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Teaching English Spain - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Teaching English Abroad
TEFL Certificate Spain
Capital city
Madrid
Language
Spanish
Currency
Euro
Typical TEFL teacher salary
1,000 euro / month
Major TEFL locations
Madrid Barcelona Seville
The Country
Spain is one of the most popular locations in which to find a job teaching English. This can make for stiff competition amongst job seekers so our course graduates will most certainly benefit from our assistance with finding great employment opportunities.
Many teaching positions are for young learners, but you can also find adult and business English teaching quite easily. There are literally thousands of language schools in the larger cities of Spain. Finding a position teaching English in Spain it is easier while in the country. Schools like to see prospective teachers in the flesh so they can... [Read more]
The Principles of Creating Lesson Plans to Achieve Better Results - TEFL Blog
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
The Principles of Creating Lesson Plans to Achieve Better Results
When I first started as an EFL teacher two years ago, my senior colleagues would often advise me to create a lesson plan well in advance of an upcoming lesson. Having had no formal teaching experience back then, it surprised me because I assumed that simply creating lesson materials for students was sufficient. I did not think that lesson plans were necessary because when I was a student, I had never seen any of my teachers referring to them on the job. It seemed to me that teachers were natural improvisers and could deliver lessons without any referenced document.
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Over time, I have come to realize that lesson planning is essentially a teacher's... [Read more]
Hanging on Every Word: The Importance of Cultural Sensitivity in the EFL Classroom - TEFL Blog
Fri, 26 Jun 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Hanging on Every Word: The Importance of Cultural Sensitivity in the EFL Classroom
The student sitting in front of his teacher was upset, unwilling-- perhaps unable-- to engage in the classroom activity taking place around him. The task seemed harmless enough-- a simple game of hangman to solidify vocabulary retention-- but had left this student paralyzed. The student's teacher, my friend Tom, did not press the issue but rather waited to have a conversation with his student until after class when all of the other students had left for the day. "Teacher, my brother died. The army hangs him." Tom was devastated. In his attempt to provide a playful opportunity for learning, he had forced a student to relive a trauma that had forever... [Read more]
The Secrets of Encouraging and Motivating ESL Students - TEFL Blog
Tue, 12 May 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
The Secrets of Encouraging and Motivating ESL Students
This is a subject that many have spoken of at length before however new perspectives are put forward all the time which can and do have positive outcomes. This can happen even in an area such as "student motivation". This is an area that has been under the academic microscope as far back as we can remember. I will now put forward my perspectives and hopefully add something new to the equation.
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What affects students' motivation?
Praise
TTT
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Top Tips for Decreasing Teacher Speaking Time - TEFL Blog
Wed, 26 Feb 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Top Tips for Decreasing Teacher Speaking Time
Imagine a classroom where the teacher is lecturing the entire class time. Student's attention span starts to flee, they begin looking for any source of entertainment. They are now distracted and unable to apply the lesson the teacher is demonstrating in the real world. Teacher lecture time should be supplemented with other methods of teaching. Students need mental breaks and activities to engage them in the lesson.
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Reasons to Decrease TTT
Ways to Work on the Problem
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Important Personal Qualities an English Teacher has to Possess - TEFL Blog
Tue, 26 May 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Important Personal Qualities an English Teacher has to Possess
The first and most important quality for a teacher, regardless of what you teach, is the love for teaching. When we do things with passion, the energy that we put on it changes completely the result we obtain, as well as the entire experience for us and our students. Of course, it is imperative that we love the discipline we are teaching, but teaching is not about us enjoying it, it is about us guiding a student into the journey. From the first steps through all the complexity of it. In my career, one of the things that fills me the most, and does it every day, is the satisfaction of seeing the happiness of my students when they manage to achieve a new goal.
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Entertaining Approach to Teaching Grammar - TEFL Blog
Tue, 23 Jul 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Entertaining Approach to Teaching Grammar
Grammatical structures are the essential building blocks to any language, English is no exception. Without a frame, a painting will fall off the wall or lose its form. The meaning behind the words is very much the same as a painting in a frame. The ideas which are meant to be conveyed are like the characters of a painting, the grammatical tools are like the colors, the structure and order of the words are like the brushstrokes which add depth and tone to a work of art. English is art. Subjects, objects, and verbs are the colors, shapes, and tones of basic English.
