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  The ITTT Blog is a one-stop shop for all your TESOL related news, reviews, and information. The blog has hundreds of articles to browse through, all written by our own TESOL experts and some of our many course graduates who are now working as English language teachers all over the world. Among the many posts, you will find sections on visas and work permits, salaries and budgets, and a vast amount of teaching ideas. One of the most popular sections focuses on teaching destinations. Within this section you will find a wealth of information regarding the most popular teaching spots and some that you might never have heard of. Our TESOL course graduates play a big role in keeping the blog full of up to date and interesting information. Browse through their posts and you will...  [Read more]

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TEFL Lemon began in 2014 as an ESL blog on the WeChat platform in China, quickly becoming the biggest ESL blog on WeChat. TEFL Lemon provided English teachers with ELT articles to read and share, as well as free ESL lesson ideas, ESL games and fun speaking activities which TEFL teachers could use in their classes. English teachers in China could also download free ESL flashcards on a variety of themes. Following their success on the WeChat platform, in 2018, TEFL Lemon decided to build their own website to offer their ESL Flashcard Games for Kids, ESL Warmers, ESL games and speaking activities for teens and adults for free to TEFL teachers around the world. You can visit their website here. Not only do TEFL Lemon offer teachers brilliant ESL games and teaching ideas, but they also have...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Institute Flexible 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.S. - U.S.A. said: Cultural Sensitivity in the ClassroomThe learning environment for the student is vitally important, and no less delicate then a multi layered Baklava. The learning environment can make a sudden shift, be it from a student’s mood or a serious electrical problem. However, nothing else can speedily disrupt the learning environment in a classroom as when a teacher is unaware of stepping on the toes of a student’s cultural views. A teacher must therefore be aware of the areas of...  [Read more]

  If you like the idea of earning extra income without having to do much at all, then you will love our ITTT partnership program. To earn money all you need to do is refer people to us who you think might be interested in taking a TESOL certification course and teaching English online or overseas. If someone you refer signs up for an online TESOL course or makes a deposit on an in-class or combined course, you will receive a 30% commission. If you sign up to the program today, you could start earning straight away. We have a range of special banners and embedded text that you can add to any website or blog that you own, or to any others that you contribute to. These links will automatically direct your readers to our services. For anyone that doesn’t have access to a website...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Dates Easy 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: J.J. – U.S.A. said: Background: I am applying for the Peace Corps. I am told I will be located in Asia in a university setting. I have taught refugees, male and female, adult beginners in english, who escaped to the U.S. during the Vietnam War. I currently teach conversational english to female students (intermediate level) who are spouses, mothers, or daughters of visiting professors, post-docs, or men getting their PhDs at Oregon State University in the U.S. I worked for 26 years for the National...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lemmon South Dakota 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 productive skills consist of two parts which is speaking and writing. Almost most of the time, writing has been neglected by most people. Usually students really eager to speak more fluent than write better. In my opinion this could be true because speaking is much more practical as we use it in our daily life or when you go travelling. Writing on the other hand is more of producing articles or stories or even a blog in nowadays life. Whether it is in formal or informal format, writing takes...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Clarksville United States 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 18 speaks about four grammar arguments: modal auxiliary verbs, the passive voice, the relative clauses and phrasal verbs. There are many modal verbs, with different shades of meaning. An example are may and might, the meaning is almost the same, but with a little difference, has explained into the chart at page 2-3. About the relative clauses and phrasal verbs, there is only a brief overview. This two topics must be studied in deep by myselfHaving the knowledge of Special Groups,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Changshi China 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 lesson provides a general overview of the various teaching techniques. There are multiple methods to teach and while each method has its positives and negatives, it is suggested for new teachers to use ESA- engage, study, activate. Numerous examples of this teaching method were provides as well as definitions and examples of the various steps. Additional information was given, such as correction and feedback techniques.This was an interesting unit which sent me to Google to look up...  [Read more]

