Alexa Hill

  Alex is from Istanbul, he recently completed one of our TEFL courses and shares his experiences in this TESOL review video. After completing the course, he landed a teaching job in his favorite cities: Istanbul. He enjoyed taking the course with ITTT and recommends this course to anyone who wants to pursue a career in teaching English.  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Hill Michigan and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit went over teaching method focuses, the engage, study and activate technique, and how to perform corrections. I found the task-based learning method to be interesting because it has the students do an activity, like a worksheet, and then afterwords has the teacher address the answers the students gave, including corrections if needed. I liked the straightforward approach to the engage, study and activate method because it flows nicely and provides good pacing for a class of learners. It even...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Rose Hill Indiana and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Unit 11 was about teaching the receptive skills of reading and listening. The unit did a good job of explaining the two main reasons for reading and listening (for a purpose and for entertainment) and explained that even though the two are fairly different, they are also wide ranging and can often times overlap. The unit also explained the various ways that people use these skills ranging from predictive reading and listening or scanning, to focusing on details and deducting reasoning from context. I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Edge Hill Delaware and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Unit 3 covers the development process of the clients. In this unit, we come to know that there are various factors to consider before the lesson commences. Prior to the lesson, it is the teacher's duty to gather information about the student or client. A simple English proficiency test can be given out to the students/clients in order to place them at the right level. Once they have been grouped into the levels, a simple Needs analysis test can be conducted, this is to determine the previous...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Iron Hill Delaware and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit provided a great review of troubleshooting common problems in the classroom. These problems included first lessons, different levels, large classes, use of native language, reluctant students, and difficulties with listening texts. It's likely that teachers will come across a number of these common problems in the classroom, and this unit provided a lot of helpful tips for addressing them. It was emphasized that establishing rapport among students as well as between the teachers and the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Cottonpatch Hill Delaware and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit covers the different types of teachers can use, specifically categorizing them in this case is authentic and non-authentic. A teacher must use a combination of these, both to practice and focus on language skills using non-authentic (perhaps even if level disparity is an issue amount the class), and authentic to practice real world skills. Also, by using authentic material, we imbue confidence into the learners, which generally further improves their communications skills going...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Chapel Hill Delaware and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: I found these videos very effective as it gives clear examples of how a negative teacher can actually affect a classroom of students and their learning abilities. A negative teacher will have the effect that stimulates a un interested approach to learning, not complimenting the students who already must be nervous for embarking on a foreign language course. The unclear examples and guidance also affected the students in many ways as well. In regards to the positive teacher he was able to have all...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Camp Hill Alabama and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit was good because it allowed me the chance to look over a lesson plan that was geared towards how to get students to speak. The section that focused on what to do before, during, and after a speaking lesson was great to be able to look over because it showed different steps that a good teacher would need to take to be able to make an effective speaking lesson plan. In addition to that, it showed how to look at the lesson while teaching, and then how to critique your own lesson afterwards so...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Forest Hill Texas and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Tt is important that as an ESL teacher we use all the tools available to us. Not relying too heavily on a small group of tools helps bring variety to the classroom and maintain the students interests. As ever the board is still the main thing in this classroom. This unit gives a solid overview of the IWB - Interactive White Board - a new fangled invention that apparently creates beautiful experiential learning experiences. I think it must be like a computer inside of a white board. Moving on, we also...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Bishop Hill Indiana and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: The content of this unit was complex and discusses very subtle topics that will take much practice to be able to teach effectively. The sections on intonation and word stress were very interesting; they are aspects of speech that I do not consider often because I am a native speaker. But now, I am realizing the difficulties these aspects will present to non-native English speakers and listeners. The phonetic alphabet will be very helpful, but will take more studying to be truly proficient. So will...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Carbon Hill Indiana and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit was an expansion on the grammar of English. Modal Auxiliary Verbs, which are a set of words that add meaning to the main verb were introduced and explained. They are used in conjunction with other verbs to express different ideas such as requests, obligations, permissions, and etc. Passive and Active voices were also introduced. In passive voice, the object of an active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb, whereas in the passive voice the agent is much less important. Although...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Chapel Hill Tennessee and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: The unit talks about the importance of teaching all 4 of the skills of language and in this unit focused on the receptive skills of reading and listening. It talked about the skills we use when we are listening or reading of predicting, scanning, skimming, looking for details and deducing from a text or listening material. It talked a little about some of the potential problems students could encounter like new vocabulary and how you can overcome this by pre-teaching some vocabulary or other...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Blue Hill Maine and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit focuses on the different types of classes, e.g. Beginner courses, Business English, Individual students, or teaching Children. Each type has its own particular complications and rewards. There are many different types of beginners. Such as, a true beginner, a false beginner has had some experience with English, adult beginners (whom usually are self motivated) vs. young beginners (whom usually aren't personally interested) and those with no knowledge of the Roman alphabet. Individual courses...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Cedar Hill Texas and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit was about types of assessment and how to administer tests. Testing becomes more and more important as students improve and graduate to new English levels. I would think that testing would be especially important for high school students that will have to take entrance exams for English-speaking universities. I suppose how many tests a teacher uses depends on the teacher and the class, but my inclination would be more for shorter, consistent assessment rather than huge tests per unit or...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Pleasant Hill Missouri and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit touches on the importance of lesson planning and helped me understand why flexibility within a lesson is so important. As a very by-the-book person, it can sometimes be challenging for me to not have a plan written down with specific details all the time. As I become a more experienced teacher I will be able to be more and more flexible while not being as strict with my lesson planning. One very important point of this unit is that not only should teachers be constantly evaluating...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Maple Hill Kansas and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Unit 19 discussed some of the different groups an ESL teacher might encounter. The unit covers teaching beginners, children, individual lessons and business oriented learners. Some aspects of teaching/lesson planning are similar with each group,i.e. determining levels of the learners, determining their interests. But, each group comes with its own special challenges and considerations. Some of these considerations could include motivation levels, age specific challenges or occupation specific...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Red Hill Alabama and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit explores the different past tenses that we can use to describe events in the past. These are: the past simple, the past continuous, the past perfect, and the past perfect continuous. These tenses are explored in more detail, their structure and usages are given, and we are given some tips for the activate teaching stage for these tenses. In this unit I feel I have learnt to properly identify a past tense sentence, and be able to better explain the differences between the various past tenses....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Sharon Hill Pennsylvania and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: In unit 9 focused on the importance of a lesson plan in that it provides a flexible, working document one can refer to during the lesson and a point of reference as to what has been taught and what needs to be taught in the future. A lesson plan is also useful when another teacher might need to take over the lesson. The content of the lesson plan can vary from teacher to teacher, but the learning objective, language point, phase, timing, and anticipated problems, I feel, are particularly...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Carbon Hill Alabama and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Unit 4 is difficult for me for two main reasons. First, because I am a native speaker of English, and the verb tenses are things I learned naturally in my youth and seldom had to study in school (and when I did they were quickly forgotten because that information was never used). Second, as an EFL teacher in South Korea I never had to teach anything beyond the simple tenses; my Korean co-teachers took care of most of the grammar and mechanics. Excuses? Yes, but also reality. I don't expect to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Rose Hill Iowa and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit was extremely awesome and necessary because it explains and goes into depth about the future tenses in the English language. The tense system is very important when students want to form sentences and communicate effectively in an English speaking environment. This unit thoroughly explains the future tenses including; the future simple, the future continuous, the future perfect, the future perfect continuous, be going + infinitive, the present simple, and the present continuous. This unit also...  [Read more]