Henry Harvin Tefl Academy

  Iban is currently living and teaching at an English academy in Pamplona, Spain. In his TEFL review, Iban tells us that he took the 120-hour TEFL course with ITTT. Iban appreciated the support he received from his online tutor throughout the course and the fact that he was able to put what he was learning into practice with his teaching job. Now Iban has finished the 120-hour course he is looking forward to taking the business English course as well the OTP course offered by ITTT. ITTT’s OTP (Observed Teaching Practice) course is a series of modules that allows you to gain practical teaching certification to supplement an online teaching certificate without having to attend a training center. It is an excellent way to boost your CV when applying for teaching jobs. Below you...  [Read more]

TESOL stands for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Other acronyms are often used within the English teaching world, such as TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language), TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language), and ELT (English Language Teaching). However, in terms of teaching English abroad, they are often used interchangeably. Many of the most popular countries for teaching English abroad require teachers to hold a TESOL certification in order to obtain a work visa or work permit. The recognized worldwide standard qualification for teaching English to non-native speakers is known as either a TEFL or TESOL certificate. Providing you are willing to learn and are over the age of 18 years, you are eligible to take one of our courses. All our introductory level courses...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Laurens 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 discussed lesson planning, and the importance of flexibility and experience when it comes to lesson planning. As a new teacher, it'll likely be difficult at first for me to be able to accurately predict how long activities may take, or what issues may arise during a lesson, so my own flexibility with the lesson plan and the ability to take notes and review for the future will be of great importance. Lesson plans are important so I can know what I plan on teaching, what activities I'll use,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Harbin 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 consider this unit to be brief and short. I think, you guys missed mentioning what you can nowadays do on the internet. There are thousands of websites where you can find authentic materials; you can also find thousands of ideas to make teaching materials for very especial audiences. Authentic materials will always be good as long as they adapt to the reality of the culture you are teaching at. In countries like China, Japan, South Korea; where the use of internet is really high, ESL teachers...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Harbin 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 was a helpful unit for thinking about which teaching aids and equipment will be useful in my future lessons. It was helpful to see examples of activities that could be planned around each of the different kinds of equipment, and which are best for each type of learning and stage in a lesson. Some of the technology mentioned was fairly out of date (for example, I can't remember the last time I used an overhead projector or a VHS), but it was still useful to learn about these forms of equipment as...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification China Harbin 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 session gave a good overview of the role of the teacher and the learner within the classroom. It is clear that by creating an atmosphere that is conducive to teaching and learning the best results can be achieved. Having a positive and loving attitude as a teacher will motivate the students to learn and participate within the classroom. Understanding the level of the student's language ability is of utmost importance to enable the teacher to use effective teaching tools to achieve the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Harbin 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: Modal auxiliary verbs can be used to express differing degrees of formality. Modal auxiliary verbs such as may and can have similar meanings but can be used in different situations to describe a scenario. I learnt about the two voices used in English which are active and passive voice. In an active voice, the focus I understand is on the agent and the passive voice is the object of an active verb which becomes the subject.The way of managing a classroom can vary according to many criterion...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Partridge 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: This Unit16 looked at Conditionals and Reported speech, which is very important to be taught in the class as part of English grammar. Conditionals can be called ``If clauses``, it's the result of something that might happen in the present or future or might have happened in the past but it didn't happen. This unit clearly explained five main Conditionals including their structures and usages. They are zero conditional, first, second, third and mixed conditional. It also provided some useful teaching...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Henry Nebraska 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 deals with modals, phrasal verbs, and passive voice. I liked all the teaching ideas suggested for the modal and passive voice lessons, and the reminders of the typical difficulties inherent with learning the passive voice such as using the auxiliary verb in the wrong tense. I feel that I learned something new in relative clauses. I'm not sure that I always knew the rule about separating out non-defining clauses with commas, and not using the separating commas with defining clauses. That...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Henry County 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: This unit had explained the main grammatical rules in English in a clear and simple manner. The examples for each part of speech had given me ideas on illustrating the rules to my students. I especially appreciate the examples on some commonly confused part of speech or rules, for example, the difference between possessive pronoun and possessive adjective. Since we generally would not consider a word's part of speech as we converse in English, we would often omit the fact that these precise...