Become A Tefl Teacher

  The simple answer is no, you do not need to have any knowledge or experience of languages other than English to take a TEFL course or to become an EFL teacher. The ability to speak other languages is not required as the vast majority of TEFL classrooms around the world rely on the communicative approach to English teaching that specifies that English is the only language used in the classroom. In multilingual classrooms where the students could have a dozen or more different first languages, being able to communicate in one or two of them would obviously be of no particular advantage. In monolingual classrooms you may also find that students are more inclined to revert to their mother tongue during the lesson if they are aware that the teacher can understand what is being said....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Fee TESOL Residential 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: S.A. - South Korea said: First of all, I would like to thank my tutor, Peter, for his strict recommendation and good leading skills. Being even experienced teacher, I had a good time with revising and refreshing some difficult grammar usage; discovered the new planning systems (straight arrows, patchwork, boomerang and so on); had a lot of practice to plan many lessons; clarified some special moments in teaching young learners (besides my students mostly are young learners), individual learners, got...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Company TESOL Teacher 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: A.H. – U.S.A. said: I have gained a great deal more from the course than I originally thought I would. I have learned the basics of teaching as well as the details of how to deal with a variety student/course/classroom situations, problems, and difficulties. I have learned how to prepare for and teach a class by using the ESA method. I have been given valuable tools to use in the classroom and many activity and exercise ideas, as well as ways to adapt everyday games, items, or resources to be suitable...  [Read more]

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  Yuliia from Ukraine had been working as a lawyer before deciding to change careers and become an English teacher. In this TEFL review video, Yuliia tells us that she learnt a great deal of new information about English teaching from her course. She plans to use her certificate to teach English as a foreign language abroad. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. The usages of each tense can be confusing to work out with constant reference to the unit...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about College TESOL Teacher 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: J.H. - U.S.A. said: english as a Global LanguageGlobalization has invaded almost every square mile of this planet. Hegemonic cultural norms that were once seen as “Western” have invaded nations at an extremely fast pace. Western cultures, ideologies and ways of life have become crucial for progress and success. It is no wonder why learning english is in such high demand. Markets for english schools have been popping up throughout the world in nations as far as Thailand to Costa Rica, with the need for...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Colleges TESOL Online 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: C.G. – U.S.A. said: I feel that the course was very well structured and covered areas which are necessary to enter a classroom with the confidence to begin teaching right from the get-go. I feel like have personally gained confidence as well in myself with the english language at I am not a native speaker but at a native level. And I plan on further learn and deepen my english education at some point in the near future. As of now I plan to gain as much experience as possible in a classroom. I am not too...  [Read more]

