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Empowering ESL Educators: A Guide to Free Teaching Tools - TEFL Blog
Fri, 24 Nov 2023 Federico Riva
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Empowering ESL Educators: A Guide to Free Teaching Tools
Navigating the realm of ESL teaching is both rewarding and challenging. To equip educators with versatile and effective resources, a myriad of free tools has emerged, revolutionizing the way English as a Second Language (ESL) is taught. These tools not only streamline lesson planning but also enrich classroom engagement and student learning experiences. In this comprehensive guide, we delve into an array of invaluable free resources tailored specifically for ESL teachers, empowering them to craft dynamic and impactful lessons that resonate with diverse learners.
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Theories, Methods & Techniques of Teaching - Grammar Translation
The purpose of grammar translation then is to basically translate between L1 and L2 and vice versa. So, we could take a simple example. Let's imagine that our native language was English and our target language was French and let's assume that we want to translate a document from French into English. Let's take a simple sentence. Here's a sentence in French "Ouvre la fenêtre" and we'll add "s'il vous plaît" at the end. What we want to do is to take this L2 and translate it back into English. Now, if we have a reasonable knowledge of French then we may well know that this particular verb "ouvre" "to open" translates directly and this female form of the and finally the fenêtre "Open the window" and this polite... [Read more]
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Can I get a teaching job with an online TEFL certificate? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
Can I get a teaching job with an online TEFL certificate?
You can certainly get a teaching job with an online TEFL certificate. In fact, you can probably get a teaching job without any kind of qualifications or experience whatsoever. The real question is, can you get a quality teaching job with good pay and comfortable working conditions with an online certificate? The answer is still YES, if you make sure you sign up for the best quality online course you can find.
The main problem for online trainees is the obvious lack of any practical teaching experience. If you can afford a month-long in-class training course that includes multiple hours of teaching practice in a real classroom, you will be able to apply for a wider range of jobs in most parts of the world. If you choose the cheaper... [Read more]
How much does it cost to get TEFL certified online? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
How much does it cost to get TEFL certified online?
Completing a TEFL certification course online has been a very popular option for some time as it is a much more convenient approach than an in-class course for many people. If you have any existing commitments that you cannot leave behind, such as work, study, or family, an online TEFL certification course provides a great way to get qualified while working from home in your own time. The other major benefit of an online course over an in-class course is the financial outlay. The bottom line is that an online TEFL certification course is an affordable route into teaching English as the course has far fewer overheads than a traditional classroom based course.
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Top 5 Countries to Teach English Abroad for History Buffs - TEFL Blog
Tue, 27 Aug 2019
Joanna Dineva
Destinations
Top 5 Countries to Teach English Abroad for History Buffs
Teaching English abroad is a wonderful way to travel and experience new cultures. For those of us who also love to learn about ancient civilizations and learn from the past, there are a few countries that offer the chance to immerse yourself in history. I reviewed lists that ranked the best places to teach English abroad in 2019 based on a number of google searches, salary opportunities, and how many programs they offer and compare them to the lists of countries with the greatest historical significance and came up with a list of the top 5 countries to teach English abroad for history buffs.
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5. EGYPT
4. MEXICO
3. SPAIN
2. CHINA
1. JAPAN
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Can I get a teaching job with an online TEFL certificate? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
Can I get a teaching job with an online TEFL certificate?
You can certainly get a teaching job with an online TEFL certificate. In fact, you can probably get a teaching job without any kind of qualifications or experience whatsoever. The real question is, can you get a quality teaching job with good pay and comfortable working conditions with an online certificate? The answer is still YES, if you make sure you sign up for the best quality online course you can find.
The main problem for online trainees is the obvious lack of any practical teaching experience. If you can afford a month-long in-class training course that includes multiple hours of teaching practice in a real classroom, you will be able to apply for a wider range of jobs in most parts of the world. If you choose the cheaper... [Read more]
6 Must-Have Apps When Living In China - TEFL Blog
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.
