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Ten Things I Have Learned During My First Year Teaching in China - TEFL Blog
Mon, 02 Sep 2019 Dorothy Brown Smith
Destinations Alumni Experiences
Ten Things I Have Learned During My First Year Teaching in China
I have always wanted to travel and go abroad. I talked about it with family and friends on many occasions. When the opportunity came for me to teach in China, I immediately said, "NO!" I was thinking of traveling to places like South America, France, Italy, Greece, etc. because I had romanticized these places in my mind from what I had seen on television and read about in magazines. China was not even a thought in my mind! The opportunity kept coming to teach in China. I would see advertisements, run into people who had just came back from China. I even met someone studying Chinese to be an interpreter! I kept running into people who had some kind of... [Read more]
How to Help Chinese Native Speakers to Follow English Grammar Rules in Speaking - TEFL Blog
Wed, 09 Oct 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
How to Help Chinese Native Speakers to Follow English Grammar Rules in Speaking
Grammar is the rules governing the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in a natural language. Simply put, grammar is the general rule of a language. Language is logical; grammar tells us in which order we say words. It's about how words become phrases; how words and phrases become sentences and how sentences become language.
Table of Contents
The Essence of Grammar
Different languages have different grammar rules
How to teach grammar (EFL: how to teach Chinese students English)
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China's Ban on Private ESL Tutoring: What You Need To Know - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
China's Ban on Private ESL Tutoring: What You Need To Know
10/29/2021
hello hi welcome to another live session my name is linda from i t t t and as you
can see today we're going to talk about china's ban on private esl tutoring
everything you need to know what we know so far there's still a lot of ambiguity
but i've done a lot of research i talked to a lot of people so hopefully i'll be able to tell you something you might not
know yet and give a little bit of clarity into this topic but uh disclaimer
you know things change all the time and there's still like i said a lot of ambiguity around this whole topic
a lot of even experts aren't sure yet how everything is going to be implemented how it's going to look like
in the future so just i want to say that up front and ittttt this is also... [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]
What Scams to Look Out for When Looking for TEFL Jobs - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
What Scams to Look Out for When Looking for TEFL Jobs
03/04/2021
hi everyone hello and welcome to another live session from
ict my name is linda and um yeah i'm back
again this week week after week after week still here um it's been
you know a fun ride with all of you guys on this uh facebook and youtube live uh
journey we've we started doing these lives i believe in october
yeah in october last year and you know we've been back every week ever
since so it's a lot of fun um just waiting for a couple of other people to
join us today um and then we're gonna talk about
the most common tefl job scams and how to avoid them so that's today's topic um as always
guys uh if you have joined if you can see me and if you can hear me please just leave a hi or something in
the comment in the comment... [Read more]
How to Work in China as a Non-Native English Teacher After the Pandemic - TEFL Blog
Tue, 11 May 2021 Federico Riva
Destinations TEFL Information Alumni Experiences
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]
The Necessity of Understanding An EFL Student's Learning Experience - TEFL Blog
Wed, 17 Mar 2021 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas
The Necessity of Understanding An EFL Student's Learning Experience
As teachers, we often assume that we understand what our students are going through and that we can relate to the experience of learning in school because we have been there ourselves. However, many of us who teach English as a foreign language require a different empathy element to relate to our students truly. Learning a new language is a humbling experience, and doing it as a foreigner in a foreign culture is even more humbling. The question is, how many language educators can relate to this? Personally, though I do not know how many TEFL teachers have experienced a foreign language and culture for an extended period, I have had the privilege to... [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]
3 Best Tools to Gamify Your Online Lessons - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
3 Best Tools to Gamify Your Online Lessons
12/14/2021
hi again everyone this is another live
stream session by itt and my name is
lisa i am happy to welcome you to this
livestream session
and today we're gonna discuss um
three interesting tools you might
utilize to make your lessons
uh interactive and engaging because
these uh things will help you to gamify
to gamify your classes so in my previous
live stream i actually shared uh several
trends uh like 10
uh trends for
2022 that you have to
think about to implement in your
online classes
and today i will
dive into this idea of gamifying
lessons and share several tools that you
might actually use to
help your students uh get excited and
engaged into your content
and i hope that you will love these
ideas
uh these are going to be actually
um... [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]
The Essential Role of Grammar - TEFL Blog
Tue, 04 Feb 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
The Essential Role of Grammar
Grammar is not only about vocabulary and sentence structure but also can improve our communication and ability of logical thinking.