  Yolanda's experience on ITTT's 120-hour online TEFL course helped her to become a more effective teacher as she explains in this TEFL review video. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. In this unit it has become clear for me that motivated students who are asking questions will be good learners. Also that is important to have good control over the class, make sure you are encouraging and motivating the students to learn as well as prompting them...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Doing A TESOL 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: K.A. - U.K. said: Differences in the japanese and english education experiences for the young japanese learnerMost schools in Japan have the same three-term system as in england, although the year begins in April, not September. When students begin the year in September in England it can be disorientating as they are half way through their school year in Japan. This can also be true for students returning at the end of the year. Homework in Japan is more rigorous than in England. The japanese students have daily...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Tripoli 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: R.S. – Ireland said: Teaching pronunciation and phonology has always been a hard thing for me as I personally have trouble learning such academic theories about my mother tongue. As I previously learnt having learned Chinese before, the position of the tongue and the way the mouth moves when speaking plays a vital role in being able to successfully pronounce a word, and this unit has reinforced that for me. The international phonetic alphabet although I understand its use and benefits, my personal opinion is that...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Fukuoka 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: J.Y. - Bangladesh said: This unit described the different methodologies of teaching, focusing on the ESA method. It was very interesting to compare these methods (mainly ESA) to the way my professors in college taught their language classes. Reading some of the descriptions of activities reminded me of specific lessons from some of my classes. It has given me a few ideas about how I might go about teaching similar things. I really appreciate the many ideas for activities for the different ESA phases. As I was reading...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Courses Nanjing 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: M.C. – U.S. said: Unit 6, on the utilization of past tenses, has given me invaluable ways to outline the general uses of different verbs with clarity, present simple formulas to apply, and anticipate common problems. For the past simple, I now have an available toolkit of creative activation ideas to teach irregular verbs, as well as the foresight to lend particular focus to drills on negative and question formats. In introducing the past continuous form to students, I feel confident that the suggested...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Shantou 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: L.C. – U.K. said: In this Unit, I learned the importance of ESA by Jeremy Harmer. ESA is broken down into three stages which are engaging, study and activities. Not only did I learn why it is a better method than the other theories or techniques but I also learned examples for each stage. For example, during the engage stage you want to get all your students conversing in the language being taught, and you van achieve this by using games such as listing, pictures or fizz buzz. However, you don't want to focus on...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Qingdao 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: T.W. – U.S.A. said: This unit focused on the productive skills of speaking and writing. As for speaking we learned that we speak out of a need or desire, and that accuracy and fluency are both equally important in teaching but accuracy will be more reserved for study phases while fluency is more a part of activate phases. Fluency activities can be further divided into controlled, guided, and creative activities. There may be several hurdles to getting students speaking, but the teacher's job is to create the need...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Leiyang 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: M.N. – U.S.A. said: The unit looks at productive skills of writing and speaking plus having games in the classroom. Although the skill sets are different the common theme is to communicate. Students and teachers may find it easier to practice speaking in class than writing. Writing is often used for homework, where the student has more time to focus. There are a number of different activities that can be done to help students gain both accuracy (use of the correct language and language structure) and fluency (flow...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Arizona 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: A.K. - Australia said: As a teacher, one of the most important things to bring to the classroom is a positive and welcoming attitude. Knowing all of the material and bringing worksheets will not solicit the engaging response from students that you need to have an effective lesson. As exhibited by the two videos, the contrast between attitude and method of teaching displayed just how prominent the teacher's role is in ensuring a warm environment. Students cannot learn if they are intimidated to speak or get an...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Toronto 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: A.K. – France said: This unit was very informative for me. I got acquainted with new types of teaching technologies. Some I will try to apply in my work, for example: CLT (The communicative Language Teaching), the Task-Based Language. I liked the detailed description of the stages of the lessons - elements 'ESA' - Engage, Study and Activate. And also the activities at each stage of the lesson, a detailed description of the examples. For me, the first phase is difficult. It is an element ? Engage ?. This is...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Nanjing 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: A.D. - France said: This unit provides a vast varieties of methodologies, theories and techniques which are essential for teaching, thus inspires ideas to improve teaching techniques. The methodologies instructed by the unit allow the instructor to choose the most appropriate one according to different circumstances, culture, and needs of the students. Moreover, the method of ESA allows the teacher to design the lesson using a Straight Arrow way, which is to Engage, Study and Activate. Furthermore, the instructor can...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Skoplje 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: D.M. - Greece said: Unit 1 is an introduction to the \"Teaching Business English\" course where we can find the course content, its aims and objectives and our opportunities in career development. We can ultimate the course in less than a week or in six months, depending on our specific needs. We are approaching this course upon completion of a TEFL course, which is the most widely recognized certification to teach English as a Foreign language. As English is the modern language of business, international companies...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Nairobi 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: E.L. - Philippines said: The two productive skills in a language are, speaking and writing. This unit discussed the difference in accuracy and fluency exercises. Both are important, with writing accuracy can be more important since there may not be a chance to fix any mistakes that were made, where as with speaking you often have a chance to fix the problem. When we are working on productive skills it is very important to get all the students feeling comfortable to try speaking by finding ways to encourage them. When...  [Read more]