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Thu, 03 Sep 2020 Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas 7 Best Get-to-Know Games for ESL Lessons First lessons are always a little bit overwhelming because the students and teacher don't know each other yet. That's why it's very important to break the ice and help your ESL learners to relax. Plus, for future planning, you need to learn more about your students and their likes and dislikes. Get-to-know games are great for these purposes and work best if you play them during the first 3-5 lessons. Table of Contents Listen to this blog post: 1. Are you more like…? 2. Me/not me 3. Never have I ever 4. Alphabet 5. Random number 6. Top 5 7. Deserted Island Do you want to teach English abroad or online? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: Check out...  [Read more]

Thu, 14 Nov 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Rapport as a Skill: How to Get Along With ESL Learners Teaching-and-learning is always interactive and intercommunicate. When sitting in a classroom, a student has been part of relationship-building, with teachers as well as with other students. How to establish rapport is therefore important. In this essay, I will focus on how teachers to establish rapport with students step by step in a classroom against the backdrop of my understanding and teaching experiences. Table of Contents Get Acquainted Work on Building Relationships Use of Resources After Class Communication Feedback Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Ruixia B. Please note...  [Read more]

Mon, 01 Oct 2018 Linda Dunsmore Teaching Ideas 7 Awesome ESL Conversation Activities to Really Get Your Students Talking We all know what it's like to teach a class with reluctant students who don't want to talk. It's like pulling teeth. However, with these 7 awesome ESL conversation activities, you can really get your students talking! Table of Contents Listen to this blog post: 1. Ice Breaker Jenga 2. Get To Know You Bingo 3. Mystery Party Guest 4. 20 Questions 5. Create a Game 6. Apples to Apples 7. Choose Your Victim Are you ready to teach English abroad? Related Articles: Check out what our course grads say in our many video testimonials! Listen to this blog post: 1. Ice Breaker Jenga For this activity, you simply use a tumbling block game such as Jenga and write 1 simple ice...  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! If I Were An Elf ESL Worksheet Get ready for the holiday season in your ESL classroom with this fun "If I Were an Elf" ESL worksheet.   Simply print out the worksheet and hand it out to your students. Have your students come up with a name for their elf, a job for their elf, the favorite part of their elf and draw what their elf looks like.   Are you interested in teaching English as a foreign language? ​Get your TEFL certificate with ITTT. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Mon, 06 Jul 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Why Taking a TEFL training Course is Important Have you ever considered living and experiencing a different culture? If the answer is yes, teaching is a good way to achieve your goal. Teaching can be hard and challenging but also very rewarding to watch your students improve. This is why taking a TEFL course is important for several reasons including the following: methods for teaching younger students, methods for teaching students who require different approaches to learning, and methods for keeping students under control in the classroom during an English lesson. Table of Contents Personal Needs Working With Younger Students Student's Learning Experience Games in the Classroom Classroom Management Do you want to teach English...  [Read more]

Wed, 11 Dec 2019 Federico Riva Teaching Ideas Rapport Building for The Most Enjoyable EFL Experience It is undeniable that rapport between the teacher and students and between students themselves makes the class successful and enjoyable. However, some teachers face problems trying to establish rapport with the students. Being an experienced EFL teacher, I keep facing the same problem: it is hard for me to create a relaxed atmosphere in the classroom and keep a balance between being students' reliable friend and their authority. Table of Contents Why Are Good Relationships Important? Interest in Students Outside of the Classroom Students' Private Life Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate...  [Read more]

Estefany Garduño Estefany Garduño is an English Teacher and a Biotechnology Engineer from Mexico. During her professional life, she has taught subjects like English, Microbiology and Chemistry, which has helped her to identify both different kinds of students and the way they like to learn. She not only loves to be healthy and practice exercise every day but also, she thinks that at least one smile during your day can change it totally. Her favorite phrase is: “A day without laughter is a day wasted” by Charlie Chaplin. Read my articles Creating your Own English Immersion Experience for ESL Students | ITTT | TEFL Blog Estefany Garduño TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Let’s change the game by giving a higher immersion of English to your ESL students...  [Read more]

