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  Valeriy is from Ukraine and recently took a TEFL course with ITTT. He enjoyed the course a lot and especially liked the vast ITTT database with helpful recourses for lesson planning and anything an English teacher needs. He recommends this course to anyone who wants to teach English.  [Read more]

  "As mentioned before our four words here all are similar in using the ?b? and ?t? sounds at the end. So we know that those phonemes will be used in spelling each one of those words phonetically. Now what we're left to do is assign a phoneme for our vowel sounds. So if we analyze the word, it's ?e? as in bet. We look at our chart, we see the phoneme which corresponds to that sound and that happens to be the standard ?e? that we all recognize. Here, bet phonetically looks very similar to bet in the Roman script. Now let's take a look at ?i? bit. Now we look at our chart and we see that this symbol represents the ?i? sound and that resembles a capital I not a lowercase I but a capital I and so we've arrived at bit. Now with ?but? we have to find the sound and that corresponds to this...  [Read more]

  Now let's take a look at how we go from traditional spellings into the phonemic spellings. The first step in this process is identifying each unit of sound or each phoneme within a word. Let's look at bet, bit, but, and bought. The only difference in each one of these words is in the vowel sound. We have bet, bit, but and bought. Each word simply uses three sounds. Now we have photo. That's four phonemes. Wow we have taxi. That's five phonemes. We have unite with a hidden phoneme in there being the ?y? sound before anything else. Those are five phonemes as well and now we have a longer word: chemistry. Let's give that a shot. That's eight phonemes used in the word chemistry. Now once we've isolated each sound we want to assign a phoneme for each one of those sounds let's do that...  [Read more]

  Valeriy is from Ukraine and recently took a TEFL course with ITTT. In this video, he uses all that he has learned during the course to ensure a smooth and effective lesson for his students.  [Read more]

  Alveolar sounds get their name from the fact that the alveolar ridge is being used. Again, that ridge is just behind the front top row of teeth. Here the tongue is on or very very near the alveolar ridge. It's typically the tip of the tongue or what's just behind the tip of the tongue, called the blade of the tongue. Here, we're talking about sounds such as ?t? and ?d?. If you say them at home, you can tell the tip of your tongue is on that alveolar ridge. Again, that's ?t? and ?d?, as well as sounds such as ?s? and ?z?. Again, the blade of the tongue is just near that alveolar ridge but it is very near nonetheless. The two other sounds that make it into this category is the ?l? sound, where the tip of the tongue is very clearly touching that alveolar ridge, as well as ?r? or the R...  [Read more]

  Place of articulation deals with the placement of the vocal organs when producing a sound. Before we can cover the particulars of places of articulation, we'll need to take a look at the various vocal organs and their locations. Moving from the front to the back we'd begin with our lips. We can use both lips in order to create a sound or we can use one of our lips with one of our rows of teeth, usually the top, in order to produce another sound. We also have other sounds, which use both of the rows of teeth. Further back we have what's called the alveolar ridge. That's the bit of the mouth that may get burnt when we're eating a pizza that's a bit too hot and the cheese burns just behind there our top two teeth. That again is the hard bit just behind our top teeth, called the...  [Read more]

  In part 10 of her TEFL review video journal, Linda tells us that she has been studying unit 11 of the 120-hour online TEFL course from ITTT. Unit 11 covers receptive skills which involve the ability to listen and read. The unit teaches trainees how to develop strategies for helping students improve their ability to understand English through reading and listening. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! ...  [Read more]

  So, having elicited this particular structure, what I'm now able to do is to move on to the actual study activities. Typically, they will be in the form of worksheets to check that the students actually understand this information. So, I might prepare three activities. They may not do them all but, for example, I could prepare these three study activities. So, the first one is going to be a fairly straightforward matching activity, where perhaps they match the subject to its correct verb "to be" in that part of the sentence. The second one is going to be a gap fill. For example, I might use this verb here and ask them to complete a sentence using that verb, so that I can check that any spelling changes that take place are correct and the final one is going to be an unscramble,...  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! This is a fun two-part speaking activity about happiness. First, have a class discussion with the question of part one and then have students discuss the quotes of part two in pairs.   Register now & get certified to teach english abroad!  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Conditionals are an important part of English grammar. Take a look at the following explanation to learn how to use the third conditional correctly.   What Is the Third Conditional? The third conditional is used to talk about things which did not happen in the past. If your native language does not have a similar construction, you may find this a little strange, but it can be very useful. It is often used to express criticism or regret. For example: Third Conditional Structure Like the other conditionals, a third conditional sentence consists of two clauses, an ‘if‘ clause and a main clause. We use different verb forms in each part of a third conditional sentence. If the ‘if‘ clause comes...  [Read more]

