Where Did Koreans Come From

Wed, 26 Aug 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Why Does ESL Education Impacts Language Acquisition? I'm a non-native English speaker who never once benefited from an effective ESL program in her entire school years. It's rather ironic that I became an ESL teacher and taught English for six years, essentially preaching what I had never practiced myself. Table of Contents My Personal ESL Experience Working as an ESL Teacher International Marriage Motivation Challenge First Language Acquisition Do you want to teach English abroad or online? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: Check out what our course grads say in our many video testimonials! This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Somy L. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the...  [Read more]

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 Federico Riva Destinations Alumni Experiences Live Session with ITTT Alumna Brittany from "The Life of Brit" Welcome to another live session this week and we're on at a different time this week. Usually we're a little bit earlier, but we have a special guest today, and that's because she's based in Germany. So we had to change the time a little bit. I'm Linda from ITT, you've probably seen me before, if you've watched us live and I'm here with Brit today. Table of Contents Watch the live session here That's cool, that's exciting. Have you been to Luxemburg? Like I said, we have Brittany here today. We're doing a TEFL talk, sort of a casual TEFL talk today. We are live on Facebook, and we're also live on YouTube. So please don't hesitate to ask questions. Why did you...  [Read more]

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 Federico Riva Destinations TEFL Information Teaching English in South Korea - What you need to know! Hi and welcome to another live session from ITTT. My name is Linda and I'm here today to talk about teaching English in South Korea. Table of Contents Watch the live session here Mandy has asked if I teach in a public or private school or is it all private? I can see a lot of questions already coming in, that's awesome. Great question from Amy. Should anyone even bother looking into teaching abroad while there are COVID lockdowns in place? Mandy says, I'm interested in teaching abroad but South Korea is my ultimate place to teach. I just got done with the TEFL course and I have to finish my practicum to get my certificate. Amy asks, does he still celebrate his...  [Read more]

Teaching English in South Korea - What you need to know! 02/03/2021 hi and welcome to another live session by itt my name is linda and i'm here today um to talk about teaching english in south korea so welcome welcome um i'm just gonna wait for um people to join please do let me know if you can hear me if you can see me or if you're not if you can't hear me if there's a problem if anything's wrong uh because that would be um bad obviously so yeah drop a comment um just leave a high and uh where you're tuning in from that would be really helpful let me know where you guys are watching from and um yeah i can see a few people have joined already hi thanks so much for joining awesome okay i got a yes i can hear you from mika awesome or micah sorry if i pronounce that wrong but yeah uh yeah...  [Read more]

Teaching English in South Korea - What you need to know!   Hi and welcome to another live session from ITTT. My name is Linda and I'm here today to talk about teaching English in South Korea. Let me just show you today's topic so that everybody who's joining knows what's happening today. Today we're talking about teaching English in South Korea and I'm so excited about this topic and it's actually been a super requested topic every time I do a live session. I've been living in Korea for almost six years and I have been teaching a few different classes. I have done summer camps and winter camps and teaching kids and teaching adults, teaching business English, teaching conversation, teaching full-time at a kindergarten and elementary school with afternoon programs and stuff like that....  [Read more]

Live Session with ITTT Alumna Brittany from 'The Life of Brit'   Welcome to another live session this week and we're on at a different time this week. Usually we're a little bit earlier, but we have a special guest today, and that's because she's based in Germany. So we had to change the time a little bit. I’m Linda from ITT, you've probably seen me before, if you've watched us live and I’m here with Brit today. Hi Brit! Hi, thanks for having me, and painting your time to meet my schedule, and thank you so much for getting up early.I know it's early in Germany right now. just have my coffee and I’m good to go.That's awesome,where in Germany are you exactly? so I’m based near Trier, which is along the border with Luxembourg. So very close to Luxembourg? That's cool,...  [Read more]

TEFL Talk with ITTT Alumna Brittany from "The Life of Brit" 11/27/2020 hello welcome to another live session this week and yeah we're on at a different time this week usually we're a little bit earlier um but yeah we have a special guest today and that's why because she's on base in germany so we had to change the time a little bit yeah i'm linda from itt you've probably seen me before if you've watched our lives and i'm here with brit today hi brit hi thanks for having me and painting your time to meet my schedule yeah and thanks so much for getting up early i know it's early in germany right now oh yeah just have my coffee and i'm good to go yeah that's awesome where in germany are you exactly so i'm based near trier which is along the border with luxembourg so very close to luxembourg...  [Read more]

Thu, 23 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Behind Being a Non-Native English-Speaking Teacher Lately, I have been hearing the question "Can a non- native English speaker teach English?" and my answer to this is "YES" but in certain conditions. My answer is based on my experience as a non-native English teacher that is why I chose this topic. I would like to tell my story of being a non-native English teacher. Table of Contents First, I would like to share my good experiences. But working in Thailand also has its downsides like the low salary for teachers. During my search on the internet, I always come across the word "non-native" English teacher. I decided to stop my job searching for a while thinking that this may not be the perfect time for me. Do you want to teach English...  [Read more]