{ "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ [ ] ] } Establishing your own online teaching business is a viable option for those who prefer autonomy over working with established platforms. This entrepreneurial route allows you to set your own schedule and tailor your teaching style to your preferences. While anyone can theoretically start an online teaching business, having some prior teaching experience can significantly aid in its successful launch. This is the approach that our former TESOL trainee Bri took and she has shared her story and a range of essential tips via the ITTT blog page link below. How To Start Your Own ESL Teaching Service  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Democratic Republic Of The Congo Boma 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: Having attempted to learn Spanish, Japanese, Thai, and Korean has made me very aware of intonation. For example, a word in Thai spoken in a rising high pitch tone, can mean something completely different if spoken in a falling low tone. I became aware of this when I was with my Thai tutor and she started laughing and turned red in the cheeks when I said a word. Apparently, what I had said was the word for female menstruation. Because of this, I can understand why students who...  [Read more]

Linda is a passionate traveler and English teacher exploring the world one country at a time. After studying Mandarin Chinese, she moved to Guangzhou, China, to pursue an internship at a German online marketing company. She loved it so much that she decided to move back to China after finishing her Bachelor’s degree in Management in California. After working in online marketing for a while, she got into English teaching. Teaching English overseas has enabled her to experience life in different countries and fund her passion for travel. She taught English in China for a year and also during my her year in South Korea. She’s been living in South Korea since 2015 and returned to working in online marketing and teaching online in 2016 remotely. On her Website, she shares her tips and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Shijiazhuang 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: As a high school student way back, I have not been very good in creative writing. Then when I was in college, blogs became popular. I read lots of it and eventually found myself writing some too. My blogs never got an audience for it to be critiqued by ‘expert’ writers though. My concern is I might have a tough time if I were to teach creative writing. There would be no problem with spelling, layout, and punctuation but content-wise, that is what I am not very confident to teach. ...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about Class Advanced 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: J.B. - U.S.A. said: Teaching Slang and IdiomsSlang is defined by the Merriam Webster Learning Dictionary as: “words that are not considered part of the standard vocabulary of a language and that are used very informally in speech especially by a particular group of people.” Idiom is defines as: “an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but that has a separate meaning of its own.” There are many reasons why individual students choose to study english as a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Shangzhou 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.P. - Colombia said: My Master's degree included many linguistics classes, so this unit was quite familiar to me. Naturally, I'm one of those teachers who focuses heavily on pronunciation in my classes, and I find the students to be delighted to learn the nuances of English pronunciation. It's like a light comes on! Understanding where and how sounds are pronounced is indispensable when helping students articulate sounds that don't occur in their mother tongue. And often it's not difficult to say - just...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Tampa 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.T. – U.S.A. said: This unit discusses some very important grammar points including phrasal verbs, the difference between direct and passive voice, modal auxiliary verbs, and reported/indirect speech. Phrasal verbs can be difficult to learn - they convey a meaning by combining a verb and one or two particles, and don't necessarily make literal sense (for example \"blow up\"). The unit mentions that the teacher should try to use these often during classroom discussions and that they might be most easily taught as...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Comprehensive TESOL Cities 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.P. - U.S.A. said: Pronunciation Problems in FranceWhile language instructors frequently focus on conveying the grammatical foundations of english to their students, an important complementary aspect of language acquisition is frequently ignored: pronunciation. Learning to properly produce the sounds that characterize english is a crucial component of expression. A student can exhibit a mastery of english but nonetheless be limited to written communication if his or her accent is impossible to...  [Read more]

English is one of the most commonly used second languages across much of the world and it is currently being studied by tens of millions of people from all backgrounds and cultures. How and where they choose to study can vary considerably, but one thing that most English language students have in common is that their studies are led by a tutor known as a TESOL teacher (or something similar such as ESL teacher, TEFL teacher, etc). The role of a TESOL teacher is to slowly build up their student's abilities in the four language skills; reading, writing, speaking, and listening, to enable them to reach their individual study goals, which could be for work, study, travel, or a variety of other reasons. Please note: the acronym TESOL stands for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. ...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Accelerated TESOL Diploma 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: H.M. - U.S.A. said: Cultural sensitivity in the classroomThe Cambridge online dictionary defines culture as ‘the way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a particular group of people at a particular time’. Cultural sensitivity means being aware that cultural differences and similarities exist and have an effect on values, learning, and behavior. (Stafford, Bowman, Eking, Hanna, & Lopoes-DeFede (1997) Cultural sensitivity in an ESL classroom is best dealt with when students are...  [Read more]