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Mon, 02 Dec 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Drilling: Is it an Effective Teaching Method in ESL? For many years, drilling has been used in foreign language classrooms. This approach to language teaching places an emphasis on repeating structural patterns through oral practice. Table of Contents What is Drilling for? Learning Process Special Activities Is it Necessary? Alternative Ways Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Jazmin W. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. What is Drilling for? When using the technique of drilling, if used appropriately, it can be a very productive and proactive way for students to memorize and...  [Read more]

Wed, 25 Mar 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas How to Approach Lesson Planning to Develop Independent Problem Solving Abstraction is in essence, the formation of broader, and more difficult and subjective systems from inputs. It is a concept that can be applied to the four language skills: reading, listening, speaking, and writing. As an idea becomes more abstract and subjective, it requires more information and becomes more difficult to answer. Some of the easiest and least abstract pieces of language are simple Yes/No statements and questions. "Do you like ice-cream?" "Yes, I do." "No, I don't." A more difficult question might be, "Who likes ice-cream?" More difficult still would be, "Why do you like ice-cream?" A simple, but by no means an exhaustive list of abstraction moving...  [Read more]

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 Anna Domiczek Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas How Chants and Rhymes Benefit ESL Instruction Many research articles demonstrate the effectiveness of chants and rhymes and list the reasons why they should be an important element of ESL instruction. Through the use of chants and rhymes, students get to increase their vocabulary, improve rhythm, intonation, pronunciation, as well as memorization skills. Chants and rhymes are important in language teaching because: Table of Contents Improvement in Language Skills through Chants and Rhymes Possible? Concrete Examples of Chants/Rhymes and Teaching Applications Conclusion Are you ready to teach English abroad or online? Related Articles: Check out what our course grads say in our many video testimonials! "...the...  [Read more]

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas How to Teach English Knowledge Instead of Teaching Skills What comes to mind when one thinks of an English classroom? Is it organized rows of desks filled with students writing vocabulary and grammar into their notebooks while the teacher talks in the front? This is the classic image of a classroom. A student goes to school to learn what they don't already know. When teaching English, it can be easy to fall into the trap of rote memorization and reliance on grammar and vocabulary. However, is this method effective? Does this way of learning motivate students to become lifelong learners of a foreign language? It is less useful to teach students many things than to teach them the skills needed to...  [Read more]

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas The Use of Games in the Classroom I have been teaching English as an assistant language teacher in Japan for the past 4 years. I have taught all grades from kindergarten through 9th grade, and have worked with many teachers with a variety of teaching styles. In this essay I will look at the use of games in the foreign language classroom, drawing from my experiences to look at several specific games and discuss how they help students learn and use English. Table of Contents 1. Games are a good way to make class fun, increasing student motivation while using English. 2. Creating activities with existing resources 3. A possibility to communicate 4. Examples of games Do you want to teach English abroad or online? Take a TEFL course!...  [Read more]

Mon, 10 Jun 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Teaching Private Classes vs. Working With Bigger Groups This essay will focus on the differences between one-to-one teaching and group teaching. With both teaching approaches, there are advantages as well as disadvantages. Table of Contents Private Lessons Choice of Activities Group Teaching Communicative Approach Do you want to teach English abroad? Related Articles: Listen to this blog post: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Alida K. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Private Lessons Recently, there has been an increase in demand for one-to-one lessons, particularly within the business industry (Teaching Special Groups, Unit 19). Students feel...  [Read more]

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas 5 Communicative ESL Speaking Activities Your Students Will Love Speaking activities are essential for English learning as they give a chance to learn new linguistic points, including grammar and real-life listening skills. Table of Contents Listen to this blog post: Speaking Cards Collaborative Discussion Interview Giving Directions Speaking Boardgame Are you ready to teach online or in-class? Take a TEFL course today! Related Articles: Check out what our course grads say in our many video testimonials! Unfortunately, teachers often omit communicative tasks in the classroom because they feel that it is difficult to manage them. There is also a lack of time to practice speaking; many course books provide ESL...  [Read more]

