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Do I need a TEFL certificate to work for VIPKid? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
Do I need a TEFL certificate to work for VIPKid?
To be eligible for a teaching position with VIPKid, candidates must possess a bachelor's degree and have prior experience in teaching, tutoring, or working with children. While a TEFL certification isn't strictly mandatory, it provides a significant edge, enhancing your teaching credentials and potentially benefiting salary negotiations.
However, recent changes in Chinese regulations, as of July 2021, mandate that online English lessons for Chinese students be conducted by educators located within China, impacting VIPKid's teaching criteria.
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Can I still work for VIPKid?
Do VIPKid teachers need a TEFL certificate?
What other criteria does VIPKid ask for?
How much does VIPKid pay?
Conclusion
Can I still work for VIPKid?... [Read more]
Do I need a TEFL certificate to work for VIPKid? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
Do I need a TEFL certificate to work for VIPKid?
Until recently, VIPKid was a leading platform for online teaching to young learners. But as of July 2021, changes to Chinese law have prohibited the promotion of English lessons taught by instructors outside China to Chinese students. In essence, to teach Chinese children online, you now need to be physically located in China, not abroad. This law change significantly impacted VIPKid’s operations, reducing their previously prominent position in this teaching environment.
Can I still work for VIPKid?
Despite these legal changes in China, VIPKid has continued to offer lessons to adult students in China from abroad, as the new laws do not affect this. They have also introduced a new global service targeting young learners worldwide. However,... [Read more]
Why Completing a TEFL Course May Change Your Life - TEFL Blog
Fri, 10 Jan 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Why Completing a TEFL Course May Change Your Life
I have a very strong reason why i should complete a TEFL Course. In fact, i am taking 220 hours. Well, the base on my future plans i have the desire to be a tutor online. it's totally out of my line, i was once a registered nurse, i was a fashion designer and even studied Fashion Design at London and Singapore. I owned a wedding shop in the Philippines and catering to different clients worldwide. and fast forward i got married. But, since i tied the knot and settled here at California.
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My story
Challenges
Perspectives
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Teaching the Core of Grammar - TEFL Blog
Thu, 15 Aug 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Teaching the Core of Grammar
Grammar or grammer! The most common error in the spelling of 'grammar', however, it is still debatable among few teachers, whether grammar or vocabulary should be considered the most important aspect of the English language. A balanced diet makes a person healthy similarly a balanced understanding of all aspects of a language makes it complete.
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Listen to this blog post:
Global Language
Challenges of Teaching Grammar
What is it for?
Process of Teaching Grammar
My Experience
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This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Annu M. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the... [Read more]
How Taking a TEFL Course May Help to Find Your Mission: Alumni Story - TEFL Blog
Thu, 19 Dec 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
How Taking a TEFL Course May Help to Find Your Mission: Alumni Story
I have a very strong reason why I should complete a TEFL Course. I am taking the 220 hours. Well, base on my plans I have the desire to be a tutor online. it's totally out of my line, I was once a registered nurse, I was a fashion designer and even studied Fashion Design at London and Singapore. I owned a wedding shop in the Philippines and catering to different clients worldwide. and fast forward I got married. But, since I tied the knot and settled here at California. everything has changed.
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Game-changing case
Getting a clue
Teaching Methods
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How Taking a TEFL Certification Course Has Improved My Online English Teaching - TEFL Blog
Wed, 06 Mar 2019 Mark Crocker
Alumni Experiences
How Taking a TEFL Certification Course Has Improved My Online English Teaching
When I was young, I dreamt about thousands of different jobs, but being an online English teacher was never one of them. However, I've had the opportunity to work with Chinese students ranging from 5 to 13 years old and it has been one of the best experiences of my life so far. How am I going to communicate with them? Am I ready to be a teacher? How will I transmit what I want to teach? These are some of the questions that went through my mind before accepting the job, but when I finally decided to take it and started to be an ESL teacher I knew I was doing what I love the most, transmitting knowledge.
