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Thu, 19 Dec 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences The Advantages of Teaching on a One-on-One Basis The purpose of this essay is to discuss and dissect the advantages of teaching on a one to one basis. Multiple examples and cross-examinations will be used to further evaluate and possibly determine the disadvantages of the said subject matter. Group class methodology will be included to help push further discussion. Table of Contents Individual Approach Clearer Instructions All Attention to One Student Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Chandler J. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Individual Approach First of all, one on...  [Read more]

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Consciousness on Classroom Sensitivity Cultural sensitivity is important to bear in mind as we all face situations daily: whether in our working environment or on a personal level. Within the Western English speaking world, we can see that there is the presence of a dominant culture (such as European American, or Western Culture) and a secondary culture (such as African, Chinese, or Eastern European culture). It is always important to bear in mind that while the English language may be widespread over the globe, the differences in culture even between people living within the same country has a profound effect on how interactions take place. In the environment of the classroom, the same examples can be seen. Whether the students...  [Read more]

Thu, 30 May 2019 Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information General Thoughts on Lesson Planning Lesson planning is crucial to any lesson; whether it’s a private session or a group class. It gives an overview of what you would like to teach and helps to keep you on track and not lack direction. I like how the course teaches you the merits of flexibility within structure. I can lean toward rigidity but this course taught me to plan ahead as an overall guide but to keep flexible and open to the students' needs. Table of Contents General Thoughts It’s Helpful, not Frustrating! Do you want to know how to make up a perfect lesson plan? Take a TEFL course today! Related Articles: Listen to this blog post This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Luisa D. Please note...  [Read more]

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Working on Student’s Self-Confidence When it comes to an ESL (English Second Language) class, the first thing we should remember is that non-native speakers are normally deprived of the level of confidence they need to fulfill their learning potential in its entirety. This is why it’s important for a teacher to provide them with an appropriate background at a stretch of a lesson, favorable atmosphere and an opportunity to move at their own pace. Table of Contents Psychological Aspects of Teaching Praise Do you want to learn new teaching skills? Take a TEFL course today! Related Articles: Listen to this blog post: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Valentina V. Please note that this blog post might not...  [Read more]

Fri, 11 Oct 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Structural Method on Motivating Student Student motivation is a student's desire to participate in the learning process. It is the meaningfulness, value, and benefits that an academic mission has to the learner. It is also defined as a student's drive from within which guides, activates, and continues a behavior over time. It is simply a student's willingness, need, desire, and compulsion to participate in and be successful in the learning process. Table of Contents Types of Motivation Factors Influencing Students Motivation Motivation to Learn in a School Setting How to Help Unmotivated Students? Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate...  [Read more]

Fri, 20 Mar 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Children Learning English Early On We all remember our favorite stories and tales as children; Goodnight Moon, Where the Wild Things. Table of Contents Early Childhood Development Benefits of Stories for Brain Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: Are, Stella Luna, and others more advanced like The Hardy Boys and The Magic Tree House. Simply mentioning those titles elicits some of my earliest memories. It's rooted in the foundation of my learning. Oftentimes, stories are read or told to children from infancy throughout their most formative and impressionable years. Children, from a very early age, are exposed to wide ranges of concepts and dialogue. At such a young age, a child typically does not...  [Read more]

Sun, 29 Dec 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Short Tutorial on Classroom Management Classroom management is an important part of a good learning environment. Table of Contents Approaches to classroom management Seating arrangement Relationship with the teacher Motivating students Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Priscilla E. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Approaches to classroom management Seating arrangement One of the first tasks you can do to achieve managing your specific class is choosing which desk seating method to use in the classroom. There are multiple ways to set up the desks for each specific class. The...  [Read more]

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Parent Influence on Child Education Parents are the first teachers a child interacts with, from age zero to around three or four years when the child is exposed to early childhood education at schools. The parent role at this point is very critical for educating the child in; the culture of the society, religion of the family, the first language of the family and educational mentors among the family. Infants at this age are normally very keen on the happenings on the surrounding, and so they tend to model the behavior of the parents or the caregivers. Parents can help the infants feel secure and protected by playing with them. Infants can learn to build social connections when the parents let them be held by other people when...  [Read more]