Thu, 14 May 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas How Can Language Teachers Encourage Student Motivation? Motivation is integral to the development of any language learner. Disengaged learners do not actively participate in or see the reasoning behind their learning. While external motivation is a prominent factor, teachers need to implement a range of strategies to encourage enthusiastic engagement in classroom activities. To provide adequate opportunities for student achievement, educators need to understand their students and utilize prior experiences in their instruction. Effective classroom instruction will implement materials and resources that are relevant to students' lives and provide ample opportunity for meaningful communication while ensuring activities are fun and...  [Read more]

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas The Most Effective Teaching Methodologies for Online ESL Teaching Mode For the last two years, I have worked as an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) at a Japanese high school. Along with my teaching job, I have volunteered at a weekly English conversation class, where I teach English to both children and adults. Next year, I plan to transition out of my ALT job and into private ESL teaching. It is most likely that I will do most of my teaching online, where I will be one-on-one with a student. Table of Contents Teaching Methodologies ALT Lesson Stages Are you ready to teach English abroad or online? Related Articles: Check out what our course grads say in our many video testimonials! This post was...  [Read more]

Mon, 10 Jun 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas 3 Strategies For Motivating Young Learners What motivates young students to learn a new language? That's the question many teachers have when teaching English as a Second Language (ESL). Many children learn English because their parents or teachers dictate it, not necessarily by choice. Additionally, often there is no immediate real-world application of English outside the classroom (Noamen, 2009). For many students, the thirty to sixty minutes in class may be the only language exposure they'll have. It is therefore critical for ESL teachers to motivate students to learn English by creating a communicative learning environment where students engage in real language experiences and by utilizing a variety of fun and purposeful...  [Read more]

Thu, 24 Oct 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Communicative Approach to Teaching Grammar Grammar is a very important piece of learning English. Students need grammar as it gives them a handle on the language, helps them to become reflective of the language and to build fluency. The goal of a grammar lesson is to present the grammar, help the students comprehend the main points and to move into practice, which starts as controlled practice and passes to free practice. The goal for the students is to develop fluency through the grammar structure, presenting the grammar in a meaningful context. Table of Contents Why is grammar important? How to start a grammar lesson? Guided practice Student-centered approach Peer learning Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course!...  [Read more]

Lesson Plan TEFL Check out tefl tesol about Lesson Plan TEFL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: Check out ITTT's Blog Posts C.V. - Australia said: Accuracy and Fluency ActivitiesNowadays, how to communicate successfully in the English language has become more significant than reading and writing. For most people, the importance of producing messages effectively and to negotiate meaning is essential. People communicate for various reasons. They want to listen to something, they are interested in what is being said, they want to say something and/ or they have some communicative purposes. It is the teacher?s...  [Read more]

Mon, 20 May 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Supporting Outer Motivation of Younger Learners A common theme that has been present in the 120-hour TEFL course, the 50-hour Business English course and the 50-hours Young Learners course has been that different age groups of students have different expectations of their teacher. Adult learners, for example, have fixed views on teaching and learning styles that they have built off of prior learning experiences. Young learners, on the contrary, typically are open-minded to new learning experiences and teaching methods. Young learners are typically not as motivated to learn English because they may not realize the direct benefits of learning English due to their lack of life experience. To specify, young learners, are anyone between...  [Read more]

Tue, 20 Aug 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Ways to Teach Multiple Tenses Using The Communicative Approach Teaching multiple tenses is challenging because many students view grammar as boring and therefore, they are not enthusiastic about studying. This puts teachers in a position of having to creatively find ways to make lessons interesting and stimulating. Teaching multiple tenses can be accomplished by using a communicative approach. Table of Contents Anticipated Problems Useful Methods Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course today! Related Articles: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Carla K. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Anticipated Problems Considering that everyone...  [Read more]

Sat, 18 Jul 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas 5 Communicative Activities to Practice the Past Perfect Continuous Tense When it comes to more complex English tenses, students often get frustrated. The following ideas will help you to organize your past perfect continuous lesson in a close-to-real-life way to achieve better understanding for your students. Table of Contents Listen to this blog post: 1. How long? 2. Reporting Past Speech 3. Quite a Change 4. Interview 5. The Past Perfect Continuous "Crocodile" Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: Check out what our course grads say in our many video testimonials! Listen to this blog post: 1. How long? Write several time indicators on small slips of paper (1 year, 3 months, 10 weeks, 15...  [Read more]