  This video is part of our ESA Methodology series. The ESA methodology consists of three stages. In this series, we look at the individual purposes of each stage and typical activities for each stage. This second video introduces the study phase of ESA. The purpose of this phase is to cover the actual teaching of the lesson and to check the understanding of that material.The second stage or phase of the lesson is known as the study phase and really the purpose of this phase is to cover the actual teaching of the lesson and to check understanding of that material. Typically in an ESA lesson, the study phase will have two parts. The first phase of the study is to cover the actual teaching component in what's known as the board work and what we try to do in the board work phase is to...  [Read more]

  This video is part of our video series on "Evaluation and Testing of Students". In this video, we look at placement tests. This type of test is also referred to as a level test. Its goal is to find out the current level of the student tested. A placement test generally tests all four skills (reading, listening, writing and speaking) and progresses from easy to hard questions. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. Register now & get certified to teach...  [Read more]

  This video is part of our video series on "Evaluation and Testing of Students". In this video, we look at some of the most common general English exams students of English take around the world. EFL teachers often hold classes to prepare the students for these international proficiency exams. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! This course is very much an add-on to the main TESOL/TEFL...  [Read more]

  This video is part of our series on the past tenses in English. In this video, we take a look at the past perfect tense and suitable teaching ideas for this tense. We'll ask our students to describe what a person in a picture had just done before the photo was taken. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Testing is an important part of all English courses and must be included in all lesson...  [Read more]

  This video is part of our series on the past tenses in English. We start off the series with the past simple tense. This tense is used to express completed actions in the past. In this video, we focus on the structure of the past simple. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! In this unit we look at different ways of evaluating students levels and progress, as well as some of the common...  [Read more]

  This video is part of our series on the past tenses in English. We start off the series with the past simple tense. In this video, we focus on the usages of the past simple tense, which mostly include completed actions at a definite time in the past. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! This Unit was as challenging as I expected it to be. I however learnt a lot of grammar points that I didn't...  [Read more]

Linda Dunsmore Teaching Ideas Teaching speaking skills is an important part of an ESL class. Sometimes, entire conversation classes are established that focus solely on speaking. Here are 7 great games for your ESL conversation class. 1. Mystery Party Guest 2. Choose Your Victim 3. Ice-breaker Jenga 4. 20 Questions 5. Apples to Apples 6. Get to Know You Bingo 7. Create A Game Are you ready to teach English abroad? Related Articles: Write down the names and key points about five celebrities and assign them to the same amount of students in your classroom. One by one, a student enters a "party" with another student playing the host. The host must then find out the identity of each guest by having a conversation with everyone. Have your students stand in a circle. Choose a specific...  [Read more]

  This video is part of our series on the past tenses in English. We start off the series with the past simple tense. In this video, we show you how to execute a mill drill activity for this tense. Here, the teacher provides the students with a survey or questionnaire with statements in the past simple tense. The students then go around the classroom and ask other students about their past experiences. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. Register now & get...  [Read more]

  This ITTT video is the second part of a lesson looking at the structure of the Present Perfect tense. It reviews an example of the structure with a regular verb -- played. I/you/we/they have played. She/He/It has played. The video then examines some of the spelling patterns that are used with irregular verbs. For example, verbs ending with a consonant + y. cry changes to cried, try changes to tried. Another spelling pattern with irregular verbs ending with a consonant + a vowel + a consonant Shop changes to shopped, ship changes to shipped. When teaching this particular point, as with other grammar points, it is important to explain to students that there are exceptions to most rules in the English language. Where specific patterns exist we need to introduce them to our...  [Read more]

  This video is part of our series on the past tenses in English. In this video, we take a look at the past continuous tense and how it is formed and used. This tense is used to indicate that a certain action was in progress at a particular time in the past. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! I've never learned about what a good teacher is and their various jobs. I was always in the position...  [Read more]

Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Knowing when and when not to capitalize is an important part of writing correct English. Most students quickly learn that you always capitalize the first letter of a new sentence, but what are the other rules?   Although mistakes with capitalization do not generally have a big affect on the readability of your written English, it is important to get it right when writing formally for work or study purposes. Fortunately, the most common rules above are quite clear and straightforward to learn. Below are a few more capitalization rules you should be aware of. Capitalize family relationships when used as proper nouns. Capitalize “Uncle Brian,” and “Grandma Betty”. Do not use capitals when referring to a person’s...  [Read more]

Having a variety of interesting and fun activities to draw on is an important part of keepingyour lessons fresh and your students engaged in learning, especially when it comes to teaching grammar points. In this graphic we look at 10 different activities for the past simple. The aim of these activities is to provide high student talking time using the target language. They should also encourage the students to produce the language themselves with varying amounts of creativity. Matching Pairs’ is a great activity for recognising irregular past simple verb forms. The activity helps students remember the different forms and encourages them to produce their own sentences. The ‘Diary’ activity encourages students to use the past simple with...  [Read more]