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Starting at the bottom and working... [Read more]
Repitition & Rhythm - Using Songs in the EFL Classroom - TEFL Blog
Mon, 13 May 2019 Linda Dunsmore
Alumni Experiences
Repitition & Rhythm - Using Songs in the EFL Classroom
Songs, what are songs? Merriam-Webster define a song as a short poem or other set of words set to music or meant to be sung OR a single (and often standalone) work of music that is typically intended to be sung by the human voice with distinct and fixed pitches and patterns using sound and silence and a variety of forms that often include the repetition of sections. I will like to emphasize on some major factors that makes songs in the classroom very important in learning a new language and the general upbringing of children.
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Using Music, Songs and Rhymes as a Teaching Aid
Songs - a Tool for Memorization, Coordination, and Imagination
Carefully Selecting... [Read more]
The Principles of Establishing Rapport in the Classroom - TEFL Blog
Mon, 02 Mar 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
The Principles of Establishing Rapport in the Classroom
Individuals like nurses, doctors, therapists, and teachers who are employed in the helping professions build positive and trusting relationships with the people that they work with by establishing rapport. Rapport can be defined as a friendly and harmonious relationship characterized by mutual understanding or empathy making communication possible and easy (Merriam-Webster, 2019).
Table of Contents
Reasons for Rapport Establishment
Theoretical Aspects
Breaking the Ice
Research in the Field
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Live TEFL Q&A: We Answer All Your TEFL/TESOL Questions - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Live TEFL Q&A: We Answer All Your TEFL/TESOL Questions
Hi, I am back for another live session this week. My name is Linda from ITTT. I took a break last week, I was traveling a little bit in Korea, not too far but I got to enjoy the cherry blossoms. That's why there was no live session from me last week. But I'm back this week and I'm super excited. Today we're going to have a Q&A session, so you guys can ask me questions about TEFL and TESOL, teaching abroad, teaching online, whatever you want to know about. So something a bit more casual, let's have a chat. I would like to get to know you guys better and you can get to know me, ITTT and TEFL. If you can see me and hear me please drop a hi or something into the comment box so that I know that everything is working well.
... [Read more]
Teaching English in 2021 ✅ What You Need to Know - TEFL Blog
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 Federico Riva
Destinations TEFL Information
Teaching English in 2021 ✅ What You Need to Know
Teaching English in 2021. A few people have told me about their teaching journey already, so keep letting me know what your plans are in terms of teaching English abroad or teaching English online. Somebody said they're interested in teaching online, so that's really cool. Someone new has just joined us from Laos, hi there. We have Margaret who is also teaching online, very cool. I'm going to talk a little bit about teaching English online in this presentation. Juliana says hi, I think you've watched before as I recognize your picture, thanks for tuning in again. It's really good to see new faces and old faces in our TEFL family today.
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Watch the live... [Read more]
Live TEFL Q&A: We Answer All Your TEFL/TESOL Questions - TEFL Blog
Wed, 05 May 2021 Federico Riva
TEFL Information
Live TEFL Q&A: We Answer All Your TEFL/TESOL Questions
Hi, I am back for another live session this week. My name is Linda from ITTT. I took a break last week, I was traveling a little bit in Korea, not too far but I got to enjoy the cherry blossoms. That's why there was no live session from me last week. But I'm back this week and I'm super excited. Today we're going to have a Q&A session, so you guys can ask me questions about TEFL and TESOL, teaching abroad, teaching online, whatever you want to know about. So something a bit more casual, let's have a chat. I would like to get to know you guys better and you can get to know me, ITTT and TEFL. If you can see me and hear me please drop a hi or something into the comment box so... [Read more]
TEFL for Beginners: How to Get Started - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
TEFL for Beginners: How to Get Started
02/28/2022
hello everyone hi linda here from itt welcome to another live session um i'm
so happy to be here back for another live session and this week we are going to talk about tefl
for beginners how to get started so this is really for people who are very new to tefl um and
to teaching english as a foreign language um you have heard about it um
and you're kind of thinking hey maybe this is something for me i want to go abroad and teach english or i want to
teach english online but i have no idea how to get started then this live
session is for you yeah welcome hello everyone my name is linda from itt
and um i am live once a week for itttt here on facebook and on youtube and
thank you so much for taking some time out of your day today to be here... [Read more]
How to Become a Freelance TEFL/TESOL Teacher - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
How to Become a Freelance TEFL/TESOL Teacher
03/17/2023
hi Linda here from ITT back this week with another live session and and today
we're going to talk about how to become a freelance tefl teacher all right I
think this is a topic that a lot of people are going to find very interesting um a lot of people are probably going to
want to kind of follow in the in the footsteps of this
