How To Learn Foreign Language

The complimentary ITTT Guide to Teaching English Abroad contains insightful information about the world of teaching English as a foreign language, the TEFL/TESOL qualifications available, how to secure a teaching position, preparing to go abroad, and the job prospects for TEFL teachers in various countries around the world.  [Read more]

  In this TESOL review video Ray talks about how the 120-hour online TESOL course he took with ITTT helped him to learn the necessary skills to teach English as a foreign language. Ray recommends the course to anyone considering a career teaching English abroad or online. 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. This unit represents the completion of the three main tenses used in English: present, past, and future. As mentioned in the beginning the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about College Inexpensive 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.G. - Thailand said: 1st language vs 2nd language acquisitionThe differences between how language learners acquire their first language and learn a foreign language should be a topic that gets more attention, as it could help clarify why students struggle with new languages. In order to discuss the similarities and differences, we need to define some of the major lexicon associated with the topic. Generally speaking, someone’s first language (L1) is their native language. But are first and native...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Milton Kentucky 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 Learnt about The Silent Way is a language-teaching method created by Caleb Gattegno that makes extensive use of silence as a teaching method. Gattegno introduced the method in 1963, in his book Teaching Foreign Languages in Schools: The Silent Way.[1] Gattegno was critical of mainstream language education at the time, and he based the method on his general theories of education rather than on existing language pedagogy. It is usually regarded as an \"alternative\" language-teaching method; Cook...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Norman Park Georgia 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 learnt the theories, methods and techniques for English language.The methods are nine in numbers which includes grammar translation method, audio lingualism method, task-based learning, communicate language teaching, community language learning, the silent way, suggestopaedia, lexial approach, presentation, practice and production. These methods are used in different level of English Foreign language for beginners, intermediate and advanced learner. I learnt that there is difference between...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Brazil Montes Claros 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: From the Teachers and Learners Unit I have learnt important information about how the teacher's characteristic should be and what makes a good teacher, the different roles of the teacher in the classroom in addition to how to manage the classroom according to each role, the characteristics of the learners and what makes a good learner, why the learners would be motivated to learn English as a foreign language, paying attention to the sensitivity of some topics related to the culture...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Dunfermline 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: I felt that in this unit of the course I have learnt the most about grammar. It's true, pronounciation is often overlooked in the learning and teaching of English. I had a colleague say to me that we should not worry too much about the students pronounciation because everyon has different accents, but that we should focus more on grammar. However, his statement contradicts with this unit and the true claims that people for the most part when learning a new language want to learn how to pronounce...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Logrono Spain 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 very interesting when thinking about the importance of reading and listening skills that our English Additional Language Learners are building. I think the biography activity where students study famous actors or musicians to learn vocal while making content relevant was really cool and would be very engaging. Constructing solid skills in reading an listening are so important for daily tasks so we want our students to have a strong understanding.In this unit i have learnt different types...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Boardman North Carolina 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 learnt the many methodologies used to teaching a foreign language. I think a mixture of them would be a better asset. I find the Communicative language teaching and the p.p.p. better than all the others. The Suggestopaedia and silent way are weird and I have never heard of it. The ESA methodology is very interesting and I am especially impressed by the correction prompts. I have suffered in my childhood from teachers correcting every single mistake as it came and I was never able to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about 50 Hour 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: H.M. - U.S.A. said: Foreign language experienceLearning foreign language can be fun or nightmare, easy or difficult depending on how you learn. I've been learning english myself for many years now, and I know that there is no way to acquire foreign language without any efforts. But when you make efforts from your good motivation not from the obligation, learning the language can be fun and wonderful experiences. I started learning english as an obligation. In my country, we had to study english at middle...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Numazu 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: There are different approaches and methods of teaching English as a foreign language. I have learnt from this unit that Engage-Study-Activate is the most effective and the most logical of all the methodologies for new teachers to learn and apply in the classroom. This approach allows teachers to motivate students and expose them to the language so they could have the opportunity to use it.Different aspects of instruction need to be taken into consideration when teaching diverse groups of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lafourche Crossing Louisiana 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 all the methodologies featured in this unit, which is the best? Every method certainly has its pros and cons. The ESA, Engage, Study and Activate approach is probably one of the best in countries which English is a foreign language. In the ESA approach, there is a lot more communication between the teacher and student. By engaging the students, they would feel more motivated and less boring and at the same time, they would have more exposure to the language. They also get to learn and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Marathon 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: The grammar?translation method is a method of teaching foreign languages derived from the classical (sometimes called traditional) method of teaching Greek and Latin. In grammar?translation classes, students learn grammatical rules and then apply those rules by translating sentences between the target language and the native language. Advanced students may be required to translate whole texts word-for-word. The method has two main goals: to enable students to read and translate literature written in the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Angola Benguela 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: From the Teaching Special Groups Unit I have learnt important information about teaching beginners and the three categories of the beginners, the methodologies and the techniques used, the possible problems a teacher could meet while teaching beginners and how to motivate the beginners to learn a foreign language. I have also learnt about teaching individual students, the suitable activities for teaching them, the importance of giving home assignments when teaching individual students, the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Thebes 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: Having studied at least 4 other European languages, that foreign grammar has aided me in recognizing English verb tenses and conjugations. While English is of course intuitive to me as a native speaker, it is not necessarily the easiest European language to learn because of the irregularities. However, with the conditional tense, I do not detect such irregularities as I do in the present tense. Oddly, that gives it some potential to make it easier to learn for a European speaker. However, for a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Gojra India 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 native speaker of English, I often take for granted the importance of understanding the various parts of the language learning process. But having been a student of French as a foreign language, I can definitely appreciate how truly critical it is for the teacher to be mindful of conducting the lessons in a structured manner with appropriate, and achievable, goals along the way. Food for thought.From this unit, I learnt how to use gramma correctly in the written and spoken English. I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Accelerated TESOL School 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: Foreign Language ExperienceLearning a foreign language can be a fun and important skill to have in the world today. Since business and trade with other countries has become much easier, (In 2010 over 27 billion dollars were spent in international trade having foreign language experience can give you a leg up on the competition. Having the ability to speak another language can greatly improve your chances of being hired for a job. Companies want to invest in people who can help...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about Diploma In 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. R. and A.G. - U.S.A. said: Learning GrammarBeing a language student myself, I know how hard and frustrating learning the grammar of a foreign language can be. I have mastered the spanish language and have now started learning Korean for my future teaching job. I did not learn these languages overnight. It took lots of practice, patience, and diligence. During my learning adventure I realized three important things that helped me to learn the grammar of these foreign languages. First I learned that learning...  [Read more]