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Review from TEFL Student Daisy   Daisy is from China and she just recently completed our 120-hour online TEFL/TESOL qualification course. She works as a teacher in China and decided to become certified to enhance her professional portfolio. She had a great time working through the course and found all units to be extremely helpful. Our TEFL/TESOL courses are great for practicing teachers or those who want to live abroad and start a teaching career. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Review from TEFL Student Marija   Marija is from Serbia has a graduate degree in English language. To increase her job opportunities, she decided to take a TEFL/TESOL course with ITTT. She enjoyed working through the course and found it well organized and concise. Her favorite part was the teaching tips provided throughout the course. She recommends this course to anyone working in the field of EFL and wanting to live overseas. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

TEFL Review For Online TEFL Course   Ken is from Thailand and he took the 120-hour online TEFL/TESOL course with ITTT. He had a great time working through the course, learned a lot and he recommends the course to anyone interested in teaching. He is a high school teacher in Bangkok and was able to use the new learned material in his lessons while taking the course. That way, he was able to quickly improve and keep track of his progress. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

TEFL Review For Online TEFL Course   Rishi is from India and he recently completed our 120-hour TEFL/TESOL course with ITTT. He especially enjoyed working through the units about lesson planning. He thinks lesson planning is often overlooked but absolutely essential for a teacher. Even though it was quite challenging in the beginning, but he is now able to create and present his own lessons to his students. Therefore, he can highly recommend this course to anyone looking to live abroad and teach English. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

TEFL Review For Online TEFL Course   Chethan is from Vietnam and has been working as an English teacher for a while. He decided to take the next step and take our 120-hour online TEFL/TESOL course. He improved his language skills significantly after working through all 20 units of the course. He especially enjoyed the lessons on English grammar, classroom management, student elicitation and lesson planning. He thought the course is very well organized and easy to understand, especially for non native English speakers. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 Federico Riva TEFL Reviews & TESOL Reviews TEFL Alumni Interview with Ioana Grasu For ITTT, our community of students and alumni is the most important to us. That's why we'd love to share what our course grads have to say! This will not only have others make a better decision in whether TEFL/TESOL is for them, but it will also help the ITTT community grow bigger and stronger! Table of Contents 1. What's your name? 2. Where are you from? Where do you currently live? 3. Which ITTT course(s) did you take? 4. Why did you take a TEFL/TESOL course from ITTT? 5. What was your favorite part about the course? 6. You've finished your TEFL/TESOL course - now what? What are your plans and goals? 7. What's your no. 1 tip for other TEFL/TESOL course takers? What should they...  [Read more]

TEFL Review For Online TEFL Course   Edina is from Canada and she recently completed her 120-hour TEFL/TESOL course as she wants to live abroad. She wants to pursue a teaching career in Turkey as an EFL teacher. She enjoyed working through the 20 units of the course and liked the flexibility of the course. Whether she wanted to take extra time on a specific unit or take a few days off from studying, the course structure allowed her to do so and work at her own pace. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Lesson Planning - Part 9 - Correction   When our answers are not correct then, obviously, they need to be corrected but it is quite important that we go through a process of correction that will help students. Quite often they've made a mistake simply because of something like reading the incorrect answer out or misrepresenting what they've actually written down. So, always give the opportunity when a mistake has been made for the student to self-correct first. We can often do this in a nonverbal way to show them that they're not actually correct. We might repeat back what they've said to us in a questioning manner or we may just make a gesture to make sure that they understand that they're not correct. So, we allow for a process of self-correction. It may be that the student has...  [Read more]

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Teaching Special Groups in ESL - Typical Process For Business English Classes   Regardless of which particular business English setting you find yourself teaching in, there is a typical process that is recommended to go through before you start your course. Watch this video for helpful tips and tricks for anyone who is teaching business English classes. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out...  [Read more]

