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Classroom Materials: Books, Teaching Aids and Other Materials - TEFL Blog
Fri, 29 Jul 2022 Federico Riva
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Classroom Materials: Books, Teaching Aids and Other Materials
In this blog post, we are going to focus on the use of course books, materials and teaching aids.
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There are many materials that we can bring to our classroom that will help with the teaching of our lessons and these include though they're not limited to things such as, the wipe board, various types of visual aids created or bought, worksheets, the use of cassettes, CDs and DVDs and the use of video. Also in these classroom materials we can... [Read more]
Clothes Vocabulary - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ESL Worksheet For Beginners
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Clothes Vocabulary | ESL Worksheet For Beginners
This worksheet for beginner English language students is great to teach clothes vocabulary and sentences.
There are 8 items of clothing pictures with 8 Jumbled up sentences. Students should write the correct sentence about the item of clothing in the picture.
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What should I pack for teaching English abroad? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
What should I pack for teaching English abroad?
Preparing to teach English abroad requires thoughtful packing. Essential items include:
Before departure, streamline your belongings, focusing on items directly related to your teaching role and adapting to your new environment.
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Should I invest in a good quality camera?
What clothes should I take when teaching English abroad?
Will I need a raincoat when teaching English abroad?
What shoes will I need when teaching English abroad?
What other things should I consider when packing?
Should I invest in a good quality camera?
Although mobile phones now have improved cameras built in, taking a separate, high-quality camera is certainly recommended. Mobile phones are only as good as the battery that runs them and these can be... [Read more]
Materials for Teaching English Online - TEFL Blog
Fri, 06 Sep 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Materials for Teaching English Online
With the opportunity of teaching English online comes the opportunity of using items outside of the classroom. Exactly what materials can be used for teaching English online? Most importantly, online teaching requires specific equipment for enabling a quality connection to students. For the classroom, any items that can assist in teaching students the language can be used for online lessons. Using some regular classroom materials is a great option but objects found at home and online resources are extremely useful, too. This summative paper will discuss the types of materials mentioned above.
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Computer
Interactive Equipment
Sharing Abilities
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What should I pack for teaching English abroad? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
What should I pack for teaching English abroad?
In the run up to your departure overseas to teach English there will inevitably be plenty of things to organise. You will probably have one or two leaving parties to attend and you might have to clear out your old apartment and office space. Even if you only have to pack a bag in preparation for your trip, you will still need to consider exactly what you will and won’t need to take with you.
Should I invest in a good quality camera?
Although mobile phones now have improved cameras built in, taking a separate, high-quality camera is certainly recommended. Mobile phones are only as good as the battery that runs them and these can be short lived when using the camera extensively. Bear in mind that many of the places you might visit could be... [Read more]
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.
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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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Tefl reviews - Less Vs Fewer English Grammar Teaching Tips - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Less vs Fewer- English Grammar - Teaching Tips
Here we look at the difference between "less" and "fewer". This set of words is often used incorrectly and we decided to take a closer look at the difference to help you avoid mistakes. The key difference is that the word "less" is used to refer to uncountable things while "fewer" is used to refer to countable things. Keeping this in mind will help you figure out which word to use in all situations. Remember the '10 items or less' line at the supermarket" Well, it's actually a mistake. If you are purchasing several items then these items are countable, which means the checkout should be called the ?10 items or fewer" line. Other examples of the difference between the two words are "I have been to fewer countries than you"... [Read more]
Games and Their Influence on English Acquisition - TEFL Blog
Thu, 12 Mar 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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Games and Their Influence on English Acquisition
Diane Ackerman coined the phrase "play is our brain's favorite way of learning" and we have discovered tough various studies and examples of how play in and out of the classroom improves learning skills and encourages involvement.
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Motivation Level
Learning Experience
Types of Games
Games for Different Age Groups and Levels
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Motivation Level
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Top 5 Most Searched English Words Online in the Recent Pandemic - TEFL Blog
Wed, 08 Apr 2020 Mary Blancaflor
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Top 5 Most Searched English Words Online in the Recent Pandemic
All of us were taken by surprise and panic when Corona Virus had hit our community. As we looked for answers as to how we could avert its negative effect on us, most of us turned to the internet to search for answers.
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FACE MASK
HAND SANITIZER GEL
SANITIZING WIPES
TOILET PAPER
WHY PANIC?
