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Advantages and Disadvantages Board Game - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Advantages and Disadvantages Board Game
This is a fun ESL board game about the advantages and disadvantages of different topics. The students roll the dice and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the topic they land on.
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Let's Talk about Christmas - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Let's Talk about Christmas
This is a fun speaking activity that is great for developing fluency on the topic of Christmas.
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7 Fun Reward Systems That Will Keep Your Students More Engaged - TEFL Blog
Tue, 21 Apr 2020 Karah Musani
Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas
7 Fun Reward Systems That Will Keep Your Students More Engaged
Teaching children can be challenging. If you're teaching an adult, chances are, they're there because they want to learn. Most children, however, would much rather be watching their favorite TV show, so it's important to make the class fun and engaging. One of the best ways to do this is with a reward system. Plan a reward system with 4 to 6 rewards and give one to the student periodically throughout the class when they have done a good job. You can use this to reinforce good behavior and to encourage the student to try harder so that they get more rewards. All of my reward systems rely on a whiteboard the students can see. The rewards will be placed on the... [Read more]
Shopping - Complete the Sentences - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Shopping - Complete the Sentences
This is a fun ESL worksheet about the topic "shopping". Students complete the 15 sentences.
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Superstitions and Conditional Type 1 - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Superstitions and Conditional Type 1
This is a fun worksheet about the topic of conditional type 1 using superstitions.
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I'm wearing ... Worksheet - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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I'm wearing ... Worksheet
This is a fun ESL worksheet for practicing vocabulary around the topic of clothing.
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ESL Articles Board Game - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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ESL Articles Board Game
In this fun articles board game, students review 'a', 'an' and 'the' by completing true or false statements and talking about various topics for 30 seconds.
In this free articles board game, students review a, an and the by completing true or false statements and talking about various topics for 30 seconds. Give each group of three or four a copy of the game board, a dice and counters. The players then take it in turns to roll the dice and move their counter along the board.
When a player lands on a 'True or false?' square, they complete the statement with the correct article (a, an, or the) and read it to the group. If the player is able to do this correctly, they score a point. If not, they... [Read more]
General English Course Books for Young Learners ▷ Infographic - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
General English Course Books for Young Learners
General English course books for young learners differ from those for adults in a number of ways. Obviously the types of topics will be geared towards the interests of younger people but there are also differences in the way the language is presented. Grammar chants are a popular method of drilling grammar points in books for young learners and while course books for adults will generally have sections with explicit presentations of a grammar point, books for young learners do not usually cover grammar in such detail, especially those for very young learners.
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How many modules in a TEFL course? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
How many modules in a TEFL course?
Most TEFL courses currently available, including those offered by ITTT, are broken down into separate sections or modules to make the study experience as smooth and easy to digest as possible. By separating the different sections of the course into distinct areas, such as individual grammar points, various classroom skills, and lesson planning strategies, you should find it easier to move through the materials and retain all the information covered. However, as most TEFL course providers offer a wide variety of course options to suit different goals and scenarios, it is generally the case that there are no set amount of modules in a TEFL course.
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How many modules are in TEFL 120-hours? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
How many modules are in TEFL 120-hours?
The majority of TEFL courses now offered, including those provided by ITTT, are divided into several modules to make the learning process as streamlined and simple to assimilate as possible. You should find it simpler to navigate through the materials and retain all of the information given by segmenting the many components of the course into distinct units, such as specific grammatical issues, classroom management, and lesson planning techniques. There is generally no predetermined number of modules in a TEFL course, as the majority of TEFL course providers offer a wide range of course alternatives to fit different aims and conditions.
At ITTT we make sure that our selection of TEFL courses meets every need, from short-form courses appropriate for... [Read more]
Time Expressions Board Game - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Time Expressions Board Game
This is a fun board game to practice time expressions and prepositions of time. Your students talk in pairs about the topics on the sheet. Each student places their counter on one of the "start" squares and then move forward by one square at a time talking about the topic using the appropriate time expressions.
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Interactive ESL Transportation Board Game - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Interactive ESL Transportation Board Game
This is a fun board game around the topic of travel and transportation to help teach students language connected to traveling and modes of transport.
How to Play
Before the game, go through the flight and travel information in the center of the board with your students and explain any unknown vocabulary.
Then, start the game at the "start" and take turns rolling dice. Students have to answer the questions by looking at the travel information in the ccenter.
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Why TEFL Teaching Requires Classroom Management? - TEFL Blog
Mon, 02 Sep 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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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
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Top ESL Weather Vocabulary List - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Top ESL Weather Vocabulary List
Teaching weather vocabulary early on in an English course is a great idea because it is something that the students can practice on a daily basis. Especially during daily warm ups, teachers can always ask about the weather and weather vocabulary comes in handy during other activities too.
