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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]

Chiang Mai, the capital of North Thailand and once the capital city of the Lan Na Kingdom is the home of the TEFL International course in northern Thailand. Chiang Mai was founded in the thirteenth century, and is one of the oldest cities in Thailand; it’s recognized as having an independent cultural personality it its own rite. Outside the city, Chiang Mai is surrounded by beautiful scenery of mountains, rivers, meadows, waterfalls, forests and valleys, stemming from the foothills of the Himalayas. Chiang Mai offers a different experience for TEFL International TEFL Courses in Thailand.  Many feel that Chiang Mai is an essential part of any journey to Thailand. Located more than 700km northwest of Bangkok, Chiang Mai has in excess of 300 temples, with an impressive 121 within the...  [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 Certification Chiang Mai Thailand 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 told me what are Course Books and Lesson Materials; the advantages and disadvantages of each;How we chose and use these resources in a correct and suitable way to teach students. There are some created materials that I can use them to my class which is really helpful. There are also some websites for me to get useful material for different kinds of students.In this unit we went over all of the different Past tenses. There are four different past tenses: Past simple, past...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Thailand Chiang Mai 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 very useful in highlighting the different teaching theories. I found the ESA technique of structuring a lesson really useful as structuring a lesson plan was something I was worried about. I know I will need practice at structuring a lesson and remembering the rule for techniques for each stage. It was interesting to learn about the different shapes a lesson can take - straight arrow, boomerang or patchwork. Initially I did not understand how the Activate Stage could come before...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Chiang Mai Thailand 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: Both listening and reading is important. Teachers should be able to motivate the students. How can they motivate the students? By choosing a variety of texts and audio examples, so that all the students can be engaged at some level. The teacher should invest time in finding out what interests the students have. This will make it easier to provide an engaging learning environment. Teaching is never straight forward. A lazy teacher, will have lazy students.Unit 17 goes through all the variety of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Thailand Chiang Mai 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 system and structure of past Tennessee is not too different from present tenses,except that past tenses obviously relate to past time periods.Some of the rules I should be able to notice at the stage are: All continuous forms feature some form of the verb 'to be' plus the 'ing' form of the verb.If the verb 'to be' is in the past,it will be the past continuous.All perfect form feature some form of the verb 'to have' and the past participle form of verb. If the verb 'to have' is in...  [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 Certification Murfreesboro Tennessee 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 is great for teachers like me that lack the creativity and ideas in term of activities that can be engaged in class. The examples of different activities for different ESA levels has allowed me to replan my classes and introduce these activities. Most of my students have been much more enthusiastic and interactive after the implementation of these activities.I found this unit very interesting in that it helped me to understand the advantages and disadvantages of using or...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Tennessee Murfreesboro 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 eight made me realise how confusing and difficult it is for a foreign speaker to learn the English language, especially as there are seven types of future tenses. The fact that present tenses can be used for planning the future too makes it even more complicated. Task 5 made me more aware of the differences in usages and structures, and I found that the idea of using repeat activities across the future tenses was a good way in helping students identify this. For example, the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Murfreesboro Tennessee 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 gave detailed information about phrasal verbs, modals, and the passive voice. Although this grammar is more advanced, it is still common in everyday speech and important for every student. Different phrasal verbs are more polite than others and each phrasal verbs have their own unique uses. It is also important for students and teachers to clearly understand the difference between the passive and active voice and which situations call for which.Troubleshooting covers the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Taipei Taiwan 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 learnt the most effective materials to bring in class to make learning enjoyable and effective for language learners. Especially flash cards were one of my favourite classroom tool since not only the writings but also the pictures on the cards will attract students. These materials will help me to create an engaging classroom and keep students on task.The unit is about present tense. It was interesting to get an example of the most common students' mistakes and to reflect...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Taipei Taiwan 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 very important information for a future teacher. It describes all known teaching English methods, and their merits and demerits. All of them still can be used any time depending on a teacher's choice. The variety of approaches to students is amazingly rich. It's like an encyclopedia of strategies. As a former teacher of Russian language I found this description very helpful, useful and definitely will use all of methods for my future work.No single method of teaching English is...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Taiwan Taipei 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 one of the more difficult ones for me. I feel like a novice when it comes to an in-depth knowledge of the past tense and all of its forms: Past simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, and Past Perfect Continuous. I took careful notes and I have been studying them closely to really master the usages for each form. I find the formulaic breakdown of how each tense takes form extremely helpful. For example, Past Simple can be achieved by just adding 'ed' to the base form of the verb or...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Tennessee Murfreesboro 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 very beneficial in taking the first steps of becoming an English teach in a foreign country as it lays down the fundamentals of what it means and what it takes to be a strong teacher. Understanding the different motives a teacher/student will have throughout their learning career is important as you want to get the most out of your students and yourself when conducting class lessons. Being able to take a different role in the classroom will also help many students across...  [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]

Thailand is a central Asian country enjoying a tropical climate with 3 distinct seasons - summer from March through May, rainy with plenty of sunshine from June to September and cool from October through February. The average annual temperature is 28 C (83 F), ranging, in Bangkok, for example, from 30 C in April to 25 C in December. The exchange rate for the Thai baht is around 30 to the US dollar. The night life, friendly people and the air of tropical paradise all make Thailand very popular amongst ‘traveller teachers’ and, hence, wages are quite low at around B25,000 to B40,000 for schools, but up to B60,000 working for private companies. Nevertheless, living expenses are extremely low, and it is important to recognize that as a teacher you will be going native and not paying...  [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]