The Best App To Learn English

Thu, 24 May 2018 Linda Dunsmore TEFL Information The Best Apps to Have on Your Phone While Teaching English Abroad In recent years, more and more classrooms have become more technologically advanced and more and more teachers are using digital teaching materials. However, you don't always need to hand out tablets to your students or have a fancy digital whiteboard to take advantage of recent advances in digital teaching materials. Here are some great apps to have on your phone while teaching English abroad that you can use to enhance your lessons and really engage your students in the classroom. Table of Contents Apps for Inside the Classroom Educreations Kahoot Epic! Unlimited Books for Kids Instructables Apps for Outside the Classroom Additio Slack Teacher's Assistant Pro Remind...  [Read more]

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 Mark Crocker Teaching Ideas Essential Apps for EFL Teachers ✅ Although teaching English as a Foreign Language can be a fun and rewarding job, it can also involve a fair amount of hard graft when it comes to planning and delivering high-quality lessons. With this in mind, why not use all the tools at your disposal to ensure your lessons are engaging and effective? The use of technology and online resources is a cornerstone of EFL lessons worldwide and using whatever means necessary to achieve the best results is generally encouraged by most forward thinking employers. Lesson planning is a major part of a teacher's life, so anything that can help the process along can only be a good thing. However, it is not only planning that can be aided by technology. In this day...  [Read more]

Fri, 30 Aug 2019 Ramon Perez Destinations 6 Must-Have Apps When Living In China China is a country where you can venture out and explore all it has to offer. The food, the culture, the people and everything else provide an exciting experience for those willing to challenge themselves. This country will allow you to grow in ways you never thought possible. However, some of these challenges can become a bit of an obstacle in our everyday lives. Table of Contents WECHAT Messaging Wallet Payments Translation ALIPAY VPN TAOBAO GOOGLE TRANSLATE DUOLINGO Other Useful Apps Are you ready to teach English in China? Related Articles: Don't fret. There are tools that can help us overcome those obstacles and make our stay a pleasant one. In this blog, we will discuss a few apps that can aid in...  [Read more]

Which online English teaching platform pays most? We have good news if you are interested in teaching abroad but are hesitant to settle down in one place: Teaching is one of the best-paying online jobs from home and one of the fastest growing career paths for remote workers. The best part about online teaching jobs is that you can not only get paid to speak English, but you can also find opportunities to teach English online with no prior experience. If you want to travel while earning money for speaking English, check out the best-paying online teaching jobs that you can do from anywhere in the world using your laptop. Teaching English online on Preply Preply is an online language learning platform that allows students to work with their preferred tutor at their own pace and on their own...  [Read more]

Which online English teaching platform pays most? Among the top-paying online English teaching platforms are VIPKid, Lingoda, Cambly, and Preply. The online teaching industry not only offers competitive compensation but is also one of the rapidly expanding sectors for remote professionals, allowing educators the freedom to teach from anywhere. Table of Contents Teaching English online on Preply Teaching English online on VIPKid Teaching English online on Lingoda Teaching English online on Cambly Teaching English online on Italki Teaching English online on Synthesis School Teaching English online on English First Teaching English online on Englishhunt Teaching English online on Palfish Teaching English online on Preply Preply is an online language learning platform that allows students to...  [Read more]

Wed, 02 Oct 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences English: Roots and Relevancy English has its origins in Britain and, as the history books will show, their colonization across a large part of the world brought the language to foreign lands. With their power and influence spread over more of the world, in turn, their language was also widely introduced. In that time, English was taught to those who now found themselves under British rule. Formal education was also taught in English, so it was necessary to know the language for the locals to verse themselves in the culture and enter into trades. Table of Contents History of English Cultural Relevance Social Media Modern Importance Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: This post was written by...  [Read more]

Jobs Teaching EFL in China Date posted:2019-10-07 | Writer: Teach in China Agency | Email: [email protected] Teach in China Agency are a Chinese-based UK Recruiting Agency working in partnership with Chinese educational institutions to provide quality English language education to Chinese students. Our schools are modern and well equipped, staffed with professional teachers and administrative staff, and well regarded in the Chinese community. These prestigious institutions attract good quality students who are hardworking, dedicated and a pleasure to teach. You will have the opportunity to expand your international TEFL experience, work in a stimulating cross-cultural environment, and be at the forefront of the growth of global education in China. Whether you’re a newly...  [Read more]