Stay Safe and Sound
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Google gave us an idea of what are the top 5 concerns as the pandemic happened due to the virus. Based on internet users' searches on the internet the following topics were the most relevant to them:
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The Most Important Teaching Strategies and Techniques ESL Need to Use - TEFL Blog
Fri, 15 Feb 2019 Jon ITTT
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The Most Important Teaching Strategies and Techniques ESL Need to Use
Upon completion of my TESOL course, the best thing I have learned is actually plural and not limited to one item. Most importantly a TESOL instructor needs to be able to reach all students with varying needs, styles and preferences of learning in order to ensure the highest degree of probability that his or her students learn English, while keeping all students in the class as engaged as possible at all times.
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Activities to use in the classroom
Using technology in the classroom
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Best Ways to Teach New Vocabulary to Young Students - TEFL Blog
Sun, 29 Dec 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Best Ways to Teach New Vocabulary to Young Students
One of the things of the English language that can make English hard to get to grips with. Vocabulary knowledge is highly correlated with reading comprehension and reading achievement. Vocabulary is required for students to achieve cognitive academic language proficiency. All good reasons to make sure that your vocabulary teaching is interesting, useful and effective.
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The Good Ways To Teach Vocabulary
Set achievable goals
What should we give to students with a new vocabulary
What the right FCs are
When teaching FCs for young learners, I follow these steps
These are some activities I often use when teaching with FCs:
1. Charades
2. Picture word match race
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EFL Clothing Items Crossword Puzzle - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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EFL Clothing Items Crossword Puzzle
Here's a fun EFL crossword puzzle with words related to clothing items.
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Clothing Items EFL Word Search - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Clothing Items EFL Word Search
Here's a fun EFL word search with words related to clothing items.
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Clothing Items EFL Word Scramble - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Clothing Items EFL Word Scramble
Here's a fun EFL word scramble with words related to clothing items.
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Is a free TEFL certificate legit? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
Is a free TEFL certificate legit?
We can start with two sayings:
1) These is no such thing as a free lunch
And
2) You get what you pay for
With these two things in mind let us explore what free TEFL certificates are available and the problems that may be associated with them.
Marketing tool: The course is free but you pay for certification
This is becoming more common with online courses in all subjects across the curriculum. You are able to take a course for free (or at a minimal cost) but there is no certificate issued with the course. You are then offered certificate options from a PDF emailed version to full hard copy certificate with postage. When you add the certification cost you find it is similar to buying a regular course which has the certificate and regular postage already... [Read more]
Christmas Draw-On with Positional Words - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Christmas Draw-On with Positional Words
This fun worksheet helps your students follow directions with positional words. Have the students draw the missing items onto the sheet.
Simply read the sentences and follow the directions. Add the missing items to the drawing by paying close attention to the positional words.
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5 Exciting Flashcard Activities - TEFL Blog
Thu, 25 Jun 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
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5 Exciting Flashcard Activities
This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate EUNICE E. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT.
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1. All Change
2. Board Bash
3. British Bulldog
4. Call My Bluff
5. Chanting Game
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1. All Change
Players stand in a circle, with one player in the middle. Each player in the circle has a picture or word flashcard. Call out two of the picture card items. The two players holding these cards have to change places without the person in the middle taking one of their spots in the circle. When the person in the middle succeeds in taking a place in the... [Read more]
TEFL Summative Assessment: My Experience And Observation - TEFL Blog
Thu, 20 Jun 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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TEFL Summative Assessment: My Experience And Observation
As an EFL teacher, I have come to realize that the social environment, age, perception and more, play a vital role in teaching English. This was evident as I taught the kindergarten section of the school. It required more efforts because of their language background ie. Non-English speaking country. So, the effective method of knowledge transfer to this group of kids must be interactive, demonstrative and fun based.
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English in Focus
Activity and Methodology
Some of the games we played were:
Mime and Action
Interactive Dialog
Later I add actions too, so the kids can interact physically as well as in the example below:
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Is a free TEFL certificate legit? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
Is a free TEFL certificate legit?
We can start with two sayings:
1) These is no such thing as a free lunch
And
2) You get what you pay for
With these two things in mind let us explore what free TEFL certificates are available and the problems that may be associated with them.
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Marketing tool: The course is free but you pay for certification
Hours: Most free courses don't give enough hours
Accreditation: Most free courses do not give a recognized qualification
You get what you pay for: This adage has lasted for a few hundred years at least
Marketing tool: The course is free but you pay for certification
This is becoming more common with online courses in all subjects across the curriculum. You are able to take a course for free (or at a minimal cost) but there is no... [Read more]
7 Best EFL Teacher Fall Outfit Ideas - TEFL Blog
Tue, 08 Sep 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas
7 Best EFL Teacher Fall Outfit Ideas
You are already back after the summer vacation and students should be excited to start a new semester full of interesting activities. But how to impress them from the very beginning if they barely know you? The answer is this: choose one of these stylish outfits and sway into your TEFL teaching like a superstar!