Table of Contents
Why learning grammar?
Misconceptions
How to learn a language effectively?
Functions of grammar
How to improve grammar?
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This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Meiheriayi M. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT.
Why learning grammar?
Some people always ask a question that what is the point of learning grammar? Foreigners never learn grammar, but they speak better English than us when they travel abroad. Also... [Read more]
The Dos & Don'ts Of Teaching English Abroad - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
The Dos & Don'ts Of Teaching English Abroad
02/27/2023
hi guys hey Linda here from ITTT back
this week with another live session thank you so much for joining me today and taking some time out of your day
today to be here with me and learn something new hopefully about teaching English and today we're going to talk
about the do's and don'ts of teaching English abroad sort of everything you
need to know you should know before you embark on this exciting journey of
teaching English abroad so yeah let me know if you can hear me if you can see me uh drop a hi in the comment section
oh perfect and also let me know where are you watching from today
I already see crystalline here Hi crystaline how are you doing good to see
you again awesome great where are you guys watching from today where... [Read more]
Complete Guide to Teaching English Online - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Complete Guide to teaching english online
09/08/2021
hello hi welcome to another live session my my name is linda from itt i'm so happy to
be here again this week um if you can see me if you can hear me as always please just leave a quick comment in the
comments box below that'd be really really great we are live on facebook and we're live on youtube at the same time
so welcome today we're gonna talk about teaching english online and also if
you're listening to this as a podcast episode thanks thank you so much for the download we always turn our um live
sessions into podcast episodes later so if that's something that you're interested in go check us out we are
available on all major uh podcast platforms like itunes spotify google
podcasts check us out just type in um tefl and tesol... [Read more]
What to Watch Out for Before Signing Your TEFL Contract - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
What to Watch Out for Before Signing Your TEFL Contract
07/15/2021
hello hi welcome to another live session from itt
my name is linda um yeah welcome back this week
if you've noticed last week our live or my life was actually on a different day different time um if you've seen it it
was really really interesting i had some really really interesting guests two
sisters from australia who are currently teaching in japan under the jet program and we had a
lovely chat it was really fun so if you have not seen that i highly recommend checking it out if you're interested in teaching
abroad uh teaching in japan if you're from australia check it out two really lovely girls it
was so much fun talking about what it's like to teach in japan and this week i have i'm here by myself
again and i have... [Read more]
8 Things I Wish I had Known Before I Started Teaching English Online - TEFL Blog
Tue, 03 Mar 2020 Karah Musani
Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas
8 Things I Wish I had Known Before I Started Teaching English Online
I started teaching online two years ago. With no training, it was a bumpy start. If there is one thing I want you to take away from this post, it's this: relax. It gets better.
Table of Contents
1. The learning curve is STEEP. You will get better.
2. You will have bad classes. It's not always your fault.
3. They don't have to get it right away.
4. Rushing class is counterproductive.
5. Students learn more if they're having fun.
6. You can't let your students see how far they have to go.
7. Starting kids off with a win helps them be more confident in class
8. It gets better
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How Basic Understanding of Phonetics Can Help Your EFL Teaching - TEFL Blog
Wed, 12 Feb 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
How Basic Understanding of Phonetics Can Help Your EFL Teaching
Say the word 'hat' to yourself out loud. Now say 'mouth'. Was it easy? If you are a native English speaker you did it without thinking. You didn't have to contort your face into all sorts of funny shapes or feel self-conscience during the process. The reason is that you already know the phonology of those two English words. You may not understand exactly how you said those words; whether they were plosives or voiced or non-voiced, whether or not the tongue was forward touching the teeth or raised touching the soft palate. You don't need to know. You have heard and said these words hundreds if not thousands of times in your life. You already can say them easily without... [Read more]
Top Tips For Teaching English As A Non Native Speaker - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Top Tips for Teaching English as a Non-Native Speaker
Hello! Liza is here and if you are guys getting on this stream, let me know if you hear and see me.