The Best Teaching Ideas for TEFL Teachers 7 Easy Ways to Make Money Online as an English Teacher Elizaveta Pachina Budget and Salary TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas This blog post was written by an ITTT TEFL expert who shares 7 ideas on how to make money online as an English teacher. Online EFL market is boosting this year due to the global quarantine, thus, there are new ways to implement your skills and get profit sharing your personal EFL teaching experience. 3 Apps for Digital ESL Lesson Plans Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our TEFL expert shares 3 useful digital apps for ESL lesson plans. You will learn about Evernotes, Trello, and Notion, a 2020 favorite planning app. Create your own system...  [Read more]

Thu, 25 Jun 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Why Do Parents Need to Learn English too? In my opinion, a parent should learn English too. Learning English is a long trip for every kid. Taking China, for example, Chinese parents let their kids accept English language education when they are two or three years old even earlier. Chinese parents want their kids to get more vocabulary, fluently speaking, and get familiar with the English-communication environment. But this situation only happened in language training school which has foreign teachers(English native speakers) and use English during the class. It means that parents pay a lot of money to let their kids have the environment. But most kids only have one-hour of the environment per week. How does the environment work? How...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Liza is a translator, freelancer and ESL teacher from Russia. She had been teaching in a Chinese bilingual school for more than two years and recently moved to Thiland to run her blog about teaching and freelance job. Read my articles 5 ESL Classroom Halloween Decor Ideas | ITTT | TEFL Blog Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our TEFL experts share five Halloween decor ideas for your ESL classroom. Get inspired and create incredible atmosphere of this fun holiday. 7 Easy Ways to Make Money Online as an English Teacher | ITTT | TEFL Blog Elizaveta Pachina Budget and Salary TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas This blog post was written by an ITTT TEFL expert who shares 7 ideas on how to make...  [Read more]

Mon, 27 Jul 2020 Natasha Shetty Teaching Ideas Best Tips for Balancing Work and Family as a Teacher Regardless of whether we're topmost executives or businesspersons, students or teachers, striking a proper work-life balance is extremely important. While everyone strives to strike this essential work-life balance, our success is usually limited. Table of Contents Maintain Strict Routine Get Adequate Sleep Delegate Tasks at Home Use Learning Apps Assign Family Hours Learn Together In Conclusion Do you want to teach English online or abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: About the author: That occurs because other tasks on hand- either at work or home- steal precious time that was intended for our families. And if you're a teacher, balancing work and family can become a real...  [Read more]

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 Linda Dunsmore Alumni Experiences The Boom of English Language Education Multiple researchers have shown that learning a new language is a healthy exercise for one's brain. In today's world where connection to each other has been made easy by technology, it has also become very important to be multilingual. Table of Contents English has become a must Free language learning platforms The ESL market has emerged Physical language centers appear everywhere Are you ready to teach English abroad? Related Articles: Listen to this blog post This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Sipho D. English has become a must English is still the widely spoken language in the world but the is a growing trend of Mandarin Chinese learners , Spanish learners and a number...  [Read more]

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 Federico Riva TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Top Ideas on How to Improve English Skills as a Non-Native English Teacher Hello everybody, it's Liza here. We are just about to start today's live session that is devoted to ideas on how to improve English skills. While I'm waiting for more people to join me let me just tell you about these live sessions. So we are doing them weekly and right now there are a lot of videos to check out on our YouTube channel and our Facebook group. If you missed any of these live streams you can go to our social networks and see any of them there. Table of Contents Watch the live session here Are you ready to teach English abroad or online? Related Articles: Check out what our course grads say in our many video...  [Read more]

Top Ideas on How to Improve English Skills as a Non-Native English Teacher   Hello everybody, it's Liza here. We are just about to start today's live session that is devoted to ideas on how to improve English skills. While I'm waiting for more people to join me let me just tell you about these live sessions. So we are doing them weekly and right now there are a lot of videos to check out on our YouTube channel and our Facebook group. If you missed any of these live streams you can go to our social networks and see any of them there. Welcome to the new session and if you haven't heard already my name is Liza and I'm a non-native English teacher from Russia. I can see that there are some people from the Philippines here. Aaron, am I pronouncing your name correctly? Welcome from the...  [Read more]

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 Federico Riva TEFL Information Teaching Ideas Overview of the Best Online Teaching Platforms Hello everybody, we are just about to start our new live session. Thanks for joining me and while we are waiting for more people to join please let me know that you can hear me clearly and you can see me clearly. There is a comments box so you can use it to communicate with me. I really appreciate it if you use it because when there is interaction during the live session it's always much easier for myself to present it and I feel a little bit more comfortable because I am not just speaking to myself. Table of Contents Watch the live session here There was another comment if I can figure it out. So you want to find a resource with different lesson plans and things for adults?...  [Read more]