Alumni TEFL Chat with Maddy & Georgia - Two Aussie Sisters Teaching English in Japan 07/08/2021 all right hi hey everyone hi as you can see it's not only me this week welcome to our live stream we have guests today i'm super happy about it hi maddie hi georgia hello hey so yeah back here another for another week and i'm live on a different day i usually go live on fridays so today is very special and also because we have guests so i'm super happy about that and yeah if you are watching if you can see us if you can hear us please just leave a high in the comments that would be really cool and where you're watching from i'm always really curious about where people are watching from and um yeah i'm in south korea my name is linda from itt if you don't know me and i'm yeah about an hour...  [Read more]

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences What It's Really Like Being a Non-Native English-Speaking Teacher Lately, I have been hearing the question "Can a non-native English speaker teach English?" and my answer to this is "YES" but in certain conditions. My answer is based on my experience as a non-native English teacher that is why I chose this topic. I would like to tell my story of being a non-native English teacher. Table of Contents First, I would like to share my good experiences. Thailand Requirements Do you want to teach English abroad? Take a TEFL course! Related Articles: This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Maricor B. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. First, I would like to...  [Read more]

Fri, 14 May 2021 Federico Riva TEFL Information Why You Should Take a TEFL Course Right Now - Even If You Aren't Leaving Yet Hi everybody, thanks so much for tuning in. It's Linda here from ITTT with my morning coffee, because if you've watched me before in one of our live sessions you will know that I am in South Korea and it's currently 10:00 a.m. on Friday morning. So I'm having my morning coffee and I'm going to have a chat with you guys. If you can see me and hear me, please drop a hi or something into the comment box, I would really appreciate it. Table of Contents Watch the live session here We have a question from Rebecca. Do these certifications ever expire? Anyway, why should you take a TEFL course right now, even if you are not leaving yet? Okay, why you should take a...  [Read more]

Why You Should Take a TEFL Course Right Now - Even If You Aren't Leaving Yet   Hi everybody, thanks so much for tuning in. It’s Linda here from ITTT with my morning coffee, because if you've watched me before in one of our live sessions you will know that I am in South Korea and it's currently 10:00 a.m. on Friday morning. So I'm having my morning coffee and I'm going to have a chat with you guys. If you can see me and hear me, please drop a hi or something into the comment box, I would really appreciate it. As you may or may not know, at ITTT we go live twice every week, me on Fridays or maybe Thursdays depending on where you're watching from, and my colleague Liza she goes live every Tuesday. Actually Liza went live on Tuesday and also on Saturday last week because she had a...  [Read more]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Why You Should Take a TEFL Course Right Now - Even If You Aren't Leaving Yet 04/18/2021 hi hey everybody uh thanks so much for tuning in linda here from itt with my morning coffee because if you've watched me before if you've seen me before in one of our lives you know i am in south korea and it's currently 10 a.m friday morning so i'm having my morning coffee and i'm gonna have a chat with you guys so if you can see me if you can hear me if everything's working well please just drop a hi or something into the comment box i would really appreciate it hello hello back for another live session this week as you know or you might not know we at itt we go live um every week twice um me on fridays or maybe thursdays depending on where you're watching from and my colleague lisa she goes live...  [Read more]

Fri, 15 Feb 2019 Jon ITTT Alumni Experiences The 3 Most Important Things I Learned as an EFL Teacher in Korea Looking back at my teaching life, I'm very proud of the teaching experiences I've had. Even though my teaching experiences are limited to one culture, Korea, still they are all very special and unique in their own ways. I started my journey as an EFL teacher a couple of years ago, thinking that I could learn other languages myself. I thought that I would move from place to place, possibly different countries, and learn different languages and get various teaching experiences in different settings. However, it turned out to be Korea only. I could soak up Korean culture and learn the language more easily because of my origin. The more time I spent teaching, the more I got to...  [Read more]

10 Pieces of Advice Every New EFL Teacher Needs to Know 06/23/2022 hello hi everyone linda here from itt back with another live session this week how is everybody doing hope you're doing fine thank you so much for tuning in and spending um taking some time out of your day to spend it with me today as always uh we go live and our live sessions take about 45 minutes sometimes even an hour depends on how many questions you guys have at the end we always have a q a part so this is a time where you can ask me your questions about teaching abroad about tefl about tesol about our courses about anything teaching related that's on your mind that you want to know and today's topic is dedicated to new teachers so i'm going to be sharing 10 pieces of advice that you need to know as a new tefl or efl...  [Read more]

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. Table of Contents 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]

What Scams to Look Out for When Looking for TEFL Jobs 03/04/2021 hi everyone hello and welcome to another live session from ict my name is linda and um yeah i'm back again this week week after week after week still here um it's been you know a fun ride with all of you guys on this uh facebook and youtube live uh journey we've we started doing these lives i believe in october yeah in october last year and you know we've been back every week ever since so it's a lot of fun um just waiting for a couple of other people to join us today um and then we're gonna talk about the most common tefl job scams and how to avoid them so that's today's topic um as always guys uh if you have joined if you can see me and if you can hear me please just leave a hi or something in the comment in the comment...  [Read more]