The NET (Native-speaking English Teachers) Scheme is an initiative by the Hong Kong Education Bureau designed to integrate overseas qualified teachers into public schools across Hong Kong. With the primary objective of elevating English teaching standards and offering local students an authentic language learning experience, the program annually recruits for both primary and secondary education levels. Participants not only benefit from a competitive salary and added perks but also gain a distinctive experience in one of Asia's most dynamic and culturally-rich cities. What are the requirements for the NET Scheme? What teaching jobs are available through the NET Scheme? What are the benefits of the NET Scheme? The NET Scheme Requirements include: Teaching Positions through the NET...  [Read more]

  Beautiful sceneries, high-class entertainment, and long history are waiting for you in Ohio. Its history goes as far back as 20,000 years ago when the people who lived in the area built impressive mounds and other kinds of earthwork that can still be appreciated today. The Serpent Mound is the most famous of its kind and was constructed to keep track of the sun and solstices. Ohio is also blessed with rich soil and a favorable climate allowing a wide range of flora and fauna to thrive in the area. Located at Lake Eerie and the mighty Ohio River, abundant forms of wildlife have adapted to live in the beautiful nature of Ohio. This favorable climate also makes Ohio a premier wine making location. Renowned vintners of the area are able to grow various varieties of grapes to create the...  [Read more]

  Arizona’s importance in the copper industry has gained it its nickname “The Copper State”. The state is one of the most exciting to visit in the US, due to its many natural wonders and parks. The most popular site in Arizona is the Grand Canyon National Park, visited by millions of people from across the country each year. Visitors especially enjoy hiking through the park, along the mighty Colorado River that flows through the deep canyon. Since 1979, the Grand Canyon National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and also one of the oldest national parks in the United States. Sedona National Park is another great example of Arizona’s splendid parks. Over many millions of years, beautiful sandstone formations were created by wind and water influences in this area. Today,...  [Read more]

  It is not hard to see why Florida is among the most popularly visited states in the USA. White beaches, clear waters, and sunshine every day are some of the reasons millions of tourists are drawn to Florida each year. It is true that Florida offers some of the best destinations for beach fun and outdoor activities in the country. The country also has a great selection of historic sites and attractions dating back thousands of years. Native Americans of the Apalachee and Tocobaga tribes settled in the area of Florida and appreciated the natural resources of the area. When the Spanish arrived in 1513, they were so impressed by the natural wonders of the land that they called it “Land of Flowers”, Florida. Come and join our TEFL/TESOL course in Florida and see for yourself why...  [Read more]

Our centre in Bundoran is the perfect choice to get your tefl certification. Bundoran is a small town in Co. Donegal, which has a long, rich, Irish history. Moreover, in this area nature is beautiful: there are many beaches (Bundoran is, without a doubt, the surf capital of Ireland), as well as mountains where our students can hike, the Glenveagh National Park and the beautiful and imposing geologic formations of Slieve League. In this privileged part of the Wild Atlantic Way our students can enjoy traditional Irish food (fish soup is something worth checking out), long beaches, various sports activities and beautiful hikes. Along with these natural wonders, there are also many historic sites nearby as a good part of Irish history has been written in this area. In short, Bundoran offers...  [Read more]

Situated between the major cities of San Diego and Los Angeles on the southern coast of California, Orange County is a delightful suburban area consisting of several small cities. It differs from most well populated regions in the U.S. in that it does not have a major urban center. The county's wonderful Mediterranean climate, close proximity to Los Angeles and the presence of the world famous Disneyland Park, make Orange County a popular place for TEFL/TESOL students looking for a base from which to explore the region. Originally part of Los Angeles County, Orange County came into being as its own political entity after the discovery of silver and the arrival of the railroads led to a sharp increase in its population. Its closeness to Los Angeles made it the ideal refuge for residents...  [Read more]

  Ecuador is the smallest country in the Andean region and is bordered by two other countries, Colombia to the north and Peru to the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean. The country is famous for its rich ecology and is home to thousands of species of plants, insects, birds and other animals which can be found in its many nature reserves and national parks. The most famous of which is the Galápagos Islands where Charles Darwin started to form his theory of evolution. Ecuador’s capital city Quito is the highest capital in the world at 2,850 meters above sea level. It is located on the slopes of an active volcano and was one of the first cities in the world to be named as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site along with Kraków in Poland. Other areas of interest besides the...  [Read more]

  Enrol on our TEFL certification course in India and you will find yourself in a country unlike any other. With an exciting past, an electrifying present and a promising future, India will delight both your mind and your senses. Upon successful completion of an ITTT training course you will have the opportunity to live and work as an EFL teacher in this captivating and stimulating part of the world. India is a country with a long history, varied geography and some of the most diverse and interesting cultures on Earth. The distinctive aroma of spices lingers in the air, persuading you to share in the amazing variety of Indian cuisine. The spectacular architecture will take you back in time and the sheer excess and exuberance of the Bollywood scene will leave you breathless. With all...  [Read more]