Teaching Weather: Step By Step Guide
1. Warm up
During your usual warm up, try and get the students talking about the seasons. Then, ask students what season they like best and see if anyone can explain why. This is a great way to elicit some of the weather vocabulary you plan to practice during the lesson. When certain vocabulary words come up, write them on the board. Depending on the level of your... [Read more]
ESL and 10 Common Preschool Themes - TEFL Blog
Tue, 08 Jun 2021 Anna Domiczek
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ESL and 10 Common Preschool Themes
Preschool curriculum or lesson plan designed for English language learners should incorporate several basic and common themes. Those popular themes created for young learners will introduce students to new, interesting vocabulary words and phrases. Learning about animals, clothing, food, family, shapes, colors, numbers, or daily activities makes students deeply engaged in learning. They are discovering the world around them versus memorizing/repeating abstract words and phrases. Thanks to such theme-based lessons, English language students genuinely engage with the content being taught and make real-life connections while developing new vocabulary and enhanced... [Read more]
Regular and Irregular Verbs Spiral Reading - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Regular and Irregular Verbs Spiral Reading
This is a fun and different way to read a text with an interesting topic. Would you be able to live without money? Read and find out how this person managed.
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9 Fun Social Distancing Greetings for the Classroom - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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9 Fun Social Distancing Greetings for the Classroom
Here are 9 fun ways to greet your students in the classroom that are social distancing approved and safe - plus, they are super fun and your students will love them.
Elbow Bumb
This greeting has already become a classic and kids of all ages love it. Simply bumb your students' elbow as you say "hello" in the morning!
Foot Bumb
Similar to the first option, the foot bumb is even better if you want to avoid any sort of touch of the hands and arms.
Wave to each other
Simple but effective. You can do this as a whole class or wave at each student individually as they enter the classroom in the morning.
Spirit Fingers
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St. Patrick’s Day Crossword Puzzle - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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St. Patrick’s Day Crossword Puzzle
This is a fun crossword puzzle that you can play with your students for St. Patrick's Day!
Answer Key
Across
4. Dublin
5. tap
7. pinch
9. seventeenth
11, shamrock
12. green
13. Irish
Down
1. March
2. luck
3. blarney
6. Ireland
7. potato
8. leprechaun
10. clover
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5 Super Active Games For Engaging The Whole Class - TEFL Blog
Mon, 10 Aug 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
5 Super Active Games For Engaging The Whole Class
As a children's English teacher, course materials are very important. There are many kinds of materials that we can use in the classroom, flashcards are the basic one. We can present the new vocabulary and practice with flashcards, and children can understand the word directly through the picture on the flashcard, which is very effective.
Table of Contents
1. Musical Chair
2. Zombie Game
3. Cups Tower
4. Don't Peek, Teacher,
5. Bottle Spinner
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Disney's Frozen Word Search - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Disney's Frozen Word Search
Who doesn't love Frozen? It's the perfect movie to introduce the topic of seasonal change and talk about all things winter-related! Print out this Disney's Frozen word search and let your students have some fun.
Can you find all 22 words in this Disney's Frozen word search?
Your students are going to have a blast working through this word search and learn a lot of new words along the way!
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11 Fun ESL Activities for Young Learners - TEFL Blog
Tue, 04 Sep 2018 Linda Dunsmore
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11 Fun ESL Activities for Young Learners
When teaching young learners, it's important not to spend too much time on any one activity as they can soon lose interest. It is also a good idea to have activities that give younger learners the chance to move about and use the boundless energy they have at that age. Below we present a list of short activities suitable for young and very young learners of English.
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What's the Time Mr. Wolf?
Telephone
Basketball
Volleyball
Bingo
Can you …?
I Spy
Odd One Out
Stand Up Please
Mastermind
Blindfold Obstacle Course
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Five Fun and Adaptable Games for ESL Classes - TEFL Blog
Mon, 24 May 2021 Shirin Sophy
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Five Fun and Adaptable Games for ESL Classes
Today's pedagogical approaches put considerable emphasis upon the importance of providing students with the opportunity to have a joyful educational experience through adding enough and well-located variety to the lessons. One practical way to do so is designing and adding aimful games to your plan in order to inject positive energy into your lessons, improve the mood of your class and make your lessons stick in students' long-term memory.
