How Long To Get Tefl

  There is no simple answer to this question as it depends entirely on which type of TEFL course you choose to study. At ITTT we have a range of courses that are designed to suit the various needs of our trainees, each with its own time scale for completion. Please see below for a breakdown of our various course options. Online courses are often the quickest route towards TEFL certification. If you are in a real hurry a course such as our 60-hour introduction to TEFL may be a good choice as you can conceivably complete it in as little as five days. Even those who prefer to study at a slower rate should find they can complete the course within one month. However, it is worth remembering that the majority of employers worldwide insist on job applicants having a TEFL certificate of...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Poland Plock 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: Form this section I realized I have been long out of practice with the intricacies of the English language. While I know the general basics I have long forgotten some of the many principles and nuances of the different parts of speech. I realize I have taken for granted what I know on an academic level because of mainly only having to worry about being grammatically correct on required papers and exams. I appreciate that the unit assumed that the reader was a beginner level English student because it...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Herrin 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 was helpful to understand how practical things like classroom size and grouping as well as the position of the teacher and students can provide the best opportunity for students to learn. I was very encouraged by the admonition not to shout and to treat al students with respect. This reinforces my experience in real life classroom situations. I found that showing respect up front led to fewer discipline problems down the road. In parallel I also found that, as mentioned in the unit,...  [Read more]

  This video is part of our series on the past tenses in English. In this video, we take a look at the past continuous tense and how it is formed and used. This tense is used to indicate that a certain action was in progress at a particular time in the past. 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 I have learnt it is important to build rapport and get to know your students a little before jumping straight into a heavy learning class. A...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Xianyang 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: I tend to get a bit aflutter when imagining how my first lesson will go as an English teacher. Looking back at all the units for this course I realize that there's a lot of things you have to remember to take into account when teaching kids. This unit definitely helps to see how a first lesson on the first day of the job should be like and that establishing a good rapport with students is vital to helping kids learn.Some people are good at lesson plans and make them look easy. Others take...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs South Africa Soweto 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 am glad that the task sheet directed me right away to the ALTE website. It was good to read parts of their own documents and get a sense for language learner levels in their own words/descriptions. I also appreciated the coverage in this unit of the different types of syllabi and how to make a syllabus, since that was not a topic that was really covered in the 120-hour basic course. I also hadn't really considered that a course could be as short as 10 hour-long sessions - in my mind,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Ichikawa Japan 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: Thanks to this unit about managing a class i have learn a lot how to manage a class weather being a big class or a small class i have learn how to balance in order to get the best out of the students and while the students get the best out of me as their teacher, i have also learned how to establish a good rapport between students and teacher because it is a vital ingredient to a healthy classWell organized lesson plans, preparation, handouts, etc. are key to student progress as they serve...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Detroit 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: In this unit, it is very important to note the usages of each form as many forms can get quite complicated and interfere with meaning (future perfect often confused with future perfect continuous). I learnt to slowly identify actions completed by a certain future time versus how long something continues by a future time. It is also very interesting to note how many teaching methods can help with this confusion. For future perfect instruction, future diaries is such a suitable tool to get used to the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Zhoushan 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 unit teaches productive skills, i.e. speaking and writing. For speaking there are two important activities, accuracy and fluency. Accuracy activities are focused on producing correct language, while fluency activities allow students to be creative. Students should always be encouraged to speak in the classroom. Meanwhile, writing activities should consider issues such as handwriting, spelling and punctuation.This unit has to do with the different present tenses, a topic that can be...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Ridgeway Viriginia 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: Before giving a lesson, the teacher must ask what do they want the students to learn and why. The teacher then needs to think about what the students need to be able to grasp the lesson and preteach certain grammar or vocabulary points. For Speaking and writing, a straight arrow approach can be used. First the teacher will get the students attention and get them brainstorming. Then the teacher can go over what the lesson is about and check to make sure the student understand. Then, in the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Netherlands Amersfoort 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 chapter covers a broad range of the types of students and it gives a rough idea of what we can expect depending on the class we are teaching. For me, I relate most to the sections - teaching young children and the monolingual and the multilingual class. At the moment, I am teaching young children from China. It is very true that sometimes classes conducted can be interrupted by disruptive behaviours. Furthermore, they speak one common language and will communicate amongst themselves in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Gothenburg 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: The videos gave excellent examples of what a teacher should and should not do in the classroom. The second video gave a clear example of what is expected of a teacher in the classroom. By having a positive attitude and by encouraging the students in the class to get involved, the teacher was able to facilitate a fun yet thorough lesson. In the first video, the teacher's clear lack of a positive attitude led to overall negative atmosphere in the classroom. Thus, the students were uninterested and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Uniontown 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: Ive learned different ways to get students talking and comfortable in the engage phase like, asking students about whats in their home to introduce a lesson about furniture or ask them to talk about movies they've watched recently to introduce a topic about past tenses. Study phase can include some kind of worksheets related to the new vocab or grammar lesson like word searches or word scrambles. Activate phases can consist of debates or discussions. This method structure would be a straight arrow...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Covington 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: There are many different teaching styles, but the one that we are focusing on is Engage-Study-Activate. Engage is basically an ice-breaker to get students to open up and want to speak English. Study is basically the \"meat\" of the lesson, where the teacher clarifies pronunciation and makes sure the students are getting it right (accuracy > fluency). Activate is basically where the students are practicing what they have just learned (fluency > accuracy). There are many different ways of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs India Sheopur 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 showed that it is interesting to get an idea of why the student wants to learn english e.g. in a placement test, because one can get an idea of interests, fluency and motivation from it. Also, the regular progress tests are a great way to monitor student learning and to then give targeted practice after that. Also, using all four skills in a test - including speaking skills where a student can talk to the teacher, as well as listening, writing, and reading. The example of a placement test...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Fellsmere Florida 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 have big issues finding suitable material for my classes. When I started teaching with no experience last summer, I had no curriculum and no course book available. I had just one goal: prepare the students for the GED. I had to figure out what to teach, how to teach it and find suitable material. Because of the financial situation of my students, it was impossible to get a course book. Creating materials took me extremely long and it was very difficult to match the level of my students. I created...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jarrettsville Maryland 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 very long and covered many things. Intonation, stress, and pronunciation are all very important to learn especially for the productive skill of speaking. I think once students know how to say and speak really well, they can gain a lot of confidence in their skills. I think many learners of English like the sound of the language. So if they can emulate it well, they will be more keen to speak in class or to others. As a native speaker myself, it was quite hard to get used to the...  [Read more]