newer kind well is it a new career but I mean we've definitely seen some changes
in the teaching industry in the teaching Market um also thanks to the Boom in online
teaching and freelance teaching freelance English teaching has definitely become uh increasingly
popular for many different reasons many of these reasons we're gonna go into we're gonna go into
um what it actually means to be a tefl freelance... [Read more]
Top 5 Underrated TEFL Destinations - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Top 5 Underrated TEFL Destinations
03/28/2023
hi Linda here from ITT back this week with another live session and and today
we're going to talk about how to become a freelance tefl teacher all right I
think this is a topic that a lot of people are going to find very interesting um a lot of people are probably going to
want to kind of follow in the in the footsteps of this
newer kind well is it a new career but I mean we've definitely seen some changes
in the teaching industry in the teaching Market um also thanks to the Boom in online
teaching and freelance teaching freelance English teaching has definitely become uh increasingly
popular for many different reasons many of these reasons we're gonna go into we're gonna go into
um what it actually means to be a tefl freelance teacher
um the... [Read more]
Teaching English in South Korea and China - Alumni Report by Linda D. - TEFL Blog
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 Linda Dunsmore
Alumni Experiences
Teaching English in South Korea and China - Alumni Report by Linda D.
TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF!
What is your nationality?
American and German
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What is your nationality?
What city and state are you from?
How old are you?
What is your education level and background?
Have you traveled abroad in the past? If so, where have you been?
Where did you study?
What made you interested in going to teach English abroad?
What were some of your concerns before teaching abroad?
Why did you decide to get TEFL certified and choose ITTT?
Which TEFL certification course did you take?
How did you like the course?
How has your TEFL training helped you in your current teaching position?
Which city and country did you decide to teach English... [Read more]
Live Session: Overview Of All The Documents You Will Need To Teach English Abroad - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Live Session: Overview of All the Documents You Will Need to Teach English Abroad
Hi guys, Linda here from ITTT with another live session. Super excited to be here again, thanks so much for tuning in today and if you're listening to this as a podcast episode thanks so much for the download, we really appreciated it. We turn all of our live sessions into podcast episodes and you can find them on all major podcast platforms like iTunes, Google Podcasts, and Spotify. Just search for the TEFL and TESOL Podcast by ITTT and you will find all our episodes there.
Hi Tiana, thanks so much for tuning in today. How are you? I'm so excited to be here again and I think today's topic is going to be really interesting for people who want to go abroad and teach. We're going to talk about all the... [Read more]
Live TEFL Q&A: Ask Us Anything! - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Live TEFL Q&A: Ask Us Anything!
03/31/2021
hello hi i am back for another live session this
week my name is linda from itt over here and um yeah hi i took a break last week
i was um traveling actually a little bit of traveling in korea not too far um but yeah i enjoyed the
cherry blossoms so that's why there was no life for me last week
but um yeah i'm back this week i'm super excited to be back and um yeah today we're just
gonna have a um you know q and a session so you guys can ask me questions
about tefl and tesol and everything uh teaching abroad teaching online
whatever you want to know about tefl and tesol and all that good stuff um so yeah that's what i'm here for
today so something a bit more casual um let's have a chat i like to you know uh get to know you
guys better you... [Read more]
How To Work In China As A Non Native English Teacher After The Pandemic - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
How to Work in China as a Non-Native English Teacher After the Pandemic
Hello everybody, lizzy here and I'm super happy to welcome you to this ITTT live session. It's a bit of an unusual time to meet because my sessions are usually on Tuesdays and today is Saturday. Anyway, I'm super happy that you could make it. Today's session is going to be slightly different because we are going to talk with my good friend about teaching in China. I know that many people are interested in this topic, so stay tuned because in a moment he will join me to talk about working in China and stuff like that. If you guys have any questions, feel free to ask them via the comment section. As for the timing for today, we are going to talk for around 60 minutes. I hope that we will be able to discuss all of... [Read more]
Live Session: Overview of All the Documents You Will Need to Teach English Abroad - TEFL Blog
Fri, 04 Jun 2021 Federico Riva
Budget and Salary TEFL Information Teaching Ideas
Live Session: Overview of All the Documents You Will Need to Teach English Abroad
Hi guys, Linda here from ITTT with another live session. Super excited to be here again, thanks so much for tuning in today and if you're listening to this as a podcast episode thanks so much for the download, we really appreciated it. We turn all of our live sessions into podcast episodes and you can find them on all major podcast platforms like iTunes, Google Podcasts, and Spotify. Just search for the TEFL and TESOL Podcast by ITTT and you will find all our episodes there.