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Why to teach grammar?
Entertaining approach to teaching grammar
Engage
Elicitation and study
Activate
Do you... [Read more]
Effective Ways to Motivate Students in the Classroom - TEFL Blog
Fri, 15 Nov 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Effective Ways to Motivate Students in the Classroom
Motivation in the classroom is one of the most key components to establishing effective language learning skills. If students are not motivated then that means they fail to see the value in what they are learning. To ensure success in what the students retain during and after my class, I must utilize motivational activities and techniques that warrant effective learning.
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Know your students
Involving activities
Choice of materials
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How I Got Into A Top Master's Program After Teaching English In China - TEFL Blog
Thu, 08 Oct 2020 Anastasiia Ovchinnikova
TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas
How I Got Into A Top Master's Program After Teaching English In China
Two months ago, I closed my laptop after a one-hour defense over Zoom of my MA dissertation from the University of Barcelona on mobile-assisted language learning in front of the most highly cited researchers in the field of Applied Linguistics. It was very satisfying and rewarding to know that everything I had done before directly led me to that point. In this article, I am going to elaborate on the following topics that helped me to get into the competitive program in Applied Linguistics:
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My Initial Motivation
Hands-on experience teaching English in China
An Idea Of A Research Proposal Based On My... [Read more]
Problems for Young English Learners in Public Schools in China - TEFL Blog
Fri, 27 Dec 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Problems for Young English Learners in Public Schools in China
Since the opening of China to the Western world, Chinese society and economic prowess have both continued to grow at exponential rates. This has led to its status as a rising power, culturally and economically, and an international power increasingly interconnected with many parts of the globe. As Chinese educational infrastructure tries to match pace with the rapidity of the country's progress, one educational mandate that has persisted in importance over time has been that of English learning for all young learners across the country. The government sees English proficiency as a matter of national economic competitiveness, in fact requiring that English is taught as... [Read more]
Teaching Practice: Great Privilege and Responsibility - TEFL Blog
Tue, 02 Jun 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Teaching Practice: Great Privilege and Responsibility
My friends and I live in a predominantly Indian neighborhood in a suburban Midwest town in the United States. Most of our neighbors are Indian nationals who are in the US temporarily on corporate-sponsored work visas, families where one or both parents work outside the home during the day while their children attend local American public schools. One of my friends, a high school math teacher, was asked by her neighbor to tutor two elementary school-aged children in English, her son in first grade, and her daughter in third grade.
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Individual Training
Engage Phase
Study Stage
Activate Stage
Reading For Pleasure
OTP Feedback
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J. Piaget’s “Four Stages” in ESL Teaching - TEFL Blog
Tue, 29 Oct 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
J. Piaget’s “Four Stages” in ESL Teaching
Put simply, children think and learn differently than adults. Jean Piaget, as one of the leading psychologists to explore these differences, puts forth the four stages of cognitive development, unified by an overarching idea called constructivism. He specifically focuses on children rather than all learners and, further still, focuses on development rather than learning. His constructivism theory posits that children form an understanding of the world around them and modify that representation based on their experiences and shifting environments that either contradict or confirm what they have built. (1) Therefore, in working with young learners, teachers should be mindful of this... [Read more]
Possible Reasons why Japanese Students have Difficulties Acquiring English - TEFL Blog
Tue, 11 Feb 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Possible Reasons why Japanese Students have Difficulties Acquiring English
Japan is a First-World, Asian country, well-known for its clean vehicular designs, its production of famed animations, its ability to wow the Western world with hygienic efforts even at leisurely events (World Cup 2018), and overall its impeccable attention to detail in most areas of life. Yet, even with these accolades behind the name, there remains a sore spot, which any foreigner who has experienced Japan in the flesh, can verify exists. That is, the surprising lack of ability of the general public to understand and/or produce comprehensible English, an established global language.
