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  In this TEFL review, Laura from Romania talks about how she took the course because she wants to teach English in Japan and was recommended ITTT by a friend. Laura found the course to be great value for money and was happy that she was able to study the course at home in her own time. 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. Every course that I take seems to get harder for me. But it's always good to review the lesson plan before taking the test. This...  [Read more]

  In this TESOL review video Eva from Germany talks about the reasons why she decided to do ITTT's 120 online TEFL/TESOL course with tutor support and how happy she was to achieve her certification. Eva also outlines the many benefits she gained from the course and how she is now planning to further enhance her qualifications by completing ITTT's Business English course. 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 section provided me with many ideas...  [Read more]

  In the TEFL review, Matt describes how he was living and working as an English teacher in Japan when his employer asked him to get TEFL certified which he did through an online TEFL course with ITTT. Policy changes around the world mean that many countries now require their English teachers to have at least a 120-hour TEFL/TESOL certificate. ITTT's online courses are a great way to gain certification without having to take time off work. 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...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Yaroslave 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.C. - U.S.A. said: In Unit 12, I learned about the difference between Accuracy Activities and Fluency Activities. This was useful. I recently had my high advance students write a piece for Valentines. Before we started the Activity phase, we discussed what the holiday meant to them, if it is celebrated in their country and it what way. Then we listened to a song by Jeff Buckley called Hallelujah. Each student read one stanza of the song. We discussed the meaning, what it meant to them. Here is where I got stuck....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Moriarty New Mexico 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: simple future tense I will go. We will celebrate our anniversary by flying to New York. The simple future tense is used for an action that will occur in the future. future progressive tense I will be going. The Moscow State Circus will be performing in Cheltenham for the next 3 weeks. The future progressive tense is used for an on-going action that will occur in the future. future perfect tense I will have gone. By the time you arrive, we will have finished the meal and the speeches. The future...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Xiangcheng 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: Y.Y. - U.S. said: This unit examined some effective methods and techniques to teaching new language concepts. It gives many examples for teaching language appropriately at various language levels. Most importantly I learned the structure of how to most effectively give an English lesson. The different language teaching methods introduced at the beginning of the unit gave me a chance to see what I did and did not like as teaching methods during my language learning experience of my second language as well. From...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Colleges Distance 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: Cultural Sensitivity in the ClassroomScene #1: A Parent Meeting Korean Mother: Are there any concerns that you have about Youngsoo's behavior in class? American Teacher: Well…sometimes, when I try to give Youngsoo direction, he doesn't seem to pay attention to what I am saying. As a matter of fact, he looks somewhere else and appears distracted whenever I speak to him directly. Scene #2: Youngsoo's Home Korean Mother: Why do you not pay attention when your teacher talks to you?...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Company TESOL Course 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. - New Zealand said: I have personally gained a lot from this course, in terms of the structure of the english language. Being a native speaker myself, I have learnt the necessary skills to communicate in english, but have previously lacked any real understanding of why english is structured the way that it is. Having to learn the rules has been slightly frustrating at times, especially as there are so many contradictions to the rule, and often the way I speak does not correspond either. It has been an...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about Agency Residential 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. D. - U.S.A. said: Pecularities of the english LanguageAn expert of english fluency must be able to command all the language’s dimensions, including even the most defeating of oddities. Many people find that english might possibly be one of the most difficult languages to learn. Not for the words per se, but for the fact that it has so many unusual and contradictory rules. First off, english has many irregularities when it comes to pluralizing; why is it that the hunter who shoots three deer, buys him...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Flexible TESOL Courses 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.F. - U.S.A. said: Culturally Sensitive ClassroomIn Japan, it is the ultimate faux-pas to blow your nose in public. In India, stepping on someone's foot is a major, unclean insult. In Argentina and other South American countries, closer communication space means taking a step back is an insult. When teaching english to other cultures on their native turf, teachers are faced with similar challenges to those of the teacher in their own native country yet in a classroom of diversified cultures unified in the...  [Read more]

Cebu is a city in the midst of overwhelming growth that blends its ancestral heritage with a modern business edge. Standing as the country's top business and tourist destination, Cebu was crowned as the Queen City of the South. Finding its own place under Cebu's friendly skies, business and leisure coincide together with office buildings and beach resorts. Cebu is an elongated island some 250 kilometers from North to South and 45 kilometers across at its widest point. It is central to the Philippine archipelago and some 600 kilometers south of Manila. This location combined with a sheltered deep water harbor has made Cebu the base for most of the country's domestic shipping and the gateway to the central and southern Philippines. The island's area of 5,000 square kilometers supports over...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Clark Michigan 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 found it very difficult to understand the teacher in the first video. I was confused about what he was asking for and trying to accomplish. After a bit, I realized that this was on purpose and this was how his students felt. The first video was a very important lesson to me because I learned a lot of things to avoid doing. The second video did a very good job of presenting ESA as a process. I found that I could clearly follow the teacher and each process was based on learning from the prior process....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Brazil Contagem 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, I was shown two different videos on demonstrative lessons. I was able to compare the difference between the two videos and identify what was right or wrong. This helped with understanding what an effective and poor teacher can do throughout a lesson. I was obvious that in the first video, the teacher was not very interactive with his students and started off the lesson with something that the students didn't understand. It did not help that he was not engaged or helped the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Brazil Terespolis 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 10 covered real life examples of a teacher in a English class. This unit's format was unique to any other past unit due to the fact that it was shown entirely in video form without any writing to the unit. After viewing both the videos it was very clear that one was a positive example and one was a negative example. The teacher in the first was abrasive and belittled the students, making them insecure in their English and less likely to volunteer to answer any questions. That lesson was...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Marion Junction 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: This lesson was fantastic. This depicts how to properly run a class and how not to. The drastic comparisons in the two videos was fantastic. The first video was very hard to watch and it was very hard to understand because of the tone of the teacher and his actions. The second video was much more pleasant to watch and was far easier to understand. It was easier to understand because the teacher spoke clearer, he used hand gestures and miming, he also smiled and learned the students names. In...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Nigeria Ife 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 great unit. While the differences between the two videos were stark and obvious they were also illuminating in showing how much a teacher's attitude really does dictate the course of a lesson. Even though he was the same instructor he was almost indistinguishable from the first to second video. The first video was at times excruciating and almost hard to watch as you could see how uncomfortable and disconnected the students were and how badly the teacher did not want to be there. The second...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lily 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 helpful. In it, many things were covered. The first thing that was covered was Modal Auxiliary Verbs. The second thing that was covered were the differences between active and passive voice, and how to appropriately use both. The third thing that was covered was what a clause was, and the three different kinds of clauses (independent, dependent, and relative). Lastly, we learned about phrasal verbs, which are unbelievably exciting. I don't know about anyone else who has taken this...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Springfield Colorado 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: It was really interesting to watch both of these video examples of classroom teaching. The first video was extremely dull as the teacher never introduced himself or made an effort to get to know the students. He seemed like to was just talking at them and was getting frustrated that they weren't listening to him. He was spending too much time writing on the board with his back turned, I even was uninterested in watching the video. But the second video was a 180 change as he walks in the classroom...  [Read more]