TEFL jobs Online There are students of English all over the world who prefer to learn English online rather than by physical attendance at a school or language academy. Qualified TEFL teachers are therefore hired by a number of different organisations to teach English online. Here are some online teaching positions: Online ESL Instructors Wanted | (Date posted:2021-12-24) Date posted:2021-12-24 | Writer: Harbin Air English School | Email: [email protected] Air English School is expanding its online ESL program and is looking for ESL teachers to teach online.Job description-Teach children ages 7-12 (one on one) online using the Classin online teaching platform. All teaching materials and orientation/training will be provided.- Classes Time Range: Mon - Fri, 6 PM - 9 PM. Sat-Sun,...  [Read more]

Top Tips for Improving English Skills as a Non-Native English Teacher 03/10/2021 hello everybody it's lizzy here so um we are just about to start today's live session uh devoted to some ideas on how to improve english skills and while i'm waiting for more people to join me uh let me just tell you uh about this live sessions so we are doing them weekly on the regular basis and right now there are um a lot of uh videos uh to check on our uh youtube channel or facebook group uh so if you missed any of these live streams um you can go to our social networks and see those live streams hello everybody uh welcome to the new session and um if you haven't heard already my name is lisa i'm a non-native english teacher from russia and i can see that there are some people from the philippines aaron...  [Read more]

Thu, 14 Nov 2019 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Connecting Dots Through English Have you ever wondered why people all over the world are somehow curious about the English language? Or why does a country like Japan wherein the English language is not a requirement to get a job, is on-demand for more competent and effective English teachers? These kinds of questions make me remember my favorite quote, "Everything has a reason"; And yes somehow, English exists for a reason of course. You might be thinking why I entitled this essay "Connecting Dots Through English", well you will find out why, as you read more on this essay. Table of Contents My Personal Experience Connection Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: This post was written by our...  [Read more]

Thu, 19 Mar 2020 Nadiia Dovbnia Destinations Alumni Experiences Top Tips For Dealing with the Recent Pandemic as a Foreign English Teacher in China I have been working in China as an English teacher almost for half a year. When the outbreak began, I decided to stay in China. At first, I thought it would be like a seasonal flu quarantine back in my country, Ukraine, when schools are closed for just a week or two. However, the situation got worse and I realized that it might be safer to stay inside my city than to go through the train stations and airports. Table of Contents Our life here has changed completely in less than in 48 hours. I have to say, the way people here react to the situation amazes me. Fake News Raises Panic Schools are shut down. Adapting school curriculum and...  [Read more]

Sun, 10 Jun 2018 Simon ITTT TEFL Information 9 Hobbies Every EFL Teacher Needs To Try When Teaching English Abroad It's great to move somewhere new with your TEFL skills and to discover new places but, although traveling is exciting, there are times when you may want to do something without having to move too far from your new base. There are plenty of pastimes or hobbies that can be taken up when moving around from place to place, some of which might help you add variety to your English lessons for your students. For example, you can use your students to teach you about local cuisine to develop their vocabulary associated with food, language patterns for describing how to cook things, or how to give recommendations. They learn, you learn! Table of Contents Listen to this blog post:...  [Read more]

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas 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. Table of Contents Teaching Methodologies ALT Lesson Stages Are you ready to teach English abroad or online? Related Articles: Check out what our course grads say in our many video testimonials! This post was...  [Read more]

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 Bri Freeman TEFL Information Alumni Experiences How To Start Your Own ESL Teaching Service The number one question I had to answer before deciding to start Practical English Teacher was "Do I want a new boss or to be my own boss?". I spent months asking myself this before I finally decided to do it. There's a lot of security and credibility that comes with working for a larger ESL company. And I'm not knocking anyone who wants to do that but if you're like me and you're looking for some advice on where to start with your own ESL Service, let's talk. Table of Contents Starting Out Advertising and Expanding How Do I Create a Platform? Best of Luck! Do you want to teach English online? Become a TEFL certified teacher! Related Articles: Starting Out First and I would...  [Read more]

Thu, 26 Apr 2018 Linda Dunsmore TEFL Information How to Find a Job as an English Teacher Online (updated April 2023) In our modern age where working online has become a common way to make a steady living, the opportunities for qualified English teachers have further branched out into what we call the "virtual classroom". Table of Contents How to get started teaching English online The best employment options for teaching English online How much can you earn teaching English online? Some popular teaching platforms for teaching English online include: Useful Facebook Groups Are you ready to teach English online? More about Teaching English online in this video: There are countless online platforms and providers that offer English lessons online with native speakers allowing students...  [Read more]

