Living In Vietnam As An Expat

Vietnam is a great choice for anyone who wants to teach English as a foreign language in Southeast Asia. Demand for teachers is high and salaries are sufficient for a comfortable lifestyle.. Increasing levels of tourism and foreign investment mean Vietnam’s economy is one of the healthiest in the region. All this adds up to higher demand for English language skills and a very bright future for teachers. In order to maximize the odds of finding a job teaching in Vietnam, you’ll want to hold an internationally recognized TESOL certificate such as that offered by ITTT. With the help of our lifetime employment assistance, you’ll be able to find jobs in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC, previously Saigon), Hanoi and other cities. In relation to living costs, salaries in urban areas are rather...  [Read more]

  Pat from Malaysia is living and working as an accountant in Singapore. In her TEFL review video Pat tells us how she has been considering teaching English as a new career, which is why she decided to take the 120-hour online course with tutor support and videos from ITTT. The course gave Pat an overview of the various skills and techniques used in teaching English and also covered important aspects of English grammar. Pat would like to pursue teaching English in a language centre and hopes to build upon the knowledge and skills she has acquired with ITTT in the future. 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...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Longxuyen Vietnam 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 Unit introduced the subject of the English tense system. Within the unit we look at the structures and usages of the present tenses, as well as activity ideas for presenting and practicing the subject in the classroom. With the help of the unit I can give examples and supply my students materials.Sample activities in the video is very useful for teachers.This test was a little harder to follow, left like I was being asked the same questions just in a different way and kept making me...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Vietnam Longxuyen 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 covers the important teaching elements for receptive skills development. The teacher must convert the two dynamics generally used in listening and reading. These two reasons are for a purpose and for entertainment. examples of when receptive skills can be used for both must also be illustrated for students. for example one can read the statistics of their favorite soccer player and enjoy watching the game with this knowledge. There are also very important methods to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Nha Trang Vietnam 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: After watching the two videos on video lessons,its very important to observe the ESA lesson format for making a lesson plan on any topic.The teacher's attitude and countenance in class definitely has a great impact on the students positively or negatively.The first lesson video was full of mistakes while the second video met with rules for a good lesson plan.This unit was helpful in terms of more practical \"common sense\" tips for how to organize and operate a classroom where you will...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Vietnam Nha Trang 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: Understanding and teaching receptive skills is a complex subject. First, we must understand that receptive skills include reading and listening, and that when we read and listen, we are using other individual skills like, skimming, scanning, predicting, deducting, or reading for specific information. Teaching receptive skills should focus on selecting material that interests and motivates the students, building interest before reading or listening, pre-teaching the complex vocabulary,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Vietnam Haiphong 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 gives two video examples of a lesson on the modal auxiliary verb “can/can’t” and animal vocabulary. Though the learning objective was the same, the lessons were drastically different because of the attitude and teaching style of the teacher. The first lesson was poorly executed with the teacher acting gruff, discouraging participation through his demeanor, not explaining the grammar concept or the directions clearly, not being prepared, and lacking supervision/guidance...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Ha Long Vietnam 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 gives us a brief introduction into the basic grammar of modals, phrasal verbs and passive voice. We studied several modal verbs, their usage and meaning, passive voice and its grammatical usage in different tenses and phrasal verbs with their different forms and meanings.Besides, we looked through the topic of relative clauses and their three types.In this unit i have seen the differences between direct and reported speech and also i have seen conditionals,there are five types...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Hanoi Vietnam 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: Wow! I've done it! Amazing! That is so exciting moment for me right now. The first thing, that I want to share with you at the moment is this: I'm so happy and glad! I don't wanna cover the material that I've got from this lesson and discuss it here, in the final unit reflection. Just want to thank you for the course and say that I'm absolutely sure, that my teaching career is about to begin, and this unbelivable course was a starting point!I think this unit was less of a learning unit and more of a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Can Tho Vietnam 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: Classroom management is an important factor for teachers of foreign languages and it should not be ignored. A teacher?s eye contact, gesture, and voice are important for class management. A teacher should be able to form students in pairs, individuals or groups. She should also be able to make a good rapport with students and create discipline in the class.this unit is a good general knowledge piece. interesting to know all the different testing, and level inspection methods,also helpful...