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WECHAT
Messaging
Wallet
Payments
Translation
ALIPAY
VPN
TAOBAO
GOOGLE TRANSLATE
DUOLINGO
Other Useful Apps
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The Necessity of Translation for the English Language Learners - TEFL Blog
Mon, 03 Jun 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
The Necessity of Translation for the English Language Learners
A language is a particular form of communicating information, feelings, or ideas. Words and speech change depending on the country, area, or social group. The language belongs to the Culture 's Universe and Culture is undoubtedly evolutionary. So does language. Thus, when one has to put in touch people with different mother tongue, from different countries, different age, etc. They have to take into consideration they will put in touch different cultures. In order to get this communication successful for teaching or learning a new language, it is important that teachers and students understand what these differences are.
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Essential Apps for EFL Teachers ✅ - TEFL Blog
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]
Step-By-Step Guide to Legally Teaching English in the Czech Republic - TEFL Blog
Thu, 18 Oct 2018 Christine Thompson
Visa and Legal Destinations
Step-By-Step Guide to Legally Teaching English in the Czech Republic
Though quite bureaucratic for non-EU passport holders, it is by no means impossible to get permission to work and stay legally in the Czech Republic. Depending on your country of origin, the process will differ slightly, but the following should give you a good idea of the process involved:
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Step 1: Understanding the Visa Situation
Step 2: Documents You Will Need
Step 3: Get Your TEFL Certification
Step 5: Apply for Jobs
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Teaching Slang and IdiomsMany years ago when I was going to school in Montreal I roomed with students from Malaysia, Taiwan, Nicaragua, and Montreal. They all knew English as a second language and were going to an English university. They were all functioning well within the formal structure of the education system. It didn't take long for me to discover that they often had puzzled looks on their faces as I was speaking. I was probably one of the... [Read more]
Teaching With The Help of Interesting Resources - TEFL Blog
Fri, 16 Aug 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Teaching With The Help of Interesting Resources
As our world evolves, it presents a variation of digital tools that can be used as support when teaching a Second Language. The number of students that need to learn a new language continually grows. Considering this, teachers need to update and improve their teaching style and use every tool that is presented to them.
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Process of Learning
Teaching Aids
Benefits
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Reason for Embarking on a TEFL Journey - TEFL Blog
Tue, 19 May 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Reason for Embarking on a TEFL Journey
The introverted Nathaniel struggled immensely through primary, high school, college, and music school. His first battle was learning how to read. At this point, no one knew he possessed a learning difficulty.
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Berlin, Germany
Learning Efforts
Colombia
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How English Grammar Can be Acquired More Effectively by ESL Students - TEFL Blog
Mon, 06 Jan 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
How English Grammar Can be Acquired More Effectively by ESL Students
Grammar, the key element to all languages, is, by all means, the first thing which everyone must have a clear understanding of before acquiring such language. From parts of speech to sentence structure, the complexity of grammar doesn't seem to have a sign of decrease as ESL students' vocabulary range increases. In all respects, the fundamental problem to all learners who treat English as a second language is that they never take it as a first language but try to understand the meaning behind every word with the aid of their mother tongue, their first language. In this essay, I would like to focus on one of the smallest parts of grammar - syntax as the starting... [Read more]
The Fun Side of Group Teaching - TEFL Blog
Tue, 04 Jun 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
The Fun Side of Group Teaching
Can you imagine being in a foreign country and you don't speak the language? You are a new student, who is shy, nervous. You haven't made any friends yet and you don't have confidence in your speaking skills. A classroom could be a terrifying place to be which is why the role of the teacher is so important. Since most non-English speaking students are typically shy in English class, teaching English through various types of methods such as "groups" can be beneficial to the students.
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Learning Based on Real-life Communicaton
Grouping Techniques
Choice of Activities
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The Benefits of Foreign Language Experience When Traveling the World - TEFL Blog
Tue, 23 Apr 2019 Mark Crocker
Alumni Experiences
The Benefits of Foreign Language Experience When Traveling the World
In April 2018 I quit my job and began traveling around the world. Since then, I have taught myself Russian and improved my teaching skills by helping others with languages I am familiar with. The more places I visited on my journey, the more I became interested in foreign languages. I had the chance to teach people German and English, while also learning other languages and alphabets from them. I realized that while helping others, I developed a passion for teaching. I then decided to travel to Southeast Asia and acquire a TEFL certificate, which will enable me to teach English and live in a foreign country.
