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Teaching Privately vs. Group Teaching - TEFL Blog
Wed, 10 Jun 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Teaching Privately vs. Group Teaching
Learning English is becoming more and more popular due to globalization. Thousands of people around the world choose to learn English for different purposes such as traveling, business, international communication. Attending group lessons at a language school or finding a private tutor is a matter of personal preference and well-being. Both group and one to one lessons have their pros and cons for students and teachers as well. So let's consider the difference between teaching these ways.
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One-to-One
Group Teaching
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Personal Teaching Experience Through Teaching Programs - TEFL Blog
Tue, 14 Jan 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Personal Teaching Experience Through Teaching Programs
My first experience working as a professional was when I worked as an instructor with the Human Employment And Resource Training (HEART) agency, teaching Front Office Supervision. With the academic and overall development I witnessed in my students, I was eager to embark on this challenging new career. Since then I am convinced that teaching is a career I wanted to pursue. However, due to the unavailability of jobs, I was forced to consider other options.
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Au Pair Experience
Teaching in Japan
Working Schedule
Demand in Employers
Students' Peculiarities
Favorite Activities
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Teaching Adults vs. Teaching Young Learners - TEFL Blog
Thu, 15 Aug 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Teaching Adults vs. Teaching Young Learners
Teaching can be extremely satisfying and rewarding, but how we teach and the methodologies that we use should be adapted to teaching each specific learner or groups of learners.
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Types of Learners
Motivation
Resources
Students' Experience
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Types of Learners
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Business English Teaching Equals Teaching Adults - TEFL Blog
Wed, 15 Jul 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Business English Teaching Equals Teaching Adults
The teaching of business English by definition means that your students/clients will be adults.English is the modern language of business. As markets have become global, businesses at all levels have had to adapt and train their staff in English usage, both written and spoken.
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Expertise in different fields
Business interactions vs. Life interactions
Benefits
Place of study
Skills to develop
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Expertise in different fields
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Team Teaching with Different Teaching Styles - TEFL Blog
Thu, 25 Jun 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Team Teaching with Different Teaching Styles
As an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) working at an elementary school in Japan, I have to mainly work with seven different teachers and teams to teach the English lessons together. The number of teachers I work with more than doubles if I include the grades that I only teach occasionally and also the classes at the other school that I go to only once a week. It is no surprise that 'flexibility' is often mentioned as one of the most important traits to have to be an effective ALT. In this summative task, I would like to share some of my experiences and how I have learned to work with multiple teachers with different teaching styles.
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Personal Experience
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Group Teaching as Opposed to Individual Teaching - TEFL Blog
Wed, 20 May 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Group Teaching as Opposed to Individual Teaching
Teaching English as a foreign language can be done one of two ways: teaching a group of students or by teaching on a one-to-one basis.
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Teaching students in groups are very common in most classrooms.
There are some advantages to teaching one-to-one courses.
For teaching large groups, it can be made easy if you adopt the right teaching activities.
In the case of one-to-one teaching, classes can be physically and mentally exhausting for learners and teachers.
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How Teaching ESL Differs from Teaching EFL - TEFL Blog
Wed, 27 Nov 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
How Teaching ESL Differs from Teaching EFL
The terms ESL and EFL are often used interchangeably because at their root they both mean the same thing; English for people who are not native to the language. However, there are many possible differences between learners. Typically EFL stands for English as a Foreign Language whereas ESL means English as a Second Language. This means that generally speaking, those who fall into the ESL category live in a country where English is a primary language. EFL teachers are typically teaching to students in their home country where English is not typically a widely used language. For these reasons, ESL and EFL classrooms differ greatly.
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What is EFL?
What is ESL?
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Main Differences Between Private Teaching and Group Teaching - TEFL Blog
Tue, 17 Sep 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Main Differences Between Private Teaching and Group Teaching
There are several differences that exist when a teacher is teaching one student only versus teaching a class of students at a given time. For this essay, each difference will be compared against each other to effectively highlight the distinction between the two.
