What are the technical differences between TEFL and TESOL? What qualifications do I need to teach EFL? How do TEFL courses differ? Which TEFL course provides the most comprehensive training? Is an online TEFL course sufficient for teaching English abroad? Do I really need a...  [Read more]

How to Build Your Teaching Career as a Non-Native English Teacher   Hello everybody, my name is Liza and I am super glad to welcome you to my weekly live session. Please let me know that you can see me clearly and hear me clearly. Today's live session is going to be devoted to a really popular question in my direct messages. I've received several requests to talk about teaching career advice and I hope everybody will find something interesting in this live stream. We've got the chat box here and you basically can comment with whatever you want. As I have already mentioned my name is Liza and I am a TEFL expert and a former ESL teacher. I’ve been teaching online since 2020 because of the quarantine and because I just want to work remotely. I'm also a non-native English speaker and...  [Read more]

What is TEFL? If you are bored with the everyday grind and want a new life that is full of travel and adventure, TEFL could be the perfect option for you. First you need to choose the right TEFL course to suit your situation and then work your way through the training. Once you have completed the course and you have your TEFL certificate in hand you will be ready to head overseas to start work as an English language teacher in the country of your choice. What does TEFL and TESOL stand for? These acronyms are used when referring to training courses that English language teachers undertake, as well as the certification they receive upon completion. TEFL stands for Teaching English as a Foreign Language and TESOL stands for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. As these terms...  [Read more]

Native English Teacher vs. Non-Native English Teacher 12/06/2020 hello hi welcome here my name is linda nice to see you if you're watching and my name is lisa yeah cool um so yeah if you're tuning in again thanks so much we are actually doing white weekly lives so if you are uh watching again thanks so much for watching again and if you are tuning in for the first time also thanks so much um yeah if you can see us and if you can hear us please um quickly leave a comment that'd be really great so that we know that everything is working well because sometimes you know there's problems so you never know so please leave like a hello oh there's a hello great hello hello awesome so looks like it's working great so yeah my name is linda i'm a tefl and tesol professional at itt and i've been...  [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]