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Online vs. On-Site TEFL Courses The content of online courses and onsite courses is similar. As for the effect of learning, it varies from person to person. Some students like online courses. Because online courses do not need to go to the site to attend classes, they can go to class directly at home, which is convenient and time-consuming. It is more flexible, you can choose the time of the lecture, and you can listen to it repeatedly during the validity period. In particular, most of the users of our drop-out network are in-service personnel, and they can use the time to watch the video to learn. Face-to-face courses are convenient，some students prefer onsite courses because the courses are more direct, and they can...  [Read more]

Fri, 02 Aug 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas 5 Simple Ideas on Teaching Grammar I think of myself as having been fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to learn other languages at a young age. I was taught French in primary school and at home, I learned or acquired Spanish. At school, I remember my language teacher being very textbook-oriented and she focused and followed the book to the “T”. I picked up easily on the grammar because I had already learned Spanish at home and I was also very keen to learn foreign languages, especially French. The grammar didn’t seem difficult or boring to me at all because I had already been exposed to the language at a very early age. However, many students didn’t feel the same way I did and had difficulty with...  [Read more]

Mon, 12 Aug 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Differentiating Teaching Based on Learner’s Maturity For this task, I have selected learning modes: Young learners v.s. Adults. When teachers are instructing students, they should first think about how to instruct them using the best methodologies to make learning best or what factors or aspects of learning they should consider for their classes, such as student motivation, previous learning experience, language awareness, behavior problems that could arise in class and the students’ life experiences. All of the above factors can be divided by many different students, but it has been shown in this course that these facets are predominantly divided by young learners. Table of Contents Listen to this blog post: Teaching...  [Read more]

Thu, 16 May 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences What Does Classroom Management Depend On? Classroom management is an important part of every classroom lesson. Due to the classroom complex dynamics having this skill is important to maintain discipline, to have an organized lesson, to create a friendly and positive environment to nurture the student’s learning. Table of Contents Lesson Plan Understanding What Causes Problems Classroom Environment Rapport Are you ready to become a TEFL teacher? Related Articles: Listen to this blog post: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Oscar V. Lesson Plan As part of classroom management, maintaining discipline is important to ensure the class is effective and goes according to the plan in order to achieve the...  [Read more]

Fri, 03 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas 7 Suggestions on Increasing Student Confidence In learning, self-confidence is one of the important elements of a student. When students are more confident about their ability to do something, they are more likely to readily engage in the activity in the classroom. They will work longer and harder at it than when they doubt their capability. The sense of self-confidence enables them to accomplish tasks perfectly and build motivation. From that, they would be more successful in life. Table of Contents 1. Don't fix students' mistakes too much 2. Praise 3. Application, contact practice 4. Allow students to succeed 5. Use images 6. Make learning-oriented 7. Form and maintain habits from day one Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a...  [Read more]

Wed, 08 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Effect of Feedback on Student Motivation In EFL lessons, there are several types of feedback that students can receive. First, there is feedback from the teacher; this can come in many forms such as “going through activities, checking students’ answers, giving praise and encouragement, correcting, setting regular tests, having regular group discussions, individual tutorials, etc.” (International TEFL and TESOL Training [ITTT], 2011, p. 16). Secondly, there is feedback from other students, also referred to as peer evaluation. These can take place in similar settings to teacher feedback and is often used by instructors to promote student-student interactions. And lastly, there are self-evaluations in which students...  [Read more]

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Family Impact on Children's EFL Education In education, intelligence is not the only factor but maybe one of the most important ones. Regardless, many factors affect the children's education, such as financial situation, social structure, and even whether it is a developed country or a developing country. However, the role of the parents can not be ignored as it is essential as intelligence.Because children like to imitate what their parents do, parents should be more aware of what they are doing to avoid negative situations. For instance, if parents do not interest in their children's case at school, children will realize this and they begin not paying attention to their education as their parents...  [Read more]

