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Thu, 07 Nov 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Top Tips for Creating a Responsive Classroom Environment There are many important things for an English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher to consider when designing a seating arrangement for the classroom. Every teacher desires to create an atmosphere where good interaction can take place between the students as well as an atmosphere where attention can be focused on the teacher during times of teacher instruction. Of course, many limiting factors can affect the seating arrangement of the classroom, and the teacher may not end up having the ideal seating arrangement due to these factors. The two primary limiting factors that affect seating arrangement include the class size and the room size. Here we will look at the positives and...  [Read more]

Tue, 24 Dec 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas The Functions of an ESL Teacher in Class Every English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher desires to successfully teach their students how to proficiently speak, understand, and use the English language. English is a very complex language, and teaching it presents many challenges. Because of this, an ESL teacher must be willing and able to take on various roles throughout the teaching of a lesson. During a typical ESL lesson, a teacher will have some, or all, of the following roles: a manager or controller, an organizer, an observer, an assessor, a prompter, a participant, and a resource or facilitator. Table of Contents Management Observation Assessment Prompt Participation Facilitation Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a...  [Read more]

Fri, 17 Jul 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences The Most Important Personal Qualities in the ESL Classroom As a teacher, you have a very unique role to play as not only the leader of a group of people in their education journey. But also as a participant in the journey of education. This is a very delicate balance and requires an English teacher to have an amalgamation of skills and personal qualities to do so. Table of Contents A great personal quality that an English teacher should have is excellent communication skills. Another key skill is the ability to listen to a superior level. As aforementioned, knowledge is power and thus it is an important quality for an English teacher to be knowledgeable about their subject matter. Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL...  [Read more]

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 Ahmed Taha TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Native vs. Non-native Speaking EFL Teachers As an English teacher, who is best? Native speakers of English or non-native speakers? Table of Contents Teaching English today Related Articles: Check out what our course grads say in our many video testimonials! Teaching English today Given the widespread belief that native speakers make better English teachers than non-native speakers, Jennifer Jenkins writes, "we will begin by analysing why this should be true." Is it true that native speakers make better teachers by definition, or just that they have a better understanding of English as a second language? To begin, here are two researchers who argue against the notion that a native speaker is a better...  [Read more]

Thu, 24 Oct 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences The Roles and Responsibilities of an ESL Teacher Teaching is a very crucial ingredient in education for without the term "Teaching" education would likely not have come to limelight. Teaching is, therefore, the act of transferring or imparting knowledge from a teacher to a learner, with carefully planned out modes of instruction to change a certain pattern or routine. Non-native speakers of other countries such as Russia, China, Iraq Etc may find it a little difficult to understand or learn the English language on their own. It is therefore through a TEFL teacher that their desires are fulfilled. In a nutshell, therefore, a teacher can be seen as one who educates or informs another person with the motive of changing something or...  [Read more]

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 Federico Riva Destinations TEFL Information Teaching English in 2021 ✅ What You Need to Know Teaching English in 2021. A few people have told me about their teaching journey already, so keep letting me know what your plans are in terms of teaching English abroad or teaching English online. Somebody said they're interested in teaching online, so that's really cool. Someone new has just joined us from Laos, hi there. We have Margaret who is also teaching online, very cool. I'm going to talk a little bit about teaching English online in this presentation. Juliana says hi, I think you've watched before as I recognize your picture, thanks for tuning in again. It's really good to see new faces and old faces in our TEFL family today. Table of Contents Watch the live...  [Read more]

Teaching English in 2021: What You Need to Know   Hello and welcome. Thanks so much for joining me, I'm Linda from ITTT and I’m here for another live session. This time it's on a Thursday morning for me in Korea and maybe Wednesday evening wherever you are. I normally do my live streams on Friday morning so actually I'm a day early, but tomorrow is New Year's day. How exciting is that? Can you believe it's the last day of 2020, just crazy. I don't know where this year went honestly and it's certainly been a roller coaster ride. Thanks so much for joining me, what we're talking about today is teaching English in 2021. All the things you need to know, trends, predictions, tips, all that kind of stuff. I see that a lot of people are already watching so please let me know if you can...  [Read more]

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]

Teaching English in 2021: What You Need to Know 12/30/2020 hello welcome thanks so much for joining me i'm linda from itt here for another live session this time on a thursday morning for me in korea and maybe wednesday evening wherever you are i'm normally doing my lives on friday morning so actually i'm a day early but tomorrow is um new year's day how exciting is that and yeah i'm not gonna be here so yeah we're doing this today um but yeah can you believe it it's the last day of 2020 um just crazy i don't know where this year went honestly and it's been a roller coaster ride right so yeah thanks so much for joining me and as you can see this is what we're talking about today teaching english in 2021 all the things you need to know trends predictions tips all that kind of stuff so i...  [Read more]

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 Federico Riva Destinations TEFL Information 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. Table of Contents Watch the live session here 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   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]