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 Federico Riva TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Q&A About TEFL/TESOL ✅ Ask us anything! English to me and I'll answer them to the best of my ability. We have a first time watcher Sebastian watching from Cameroon and it is 2:00 a.m. there, wow thanks so much for staying up and watching our live stream, that's awesome. Table of Contents Watch the live session here Muhammad asks how much is the course and how many courses do we have? We have another question from Maria. I did the 120-hour TEFL course, is it valid everywhere? Okay, Hamza wants to inquire concerning the duration of the 120-hour TEFL online course. Another question from Hamza, how much does the 120-hour TEFL online course cost? Okay great, we have a question from Christine. I'm...  [Read more]

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]

Study Abroad vs. Teaching Abroad - What's Better? 02/28/2022 hello good morning or good evening good afternoon good good whatever wherever you are hi my name is linda i'm from itt um welcome to another live session this week i'm super excited to be here today um and to talk about this interesting topic and before we jump in as always a short intro um please don't forget to like and subscribe if you are interested in interested in teaching english abroad online all things tefl and t-saul i highly recommend liking and subscribing um we are live on youtube and on facebook at the same time so if you haven't liked our page if you haven't subscribed to our youtube channel yet now is the perfect opportunity you're already here you have nothing to lose and we share a lot of interesting and...  [Read more]

How Teaching English Abroad Enhances Your Career Prospects 05/27/2021 hello everyone hello tefl friends how are you doing linda here from itt back again with another live session super excited to be here today to talk about this this exciting topic um teaching english abroad and how it enhances your career prospects so i'm just gonna wait uh for a couple of people to join you know how it usually works and um yeah once we're our a good sized group of people we can start diving into this topic and if you can hear me if you can see me please just leave a comment we are live on facebook and on youtube at the same time so wherever you're watching from just leave a quick hi or hello into the comment section and also let me know where you are watching from i am in south korea about an hour and...  [Read more]

How Much Money Can You REALLY Earn When Teaching English?   Hi guys, my name is Linda from ITTT, nice to see you again. If you can see me and hear me just say hi in the comment section, it would be really nice. Yeah, back this week with another exciting topic, how much money can you really make teaching English? Very interesting topic as we all need to know how much money we can make if we want to go and teach English abroad. I'm also going to cover how much money you can make when you teach online, so very important topics that we are covering today. If you are listening to this as a podcast episode, thank you so much for the download. As you might know we always turn our live sessions into podcast episodes that you can find on Spotify, Google Podcasts, iTunes, all of your most...  [Read more]

How much money can you REALLY earn when teaching English? 05/06/2021 hi guys hi another live session this week my name is linda from itt nice to see you again if you can see me if you can hear me just say hi into the comment section it would be really really nice um yeah back this week with another exciting topic as you can see teaching english how much money can you really make okay very interesting topic we all need to know how much money we can make obviously if we want to go and teach english abroad or i'm also going to cover how much money you can make when you teach online so very very important topics um that we are covering today and yeah thanks so much for watching if you are listening to this as a podcast episode thank you so much for the download as you might know we always...  [Read more]

Q&A About TEFL/TESOL: Ask us anything!   Hello and welcome my name is Linda from ITTT, thanks for tuning in. If you are watching for the first time thanks so much and welcome and if you've seen me before on one of our live streams welcome back and thanks for joining us again. If you can see me and you can hear me please let me know in the comments so that I know that everything is working well and also please let me know where you're watching from, that's always very interesting for me to know. I am in South Korea so it's actually 10:00 a.m. on Friday morning and I have my morning coffee right here. Where are you watching from? Let me know as I am really curious. Today we have a live Q&A session so you can throw your questions about TEFL/TESOL and teaching English to me and...  [Read more]

Tue, 25 May 2021 Federico Riva Destinations TEFL Information Alumni Experiences How Much Money Can You REALLY Earn When Teaching English? Hi guys, my name is Linda from ITTT, nice to see you again. If you can see me and hear me just say hi in the comment section, it would be really nice. Yeah, back this week with another exciting topic, how much money can you really make teaching English? Very interesting topic as we all need to know how much money we can make if we want to go and teach English abroad. I'm also going to cover how much money you can make when you teach online, so very important topics that we are covering today. Table of Contents Watch the live session here Hi Brad, welcome back. I have a question from Clint, he asks how is dating there? Allain says, I follow you and...  [Read more]

10 Advantages of Taking a TEFL Course with ITTT 09/11/2021 hi hello everyone linda here from itt back with another live session this week this week at a very different time a time i've never been live before it's very exciting um it is 8 p.m where i am right now in south korea on a friday evening and yeah i thought why not give this time a try and see what happens i usually go live like um 10 hours earlier so in the morning time for me but now i just thought let's see what happens because we we're gonna switch some times up sometimes you know to get other people in who maybe don't have a chance to watch it in the morning time so yeah hi and welcome if you can see me if you can hear me please just leave a quick hello in the comments we are live on facebook and on youtube at the same time...  [Read more]