Tesol Quarterly Special Issue

TEFL TESOL Discounts & Special Offers   As part of our commitment to providing the best value for money TEFL certification on the market, we regularly have a range of special offers available. One of our regular offers is the option of a free additional course if you sign up for an in-class, combined, or 120-hour online TEFL certificate course with tutor support. With this great offer, you can choose one of our specialized TEFL courses or the Diploma in TESOL as your free course which is an ideal way to widen your job prospects and enhance your CV or resume without parting with a single cent. Sign up for the tutored version of the 170-hour TEFL course with online specialization, the Master Package, or the Professional Package and you will also be eligible for a free specialized...  [Read more]

TEFL TESOL Courses Issue Your Own Certificate!   As an ITTT TEFL course graduate, you are able to issue a high-quality certificate of completion to any English language student who completes a series of lessons with you. Each certificate allows you to enter the name of the student, the level of language class they completed, and how many hours of study the course involved. Every certificate you issue has a unique identification number and a box where you can enter your own ITTT certification number. This ensures that every student you teach knows that you are a fully ITTT-qualified English teacher. Being able to offer an official certificate of completion to your students means you can potentially stand out from the competition if you are teaching in a crowded and competitive...  [Read more]

Sun, 03 Sep 2023 Federico Riva Destinations TEFL Information Alumni Experiences What Is the Best Thing I Learned from My TEFL/TESOL Course? Teaching Special Groups Beginners come in various types: absolute beginners, false beginners, young beginners, and those without the Roman alphabet. Recognizing these differences is crucial for effective teaching. Visual aids and repetition are valuable tools, but it's vital to maintain a steady pace and address individual needs. Table of Contents Teaching Young Learners: Keeping It Engaging Teaching Business English and Individuals: Tailoring Content Monolingual and Multilingual Groups: Leveraging Common Ground Overall, Versatility in Teaching: A Vital Skill Are you ready to teach English as a foreign language? Related Articles: Check out what...  [Read more]

Classroom Management for Teaching English as a Foreign Language - Common Issues   There are some other classroom management issues that we need to consider and they may include issues such as writing on the board, giving students individual attention, the use of teacher talk time, the way in which we should give instructions to our students, the building and maintaining of rapport with our students, and finally the one that perhaps most new teachers particularly spend a lot of time worrying and thinking about, is the issue of classroom discipline. So what we'd like to do is to take each of these in turn and look at some of the major issues surrounding these classroom management issues. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL...  [Read more]

Pronunciation and Phonology in the EFL Classroom - Issues with the International Phonetic Alphabet   There are two issues that need to be stressed when working with the international phonemic alphabet. First is the fact that we are no longer concerned with how a word is traditionally spelled. Additionally we need to stress that we are only concerned with the sounds needed to correctly produce a word. So rather than numerous spellings, which can often be pronounced in different ways, we have one symbol representing one sound. Once we can isolate a sound, rather than juggling various spellings, we can work with our students on how to say that sound. Doing that successfully is related to manner and place of articulation, which will be covered shortly. To get a better understanding of...  [Read more]

Special Teacher - Bangalore Date posted:2024-04-02 | Writer: Global Indian International School | Email: [email protected] Founded in 2002, the Singapore-based Global Schools Foundation cultivates and nurtures young minds into global leaders across Southeast Asia, Middle East and India. Following high standards in governance, established academic criteria, and well-administered management processes, the Foundation has completed more than 17 exemplary years marked by international recognition for achieving excellence in school education. Global Indian International School (GIIS) is an initiative of Global Schools Foundation (GSF), which has already acquired an unmatched reputation for establishing award-winning schools across Asia. GIIS is perhaps the only...  [Read more]

Conditionals and Reported Speech - Special Cases in Reported Speech   This video covers special cases in reported speech that do not follow the typical pattern. This video is specifically aimed at teaching reported speech in an ESL setting. 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! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Classroom Management for Teaching English as a Foreign Language - Giving Individual Attention   Our next main issue is going to be that of giving students individual attention. Here many classroom management and leaving potential discipline problems can be avoided by applying some simple rules to giving your students attention. The first one is to think about the way in which you ask questions. Don't ask questions in a predictable order. If you just go around the class asking questions from one person to the next then the person at the end of the class will know that it's going to be some time before you actually get to them. So try to mix up the way in which you're asking questions. In terms of answers to questions don't allow individual students to dominate all of the answers....  [Read more]

Coursebooks and materials - Worksheets and workcards   Next, a couple of issues surrounding the use of worksheets and workcards. Firstly, these types of materials can either be bought or they could be made by yourself. Very often many of the book series that we use will have workcards in their teacher resource book. Worksheets and workcards are very useful because they can act as a prompt to introduce an activity or topic. They can also be used for role plays and one of the things you need to be aware of when making worksheets and workcards yourself is that you need to make them durable. So whenever you create a workcard, if you put it on some hard backing and then put it inside some cellophane or covered plastic just to make them durable then those types of workcards and worksheets...  [Read more]