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1. Classy
2. Trendy
The 2020 Fall trends include:
3. Sporty
4. Comfy
5. Everyday
Make sure you have:
6. Artsy
7. Vintage
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1. Classy
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Why Should ESL Teachers Consider Teaching One-to-one? - TEFL Blog
Mon, 12 Aug 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
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Why Should ESL Teachers Consider Teaching One-to-one?
ESL teachers can find themselves in various classroom situations. An ESL class may be advertised or posted on signs for students to show up at a learning center on a particular night. When the students arrive, they are most probably tested and grouped according to language level. What happens if many students are at the same level, but there is one student who is on a completely different level and has different needs? Other scenarios may put teachers in a situation where they are teaching one-to-one. Possibly, there is just a desire to tutor English language learners in a more personal setting. What are the advantages and challenges of teaching one-to-one?
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How to Structure your Study Phase To Target Receptive Skills - TEFL Blog
Thu, 03 Jun 2021 Shirin Sophy
Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas
How to Structure your Study Phase To Target Receptive Skills
The study stage, when the teaching is actually done, is the second phase of a straight-arrow ESA lesson plan. What needs to be taught in this stage depends on the course content and the source the teacher is expected to cover through a specific period.
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Scanning
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But generally speaking, languages are made of receptive and productive skills in addition to systems like syntax or grammar, vocabulary or lexis, and phonology. The content of textbooks is normally centered around these areas.
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8 Important Tips For Good Classroom Management - TEFL Blog
Mon, 10 Dec 2018 Federico Riva
Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas
8 Important Tips For Good Classroom Management
Classroom management begins well before the lesson commences and is vital so that the lesson can flow continuously without gaps, therefore, maintaining students interest.
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1. Seating Arrangement
3. Building Rapport
4. Setting Rules
6. Encouraging the Students Reguarly
7. Structuring the Lesson in an Interesting Way
8. Dealing with Problematic Behavior
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1. Seating Arrangement
Strategic placing of student seating arrangements can have a positive effect on the class in a number of ways, pairing a quieter student with a more... [Read more]
Top 10 Things to Know When Moving Abroad to Teach English - TEFL Blog
Thu, 11 Oct 2018 Linda Dunsmore
Destinations TEFL Information
Top 10 Things to Know When Moving Abroad to Teach English
So you are taking the leap and moving abroad to teach English. That's amazing! It's definitely not an easy task to pack all your belongings into one suitcase and just leave - but working abroad, getting paid to travel and meeting new, like-minded people is definitely worth the hassle. Once you have all your necessary documents in hand, you can think about the actual moving part of the ordeal. It's definitely not the same as going on a vacation and there are many things you need to think about. Here are ten things you need to know when moving abroad to teach English.
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Clothes - Read and Match Colors - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Clothes - Read and Match Colors
Students number the clothing items and then color the clothes in the colors stated in the text.
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EFL Word Match Clothing Items
Here's a fun EFL worksheet to match words related to city life with their descriptions.
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Crossword Fun School Items - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Crossword Fun School Items
Look at the pictures and write their names in order to complete the crossword, then find the secret message.
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EFL Furniture Word Search - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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EFL Furniture Word Search
This is a fun printable ESL word search to practice words surrounding furniture items with your ESL students.
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What should I teach English beginners? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
What should I teach English beginners?
When teaching English to absolute beginners, it is pivotal to start with foundational elements. Begin with essential vocabulary - items like family names, household objects, basic adjectives, and common places. Introduce them to subject pronouns, commonly used verbs, and foundational sentence structures. While the challenge is real, many English teachers find this level especially rewarding. Remember, every word they grasp is a significant achievement, so using engaging and interactive methods can make the learning process enjoyable and effective.
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How do I start teaching English to total beginners?
How do I teach English pronunciation to total beginners?
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The Positives and Negatives About Teaching English in Taiwan - TEFL Blog
Mon, 22 Mar 2021 Christian Davey
Destinations TEFL Information Alumni Experiences
The Positives and Negatives About Teaching English in Taiwan
Once you've decided to move abroad for work, I'm sure you'd like to know the pros and cons of the place? Sure, a quick browse online can give you some idea, but it probably won't go into anything specific or any real depth. Well, look no further as I'm going to give you five positives and five negatives about teaching English in Taiwan. Let's start with the positives, in no particular order.
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The Positives of Teaching English in Taiwan
1. It's quite safe and clean.
2. Everything is super convenient.
3. Taiwan is very foreigner-friendly.
4. Taiwan's nature has a lot to offer!
5. Taiwan has a vibrant indigenous culture.
The... [Read more]