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL McNary Oregon 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 teaching the productive skills, reading and writing. As stated teaching writing is often very difficult as student interaction is lower than a verbal lesson but this shouldn't stop writing being taught. Speaking is much easier to gauge the enjoyment of students, not just body language but voice pitch shows how much the students are engaging in the lesson. When teaching speaking it is important to teach accuracy in the study phase so the students have a base knowledge to work with...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Coxsackie New York 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 this unit the course content provided specific overview of many different teaching techniques and methods. It concluded that the main focus of the course would be a method called ESA (engage, study and activate). It then proceeded to dive into this method and explained each section and the purposes of utilizing this particular method and why it makes sense to use. It then gave many different practical examples of each section of the ESA technique, which were very helpful. Lastly it covered...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Henry 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: This unit was about classroom managements, where it talks about how the teacher should act towards the students, the positions she should be, not only the teacher, but also the student. It explains many ways on how to have the student attention towards the teacher, like the teacher talk time, when is it correctly used. Also, it talks about the classroom arrangements depending on the size of the class, the type of students, the type of seat, etc. The different activities that could be made so...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Henry Illinois 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 covered modal verbs, phrasal verbs and passive voice. Modal verbs add meaning to the main verb and include, but is not limited to: could, may, might, must, should, need to, ought to etc. Modal verbs do not change with the person and are used to express different degrees of formality. The unit presented the modal verbs, their most comment and rare uses as well as example usages in past. present and future tense. Furthermore, the unit presented the active verse passive voice used in English...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Simonton 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: Unit 3 is my favourite so far. I will be coming back to it quite often to look for ideas and inspiration. I have learnt a lot about teaching methods and techniques.I was trying not to be orthodox and analysed the concepts with an open mind. For instance, the silent way of teaching did not look efficient at the first glance. but then I tried to think of where and how it can be applied, and I changed my mind. the authors did not have to convince me in the benefits of ESA approach. This is very similar to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Henry 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 thing that stuck out to me the most in this unit is when it says to not rush the material. It said it would be best to be behind in the lesson and modify for the next rather than rush through the remainder of the lesson. This is important to remember because what would be the use in rushing through material they did not understand. If a lesson moves too quickly information is missed because they do not have a previous understanding. Sometimes letting the students dictate what they learn is...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Harbin 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.B. - France said: The unit focused on productive (writing and speaking) skills: what activities would work best to promote accuracy (typically in the study stage) vs. fluency (typically in the activate stage); what keeps students from speaking (peer intimidation, lack of confidence, fear of making a mistake, etc.); and what should be focused for either skill. For writing, for example, handwriting, spelling and punctuation need to be considered. Obviously, writing should be legible, but sometimes spelling or...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Courses Harbin 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: N.B. - Spain said: In this unit, I have learned the importance and the different ways to evaluate students' levels and their progress. I have also become aware of the common external exams that students may want to prepare for. A student's language level can be assessed by way of tutorials, evaluation by students using a questionnaire and by using tests. Tests are useful throughout the lesson. A placement test enables the guageing of the level of a student's English in order to place him/her in the right...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Cooperton Oklahoma 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: Many different teaching aids can used in a classroom to make lessons more interesting , effective and less dependent on the text book. Thus in unit 17, i learnt and read about some teaching aids and these resources depend largely on the schools .some of the teaching aids are : The board ( basic principle board work;start with a clean board,write legibly and neatly,keep the board clear and easy to read etc.), Interactive whiteboards( using it one need to bear in mind;test and have a back up-...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Hardin Montana 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 helped me better understand the present tense by expanding on the basics to explain the present simple, continuous, perfect and perfect continuous. When I studied Greek in college I learned many different tenses. I did not remember, until this lesson, that there were twelve tenses in all in English. This will be a lesson I refer back to again and again. I currently teach ESL to Chinese students online and already this lesson is helping me to apply what I've learned in my teaching at least in...  [Read more]