Coursebooks and Materials - Use of the Wipe Board   So let's have a look at some of the more general issues when using the wipe board. Perhaps the most important thing to start with is that we should start with a clean board. Secondly it's always very useful to make a board plan so that you know where things are going to appear on the board by the end of your lesson. It?s very simple to do a board plan. Just take a sheet of paper, which is similar in shape to the board that you're going to use, and then onto that piece of paper decide where all the information that's going onto your board is going to be by the time that you've finished. So a very simple board plan just to show where the information is going to be. Also it's very useful if you make use of tables and columns to...  [Read more]

Special Education/Learning Support Teacher Date posted:2024-03-28 | Writer: SMS - Santo Domingo | Email: [email protected] St. Michael’s School in Santo Domingo seeks an experienced Special Education/Learning Support Teacher who can provide research-based best practices for implementing effective learning support services in the secondary school.  St. Michael’s School is a 1st through 12th-grade school with rigorous academic demands and a sound character education program. The school’s international curriculum is delivered in the English language, and complemented with Lengua Española and Estudios Sociales classes offered in Spanish in compliance with MINERD requirements. Founded in 1991 by educators Christian Virginia Heinsen, Michelle Morel, and Roxanna Soto. St. Michael’s...  [Read more]

Providers TEFL Teaching Check out tefl tesol about Providers TEFL Teaching and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: Check out ITTT's Blog Posts G.K. - Russia said: Teaching GrammarGrammar is central to the teaching and learning of languages. It is also one of the more difficult aspects of language to teach well. We all know what words are, for example: met, she, yesterday her friend. These words tell us little but what we can do is combine all these words to make sentences, which can tell us a lot more: She met her friend yesterday. This is not as simple as it may seem ? we can?t simply put words together in a...  [Read more]

Additional Educational Needs Coordinator (SEN/EAL for Preschool - Grade 12) Date posted:2024-04-01 | Writer: Saint Maur International School | Email: [email protected] We are seeking a qualified and experienced Special Education Needs/Learning Support Teacher (SEN) who also has expertise in teaching English as an Additional Language (EAL). The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in ensuring that tailored available support is provided as appropriate to students and seeing that adequate guidance is given to the student, family, and teachers through our SEN services and our EAL support. The position entails preparing and managing Individualised Education Plans (IEPs) for students and reports showing progress and maturity, ongoing goal setting, areas of need,...  [Read more]

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. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Accredited TEFL Diploma Check out tefl tesol about Accredited TEFL Diploma and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: Check out ITTT's Blog Posts T.G. - U.S.A. said: Teaching Slang and IdiomsI have been a student of multiple languages for as long as I can remember. In the field of music composition you are thrust into the situation of having to have at least a basic understanding of certain speech patterns and linguistic idioms in any number of romantic, Slavic or Germanic languages in order to study the master?s scores and historical documents. Unfortunately for American composers, this can prove to be an...  [Read more]

College Recognised TEFL Check out tefl tesol about College Recognised TEFL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: Check out ITTT's Blog Posts Z.N. - Malaysia said: Problems_for_Learners_in_MalaysiaMalaysia is a mulitracial and multicultural country, and English would most often be taught to a multilingual, rather than a monolingual group. There have also been recent debates on whether English should be taught as a second or foreign language, with a suggestion that it should be as a second language in the urban areas, and as a foreign language in rural areas, because English is spoken more widely in the cities,...  [Read more]

Class TEFL Cert Check out tefl tesol about Class TEFL Cert and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: Check out ITTT's Blog Posts W.T. - Malaysia said: online tefl courses vs onsite TEFL coursesAmongst the many decisions I have made in my life, deciding to take a tefl course has been one of the best. Not only has in been an additional asset to my undergraduate degree, it has opened more doors for me in my career prospect. I hope that with this degree, I can go further in my life, whether in meeting different teachers or helping a student improve in their English language. When I previously looked up on information...  [Read more]

Accreditation TEFL Cert Check out tefl tesol about Accreditation TEFL Cert and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: Check out ITTT's Blog Posts T.D. - U.S.A. said: Teaching StylesBeing an English Teacher in a foreign country, there are several teaching styles that can be used. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages in its own right. A teacher needs to look at each style carefully to determine which method is the best for his/her class or if a mixture of both should be applied. This form is similar to lecturing. Lecturing is teaching by giving speech on a specific subject in the classroom. Lecturing is...  [Read more]

Agency Residential TEFL Check out tefl tesol about Agency Residential TEFL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: Check out ITTT's Blog Posts T.T. - Canada said: online tefl courses vs onsite TEFL coursesThese days there are many courses available for people wishing to become teachers of English as a foreign or second language. There is the online tefl course and there is the onsite tefl course. The online course is primarily done through the internet. The tutor provides the course work as well as assistance by e-mail and the student returns the work by e-mail as well. The onsite course is held in a typical...  [Read more]