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Failures
Teaching techniques
Social challenges
Do you want... [Read more]
How To Work In China As A Non Native English Teacher After The Pandemic - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
How to Work in China as a Non-Native English Teacher After the Pandemic
Hello everybody, lizzy here and I'm super happy to welcome you to this ITTT live session. It's a bit of an unusual time to meet because my sessions are usually on Tuesdays and today is Saturday. Anyway, I'm super happy that you could make it. Today's session is going to be slightly different because we are going to talk with my good friend about teaching in China. I know that many people are interested in this topic, so stay tuned because in a moment he will join me to talk about working in China and stuff like that. If you guys have any questions, feel free to ask them via the comment section. As for the timing for today, we are going to talk for around 60 minutes. I hope that we will be able to discuss all of... [Read more]
How to Work in China as a Non-Native English Teacher After the Pandemic - TEFL Blog
Tue, 11 May 2021 Federico Riva
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How to Work in China as a Non-Native English Teacher After the Pandemic
Hello everybody, Liza here and I'm super happy to welcome you to this ITTT live session. It's a bit of an unusual time to meet because my sessions are usually on Tuesdays and today is Saturday. Anyway, I'm super happy that you could make it. Today's session is going to be slightly different because we are going to talk with my good friend about teaching in China. I know that many people are interested in this topic, so stay tuned because in a moment he will join me to talk about working in China and stuff like that. If you guys have any questions, feel free to ask them via the comment section. As for the timing for today, we are... [Read more]
How to Teach English in China as a Non-Native English Teacher - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
How to Teach English in China as a Non-Native English Teacher
04/12/2021
hello everybody so lizzy is here and i'm super happy to welcome you to this
uh itttt live session uh it's a bit unusual uh time to meet uh
because my sessions are um usually on tuesdays
and today is saturday anyway um i'm super happy that um you could make
it and i could make it as well so today's session
uh is going to be slightly different uh because we are going to um
talk with my good old friend on the point of china and i know that many people
are interested about this topic uh so stay tuned because just in
just in a moment he will join me uh to talk about work in china and stuff like that and
if you guys have any questions uh feel free to ask them via the comment section
and as for the um as for the timing for... [Read more]
Live TEFL Talk: How to teach English in Asia - TEFL Blog
Thu, 06 May 2021 Federico Riva
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Live TEFL Talk: How to teach English in Asia
Hi everyone, here's Linda again from ITTT. Today we're talking about something really interesting and exciting, teaching English in Asia. Also, all you need to know about how to get to Asia, the countries in Asia with the highest demand, and also the best sort of recruiters and teaching job platforms where you can find the best jobs for teaching English in Asia. I'm super excited about this topic today as I have been pretty much based in Asia since 2012. I spent some time in China and I am now in South Korea where I've been for the last six years.
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Watch the live session here
Tiana says, is there a bigger demand in smaller towns because nobody wants to go to the... [Read more]
Live TEFL Talk: How To Teach English In Asia - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Live TEFL Talk: How to teach English in Asia
Hi everyone, here's Linda again from ITTT. Today we're talking about something really interesting and exciting, teaching English in Asia. Also, all you need to know about how to get to Asia, the countries in Asia with the highest demand, and also the best sort of recruiters and teaching job platforms where you can find the best jobs for teaching English in Asia. I'm super excited about this topic today as I have been pretty much based in Asia since 2012. I spent some time in China and I am now in South Korea where I've been for the last six years.