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English as a Global Language: What Motivates Students to Learn English? - TEFL Blog
Fri, 24 Jan 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
English as a Global Language: What Motivates Students to Learn English?
As an international study major in college, I learned that the United Nations, a non-governmental organization, officially recognizes six world languages: every meeting, written document, and speech are translated into these languages. English is one of them. It is spoken and written by billions of people around the world. Having traveled in eight countries myself, I was surprised to have seen how commonplace it was for countries to translate directional signs in both the official language and in English. A student's mastery of the English language, or in any language, can be a difficult journey to venture. Therefore, this essay will explore what factors may... [Read more]
Anticipated Problems When Teaching English Vocabulary - TEFL Blog
Tue, 26 Nov 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Anticipated Problems When Teaching English Vocabulary
Young children, even when they are learning their native tongue, learn the words before they learn how to apply them correctly and as a result, children often make mistakes in their grammar, however, even when they do, it is mostly the vocabulary or the order of the words which still provides a degree of context which makes the message they intend to convey understandably and thus susceptible to improvement. It is exactly because of this fact that in this essay, I would like to dive into teaching vocabulary.
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Some reflections and advice
Teaching vocabulary in primary school
Teaching vocabulary to teenagers
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Q&A with a Non-Native ESL Teacher: "I can't find a job! What to do?" - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Q&A with a Non-Native ESL Teacher: "I can't find a job! What to do?"
07/22/2021
hey guys it's lizzy here and today we are going to discuss a
really crucial issue uh so i would like to uh draw everybody's attention to the
problem of getting a job as a non-native esl teacher
uh for some reason um i get constantly asked about this situation
and people usually say like i got tefl certified but i can't find a job or in general i can't
find a job without any reasons and i don't know what to do so um
i believe that this uh point uh is super important to uh cover
that is why uh today i decided to have this q a session
uh with you and address your problems and try
myself try try my best to help you out to overcome
this trouble to overcome this problem so um what we are going to do
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The 8 Best Classroom Tools Every Teacher Should Use - TEFL Blog
Fri, 12 Jun 2020 Kavinna Batra
Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas
The 8 Best Classroom Tools Every Teacher Should Use
Technology is something that is coming strong! Teachers need to incorporate technology besides from online resources. Teachers can use trusted online resources and different applications to keep students more engaged and to enhance the traditional ways of teaching. Online assessments, grading software, and virtual lesson plans can help teachers save a lot of time.
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Socrative
Quizlet
Just Press Record
Trello
Tomato Timer
Google Calendar
Google Classroom
Class Dojo
Which is your favorite tool?
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How the English Language Can Help to Change the World - TEFL Blog
Tue, 03 Dec 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
How the English Language Can Help to Change the World
Lately or, it is better to say, since the "boom" of the globalization processes in the middle of the 1990s the world is facing many profound changes in different aspects of life: the way people communicate, the way people buy and sell things, new services and professions has emerged, the way people travel, the way people move from one place to another in their day by day activities, the way people know new cultures and so on. And all of these changes are also true to companies and their business, to the development of new technologies, to governments and to the way heads of states rule their countries.
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Cultural sensitivity in the classroom Teachers of English as a Second Language have the responsibility of being academically qualified and prepared to teach language learners about the various components of English; however, they also have the responsibility of being culturally sensitive towards the values and perspectives maintained by their students. In order for education to be effective, teachers must create a rapport with their students. Respect... [Read more]
Teaching Idioms and Slang: Why Learning Idioms and Slang Connects Cultures - TEFL Blog
Thu, 05 Sep 2019 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Teaching Idioms and Slang: Why Learning Idioms and Slang Connects Cultures
When it comes to learning a new language, the way that we make it comfortable for us is to try and relate it to our language. How many times have you met someone from another country and you ask them how to use swear words or how to say something is cool in their native language. Since English is very commonly spoken all over the world, for students to learn idioms and slang is for them to not only learn how to say certain things but get a deeper cultural understanding. With that deeper understanding comes relativity to their own lives, which means they see the ways that we are more similar instead of different.