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Student-Centered Approach
Choice of Materials
Challenged Motivation
Students' Individual Needs
Student-Teacher Relationships
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The Difference Between Teaching ESL and Teaching EFL - TEFL Blog
Wed, 13 Mar 2019 Mark Crocker
Alumni Experiences
The Difference Between Teaching ESL and Teaching EFL
In my experience, many teachers are not really sure about the difference between teaching ESL and teaching EFL in the classroom. In this post I will try to explain both situations and give some insight into each as they are actually quite distinct.
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The Basic Difference
Potential Problems of Both Situations
Typical Students of EFL and ESL
The Importance of Speaking English in the Classroom
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The Basic Difference
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Teaching One-to-One vs. Teaching in Class - TEFL Blog
Wed, 11 Mar 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Teaching One-to-One vs. Teaching in Class
The bulk part of the teacher's work is to adjust the learning material to the needs, goals, and interests of students. Even though some groups' needs may coincide with each other, the group's dynamic is something truly individual in manner. The same goes for one to one students. From this perspective, it becomes evident that the difference between teaching one to one and groups has many layers to it. The number and nature of activities the teacher prepares for the class is different; so is the style of communication.
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Choice of activities
Student's Personal Needs
Teacher's Responsibilities
Course Flow
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The Two Teaching Scenarios: Individual and Group Teaching - TEFL Blog
Wed, 10 Jun 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
The Two Teaching Scenarios: Individual and Group Teaching
Autonomy is the '' the ability to take charge of one's learning". Benson P. and Voller P.
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One-to-One vs. Group
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One-to-One vs. Group
One-to-one teaching often gives the teacher a satisfaction that can be difficult to achieve when teaching a group.
The student learns from the teacher, but the teacher can also acquire and gain a great deal from their interactions with students.
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Teaching Skills Essential for Teaching Young ESL Students - TEFL Blog
Thu, 30 Jul 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Teaching Skills Essential for Teaching Young ESL Students
The classroom embodies a space where students learn. That space is usually a mixture of varying personalities, learning styles, and student levels. A teacher's role in ensuring that students learn is of great importance seeing that the teacher serves as a facilitator for all, counselor to some, mentor to some, and disciplinarian to others. Teachers must possess or learn certain skills to be effective in the ESL/EFL classroom. While many factors are influencing the actual outcome of an EFL/ESL lesson, teachers of young learners must be patient, adaptable, and possess good classroom management skills. These skills are crucial for young learners because, on the one hand, they... [Read more]
How Teaching Groups is Different from Teaching Individual Students - TEFL Blog
Thu, 09 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
How Teaching Groups is Different from Teaching Individual Students
A TEFL teacher will encounter a lot of different things throughout their career and the sizes of the student population are no exception. There are two different types of lessons, group and one to one. While group and one to one lessons are no better than the other, one may excel in some areas where the other one isn't as strong at or the teacher may have to adapt their teaching style. The number of students in the classroom will affect how the lesson is carried, creates challenges and opportunities for the teacher, and affect student development. The teacher must consider these points to create an effective teaching and learning environment for all included.... [Read more]
The Teaching Craftsmanship: My Experience Teaching English in Russia - TEFL Blog
Thu, 30 Jan 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
The Teaching Craftsmanship: My Experience Teaching English in Russia
Imagine you are a teacher of English, working in Russia. Your students are a small group of preschoolers starting their educational journey for the first time. It's September and the first day of school. All the children are dressed like little dolls. Parents quietly placed flowers on your desk in the morning, a traditional act of respect. Autumn is in the air, days are getting shorter, and the native birch trees are itching to turn golden yellow. Many Russians know this is the calling, the calling of long nights and snow-filled landscapes.
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How to accumulate a prescribed theme into your teaching syllabus
Using modern tools
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How Teaching Privately Differs from Teaching a Whole Class? - TEFL Blog
Tue, 26 May 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
How Teaching Privately Differs from Teaching a Whole Class?