Theories, Methods & Techniques of Teaching - Audio Lingualism   So what we're going to do is to run through a series of methodologies that were created mainly in the 1900s that adopted the idea that language learning should be much more communicative, much more natural. The first one is called audiolingualism and it's also called the army method because of where it was developed. Basically, psychology, during the 1950s and 60s, was building up new theories about behaviorism. Perhaps the most famous experiments that were done in this particular area were by Pavlov, where he was showing that most animals undergo a stimulus response mechanism and he had a series of famous experiments, where by ringing a bell, he could cause a dog to salivate, that would be his response, in the...  [Read more]

Lesson Planning - Part 8 - Process For Study Activities   Just to finish off this particular section on lesson planning, we're going to go through a couple of procedures that should take place during the study phase periods, particularly when we're doing the activities. It is quite important that before we actually go into a study activity that we go through a process of showing how that activity is going to work and one acronym that is often used for this is D-E-GO. The D part of this stands for a demonstration of the activity. Now, it's very important that you don't try to explain how the activity is going to work but rather you actually demonstrate the process. An example of the demonstration of the process of the activity could be something as simple as taking the first...  [Read more]

Productive and Receptive Skills in the ESL Classroom - Game Example 'Jeopardy'   The next example of a game that we can adapt very easily for classroom use is the game of Jeopardy and in this particular game, what we can do is to have a set of levels for our questions, I'd say one through five, where one is going to be the easiest example and five is going to be the most difficult and then, in each of these sets of boxes, we can have various grammar points, such as tenses, perhaps modals, vocabulary and maybe even conditionals. So what the students can do is they can pick a particular topic first of all and within that topic, they can pick the level of the question that they want and then we can have a set of cards that have been created to fit into these slots and we can ask them...  [Read more]

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TESOL Review from Lena   Lena is from Ukraine and recently completed our 120-hour online TEFL course. She took the course to pursue a teaching career in China. Despite prior teaching experience, Lena learned a lot taking the course and recommends it to anyone interested in teaching English abroad. Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Job Teaching English in Ghana Date posted:2020-01-16 | Writer: Lincoln Community School | Email: [email protected] In 1968, six American families joined together to create Lincoln Community School in Accra.  Some 50 years later, we are an International Baccalaureate World School offering the Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma Programs through the lens of U.S. curricular standards and is recognized as a leading international school in Africa. We have occasional opportunities for EFL teachers who are passionate about education—their own as well as their students’. LCS educators love and respect children, are committed to meeting the needs of all students, thrive in a collaborative, collegial environment as part of a team of professionals, and inspire their...  [Read more]

Wed, 30 Oct 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas What Makes ESL Kindergarten so Challenging for Teachers? Any kind of teaching is always a big challenge itself, no matter who you teach what you teach and where you teach. Teaching has been one of the most important and still complex processes for the teachers and students at the same time, especially teaching languages, as it is a sensitive and hard job. Teaching different subjects requires different approaches to it, so does teaching languages, particularly teaching foreign languages. English is one of those demanded languages being taught ages in foreign countries as a second language in educational institutions such as schools, university colleges, kindergartens, etc. Table of Contents Through the lens of my experience Rapport...  [Read more]

Fri, 06 Sep 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Roles of a Teacher in The ESA Appoach One of the most crucial roles of the teacher is to improve students' performance. In daily lessons, teachers are engaged in different classroom scenarios, performed teaching duties, and rendered extra effort to help maximize students' learning. Another thing that adds to this noble task is the diverse roles of the teacher he/she has to play. Table of Contents Engager Servicer Activator Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Glen Mar L. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. With this, I thought of three basic roles that teachers need to...  [Read more]

Wed, 12 Aug 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Reading as a Part of Language Acceptability The study of language acquisition has long been a topic of interest to both psychologists and linguists alike. The manner wherein we acquire language is broken into two categories, depending on the developmental stage of the student being thought. First language acquisition refers to how children learn their native language. Second language acquisition refers to the learning of another language differing from their native language. This essay is concerned with the effect reading has on language acquisition. Reading is a core area in the acquisition of language. However, the statement is interchangeable as the language acquired by a student greatly predicts their reading acquisition. This...  [Read more]