Centre TEFL Certificate Check out tefl tesol about Centre TEFL Certificate and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: Check out ITTT's Blog Posts V.O. - U.S.A. said: Classroom ManagementClassroom Management is an essential piece to creating a successful classroom. Without it, teaching academic content becomes very difficult. In this independent research article, I will tell you about two different types of classroom management programs, the School-Wide Positive Behavior Support Program and a Stoplight Program. One way to implement consistent management into your classroom is through a SWPBS program or, School-Wide...  [Read more]

Centre Top TEFL Check out tefl tesol about Centre Top TEFL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: Check out ITTT's Blog Posts V.P. - Thailand said: Multiple IntelligenceMultiple Intelligence had been around since the 1980's which was introduced by Howard Gardner. He proposes that we are not born with a blank slate (tabula rasa) but with innate multitude of intelligences. From his list of seven intelligences, he says that schools typically value linguistic intelligence and logical-mathematical intelligence. Musical intelligence, body-kinesthetic intelligence and spatial intelligence are usually associated with...  [Read more]

Authorized TEFL Diploma Check out tefl tesol about Authorized TEFL Diploma and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: Check out ITTT's Blog Posts V.A. - U.S.A. said: Pronunciation problems VietnamMany experts in linguistics agree that in vietnam pronunciation is the weakest area. Many people find Vietnamese English speakers incomprehensible. The main problem is in word final consonants. Some articles state that cluster consonants are as big a problem but we will focus on word final consonants specifically (s) and (z) a voiceless and voiced pair respectively. Most articles with foundational research have complex...  [Read more]

Agency Inexpensive TEFL Check out tefl tesol about Agency Inexpensive TEFL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: Check out ITTT's Blog Posts T.P. - Japan said: Pronunciation problems in JapanJapan has cultivated a reputation for being a country that is rich in history, culture and resources. Within the global sphere Japan has also seen the impact of English language in transforming the way in which countries relate. In an effort to avoid being on the periphery of the development enabled by globalization, the Ministry of Education, Sports, Culture and technology (also referred to as MEXT) has made providing...  [Read more]

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. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's Blog Posts  [Read more]

Teaching Special Groups in ESL - English For Specific Purposes   Our next category in our series of teaching special groups in ESL is English for specific purposes. This video focuses specifically on teaching business English. How is business Enligsh different to general English? Will you be able to teach business English? Find out 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. Register now & get certified to teach english abroad! Check out ITTT's...  [Read more]

Cost TESOL TEFL Check out tefl tesol about Cost TESOL TEFL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: Check out ITTT's Blog Posts B.P. & J.A. - U.S.A. said: Review-Critique of Enric Llurda StudyEffects of intelligibility and speaking rates on judgments of non-native speakers? personalities Review/Critique of a Study I?ve chosen to review ?Effects of intelligibility and speaking rates on judgments of non-native speakers? personalities? by Enric Llurda. This study analyses the response given by 28 American undergraduate students at an American university to a passage read by 10 ESL speakers of 5 different L1...  [Read more]

Organization TESOL TEFL Check out tefl tesol about Organization TESOL TEFL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: Check out ITTT's Blog Posts E. K. - Russia said: Classroom ManagementWhat is classroom management and why is it important? Classroom management is a process used by teachers to make sure the classroom lessons run smoothly. It helps teachers prevent any disruptive behavior of the students. Some of the teachers consider classroom management to be the most difficult aspect of teaching, because many of the teachers experience problems in the classroom, especially with young children and teenagers. Lack...  [Read more]

Agency TEFL TESOL Check out TEFL TESOL about Agency TEFL TESOL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: Check out ITTT's Blog Posts A.C. - U.S.A. said: Foreign Language Experience Clear Communication in the ClassroomI had been serving as an English Teacher in a foreign country for nine years without having completed a tefl course. I wanted to study a tefl course from the time I began teaching at the school I am currently teaching at. However, there were no courses being taught here locally. I then began researching universities in the U.S. that offered tefl courses, but that would have meant leaving my students...  [Read more]

Overview of All English Tenses - Present Tenses - Present Perfect - Irregular Verbs   As mentioned earlier, to form this tense, we have to use a special form of the verb. Technically it's called the past participle form with irregular verbs. Of course these past participle forms change quite a bit from its base form of the verb. Here are a few examples 'go' moves to 'gone', 'be' moves to 'been', 'write' to 'written', 'speak' to 'spoken' and 'read'. Although very confusing for the non-native speaker, doesn't change its spelling, but does change its pronunciation, resulting in 'read' going to 'read'. 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...  [Read more]

College Fast TEFL Check out tefl tesol about College Fast TEFL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: Check out ITTT's Blog Posts Z. B. - South Africa said: English as a global language Given the ever increasing global connectivity, be it through the internet, social networking, studying, business or just plain old relocation languages are crossing boundaries like never before. English has been slowly edging itself into becoming one of the global languages. In the past, English has been prevalent in countries that have been under colonel rule. However, this has evolved and the dialects and forms are varied....  [Read more]