TEFL Q&A: Online ESL Teaching 06/25/2021 hey guys welcome to the itty weekly live stream uh my name is lisa and i'm super glad to welcome you uh today uh so while i'm waiting for some more people to join us uh let me introduce uh today's topic uh so today's live stream is going to be pretty short but concise because i'm going to focus just on one specific point which is online esl teaching uh and if you guys have any questions related to this problem feel free to comment uh feel free to uh use the comment section uh to send your questions or maybe concerns um and uh as for myself i am actually going to address uh top five um questions i've been asked recently on the point of online english teaching um so this is probably the outline of today's session if you have any questions...  [Read more]

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]

How much time off will I get when teaching English abroad? When teaching English abroad, the vacation time varies depending on the region. In Asian nations, teachers commonly receive 2-4 weeks of often paid vacation, in addition to 10-15 national holidays annually. Similarly, in the Persian Gulf countries of the Middle East, this pattern is observed. Meanwhile, in Europe and Latin America, teachers can expect between 4-12 weeks of vacation, complemented by national and religious holidays. Also read: How will I make friends while teaching English abroad? Table of Contents How much time off do ESL teachers get? Europe Latin America Asia Middle East and Islamic Nations How much time off do ESL teachers get? When considering a career as an ESL teacher abroad, it should be noted that...  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Christmas Mad Libs Printable This is a fun Christmas Mad Libs game that's perfect for ESL students of all ages to enjoy! Use for class parties or holiday get-togethers!   Are you interested in teaching English as a foreign language? ​Get your TEFL certification with ITTT. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Unique Ways to Find ESL Students Online 08/10/2021 hey everybody it's lizzy here and um i'm glad to welcome you to um another uh itttt live stream uh just in case that somebody doesn't know me let me quickly introduce myself so i'm a tefl and tesol expert with itttt and i'm also a non-native esl teacher working online primarily from time to time i go offline as well and organize some speaking clubs or meetings for people [Music] in my area uh but generally speaking i prefer online lessons and uh that is why uh when i do these live streams i usually give some uh tips and tricks on how to develop in this field and how to uh promote yourself as an online teacher uh before we start um i'm actually going to add this banner um of today's meeting with the name of today's meeting but before we...  [Read more]

How to Give Feedback to Your ESL Students 09/01/2021 hey everybody it's lisa here and i'm glad to welcome you to a new itttt live stream uh so i'm going to wait for a while for some more people to join us uh but while doing so i'm going to change the slide uh just one sec so that you could see it um bigger so i'm going to zoom in and yeah i'm just going to present itttt right right straight away uh so itttt is a leading tefl and tesol training and we provide high quality tefl certification so if you are interested in becoming a teacher and you are willing to build on um a successful career tefl should be the first step uh in this journey uh so check us out we are presented on various social networks uh and yeah just go ahead and subscribe to our youtube channel or follow us on instagram...  [Read more]

Wed, 26 Aug 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Why the Role of the Parents in Education is Important A child's first contact with the world is the parents before anyone else, then the people at home where he/she lives. Parents or guardians are the, therefore, the first teachers and are the key role players in the building of the child's character. Table of Contents Some parents tend to have the thought that the teacher only must teach a child not theirs. The parents need to be at the forefront or the steering wheel of the vehicle of the learning process. There are quite a several ways in which parents play a key role in the education of their children. Do you want to teach English abroad or online? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: Check out what our course grads say in...  [Read more]

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 i believe that if you are a...  [Read more]