We are about to start. Today's live session is devoted to teaching English as a non-native speaker.
Okay, let me check if anyone is here. Hello! my name is Liza, and today we will talk about teaching English as a non-native speaker. Let me show the name of the session. Hello guys, if you are watching right now, write down a couple of words. I can see your comments, and let me know where you are from? I'm curious. And let me introduce myself quickly. I'm now staying in my hometown in Russia. It is called Yekaterinburg. It's pretty cold today, but the day is so sunny, so I had to close my blinds because my home office space is... [Read more]
Personal Teaching Experience in China and Russia - TEFL Blog
Fri, 01 Nov 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Personal Teaching Experience in China and Russia
In this topic, I will be talking about my own "Personal Teaching Experience" in two Asian countries that I've had the privilege to work in and teach such as, China and Russia. So you might want to ask yourselves, What's the difference between teaching Chinese and Russian students? Well honestly there is a huge difference so let's get started.
Table of Contents
Culture
Assistance
Personal Experience
Teaching Materials
Teaching Methods
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Culture
First... [Read more]
The Most Effective Vocabulary Teaching Methods - TEFL Blog
Thu, 19 Dec 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
The Most Effective Vocabulary Teaching Methods
I think vocabulary is something that should be taught at the very beginning of the course. When you're starting with a brand new language, the hardest part of learning a foreign language from scratch is vocabulary building. This is because when one starts a new language, they typically don't know where to start. For example, should they learn how to say "Hi, how are you?" first, or should they learn some of the more substantial, yet basic vocabulary terms, such as "I give" "I eat" etc? At what point should you introduce grammar?
Table of Contents
Language Learning Experience
Using a Target Language to Deliver New Knowledge
Core Vocabulary
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Native English Teacher Vs. Non Native English Teacher: What Are The Differences? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Native English Teacher vs. Non-Native English Teacher: What are the differences?
Hello,
Welcome, my name is Linda nice to see you. I’m a TEFL and TESOL professional at ITTT and I’ve been living and working in Asia since 2012-ish and I live in South Korea and I’ve been here for five and a half years. I also taught English in China and here in Korea as well and I also work for ITTT and we have a guest so to speak but also from ITTT but joining us for the first time my colleague Lisa.
My name is Liza. I’m a TEFL and TESOL expert at ITTT as Linda and I’m also a former ESL teacher. I’ve been teaching online this year but before I worked in China as a lead teacher in a kindergarten so that was quite fun and I'll share my experience today.
## Where in China did you teach?... [Read more]
Teaching Abroad: Saving Money & Paying off Loans - Here's how! - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Teaching Abroad: Saving Money & Paying off Loans - Here's how!
07/29/2021
hi guys hello welcome to another live session my name is linda from itt and today
we're going to talk about a very very exciting topic i'm sure a lot of you are going to find it useful
it's all going to be about how to save money and also pay off loans and debt when teaching
english abroad um yeah so thank you so much for joining if you can see me if you can hear me as
always please just leave a hi in the comment section i'd really appreciate it so that i know that you
can see me and hear me because you know sometimes there are technical difficulties um and i might be aware of it so just
kindly let me know in the comment section um and yeah thank you so much for being
here again today uh last week's live... [Read more]
Native English Teacher vs. Non-Native English Teacher ✅ What are the differences? - TEFL Blog
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 Federico Riva
TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas
Native English Teacher vs. Non-Native English Teacher ✅ What are the differences?
Welcome, my name is Linda nice to see you. I'm a TEFL and TESOL professional at ITTT and I've been living and working in Asia since 2012-ish and I live in South Korea and I've been here for five and a half years. I also taught English in China and here in Korea as well and I also work for ITTT and we have a guest so to speak but also from ITTT but joining us for the first time my colleague Lisa.
Table of Contents
Watch the live session here
Where in China did you teach?
So, what are the differences when it comes to teaching English abroad and online?
Are there teaching jobs for non-native teachers in china?