Thu, 04 Jul 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Teaching English Idioms as an Important Part of Language Acquisition It was my first experience teaching in Taiwan and I was in charge of teaching ESL to 7th-11th graders. I had never taught out of the United States and never considered the possibility that my students wouldn't understand, what I thought, was simple English. I asked my junior high students to "put on their thinking caps," to "line up single file," "to quit fooling around" and that English was as "easy as ABC." I told my senior high students to "give me a show of hands" and told them if they "studied hard" and "hit the books," they would "pass with flying colors." I told my college students I would give them an "A for effort" if they "quit goofing off" and "skipping...  [Read more]

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Top Tips for Embedding Games into Your Classroom Routine The use of Games in lesson plans for younger learners of the English Language is something that I think is very important. This is because they are excellent at providing a pleasant and comfortable atmosphere in the classroom. This helps in encouraging beginning students to participate. They also provide a challenge for more advanced students and are an excellent review tool (Ibrahim, 2017). Many types of games can be used in the classroom including board games, guessing games, matching games, and communication games. These can be used to teach vocabulary, grammar and speaking skills. Table of Contents Vocabulary Building Teaching Grammar Speaking Activities Do you want to...  [Read more]

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas 4 Ways How to Design an ESL Syllabus In the existing literature on language education, the terms CURRICULUM and SYLLABUS are sometimes used interchangeably, sometimes differentiated, and sometimes misused and misunderstood. Rodger (1989:26, cited in Richards, 2001:39) makes a distinction between a syllabus and curriculum. According to Rodgers, syllabi (or syllabuses), which prescribe the content to be covered by a given course, form only a small part of the total school program. The curriculum is a far broader concept. The curriculum is all those activities in which children engage under the auspices of the school. This includes not only what students learn, but how they learn it, how teachers help them learn, using what supporting...  [Read more]

Thu, 08 Aug 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas How Games Can Boost Your Lessons One of the repeating themes of this TEFL course has been the games a classroom may participate in, and the many variants of games appropriate for the learning of English. Examples are hangman, crossword puzzles, word jumbles, 20 questions, and many more to mention. The games can often serve very specific purposes, which were perhaps not the original intentions for the games, however within the classroom they can perfectly fit into their role. Tongue-twisters are an excellent choice when practising pronunciations on students in the fluency stage of the lesson, as it allows them to make mistakes without the fear of embarrassment from failure (as failure is almost certain for everybody, at least once),...  [Read more]

Tue, 18 Feb 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas How Incorporating a Flexible, Communicative Approach into Lesson Planning for the ESL Classroom Accelerates Students’ Learning In the ESL classroom, the importance of lesson planning cannot be stressed enough. There are, however, certain advantages to building flexible activities into a traditional Engage, Study and Activate, or ESA, lesson plan, particularly from a Communicative Language Teaching approach. In the case of ESL classrooms in English-speaking countries, such as the United States, it is essential to allow both flexibility and structured study time so that students may continue to increase their use of the new language once they leave the classroom. Also, the advantage of teaching ESL in an English- speaking country is...  [Read more]

Thu, 11 Jul 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas 3 Secrets of Establishing Rapport With Students Friendly atmosphere in a classroom is crucially important. Not only does it create a conducive environment for the study process, where students are relaxed and therefore tend to participate more, but also provides a safe space for a teacher. From my experience, building good rapport is especially important for young teachers as it helps to boost their confidence and unleash all the potential they have in order to make lessons effective and fun. Here are some ways of forging a friendly relationship with students, that worked out for me. Table of Contents Listen to this blog post: 1. Learn students' names 2. Learn about their interests 3. Make fun Do you want to teach English abroad?...  [Read more]

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences The Cultural and Institutional Obstacles that Japanese Students of English Need to Overcome Many challenges come with teaching English in Japan that is unique and not innately obvious to some people. In addition to the more universal challenges of learning a new language, there are inherent cultural obstacles that English learners must overcome in Japan as well as several problems with the current course of study that is being taught. However, English teachers should do their best to work within the limits of the system to foster an interest and passion for language that lives on outside the classroom and beyond the school years of learners. Table of Contents Vastly different language system The history of Japanese isolation...  [Read more]