How to Stand Out Online as a Non-Native English Teacher 05/04/2021 hello everybody uh welcome to the itt uh weekly live stream my name is lisa and today we are going to discuss um an extremely important topic which is related to english teaching as a non-native esl teacher and it's rather controversial because the field is pretty competitive so many people uh want to find out uh if it is possible to stand out um or not so um let's just quickly yeah change the slide so um the reason i decided to choose this topic is that uh one of my regular regular viewers watchers visitors asked me about how to actually stand out um as a non-native esl teacher especially online and i find it really important uh so let's discuss it today and um befo before we move on please let me know that you can hear...  [Read more]

Top 5 ESL Teaching Ticks for Your Online Classes in 2022 12/14/2021 hey guys it's liza here and it's been about two weeks since the previous live stream session so i am super happy to be back here and i hope that today's live stream will be helpful and you will find something insightful uh in my tips and tricks uh so today we will discuss uh five useful uh things you could apply to your online teaching classes in 2022 so this new year is coming and it is really important to make sure you can enhance your english classes somehow and i am here to share several tips that uh you can actually utilize uh so um stay tuned and we will discuss all of them right here on the screen you can actually see uh the topic of today's session uh but uh if you have any further questions related to the point...  [Read more]

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Reasons Why ESL Students Stress Out in the Classroom Attempting to learn a new language is a very challenging undertaking. An ESL student will face many obstacles and difficulties not only when they are a beginner but also throughout their entire English education. There are so many unique rules and intricacies to the English language that it can be very daunting to remember everything. Issues ranging from grammar to spelling to pronunciation; can add to a student's stress level. That is why it is so vital for teachers to be aware of this when working with students. How a teacher speaks, acts, the actual words used, and many other things can impact students in either a positive way that helps with...  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Phrasal Verbs with "GET" This is a great worksheet to help your ESL students understand phrasal verbs with get. It contains a picture dictionary and an exercise where students must fill in the gaps with the correct phrasal verb.   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]

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 Federico Riva Teaching Ideas Online ESL Game Design Workshop for Teachers Hello everybody and welcome to the ITTT weekly live stream. It's Liza here and I'm super excited that this stream happens every week and we can talk about teaching and TEFL and stuff like that. So welcome and thank you for joining me. Table of Contents Watch the live session here Are you ready to teach English abroad or online? Related Articles: Check out what our course grads say in our many video testimonials! Today, we are going to talk about online ESL game design. Last week I started showing you the game I was designing, it was Monopoly. Today I'm going to show you the outcome of the game and also tell you a little bit more about online game design. Watch the live session here Thanks a...  [Read more]

Thu, 04 Jul 2019 Chris Rush TEFL Information Teaching Ideas 4 Essential Tools For Teaching ESL Online Do you dream of using your TEFL certification to teach online? Online teaching is booming, and it's an amazing opportunity, but working for an online teaching company also has its pitfalls: it's hard to tell which companies are legit, wage information can be scarce, and you can be treated like a number rather than a person. The internet is unfortunately full of online teachers' horror stories of being treated like replaceable commodities. To make matters even more confusing, social media is crawling with recruiters and teachers posting referral links to work at their companies. It's hard to know who to trust! Table of Contents Listen to this blog post: 1. Lesson Content and Student...  [Read more]

Home / Location / Surabaya / Gallery Surabaya / Gallery Trainee and students TEFL Gallery - Trainee and students At our Surabaya center in Indonesia, all trainees get to interact with local ESL students during their training. The focus lies on planning interactive lessons and conduct them in a professional manner creating an interactive learning atmosphere for all students.  Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

What TEFL Course to Choose: Non-Native Teacher Needs Analysis 09/14/2021 hello and welcome to the itt's weekly live stream my name is lisa and i'm super glad to welcome you at a new live session uh so we are just about to start uh but we are going to wait for some people to join us so uh if you are watching this uh video as a recording please skip this beginning um in three minutes or so probably um while i'm going to introduce today's live session and stuff like that uh but if you want to um learn a little bit more about itttt and about myself as a host of these sessions uh stay here and uh yeah let's do it together so um yeah i'm super glad to welcome you guys thanks a lot for joining in uh let me know if you see and hear me clearly because i'm not sure if my equipment is working if my...  [Read more]