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Da Nang Vietnam 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 learned that first the course structure and how to use this online course.Second, the aims and objectives. Lastly,the prospect which I think is vital for learners. Because it tells us how big the picture will be, let us prepare. Except that, I have some basic knowledge of terminology in business world now. I'm expecting the following course.I am of the opinion that the present tense may be the easiest tense to understand. This is because it is frequently used and may not...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Vietnam Ha Long 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: Writing a lesson plan in advance fulfills multiple purposes. It helps teachers keep track of the topics they have already discussed in the classroom; it also helps create a path for achieving an objective. However, certain factors have to be taken into account to make the lesson objective a success, such as language point, teaching aids, ESA phase order, etc. The lesson should also be flexible enough to account for students' needs or unexpected circumstances. I believe planning is vital...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Vietnam Hanoi 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: Summary The key objective of this unit was to understand and learn the difference between a good lesson(lesson 2) and a bad lesson(lesson 1). I did this by noticing the teachers attitude, their preparation and how they built a rapport with the students. In lesson 1 it was very clear that the teacher was ill-prepared, spoke to fast, wasn’t enthusiastic, didn’t plan for the language problems that may occur such as the difference between can and could and at one point sat down to read a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Vietnam Can Tho 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: Being a fluent English speaker who has grown up in a mostly English-speaking environment, I have not made many errors in terms of the present tense. However, the detailed studying of the structure and usage of each tense is enlightening and helps with the challenging task of explaining errors to students. This unit has certainly equipped me with the proper knowledge and skills to teach with clarity and define each aspect with its proper form and usage. The present continuous and present...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 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 section, the importance of vocabulary and grammar were covered. The section explained how as a teacher, one must be aware of which vocabulary words the students will benefit from as well as how much the students will use and hear those words. Another important take-away was the fact that the students should learn the different grammatical patterns of certain words and how they can relate those words to words in their native language.An important tip for this step is to study the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City 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 receptive skills. Before starting the unit, I didn't know what the receptive skills were. After reading the unit I can clearly understand what the skills are. I also realized that my own language teachers have used many of the techniques discussed in the text. Before we would cover a story in the target language, my teachers would make sure that we had a list of all of the vocabulary that we needed to know for the reading. The text books where I am teaching now also...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Vietnam Buon Ma Thuot 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 helped me to identify the teaching styles that I would be more likely to embrace. I am very open minded and willing to try new styles of teaching. However, If I have to choose the top 5 most important roles of a teacher those would be, participant, tutor, organizer, assessor and Model. Also, this unit helped me to learn to identify and recognized the qualities of a good learner. Having the desire to learn and the ability to ask questions is key, in my opinion. The desire to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Buon Ma Thuot Vietnam 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: A new language incorporates grammar, vocabulary and language function. An effective teacher knows how to structure a lesson around these elements appropriately. Each element in itself must follow a guideline. For example, the vocabulary taught must be appropriate to the students and the lesson. It must not be too simple nor too advanced. Similarly, the level of grammar taught depends on the level of the students and the nature of the lesson.This course has provided me with relevant,...  [Read more]

  Meera is currently living in France and wants to teach English as a foreign language. In her TEFL review video, Meera tells us how she wasn’t originally aware of TEFL until a friend told her about ITTT. Although initially anxious that the course might take some time to complete, she found the units were easy to follow, informative and enjoyable. 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 covered the productive skills taught to learners...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Haiphong Vietnam 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: Present Tense. I have learned that there are twelve tenses and I shouldn't be intimidated by it. I need to be well verse in this subject and be able to share with my students. I also learn the importance of the form, structure and usage, This subject is a basic foundation of forming tenses and be able to organize and communicate my thoughts in a written form.Phrasal verbs are one the most difficult aspects of English grammar for both students and teachers.I believe the few ones known by...  [Read more]