In recent years, more and more English learners demand one-to-one lessons. Students feel that the course can be more specifically geared towards their own needs and wants than a group course could. Individual lessons have no mixed level, teachers could highly motivate the students, the requirements can be clearly defined. And teachers are easier and faster to get close to the students.
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There are some teaching methods below for one-to-one lessons:
Beginning of the lesson
Choice of activities
Feedback
Managing the classroom
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Personal Teaching Experiences: How to Improve Future Teaching Experiences - TEFL Blog
Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Personal Teaching Experiences: How to Improve Future Teaching Experiences
I have had many personal teaching experiences. Some experiences gave me feelings of accomplishment, happiness, and success, while others discouraged me and on the rare occasion ended with me sitting in the parking lot crying inside my car. Now that I have completed the 120 Hour TEFL course I feel that I have been given a second chance at teaching.I want to analyze and explain my first teaching experiences. I lived in Italy for a year and a half doing volunteer work. We held English discussion groups two times a week. We had no materials, no curriculum, and no plans. We separated into two groups; beginner and intermediate. There were no placement or diagnostic... [Read more]
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Teaching Special Groups in ESL - Teaching Individuals (One-to-One)
The next category we are looking at in our series on teaching special groups in ESL are individuals. Teaching individuals, or one-to-one, forms a large part of the ESL market. Find out the positives, negatives and tips in this video.
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.
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TEFL TESOL From Studying To Teaching; Your Teaching Careeer! - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
TEFL TESOL From Studying To Teaching; your Teaching Careeer!
At ITTT we don't just sell you a TEFL training course; we also guide you right through the entire process from start to finish. Initially, we can help you decide which training course is the right one to suit your future plans and give you advice on how to approach your studies. Once your studies are underway we will be right by your side as every course comes with the option of an online tutor whose main focus is to ensure you successfully complete the course. No matter what hurdles life puts in front of you, with the help of your professional tutor there should be nothing stopping you reaching your study goals.
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Private Tutoring or Group Teaching: Which Teaching Mode to Choose? - TEFL Blog
Thu, 09 Jan 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Private Tutoring or Group Teaching: Which Teaching Mode to Choose?
To understand the difference between teaching one to one and groups this essay aims to provide a discussion of the factors which exert influence on choosing one of these types of teaching or learning according to their advantages and disadvantages. Nowadays teachers and students often ask themselves a question: "What should I choose: individual or group studying?" There are a lot of things they need to bear in mind for making this decision.
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Benefits of Private Classes
Drawbacks of Private Classes
Group Teaching
Final Thoughts
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How Teaching One Student Differs from Teaching a Full Class - TEFL Blog
Fri, 17 Jan 2020 Federico Riva
Alumni Experiences
How Teaching One Student Differs from Teaching a Full Class
When working one-on-one or with large groups, you need to adjust your methods appropriately. There are large differences in how you approach each group, how you teach them, and how much you should expect them to learn. We will be going over the differences by working with each of these groups based upon my own experiences. While they require differing techniques, at their core what is required is the same.
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Primary Issues
Teaching Methods
Differences
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The Most Effective Teaching Methodologies for Online ESL Teaching Mode - TEFL Blog
Wed, 31 Mar 2021 Elizaveta Pachina
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The Most Effective Teaching Methodologies for Online ESL Teaching Mode
For the last two years, I have worked as an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) at a Japanese high school. Along with my teaching job, I have volunteered at a weekly English conversation class, where I teach English to both children and adults. Next year, I plan to transition out of my ALT job and into private ESL teaching. It is most likely that I will do most of my teaching online, where I will be one-on-one with a student.