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Watch the live session here
Awesome, so keep watching for the documents and let's jump in now we have a good group of people.
Okay,... [Read more]
How to Work in China as a Non-Native English Teacher After the Pandemic - TEFL Blog
Tue, 11 May 2021 Federico Riva
Destinations TEFL Information Alumni Experiences
How to Work in China as a Non-Native English Teacher After the Pandemic
Hello everybody, Liza here and I'm super happy to welcome you to this ITTT live session. It's a bit of an unusual time to meet because my sessions are usually on Tuesdays and today is Saturday. Anyway, I'm super happy that you could make it. Today's session is going to be slightly different because we are going to talk with my good friend about teaching in China. I know that many people are interested in this topic, so stay tuned because in a moment he will join me to talk about working in China and stuff like that. If you guys have any questions, feel free to ask them via the comment section. As for the timing for today, we are... [Read more]
Overview of All the Documents You Will Need to Teach English Abroad - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Overview of All the Documents You Will Need to Teach English Abroad
05/13/2021
hi guys hi linda here from itt with another live
session this week super excited to be here again um
thanks so much for tuning in today and if you're listening to this as a podcast episode
thanks so much for the download we really really appreciated as you might know we turn all of our
live live sessions into podcast episodes and you can find our podcast on all major podcast platforms like
itunes google podcasts spotify um yeah you just search for
itttt or it's actually called the tefl and tesol podcast by itt
and you can find all our episodes there as well so hi guys hi tiana
hi thanks so much for tuning in today how are you how are you
awesome i'm so excited to be here again and i think today's topic is... [Read more]
Future of English Considering its Derivatives Across the World - TEFL Blog
Tue, 21 May 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Future of English Considering its Derivatives Across the World
From the time of the American revolution and onward, there has been a distinctive trend for American English and British English dialects to move away from each other. Whether taught in American English or British English, most people of either type will have little trouble understanding each other. Unlike the many dialects of China, English is a pretty ubiquitous language across the board, with a spattering of unique regional words.
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Rise of American Variant
Phonetic System Derivation
Common American Dialect
Coexistence of British Dialects
Canadian Speech
Are there only British English and American English?
Future of English
Are you ready to spread... [Read more]
How to Teach English in China as a Non-Native English Teacher - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
How to Teach English in China as a Non-Native English Teacher
04/12/2021
hello everybody so lizzy is here and i'm super happy to welcome you to this
uh itttt live session uh it's a bit unusual uh time to meet uh
because my sessions are um usually on tuesdays
and today is saturday anyway um i'm super happy that um you could make
it and i could make it as well so today's session
uh is going to be slightly different uh because we are going to um
talk with my good old friend on the point of china and i know that many people
are interested about this topic uh so stay tuned because just in
just in a moment he will join me uh to talk about work in china and stuff like that and
if you guys have any questions uh feel free to ask them via the comment section
and as for the um as for the timing for... [Read more]
Top Tips for Teaching English as a Non-Native Speaker - TEFL Blog
Tue, 23 Mar 2021 Federico Riva
TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas
Top Tips for Teaching English as a Non-Native Speaker
Hello! Liza is here and if you are guys getting on this stream, let me know if you hear and see me.
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Watch the live session here
I'm specialized in general English, and I often work with young learners as well.
From my perspective, TEFL certification is a significant first step to obtain before looking for a position in a real classroom or even online because it gives you a gist of teaching in general.
So if you are interested in teaching English, don't forget about the many opportunities you have for your self-development and your teaching skills development.
So if you are willing to take a TEFL course or if you know anyone... [Read more]
Top Tips For Teaching English As A Non Native Speaker - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Top Tips for Teaching English as a Non-Native Speaker
Hello! Liza is here and if you are guys getting on this stream, let me know if you hear and see me.