Mon, 20 May 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences The Influence of English on Globalization A global language ranks high both in terms of the number of countries where it is spoken as well as the number of people who speak that language either as native speakers or as second language speakers. People often talk about English as a global language. Statistics show that more than 350 million people around the world are speaking English as a first language and more than 430 million are speaking it as a second language. A common world language becomes a need with the advent of large international bodies like the United Nations, World Bank, World Health Organization and UNICEF(1945). The need to be able to communicate freely with one language to people all around the world would help...  [Read more]

Tue, 12 Nov 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Projecting Careers on the English Language It is a well-known fact that the English language has big importance nowadays. According to Ethnologue, publication about the languages in the world by SIL intl., the English have placed between the three most spoken languages with more than one thousand million speakers of whose, four hundred million are native speakers and more than six hundred million have English as second language, therefore represents a very important communication channel worldwide. Table of Contents The Importance of English English and Career Education Sport Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: Check out what our course grads say in our many video testimonials! This post...  [Read more]

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Two Cases on Effective Student Motivation A gifted American educator has said, ‘motivation is the key to turn hopeless, hostile students into eager and ambitious achievers. It is useless to teach when students are not motivated. One can only have the information processed and digested in a stand of filtered out when their mind is open when they believe in themselves that they can do it. And if the ways of motivation are rightly chosen, if it’s carried out by a driving, dedicated and patient teacher, gradually, and often quite swiftly, the gap in-betweens will be filled, and the learning begins. Table of Contents Case 1: Teacher Anne Mansfield Sullivan and Helen Keller Case 2: Teacher Marva Collins and her students Do you...  [Read more]

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences My Philosophy on The Classroom Discipline Discipline is an important aspect of any classroom working with younger students. I currently work at a middle school, and discipline is foundational to creating an inclusive, welcoming classroom environment. Adolescents at this stage are typically very confrontational towards authority and are testing the waters to what they can get away with, or disobey their teachers. I’ve noticed that teachers who set strict rules at the beginning of the year, tend to have an easier time maintaining authority in the classroom and keeping students engaged. Table of Contents Basic Rules Approach to Solving Problems Chunking Emotional Regulation Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL...  [Read more]

Tue, 19 May 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Reason for Embarking on a TEFL Journey The introverted Nathaniel struggled immensely through primary, high school, college, and music school. His first battle was learning how to read. At this point, no one knew he possessed a learning difficulty. Table of Contents Personal Experience Berlin, Germany Learning Efforts Colombia Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course today! Related Articles: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Nathaniel F. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Personal Experience Although he had an impressive spoken vocabulary for a boy, when he looked at words on a page he could not match them to their sounds,...  [Read more]

Thu, 30 Jan 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Comparing Online and On-site TEFL Courses Determining the best route to take to become TEFL/ESL certified can be a daunting task. A myriad of questions and doubts raced through my head as I researched all the different options. Will it be worth the money? Why is this one valued differently than that one? Which materials are the most up to date? Should I take an onsite or an online course? What is the big difference between the two!? It's a lot. Table of Contents My consideration Online course What is that hole of difference? Having experience in teaching Sources of problems Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Tony D. Please note that...  [Read more]

Mon, 04 Nov 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Alumni Recommendations on Obtaining a TEFL Course Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) as a course contains a variety of units that are meant to enable an English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher to be prepared for the classroom and everything that they may face. Some of the most important benefits of the course are the units on the three main components of lesson structure, lesson planning, possible problems in the classroom, grammar overviews and classroom management. Even if the TEFL is not a requirement, it is an invaluable resource meant to provide support to ESL teachers wherever they may teach. Table of Contents ESA Methodology Grammar Review Preparing for Classes Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL...  [Read more]

Fri, 17 May 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas 7 Useful Tips on Teaching Beginner Students Teaching beginner students is a very challenging task for anyone. Personally, I have always found teaching English to beginners as a tough prospect, whether it is monolingual group and you know nothing of their language or it’s a multilingual group and the only common language is English. However, with some work and knowledge, everything is possible to teach beginners the English language. And I believe this is one of the most rewarding to teach. Table of Contents 1. Give simple and clear instructions 2. Let them listen first 3. Speak English only and don’t use their own mother tongue 4. Teach the basics 5. Drilling and Repeating 6. Make every English lessons fun and easy 7....  [Read more]