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Teaching Methodologies
ALT
Lesson Stages
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How Teaching English to Young Students Differs from Teaching Adults - TEFL Blog
Fri, 01 May 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
How Teaching English to Young Students Differs from Teaching Adults
Teaching is an exceptional art which allows all human beings to take advantage of the conveyed knowledge. Particularly, the teaching and learning process of English could be successfully accomplished in the case of young learners as well as adults. Both the teacher's role and several techniques denote essential features to achieve rewarding English learning results.
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There are two key aspects when it comes to teaching young learners who often are full of energy but lack motivation.
Opposed to young learners, adults are eager to get immersed into the English learning process.
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Teaching Special Groups in ESL - Teaching Individuals (One-to-One) - TEFL Blog
Tue, 08 Feb 2022 Federico Riva
Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas
Teaching Special Groups in ESL - Teaching Individuals (One-to-One)
How do you teach just one student using the communicative approach? Here we discuss how you can adapt to this particular teaching situation.
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Positives and negatives
Needs analysis
Teach to their interests
All four skills
Vary the stimulus
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Positives and negatives
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Teaching Special Groups in ESL - Top 10 Tips When Teaching Beginners
Regardless of which type of beginners you are teaching here are our top 10 tips for the teaching of beginner classes.
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.
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Teaching Special Groups in ESL - Teaching Young Learners
The next category we are looking at in our series on teaching special groups in ESL are young learners. We consider students aged 2 to 16 young learners. Find out the positives, negatives and tips when teaching young learners in this video.
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.
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Teaching Special Groups in ESL
Within the teaching of ESL throughout the world, there is a whole spectrum of the types of groups that you may be involved in. It's worth breaking those types of groups down to have a look at some of the more specific things we need to do when we're teaching those groups - and this is what this video focuses on.
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.
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Teaching Special Groups in ESL - Top 10 Tips When Teaching Beginners - TEFL Blog
Fri, 04 Feb 2022 Federico Riva
TEFL Information Teaching Ideas
Teaching Special Groups in ESL - Top 10 Tips When Teaching Beginners
Regardless of which type of beginner class you are teaching here are my top ten tips for the teaching of beginners.
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1: Keep it simple
2: Be visual not verbal
3: Keep them talking
4: Repeat Repeat Repeat
5: Use pairwork
6: Praise often
7: Teach to their needs
8: Be patient
9: Play games
10: Don't overcorrect
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1: Keep it simple
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TEFL Teaching - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
TEFL Teaching
Would you like to earn some money during your gap-year or do you want to leave your boring 9 to 5 life behind and start a whole new career? Whatever your situation, if you have a dream to teach English to non-native English speakers in your home country, overseas, or online, we will do our very best to answer as many of your questions as possible. Before we go any further, we should first establish what we actually mean by TEFL and TEFL teaching.
What is TEFL?
The world of English language teaching loves to use acronyms and one of the most common is TEFL, which stands for Teaching English as a Foreign Language. This phrase is largely used in British English to label any environment where English instruction is provided to a non-native English speaker. Its American English... [Read more]
Comparative Teaching Methodologies - TEFL Blog
Sun, 05 May 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Comparative Teaching Methodologies
This is my teaching experience so l will tell it in the form of a story. In 2011, l sat for my Advanced Level final exams and then applied for a post of temporary teacher at a school in an area called Date. Beginning of 2012, l traveled to Date from Harare to begin what l call a character building turmoil. I was an inexperienced 20-year-old girl who was about to take on a class that would be sitting for its final exam come to the end of that year, with half the class being my former primary school classmates and the other half not thinking much of me.
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My Experience
Building Confidence
The Importance Of Communication
Conquering Doubts And Fears
Choice Of Assignments
Being... [Read more]
English Teaching Qualities - TEFL Blog
Tue, 18 Feb 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
English Teaching Qualities
Teaching is a difficult occupation, Teachers play an essential part in training children, teenagers,... etc. although every great teacher has their own special, unique style, a good teacher must have some special qualities. Which are: knowledge, authority, confidence, empathy, sense of humor and passion.
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Knowledge
Authority
Humor
Interest for work
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Knowledge
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