Let's look... [Read more]
Top Tips for Teaching English as a Non-Native Speaker - TEFL Blog
Tue, 23 Mar 2021 Federico Riva
TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas
Top Tips for Teaching English as a Non-Native Speaker
Hello! Liza is here and if you are guys getting on this stream, let me know if you hear and see me.
Table of Contents
Watch the live session here
I'm specialized in general English, and I often work with young learners as well.
From my perspective, TEFL certification is a significant first step to obtain before looking for a position in a real classroom or even online because it gives you a gist of teaching in general.
So if you are interested in teaching English, don't forget about the many opportunities you have for your self-development and your teaching skills development.
So if you are willing to take a TEFL course or if you know anyone... [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]
What Are The Differences Between Foreign Language and Mother Tongue Acquisition? - TEFL Blog
Mon, 17 Aug 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
What Are The Differences Between Foreign Language and Mother Tongue Acquisition?
I chose this topic because I have first-hand experience with my trilingual child. She is 3 years old now, we are a couple of Romanians living in China, and my husband is a middle school English teacher. My daughter was born in China and I can both speak Chinese. 'What language will my daughter learn first?' Was one of the questions that haunted me and I thought it would be the greatest challenge of motherhood. Well, the reality proved me wrong – it was the easiest task and now my daughter can speak perfect English, she can understand and speak Romanian very well and she understands Chinese and can speak when she has to.
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There is... [Read more]
Problems for ESL Learners in China - TEFL Blog
Fri, 28 Feb 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Problems for ESL Learners in China
The English language has become so essential in china because the country wants to successfully promote internationalism and keep the lines of communication open for trade and business matters. As one of the global powers, it's in the country's best interest to keep afloat of shifting trends in international matters.
Table of Contents
Governmental decision
Spelling
Pronunciation
Singular / Plural Aspect
Gender
Articles
Lack of opportunities to practice
Word order
Individual differences
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The Best Countries for Teaching English in 2021 - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
The Best Countries for Teaching English in 2021
12/17/2020
hello hello hello and welcome to another live session my name is
linda from itt and you can find me on social media at linda ghost east um
yeah thanks for tuning in let me just see that everything's working if you can see
me and if you can hear me please um leave a comment as always you
know the drill and yeah this is actually our last
um live session or my last live session we have another one on tuesday from my
colleague lisa but me it's my last live session before christmas and so um i wanted to get a little
festive this is my attempt at being festive so um yeah that's what we're working with
today um yeah if you can see me and hear me please leave a comment that would be
really really awesome yay awesome it starts yeah
hi... [Read more]
Teaching English as a Non-Native Speaker - How to Build a Successful Career - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Teaching English as a Non-Native Speaker - How to Build a Successful Career
12/08/2020
hello hello so liz is here and
if you are guys getting on this stream let me know if you hear
it and if you see me clearly
so uh we are about to start today's live session devoted to
teaching english as a non-native speaker okay let me check if anyone is here
hello hello my name is lisa and uh today we are going to talk about
um teaching english as a non-native speaker let me show
the name of the session hello guys um if you are watching right now uh
write down um a couple of words i can see uh your comments and
um let me know where are you from it's i'm really curious and let me
introduce myself uh quickly so um i'm now staying
in my hometown um in central russia it is called yukaterenberg um
it's... [Read more]
Live Session with ITTT Alumna Brittany from "The Life of Brit" - TEFL Blog
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 Federico Riva
Destinations Alumni Experiences
Live Session with ITTT Alumna Brittany from "The Life of Brit"
Welcome to another live session this week and we're on at a different time this week. Usually we're a little bit earlier, but we have a special guest today, and that's because she's based in Germany. So we had to change the time a little bit. I'm Linda from ITT, you've probably seen me before, if you've watched us live and I'm here with Brit today.
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Watch the live session here
That's cool, that's exciting. Have you been to Luxemburg?
Like I said, we have Brittany here today. We're doing a TEFL talk, sort of a casual TEFL talk today.
We are live on Facebook, and we're also live on YouTube. So please don't hesitate to ask questions.
Why did you... [Read more]