Table of Contents
Pizza game
Hot seat
Hot potato
Spelling games
Whisper chain
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Great Ideas for Teaching Writing Skills in the ESL Classroom - TEFL Blog
Mon, 24 Sep 2018 Mark Crocker
Teaching Ideas
Great Ideas for Teaching Writing Skills in the ESL Classroom
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Think outside the box
Encourage creativity, not perfection
Encourage students to write about what interests them
Writing doesn't have to be a solo activity
Introduce multi-skilled lessons
Writing games
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Of all the language skills that are taught in the ESL classroom, teaching writing skills is often seen as one of the least popular. Some teachers consider these lessons to be a bit boring, hard to evaluate and somewhat limited in what you can incorporate into them. However, this doesn't have to be the case as teaching writing... [Read more]
St. Patrick's Day ESL Word Search Puzzle Worksheet - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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St. Patrick's Day ESL Word Search Puzzle Worksheet
This is a super fun and printable St. Patrick's Day ESL Word Search Puzzle Worksheet that your students are going to love.
Find and circle the words in the word search puzzle and number the pictures.
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6 Fun Zoom Teaching Ideas for Kids - TEFL Blog
Tue, 18 May 2021 Charlotte Lam
Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas
6 Fun Zoom Teaching Ideas for Kids
Due to the pandemic, distance learning has become the new form of teaching all over the words. In Hong Kong, teachers are trying to figure out ways to teach their students while having quarantine at home. In this post, I'm going to share some fun activities and games to play with kids by using Zoom so that you won't run out of ideas when teaching through an online platform. If you've never used Zoom before, you must try it with your students, and it definitely surprises you.
Table of Contents
Before having lessons, set up zoom ground rules!
Discussion questions ideas:
Below are some fun activities ideas to play with the kids:
1. Scavenger Hunt
2. Show and Tell
3. Draw and Guess
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Motivation and the Language Learner - The Major Factors That Influence It - TEFL Blog
Mon, 13 May 2019 Mark Crocker
Alumni Experiences
Motivation and the Language Learner - The Major Factors That Influence It
Motivation is one of the most influential aspects of learning a new language. For all language learners motivation varies, but it is surely an essential part in achieving fluency within any given language. Motivation can be dependent upon age, language fluency (both first language and second language), affective filter (i.e. an individual's comfort level within a particular setting), and many other factors.
Table of Contents
How Age Can Influence Motivation
How Language Fluency Can Influence Motivation
How the Affective Filter Can Influence Motivation
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How many modules in a TEFL course? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
How many modules in a TEFL course?
Most TEFL courses currently available, including those offered by ITTT, are broken down into separate sections or modules to make the study experience as smooth and easy to digest as possible. By separating the different sections of the course into distinct areas, such as individual grammar points, various classroom skills, and lesson planning strategies, you should find it easier to move through the materials and retain all the information covered. However, as most TEFL course providers offer a wide variety of course options to suit different goals and scenarios, it is generally the case that there are no set amount of modules in a TEFL course.
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Do TEFL certificates expire? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
Do TEFL certificates expire?
No, TEFL certificates do not expire, they are valid for life. Once you have completed your course, either online or by attending a training center, you will be able to start work straight away or set off on your travels and use it later when your funds starts to get low. A TEFL certificate really is a great qualification to have in your backpack or briefcase as you can use it to earn a good income at any time, in any part of the world.
Should I complete additional TEFL qualifications?
Although your certification will never expire, we do recommend that you continue to develop your skills and knowledge as you progress in your teaching career. Additional courses such as an advanced TEFL Diploma or a specialized certificate in teaching business English or... [Read more]
How many modules are in TEFL 120-hours? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
How many modules are in TEFL 120-hours?
The majority of TEFL courses now offered, including those provided by ITTT, are divided into several modules to make the learning process as streamlined and simple to assimilate as possible. You should find it simpler to navigate through the materials and retain all of the information given by segmenting the many components of the course into distinct units, such as specific grammatical issues, classroom management, and lesson planning techniques. There is generally no predetermined number of modules in a TEFL course, as the majority of TEFL course providers offer a wide range of course alternatives to fit different aims and conditions.
At ITTT we make sure that our selection of TEFL courses meets every need, from short-form courses appropriate for... [Read more]
5 More Fun Activities to Encourage Your Students to Speak - TEFL Blog
Thu, 13 Aug 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas
5 More Fun Activities to Encourage Your Students to Speak
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To keep the Activate Stage more fun and lively, offer your students one of these cool speaking activities. They will definitely enjoy the conversation and get creative with the tasks. Remember that any of these exercises can be easily used online.
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1. Teacher For a Day
2. Describe a Picture
3. Redo Your Talk
4. TripAdvisor
5. Communal Story
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