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Creating ESL Materials: ✅ Motivating to Create, Motivating to Use What I understand by 'Materials' When I think of materials in terms of English Second Language (ESL) teaching, I think of a broad range of items, from worksheets to pictures, flashcards to figurines, exercises, tests, and so on. To put 'materials' more in perspective, these are materials needed to deliver an ESL course. Table of Contents What I understand by 'Materials' Why this topic? A Process Material Delivery of Materials Are you ready to teach English abroad or online? Related Articles: Check out what our course grads say in our many video testimonials! Why this topic? I have created course material and training material...  [Read more]

Can I teach English abroad without any teaching experience? Absolutely, teaching English abroad without prior teaching experience is entirely possible. Many global institutions prioritize the English language, allowing countless English speakers to teach annually in diverse classrooms worldwide. In fact, about 90% of these individuals have no previous teaching background. Often, possessing a TEFL certificate is the primary requirement for these roles, even more so than formal education or teaching credentials. Table of Contents How do I teach English without knowing my student's language? How will a TEFL certificate help me in the classroom? How do I teach English without knowing my student's language? Teaching English without knowing your student's native language is achievable...  [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 Teaching English Idioms as an Important Part of Language Acquisition | ITTT | TEFL Blog Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our recent TEFL graduate shares their thoughts on teaching idioms in the EFL classroom. 3 Tips On How to Set Up a Friendly Environment Where Students Do Not Get Along With Each Other | ITTT | TEFL Blog Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our recent TEFL graduate shares their thoughts on how to create a positive atmosphere in the classroom where some students act unfriendly...  [Read more]

How to teach TEFL online One area within the English teaching (ESL) market that has increased dramatically over recent years is that of teaching English online. Although many of the ideas used in traditional classroom teaching are transferable to online teaching, there are some specifics you should be aware of before embarking on this method of teaching. What does teaching English online mean? Usually the teaching of English (ESL) takes place in a school or language center. Students attend the location and have regular lessons from their teachers. However, there has always been a need, in very remote locations for example, for teaching to be done in one area and delivered to another. The advent of the world-wide-web and connectivity through phones, computers and the like has greatly...  [Read more]

Where can I teach English without a TEFL certificate? What qualities and qualifications do employers of ESL teachers look for? First we need to say that there are no hard and fast rules to answer this question. There are a huge range of requirements worldwide, depending on the country, type of school, nature of the job, type of contract and so forth. The information given here is therefore general. There are a number of generally recognized requirements that employers are looking for from their teachers. You may need one, two, three or all of the following to get any particular job. It is unlikely you will find a job without any of these: Many ESL teaching jobs worldwide require the minimum of a TEFL certification from this list. As the nature of the job, or country specific employment...  [Read more]

How much time off will I get when teaching English abroad? Whatever job we are doing and wherever we are doing it we all need some time off to recharge our batteries and to enjoy the country and culture in which we are living. Traveling around our host country during the holidays is a great way to get to know the people and to experience the local way of life in a way that most tourists can never do. Whether it is Diwali in Mumbai, Songkran in Bangkok, Ramadan in Dubai, or Christmas in Berlin, major holidays provide the perfect opportunity to really experience the local culture up close and personal. There is typically no better time to explore the music, dance, and cuisine of your new home than during one of the country’s most important cultural or religious festivals. In contrast to...  [Read more]

Online ESL Game Design Workshop for Teachers | Miro Canva Power Point   Open description to navigate through the chapters! ✅ This live session will talk about game design for online ESL lessons based on a famous board game - Monopoly. As a bonus, everyone who'll stay till the end of the event will get a Monopoly template for Miro! #TEFL#BestTEFL #TeachEnglishOnline 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 Mentioned in the video: Canva 30-days trial for amazing visual design: https://bit.ly/3rlsQf0 Miro...  [Read more]