Our ITTT TEFL and TESOL Alumni Stories Short Attention Span: ✅ How to Deal With it in an ESL Classroom Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas This blog post was written by a recent ITTT TEFL graduate who shares their experience of working with ADHD students. ✅ Read this article to learn how to deal with a short attention span in an ESL classroom. ESL Classroom Discipline: ✅ Concern or Treasure? Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas This blog post was written by a recent ITTT TEFL graduate who shares their thoughts on ESL Classroom Discipline. ✅ Read this article to learn if it is a problem or something to rely on? 2021 Online ESL Classroom: How To Plan Effective Online Lessons Federico Riva Alumni...  [Read more]

The Best Teaching Ideas for TEFL Teachers 3 Things to Consider When Teaching University Students in China Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our recent TEFL graduate shares their thoughts on teaching Chinese university students. Tolerance and Cultural Sensitivity in The Classroom Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our recent TEFL graduate shares their thoughts on cultural sensitivity. The Relevance of Teaching Methodologies in Real Practice Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our recent TEFL graduate shares their thoughts on using different methodologies in the teaching practice. Beginner Students: Easy to Teach Them or Not? Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our recent TEFL graduate shares...  [Read more]

The Best Teaching Ideas for TEFL Teachers Teaching Role Through The Lens of My Personal Experience Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our recent TEFL graduate shares their thoughts on the teaching role. Aspects to Consider When Teaching EFL in a Kindergarten Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our recent TEFL graduate shares their thoughts on important things to consider when teaching EFL kindergarten. What Personal Qualities are Important for an English Teacher Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our recent TEFL graduate shares their thoughts on the personal qualities important for English teachers. Constructive Approach to Teaching Children With Varying Learning Abilities Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In...  [Read more]

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 Federico Riva TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas 5 Important Things You Should Know About Second Language Acquisition In educational literature, the term Second Language Acquisition (SLA) is defined in various ways, influenced by factors such as socio-cultural aspects, the specific language being learned (e.g., second, third, or fourth language), and whether the learning occurs solely in a classroom. Table of Contents Acquisition-Learning Hypothesis Monitor Hypothesis Natural Order Hypothesis Input Hypothesis Affective Filter Hypothesis Ready to teach English as a Foreign Language? Related Articles: Check out what our course grads say in our many video testimonials! Let's examine SLA theory through the lens of Stephen Krashen's five hypotheses:...  [Read more]

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Teaching Contracts: What to Watch Out for Before You Sign   Signing any contract can be daunting. However, if you know what to look out for as you go through the papers you have no need to be scared. During this live session, we share a checklist of things to watch out for that you can keep with you as you read through your contract. #TEFL #BestTEFL #TeachEnglish Are you ready to teach English abroad or online? Click here and get started today: https://bit.ly/37gs5vO What is TEFL Certification? Where is it valid: https://bit.ly/36ma2Fg Check out our wide range of TEFL Courses: https://bit.ly/3ltqt73 Teach English online from anywhere you want: https://bit.ly/3ltqEPL Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

The World Of TEFL and TESOL Explained Three Rapport Building Principles in ESL: ✅ Yes or No? Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas This blog post was written by a recent ITTT TEFL graduate who shares their thoughts on rapport building in ESL teaching. ✅ Read this article to learn if it is necessary or not. How to Optimize Your CV for a Virtual English Teacher Career in 2023 Dorian Martin TEFL Information Teaching Ideas The CV you write will enable you to find gigs more quickly. Add these new elements to your CV as you develop your virtual English teaching practice, and 2023 will be good for you. Short Attention Span: ✅ How to Deal With it in an ESL Classroom Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas ...  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! CAN YOU or CAN I Complete the statements with borrow or lend and match them to the correct object.   Are you interested in teaching English as a foreign language? ​Get your TEFL/TESOL certificate with ITTT. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [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 Rapport With Students From Day 1 | ITTT | TEFL Blog Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our recent TEFL graduate shares their thoughts on rapport-building techniques. How Should Teachers Analyze Their Work? | ITTT | TEFL Blog Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our recent TEFL graduate shares their thoughts on the importance of self-analysis in teaching. Effective Ways to Teach ESL to Younger Students | ITTT | TEFL Blog Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our recent TEFL...  [Read more]