Overview of the Best Online Teaching Platforms   Hello everybody, we are just about to start our new live session. Thanks for joining me and while we are waiting for more people to join please let me know that you can hear me clearly and you can see me clearly. There is a comments box so you can use it to communicate with me. I really appreciate it if you use it because when there is interaction during the live session it's always much easier for myself to present it and I feel a little bit more comfortable because I am not just speaking to myself. Let me share the topic of today's session so that everyone can see it. Today we are going to talk about different online teaching platforms. I hope that this topic will be interesting and useful because there were a lot of requests for...  [Read more]

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 Mark Crocker Teaching Ideas Teaching English Online: ✅ A Survival Guide If like many TEFL qualified teachers, you have moved your teaching online in recent times you will probably have found that it is much harder than you might have imagined. Although you spend most of your lessons sitting down on a comfy office chair rather than standing in front of the class, you still end the day more exhausted than you ever did in a normal classroom setting. If this sounds familiar, don't worry you are not alone as teaching English online is a tiring proposition for many teachers. Here we look at the main reasons why it is so tough and more importantly, what you can do to make things that bit easier. Table of Contents Reading your students through the screen Is there a...  [Read more]

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 Federico Riva TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Live TEFL/TESOL Q&A: Ask Us Anything! Welcome guys, Linda here from ITTT for another live session. I'm so happy to be here today, the weather is great today, the lighting is good. If you were watching last week it was pretty much like the end of the world weather here, but today it's great, I feel good. If you can see me and hear me please drop a hi into the comments. We are live on Facebook and also on YouTube and if you're listening to this as a podcast episode thanks for the download. We always turn our live sessions into podcast episodes and you can find them on all major podcast platforms like iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts etc. It's called the TEFL and TESOL Podcast by ITTT. Table of...  [Read more]

Overview of the Best Online Teaching Platforms 01/20/2021 hello hello hello everybody this is here and we are just about to start our new live session uh thanks for joining me and uh while we are waiting for more people uh to come please let me know that you can hear me clearly and you can see me clearly there is a comments box um so you can use it uh to communicate with me and i really appreciate you use it because when there is interaction during the live session it's always much easier for myself to present um and feel a little bit more comfortable because i basically speak to myself uh right now and when i don't see any comments i feel a little bit confused you know um and let me share the topic of today's session so that everyone can see it uh today we are going to talk about um...  [Read more]

Live TEFL/TESOL Q&A: Ask Us Anything!   Welcome guys, Linda here from ITTT for another live session. I'm so happy to be here today, the weather is great today, the lighting is good. If you were watching last week it was pretty much like the end of the world weather here, but today it's great, I feel good. If you can see me and hear me please drop a hi into the comments. We are live on Facebook and also on YouTube and if you're listening to this as a podcast episode thanks for the download. We always turn our live sessions into podcast episodes and you can find them on all major podcast platforms like iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts etc. It's called the TEFL and TESOL Podcast by ITTT. I see there are some people already here. Hi Gwen, thanks for joining today. We also have...  [Read more]

The Best Countries for Solo Women to Teach English Abroad   Hello everybody. It’s Liza here and I'm super glad to welcome you to my weekly ITTT live session. Today's session is devoted to international exams and the reasons to take them as a non-native ESL teacher. Before we begin, please let me know if you see me and hear me clearly, just because I want to make sure my equipment works smoothly. We've got this comments section and you can basically communicate with me through that. While we wait for some more people to join us let me know where you are tuning in from. I’m located in the Ural Region of Russia in a city called Yekaterinburg. It's pretty chilly today but really sunny and it means that spring is just around the corner. I hope so and what about you guys? Let me know...  [Read more]

Answering the Most Asked TEFL/TESOL Questions 06/03/2021 hi welcome guys linda here from itt for another live session this week i'm so happy to be here today the weather is great today the lighting is good uh if you were watching last week uh yeah it was pretty much like the end of the world weather here and it suddenly turned super dark and i don't have a light or anything like a ring light so um but today it's great i feel good i have my coffee right here even though it's almost gone but um yeah so happy to be here if you can see me if you can hear me please just drop a high into the comments we are live on facebook and we're also live on youtube and if you're listening to this as a podcast episode thanks for the download we really appreciate it we always turn our live sessions into...  [Read more]