I'm so excited to share my experience with you guys and hopefully maybe some of you can also share your experience, if you have experience in teaching English in Asia. If you want to know... [Read more]
How to Keep ESL Students Engaged After the Lesson - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
How to Keep ESL Students Engaged After the Lesson
05/18/2021
hello everybody it's liza here and i'm super happy to welcome you to today's itttt live
session um so i hope that you um have some spare time uh to tune in
and uh let's talk about um another exciting uh teaching topic
today uh so if you see and hear me clearly please let me know that you are here
actually via the chat box and um by the way um
i'm super excited uh not only because of this live session but also because of the weather it is
super warm in my place today um my hometown is blooming and um it it feels so nice
actually um also let me know where are you guys tuning in from
uh so i am actually located um in the middle of russia um
the city of yekaterinburg um so uh usually it's pretty cold here but
may is just the best... [Read more]
Teaching English in China in 2023: Requirements, Job Market, and More - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Teaching English in China in 2023: Requirements, Job Market, and More
10/16/2022
Hi, welcome Linda here from ITTT. Thanks for joining today. Thanks for taking some time out of your day. I know it's a little bit later than usually, but that's because we have a guest today which I'm gonna announce and introduce in a short while. So thank you guys for being here. Yeah, this is what we're going to talk about today, teaching English in China, what you need to know for the next year. A lot of things have changed because of COVID, because of the pandemic, and all those things. So that's why we invited Dan from Teach English Global, and he's gonna tell us all about it today. So, yeah, thanks for being here, and as always, please don't forget to like and subscribe so you never miss any of our... [Read more]
Live Session: The Top Hiring Seasons for Teaching English Abroad - TEFL Blog
Mon, 26 Apr 2021 Federico Riva
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Live Session: The Top Hiring Seasons for Teaching English Abroad
oday's exciting topic is the top hiring seasons for teaching English abroad. We're going to go over different countries on different continents and what their hiring seasons are, so when's the best time to go job hunting. Also there will be some tips for job hunting in those places as sometimes you need to get hired in advance when you're still in your home country and you can do online interviews, but in some countries you need to apply in person. So we're going to talk about that as well.
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The top hiring seasons for teaching English abroad
Tiana has a question. Are there any specific job websites you'd recommend... [Read more]
Live Session: The Top Hiring Seasons For Teaching English Abroad - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Live Session: The Top Hiring Seasons for Teaching English Abroad
Hello and welcome. I'm back again this week for another live session from ITTT. Super excited to be here again, as always it is Friday 10:00 a.m. where I am in South Korea. Please let me know if you can see me and if you can hear me, use the comment section and just throw in a quick hi and where you're watching from. Let me know where you are in the world. I would be super excited to know because we always get a very international crowd here. Let me know where you are right now and what time it is there. I would appreciate it. I am in South Korea, about an hour and a half south of Seoul. It is Friday morning and the weather is kind of cloudy but it's not too bad. Yesterday was really nice, spring has finally arrived.... [Read more]
How to teach English in Asia - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
How to teach English in Asia
04/08/2021
hi everyone hello here's linda again from itt
and today we're talking about something really really interesting and exciting
teaching english in asia and all you need to know how to get to asia the best countries in
asia where to teach with the highest demand and also the best sort of
recruiters and teaching job platforms where you can find the best jobs
for teaching english in asia and i'm super excited about this topic today um i myself i've been uh pretty much
based in asia since 2012 2013-ish and um i spent some time in
china and um i also and now i'm actually in south korea and i've been here already
for a while so it's gonna be six years soon and um so i'm so excited to share
my experience with you guys and hopefully maybe some of you can... [Read more]
The Top Hiring Seasons for Teaching English Abroad - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
The Top Hiring Seasons for Teaching English Abroad
03/18/2021
hello hello hi welcome welcome i'm back again this week
for another live session for itt super excited to be here yet again um as
always uh it is friday 10 a.m where i am in south korea
and please let me know guys if you can see me if you can hear me um you know use the
comment section and just throw in a quick hi and where you're watching from
let me know where you are in the world um i would be super excited to know um
because we always get a very international crowd here and it's super exciting so please let me know where you are
right now what time it is there and um yeah just a high i would appreciate it
i am in south korea about an hour and a half south of seoul it is friday morning um
the weather it's it's kind of... [Read more]
TEFL Interview: The 15 Most Asked Questions They Will Ask You - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
TEFL Interview: The 15 Most Asked Questions They Will Ask You
02/25/2021
hello hello and welcome my name is linda thanks so much for
tuning in um yeah i'm back here again
like every week i guess um live with itt talking about
yet another very exciting and interesting teaching and tefl topic today and i
think especially this topic is going to be so useful um
and it's i think not talked about enough right we always talk about how to choose the correct tefl course
how to choose you know how to find jobs and all this kind of stuff but
not we're not going down into the nitty-gritty of the actual tefl interview and that's what we're
gonna do today so we are talking about the 15 most asked questions in a tefl interview
and hi guys thanks so much for watching i see we already have a couple of... [Read more]