We are about to start. Today's live session is devoted to teaching English as a non-native speaker.
Okay, let me check if anyone is here. Hello! my name is Liza, and today we will talk about teaching English as a non-native speaker. Let me show the name of the session. Hello guys, if you are watching right now, write down a couple of words. I can see your comments, and let me know where you are from? I'm curious. And let me introduce myself quickly. I'm now staying in my hometown in Russia. It is called Yekaterinburg. It's pretty cold today, but the day is so sunny, so I had to close my blinds because my home office space is... [Read more]
Teaching English In 2021: What You Need To Know - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Teaching English in 2021: What You Need to Know
Hello and welcome. Thanks so much for joining me, I'm Linda from ITTT and I’m here for another live session. This time it's on a Thursday morning for me in Korea and maybe Wednesday evening wherever you are. I normally do my live streams on Friday morning so actually I'm a day early, but tomorrow is New Year's day. How exciting is that?
Can you believe it's the last day of 2020, just crazy. I don't know where this year went honestly and it's certainly been a roller coaster ride. Thanks so much for joining me, what we're talking about today is teaching English in 2021. All the things you need to know, trends, predictions, tips, all that kind of stuff.
I see that a lot of people are already watching so please let me know if you can... [Read more]
Overview of TEFL and TESOL for Teaching English Abroad or Online - TEFL Blog
Thu, 25 Feb 2021 Linda Dunsmore
TEFL Information Teaching Ideas
Overview of TEFL and TESOL for Teaching English Abroad or Online
All right, looks like we're live! Awesome! This is great. So thanks so much for tuning in today for our actually very first Facebook live and I'm super happy to be here with Jessica today from GoOverseas. We're gonna talk today about all things teaching English abroad, online, and everything in between. All things TEFL and TESOL and all that good stuff and I'm actually tuning in live from South Korea where it's 9 00 am Friday and I think Jessica is in Southern California. Right, yep it's 5 p.m here so just starting to get dark. I've actually just realized I'm probably going to need the light before the session is over so i'm going to run and do that now... [Read more]
A Look Inside: TEFL/TESOL and Teaching English Abroad or Online - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
A Look Inside: TEFL/TESOL and Teaching English Abroad or Online
10/16/2022
all right looks like we're live awesome
this is great so thanks so much for um tuning in today for our actually very
first facebook live and i'm super happy to be here with jessica today
from go overseas hi everybody and um yeah we're gonna talk today about
all things um teaching english abroad online and everything in between all things
tefl and tesol and all that good stuff and um i'm actually tuning in live from south
korea it's 9 00 am friday where i am and i think jessica is in southern california right yep it's 5 p.m here so
just starting to get dark i've actually just realized i'm probably going to need the light before the session is over so i'm going to run and do that now while
linda's just there's no... [Read more]
Overview Of TEFL And TESOL For Teaching English Abroad Or Online - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Overview of TEFL and TESOL for Teaching English Abroad or Online
All right, looks like we're live! Awesome! This is great. So thanks so much for tuning in today for our actually very first Facebook live and I'm super happy to be here with Jessica today from GoOverseas. We're gonna talk today about all things teaching English abroad, online, and everything in between. All things TEFL and TESOL and all that good stuff and I'm actually tuning in live from South Korea where it's 9 00 am Friday and I think Jessica is in Southern California. Right, yep it's 5 p.m here so just starting to get dark. I've actually just realized I'm probably going to need the light before the session is over so i'm going to run and do that now while Linda just explains today’s topic. No problem, cool.
... [Read more]
The Dos & Don'ts Of Teaching English Abroad - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
The Dos & Don'ts Of Teaching English Abroad
02/27/2023
hi guys hey Linda here from ITTT back
this week with another live session thank you so much for joining me today and taking some time out of your day
today to be here with me and learn something new hopefully about teaching English and today we're going to talk
about the do's and don'ts of teaching English abroad sort of everything you
need to know you should know before you embark on this exciting journey of
teaching English abroad so yeah let me know if you can hear me if you can see me uh drop a hi in the comment section
oh perfect and also let me know where are you watching from today
I already see crystalline here Hi crystaline how are you doing good to see
you again awesome great where are you guys watching from today where... [Read more]