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The 5 Most Common Types of EFL Students and How to Deal with Them - TEFL Blog
Tue, 19 Jun 2018 Linda Dunsmore
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The 5 Most Common Types of EFL Students and How to Deal with Them
So you have got your TEFL certificate in hand and are about to set foot into your very own classroom abroad. You have planned your lessons, created your teaching materials and marked the right pages in your textbook. There's only one more thing to consider: challenging students! Here are the 5 common types of EFL students and how to deal with them in the classroom.
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1. The Dominator
2. The Class Clown
3. The Silent Student
4. The Translator
5. The Arguer
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How Traveling The World Inspired Me To Teach English - TEFL Blog
Wed, 27 Mar 2019 Linda Dunsmore
Alumni Experiences
How Traveling The World Inspired Me To Teach English
In April 2018, I quit my job and began traveling around the world. Since then, I taught myself Russian and improved my teaching skills by helping others with languages I am familiar with. The more places I visited on my journey, the more I became interested in foreign languages.
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"Learn from locals while teaching them."
"Traveling is one of the best ways to improve and educate yourself."
"Once you're able to communicate, there will be new opportunities!"
"It's not just about providing knowledge but also gaining knowledge while teaching."
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Theories, Methods & Techniques of Teaching - The Classical Method
Before looking at the methods or approaches themselves, there are some terms that we need to define. These are the approach, the method or the technique. Basically, these are hierarchical. The approach is an overriding set of principles that a method can actually make use of, whereas the technique are the things that we actually do in the classroom to approach that method. So, these three words are going to appear during the presentation. Again, for each of either the approaches all the methodologies we're going to ask four questions. So be it an approach or a method for each of those things: Where did it come from? What's its background? What does it involve when we're talking about actually in the classroom,... [Read more]
7 Amazing Winter and Christmas ESL Activities Your Students Will Love - TEFL Blog
Tue, 20 Nov 2018 Linda Dunsmore
Teaching Ideas
7 Amazing Winter and Christmas ESL Activities Your Students Will Love
When the aroma of gingerbread and eggnog is in the air, you know it's time to translate your love for the most beautiful season of the year into your TEFL classroom with winter ESL activities!
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1. What makes the perfect winter day?
2. Write an article for a local newspaper
3. Make paper snowflakes
4. Read something about winter
5. Play a game of Taboo
6. Holiday Extravaganza!
7. If everything else fails: These worksheets do the trick!
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Phonetics Difficulties for French Students - TEFL Blog
Tue, 14 Jan 2020 Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Phonetics Difficulties for French Students
One of the most important problems encountered while learning a foreign language is undoubtedly pronunciation. Knowing a language fluently may not always be enough. Fluency level may be open to discussion if an accurate pronunciation is not used. Therefore as teachers, we must teach our students how to use the correct pronunciation. However, pronunciation can be a nightmare for some students, especially for young learners.
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Common Errors in Pronunciation
/h/ Sound
Ways to Fix Errors
Articulation
Simple Way to Overcome the Problem
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Live Event: The Best Ideas for Online TEFL Teaching in 2021 - TEFL Blog
Wed, 14 Apr 2021 Federico Riva
TEFL Information Teaching Ideas
Live Event: The Best Ideas for Online TEFL Teaching in 2021
Hello everybody, I'm glad to see that some people have already joined me. My name is Liza, your ITTT TEFL friend and today we are going to talk about the most interesting topic from all of them I suppose. We are going to discuss online teaching and during this session I am going to share several ideas on how to enhance your online classes in 2021. I hope you enjoy it because it's something really cool to try and before we start let me quickly check if the equipment is working, if you see me clearly and if you hear me clearly please let me know in the comment section.
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