Fri, 24 May 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences One More View on Consistent Lesson Planning This is different thoughts on this as with on one hand some people say that it makes the lesson too rigid and on the other side other people say that it is essential for every teacher to do. I have been teaching English for about 3 years now. I feel I have improved in different areas of my teaching. The area that I have noticed the biggest change in over the course of those 3 years is my lesson planning. When I started teaching I would mostly just get the topic of the lesson and then basically just teach from my head using that topic. However, after a while, I got to speak to my fellow teachers and they introduced me to the importance of lesson planning and how to do this the proper...  [Read more]

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas The Secret Strategy on ESL Learner Motivation I feel that this is a very important topic and part of the teaching experience, one of my biggest worries is that I won't be good enough at creating a classroom where the students feel encouraged, motivated and comfortable participating, of course, there are a lot of things that go into this, such as the way you teach the material and what you choose to teach, the way you maintain discipline in the classroom, how to create good rapport with all the students in your class, how to make the class "fun" and interesting for the students without trying to be TOO fun and derail from the point of the lesson, so I worry about a lot of these issues. Table of Contents Why is it necessary? Ideas to...  [Read more]

Wed, 11 Dec 2019 Federico Riva Alumni Experiences Reading and Its Influence on Language Acquisition There are numerous reasons why a person may choose to read. One of the strongest motivators to read is the ability to gain knowledge and to learn new information. Another common reason why an individual decides to read is for enjoyment and for the chance to use their imagination. All of these factors play a role in how reading aids in language acquisition, whether it be a person’s native language (L1) or a second language (L2). Table of Contents Four Skills Together What is Reading for You? Reading as a Source of Learning L2 Methods of Reading Planning Reading Activities Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: This post was written by our...  [Read more]

Tue, 09 Jul 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas 3 Tips on Managing a Large Class This article will explain how varying class grouping, visual aids, and student-to-student interaction can help manage a large class. Table of Contents Listen to this blog post: Possible Challenges 1. Grouping 2. Visual Aids 3. Student-to-student interaction Eager to teach abroad? Get TEFL certified! Related Articles: Listen to this blog post: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Natasha A. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Possible Challenges Teaching English to a large class can seem like a daunting task, because the students may have different levels of English learning at the beginning of the class, and will likely...  [Read more]

Fri, 15 Nov 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Thoughts on The Reasons for Lesson Planning Teaching is a challenging labor that requires different factors to do it properly. First of all, the person who teaches has to have the vocation to help others. Otherwise, either the teacher or the students will enjoy the classes. Then, a teacher has to have clear that there are several aspects that the university does not prepare the teacher students. Table of Contents Lesson Flow Group Features Teaching Process Anticipated Problems Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Danny M. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Lesson Flow For...  [Read more]

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 Federico Riva TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas How to Teach English Online on Preply Hello everybody, nice to see you again. Let me know that you can see me clearly and hear me clearly. I'm glad that you are joining us, thanks for coming today. We're just about to start our live session. My name is Liza and I am an ITTT TEFL expert and an online ESL teacher. Nice to see you guys joining me, thanks a lot and just before we start just quickly let me tell you about ITTT. so our company is a TEFL course provider and we are actually presenting on various social networks right now. If you guys want to get updates on different TEFL content make sure you follow our social networks and keep updated regularly. Table of Contents Watch the live session here...  [Read more]

Wed, 05 Jun 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Whole-Class Teaching vs. One-on-One When it comes to learning a new language, people have certain insecurity, fear or embarrassment about speaking in front of strangers, for making mistakes can be quite embarrassing. Table of Contents Learners Needs Level of Motivation Do you want to acquire new teaching skills? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: Listen to this blog post: Learning a new language is always a challenge since you need to know a new grammar, a new culture and a language that is, in general, relatively different from yours. There are people who, until they get the hang of their new language, die ashamed to speak in front of others. Others are already more comfortable with whom they share doubts. But which is...  [Read more]