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas How to Teach English Grammar Communicatively In today's emphasis on quality education and the development of communicative competence in English, "English grammar "seems to be a big taboo when talking about English teaching. Most English teachers feel comfortable teaching a conversation lesson or a lesson that integrates other skills such as listening, reading, or writing. They show creativity in those lessons and include various ideas to help students improve their language skills. how ever this, however, more difficult when teaching a grammar topic. Table of Contents Goals Steps The last activity in the grammar lesson is a communicative activity, this is really the culmination of the lesson. Do you want to teach English abroad?...  [Read more]

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas How to Implement The ESA Approach in Your Classroom Teaching a real class, first, we need to mention the rapport between teachers and students. What makes a good teacher and a good learner are tend to be "student-centered" class than "teacher-centered", which means teachers' talking time is less than students'. Being a good teacher will always remind and encourage learners about their learning motivations and interests. Table of Contents Lesson Planning ESA Method Patterns Choice of Activities in the ESA Lesson Body Language Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Crystal D. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the...  [Read more]

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 Jon ITTT Alumni Experiences 4 Positive Ways to Motivate Students in the Kindergarten Classroom How to motivate and keep the students interested in learning the English language? Table of Contents 1. Make Class Communicative: 2. Make Class Fun: 3. Forge Relationships: 4. Give Feedback: Do you want to teach English in kindergarten? Related Articles: Listen to this blog post: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Richard B. To teach at the Kindergarten level the teacher has to be mindful of keeping students' attention and maintaining order. It is important to have structure and routines. To ensure the students are comfortable, happy and engaged while learning and practicing English there needs to be a balance between patients and strictness. To keep...  [Read more]

Fri, 06 Sep 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences How to Motivate Students to Learn English? This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Monika B. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Table of Contents There are two types of motivation: intrinsic and extrinsic Tactics to motivate students: 1. The teacher should make the class more communicative 2. The teacher should make English practical 3. The teacher should try to make the class a fun setting 4. The teach should form a relationship 5. The teacher should give feedback Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: There are two types of motivation: intrinsic and extrinsic Extrinsic motivation is a push that comes from outside...  [Read more]

Tue, 30 Jun 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences “Be Interested, not Interesting”: How to Decrease Teacher Talking Time Let's remember the latest class you've had. What were you doing? Were you explaining a new rule? Were you answering your students' questions? Were you telling a story from your life? Weren't you talking too much? Let's discuss how to decrease teacher speaking time (TST) and increase student speaking time (SST). Table of Contents Communicative approach The first thing I would like to talk about is structuring your work at the lesson. Another thing I'd like to discuss is silence or pauses at the lesson. The last but not the least thing I want to mention it's self-answering and the situation when the teacher starts speculating instead of his students. Do you...  [Read more]

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Why TEFL Teaching Requires Classroom Management? Classroom management is vital to the role of teaching EFL learners of all ages and abilities. This essay discusses some of the reasons why classroom management is important and how effective class management can help optimize teaching and learning time. Table of Contents Problems of Learning Approach Relationships Building Correction Techniques Setting Up Rules Total Physical Response Approach Miscommunication Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Carol T. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Problems of Learning Approach EFL...  [Read more]

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 Mark Crocker Alumni Experiences 3 Key Points to Consider When Teaching English to Young Learners Teaching English to young learners is quite different from teaching English to adults in many ways. One of the differences is that young learners do not learn the language in a conscious process, mostly they acquire the language. For young learners, it can be said that it is easier for them to acquire and learn English as long as they are exposed to the language. Since learning languages differs from age to age, teaching styles and strategies also change accordingly. As English teachers, we have different approaches, methods, techniques, and tools which gravitate towards different needs and levels of young learners. So, as English teachers, we should address those needs....  [Read more]

New Trends in EFL Teaching: When Grammar is Not What Your Students Really Need 02/13/2021 hello everybody is anyone there so while um i'm waiting for uh more people to join let me know if you can hear me clearly and see me clearly okay so when you're joining please let me know if you hear me well hello hello welcome to uh the weekly live session uh we're just about to start but we need to wait for some more people to join us and while we're waiting please let me know if you hear me clearly and see me clearly so there is a chat box you can use for interaction with myself so please um leave me a comment if you see me clearly and hear me clearly so that i know that everything works smooth okay and uh today's live session um will be devoted to some new trends in efl teaching last week i took...  [Read more]