Laura Florence

  Laura is from the United States and she shares her thoughts on ITTT TEFL and TESOL courses in this TESOL review. She recently completed her 120-hour TEFL/TESOL course from ITTT as she wanted to improve her English grammar knowledge and also her teaching skills. Laura is currently teaching as an Assistant Language Teacher in Japan and she now feels a lot more confident in her own classroom.  [Read more]

  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]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Florence Minnesota 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 teaching pronunciation and phonology it is always important for the teacher to be a model and should always provide a concise example as well as helping the students learn how every word in pronounced by using helpful methodologies such as visual aids, or by performing how a word is pronounced in a form of showing the student how the mouth should be. Furthermore, with the use of exercises such as drill can help students be familiarize on how every word should sound. Stress and intonation are also...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Florence 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: This final unit deals with Common problem situations. In it was discussed how to begin a first lesson. That experienced teachers don't usually start the fist lesson with book work, but instead with warmers, ways to get to know each other, and fun ways to evaluate students needs and abilities. Specific warmer ideas were shared like: hangman, Pictionary, tong twisters, and memory games. Tips were also given on how to work in large classes and in classes where students of different levels are mixed...  [Read more]

Florence is a city of great beauty and history with something for just about every taste and it is no coincidence that this is one of the most popular locations for taking one of our TESOL courses. If you plan on teaching English in Italy or elsewhere in Europe, Florence is a great place to take the course as there are many teaching opportunities throughout the region. Florence is the largest city in the famous wine growing area of Tuscany and this is a city that will really live up to your expectations. As Florence is known as the birthplace of the Renaissance it is home to some a tremendous amount of great artistic works. Fantastic architecture can be found on buildings such as the Duomo, the Battistero, and the Galleria Degli Uffizi while famous works of art by the likes of Da Vinci,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Italy Florence 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: Connecting the first language of a student to the new language is as much training their brain to think in a new pattern as being patient with the student himself. The techniques listed help provide avenues to teach as well as involve the student -- understanding the different stages of the brain's acquisition of new material is helpful. I've learned when to correct the student versus when to allow them to work it out as they acquire the new material. I can remember how difficult it was to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Florence Italy 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 feel that this chapter the phonetic script and translating that was something that was very difficult to comprehend and to put it into practice. for me, i found it difficult to decipher what it meant as my translating was sometimes wrong and i would guess what the word is based on the sound. but this might be difficult for new learners of english who have a smaller vocabulary bank, thus i think this chapter would definitely require more time spent on over a few days to ensure proper...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Florence Italy 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 shows different activities used in class by the teacher to make the students participate .The teacher can use different techniques and activities that can be used by new bigginers learners.Business learners and young learners are usually helped by this techniques.The teacher can engage the students in talking and different presentation,so that he will know if they understand the topic.This unit is a brief overview of the problems that EFL teachers may face, and some tips on how...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Brazil lauro de freitas 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 for students to be exposed to a language, to listen and understand its structures, to study the grammar, structures, spelling, pronounciation etc. but also to use the language actively during the lesson. It is equally important to pay attention both to grammar and the vocabulary. As for the grammar, every level involves certain grammar structures. That is not the case with the vocabulary, therefore, it is difficult for teachers to determine the list of words when they are...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Lauro De Freitas Brazil 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 we can find the idea that writing is usually relegated to homework because mistakes and errors are not easy to be corrected int the particular moment they are committed. But, writing and speaking are equally important and we must devote the same efforts to the both. For me, It is very relevant the functionallity of the games in the teaching of productive skills, as useful tools to stimulate the learners' participation.When it comes to teaching there are various tools...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Lauro De Freitas Brazil 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 1 introduced the content for the next five units. Included was helpful advice as to how to study the units and the aims of the course. The explanations of the abbreviations of the different types of classes, certificates, and associations were very helpful. I didn?t realize that TEFL only applied to teaching English in non-native English speaking countries. Being new to teaching Business English, I appreciated the reminder that I am expected to teach the students English that they...  [Read more]

  In this TEFL review video, 120-hour online TEFL course graduate Corrin shows us round parts of Florence, Italy where she works as an English teacher and gives us a glimpse inside one of her classes. Corrin took the course with tutor support which she found really helpful and would recommend the course for those looking to teach English as a foreign language. 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. The unit went over the basic parts of speech that are...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Huntington 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: I think the horseshoe seating arrangement is the best setting. I have experienced it when I took many language courses as an adult. It is quite intimate and everyone is involved. Groups at tables is my least favorite - I do not like working in pairs so much - makes me uncomfortable but classes do become interesting even though it is long waiting for your turn to speak. I do like the way you focus on how the teacher should not shout. this also goes for parenting the more you shout the less children...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Cornish Utah 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 last unit provides some helpful tips to troubleshoot some common problems when teaching English. Some first lesson teacher problems can include working with a completely new group where rapport first needs to be established vs. existing groups. There are activities that can take place before beginning a lesson or using the course book to establish rapport amongst teacher and students, such as tongue twisters, hang man, dictionary and memory games. In English classes, teachers may encounter varied...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Wilkesboro 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: Unit 16 explains about the concept of conditional statements and reported or indirect speech. There are 5 kinds of conditional sentences that can be used to describe the possibility or impossibility of things happening. They are zero, first, second, third and mixed conditionals. ?If the air is polluted, people get sick inhaling it? is an example of zero conditional statement; it describes situations that are real or factual. ?If I had been alive during World War II, I would have saved my...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Egan 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: The diversity between the two lessons is clear. The first one is really boring! the teacher doesn't break the initial ice engaging the students, but he scoragge them saying that modal verbs are really easy. In addition the teacher doesn't use prompts or pictures, he doesn't mime or write on the board the name of the animals used for the study phase. His language and voice are not clear and he never smiles or praises his students. He read a book instead of checking at their students during the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lilydale Minnesota 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 this unit I have learned about receptive learning skills, which are reading and listening and productive skills which are writing and speaking. All four are equally important and should be treated as such when teaching English. I also learned about how to select material for the class depending on the intent of the lesson and skills you are trying to develop for the students. Examples of writing to use are directions to a place, a sports news article, a novel and a horoscope section of a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Pinson 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 was a very interesting unit that made me aware on just how much goes undetected to the native English speaker when speaking English. Learning where to stress words/syllables and using intonation can get a bit tricky to consciously explain because of how unaware we are as English speakers but it is so important to provide context of words relating back to the previous unit on how important it is for students to practice speaking English properly. It was also very interesting learning about the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lone Tree 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: This unit focused on the different types of students that a teacher may come across, and how to best facilitate their individual and particular needs. When working with business professionals, it is very important to have a full understanding of the type of job they have, how often they have to use English and what they have to use English for. Children can be more difficult to manage, so it is important that the lessons feature a more entertaining form. Children also have short attention spans, and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL San Luis Obispo California 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 2 was an over view of grammar. More specifically, it was an overview of the parts of speech that make up every part of a sentence such as nouns, adjectives, verbs, pronouns prepositions, infinitives, gerunds and others. With each part of speech, we dived into what the function and/or rules are for that part. For example, the main types of prepositions are those that fall under the categories of time/date (at, on, by, before etc), place/position (in, at, on, under etc), movement (from,...  [Read more]