Kyoto Academy

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]

Teaching English in Turkey with A Plus Academy is a great opportunity for once in a lifetime experience on professional as well as personal level. English is being taught throughout the country but few cities remain the centers of it. Istanbul, a fascinating city built on two Continents, divided by the Bosphorus Strait. This is one of the greatest cities in the world where you can see a modern western city combined with a traditional eastern city, it's a melting pot of many civilizations and different people. Also, Istanbul is an international city which attracts business from all over the world. Naturally, that business is conducted in English, making English a desirable language to learn and native English speakers a precious commodity. Besides Istanbul, living and teaching English in...  [Read more]

  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]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Kyoto 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: This unit covered different ways of teaching a class, as well as their historical roots. Since I hate the \"classical\" system of education with a passion, I feel it is refreshing to think about giving classes in a way that actually teaches people something. The ESA provides a simple but (I think) effective framework to do so. I think I am more capable of structuring a class than I was before this unit. To summarize, I think I learned an alternative to \"the classical way\" to teach a lesson.I will...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Kyoto 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: This unit was not as confusing as the unit about present tense as it is easy to see the general rule once you've learned it already for one \"time\" (present in my case). I feel as though now I have learned the tenses and how they are formed; however, it will take more practice to really fully and completely know when to use each tense besides relying on my own intuition as a native speaker.In unit 3 theories,methods and technique are really the one that catch up with me. The common study...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Kyoto 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 had the opportunity to review the underlying grammatical functions and classifications of: simple, continuous, perfect and compound usages of past tense in English. Beyond the mechanics of the past tense, the PDF provided also re-introduced to me to common mistakes that students can make when first learning the mechanics of this tense. Going forward, I believe that I will frequently reference the PDF from this lesson plan as my future students will likely fall prey to common mistakes...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Japan Kyoto 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 has shown me more about how to approach teaching a new language most especially using the ESA approach to teaching English. The content talks about what I consider are the fundamentals in learning every language. That is vocabulary, grammatical structure and function of a language. I have also learned how a lesson can be structured to tackle any of the above mentioned fundamentals. This units has also shown me practical examples of how a lesson directed towards vocabulary building,...  [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 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 Tongcheng 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. M. - U.S.A. said: Unit 11 describes how to teach receptive skills. These skills are very important and help students to understand their second language. From the unit future teachers can find out how exactly people read and listen and what kind of information they gain from those activities. We can divide those receptive skills into two groups which are reading and listening on purpose and/or for entertainment. Both motives may be mixed for example when somebody reads a tour book and listens to the interesting...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Kumamoto 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: It is important to keep students focused during all class sessions. The lesson needs to be kept simple by using subjects they can engage in. Students learn at different levels which can make a lesson difficult for others. Once students have mastered the subject it makes the session more exciting to learn . The students show confidence and are willing to participate in classroom activities.This unit prepares us for teaching special groups--young people, single students, beginners,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Kumamoto 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 learned about the structure of a lesson plan and the aims and objectives of each lesson plan. I learned that a lesson plan should list out a loose structure for the class detailing the time and date, the ability level of the students, the objective of the lesson and the structure of the class and what activities will be done at each stage of the lesson (Engage, Study, Activate). In addition to this I learned that lesson plans give the teacher a historic record of all of his/her...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Yingkou 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.K. said: This unit has introduced some theories, methods and techniques that have been used to teach people new languages. Some of these methods vary greatly in their delivery, but each one seems to have some good qualities and reasonings behind it. The Silent Method and the Community Language Learning method are very \"student-centered\" and encourage the students to \"discover the language\" for themselves, while the PPP method and Audio-Lingualism can often be very \"teacher-centered\". Good teachers...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Kitakyushu 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: Through this lesson I learned how to effectively teach the class and maintain the appropriate classroom atmosphere. As a student learning another foreign language myself, I realized there were reasons the teachers were carrying out some actions they did. Also, I learned the many different factors which should be considered to manage classes such as size of the class, age of the students and student personality. How to react to the different types of situation that can happen in a classroom as...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Kitakyushu 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: Unit 8 is a good overview of the future tense in English. The unit begins by stating that the future is probably the most complex in English to teach. Although I have taught intermediate and advanced classes it had never occurred to me just how many ways/forms there are in English to express future events. So I must agree with this statement. The unit presents the seven main forms used to express the future and also gives the usages, mental/temporal intentions, and teaching ideas for each...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Kitakyushu 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: This is the final unit that I acquired the knowledge of troubleshooting which goes over common problems within a group. It goes over the first lesson with new group and old group and how to handle the situation. Also discusses about warmers to help students get use to the language with other students. Also how to teach the large classroom and when it is appropriate to use the native language.This unit discussed the four basic skills in any language: receptive (reading and listening) and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Kumamoto 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: Probably the most interesting unit so far. Most paragraphs reminded me of situations when I was in class, and how some critical situations could have been avoided by the use of different discipline and attitude from my teachers, while I also understood why some of my teachers were acting this or that way. For example, why it never worked when they were yelling at us or keeping too much distance from us. And why others remained \"too\" calm in situations were I would have burst out in anger.I am...  [Read more]

The certificates gained by completing a training course with ITTT are the only 100% online TEFL/TESOL certificates available that are validated, accredited and credit bearing from an internationally-recognized university. The higher education institute known as the Paris University of International Education is recognized as degree-granting by the Paris Academy. The Rectorate of the Paris Academy is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of National Education and Youth and Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. The credits earned from PUIE have been transferred successfully to universities all over the world. In the US, credit evaluation services consider PUIE to be in the same bracket as a US regionally-accredited university. Paris University of International Education...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Waynesboro 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: I am used to thinking about the four skill areas; however, it is nice to see them broken down into different parts, and to have more detailed knowledge presented about each part. The terms \"authentic\" and \"non-authentic\" are new to me, but relate to what my previous academy (employer) practiced. We used novels (authentic) for some middle school students, yet condensed texts (non-authentic) for older elementary students. One activity that we used before in the Activate phase was to have...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Kempton 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: Receptive skills are the two of the four basic skills in English, as known as reading and listening. In this short unit, the ideologies of receptive skills and the varieties of teaching keynote are being explored. Combining the video and the unit text, I have discovered lots of profound content, for example, in the video, the academy Director presented several lessons structure, and explain each detail as the lesson structure progress. in the end of the video, he demonstrated several examples of games...  [Read more]