Mark Jepson

  In this TEFL review video, Mark from the UK talks about his experience studying with ITTT. Mark took the 120-hour online TEFL course with tutor support and videos. He decided to take the course so that he could teach English in Northern Thailand. Mark had a very positive experience taking the 120-hour course and is now taking a specialised course in teaching English to young learners. 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. It is challenging to...  [Read more]

  Mark has recently completed two TEFL courses with ITTT and started working in the beautiful city of Warsaw in Poland. In this TESOL review, he shares his thoughts on the TEFL course and why he'd recommend it to other teachers and those who want to become teachers!  [Read more]

  Mary is an assistant English language teacher in Tokyo, Japan, and she recently completed the 120-hour online TEFL/TESOL course with ITTT. She enjoyed the course a lot and had fun completing all 20 units. In her TEFL review, she also says that she enjoyed the flexibility the course gave her to complete the course in her leisure time. She recommends the course to anyone interested in teaching English and finds the course to be great value for money. 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...  [Read more]

  Mary from the US took the 120-hour TEFL course with tutor support and videos after being recommended the course by her friends who are already teaching. In this TEFL review video, Mary discusses her experience of taking the course. Mary found the course videos to be helpful in presenting the course materials in a more visual way, which helped her to better absorb the information. She also found the tutors to be very responsive to her questions often replying within 24 hours. One of the main benefits of the course was that Mary was able to study in her own time enabling her to fit study around her job. 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...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Le Mars 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 module described how to teach new language concepts by using different techniques as described under the Engage, Study and Activate pattern. The engage phase could be showing students pictures of different objects for example then giving them a gap fill exercise for the Study phase, followed by a practical task in the Activate stage which may involve working in groups or pairs. This ESA structure can be carried out in a number of ways with some stages being repeated over the course of the lesson,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Mary Esther Florida 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 every I never knew about pronunciation and phonetics. It was honestly very overwhelming as it was entirely new and as a native speaker growing up in Canada, it was never taught in schools before. However, much of the information does make a lot of sense after giving it some thought - in particular the origins of sounds. It definitely made it easier that I had come across it previously while attempting to learn Korean. Overall, everything that the unit provided was new to me and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Romania Baia Mare 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 particularly useful , as it presented lots of examples of how to plan a lesson and what teaching themes to use. I have learned about the effectiveness of songs and chants , especially when dealing with very young learners who enjoy body movement . When using games in the classroom , teachers should first think about the teaching point and then what game to play. Using stories in the classroom is useful for developing all four skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening ....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Romania Baia Mare 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 made me realize that evaluation and assessment are extensively important. I figured that indeed it is necessary for a teacher to provide placement and diagnostic tests before the student starts learning the course; progress tests provide both the teacher and the student data to monitor the student's development; and finally, achievement tests evaluate whether the student achieved the learning objectives of the course or not. Moreover, in the perspective of learning English,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Romania Satu Mare 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 based around the teachers and learners. I was able to gain a good understanding of the different roles a teacher can play in the classroom and how each role can impact the way a student learns. I didn't realise that there were so many different ways I would be able to teach a class so it was great to learn how I can act in a number of different ways to try gain different results. As for the learners it was good to know what qualities make up a good learner and how important it is...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Baia Mare Romania 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 importance of lesson plan and its functions,how a lesson plan should be written,basic principles of lesson planning and how a teacher should organised the lesson plan and important objects thats shold be focused (e.g learner objectives,personal aims,language points etc.i also leaned about planing a sequence of lesson issues (e.g flexibility, goals)As non native language speaker I find this unit a bit confusing. Going back to the days of classroom days, quite...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Baia Mare Romania 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: These videos were quite helpful in gaining an insight inti teaching English to Foreigners. For every new lesson i understand now that I as the teacher should go into the classroom with the idea that the students have zero understanding about the new topic. With that at hand, I will be able to present lessons in a more grounded and understandable manner. Also a good student-teacher relationship would help facilitate student attentiveness and participation the classroom.I have learnt that...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Satu Mare Romania 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 showed an overview of two different types of teaching scenarios that displayed differences in participation and attitude. It highlighted clearly the importance of the teacher's attitude on the students and their levels of engagement depend heavily on it. If they feel intimidated they will not learn and therefore will be reluctant to participate. The teacher was positive in the second video and naturally the students engaged more and learned more as a result.This unit deals with lesson...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Romania Satu Mare 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: Conditionals & Reported Speech I followed this unit relatively easily. The last question 20: if I choose 4 for direct speech it sounds grammatically incorrect, so this one I am not sure about. Learning the names for the conditionals was interesting this comes naturally to an English person, and I feel the lesson/unit should not be that difficult to explain to students. The Past Simple and Past Continuous are still difficult to grasp, these were not terms we learnt that...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Friendsville Pennsylvania 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 this unit will not only be educational to the advanced student but also to a great number of teachers as I find that most native speakers are able to speak extremely fluent English without necessarily knowing the differences between a comparative adjective (bigger) or an adverb of frequency (often). In this unit we experiment with breaking up sentences to allot them to their grammar classifications. It is quite a surprise to understand that native speakers can speak so well and yet...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Bow Mar 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: In this unit I learned how to construct a lesson plan from beginning to end. Lessons should start with engaging the class with an introduction of the course material. An example of engaging could consist of reviewing content from the previous lesson while integrating new information in a kind of activity. Activities include games where the whole class participates, is broken up into groups or pairs. The teacher could have the class interview each other, finish sentences, and guess the picture along...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL San Mar Maryland 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: Appropriate lesson structure, mostly geared toward classes with multiple students was covered in this unit, as well as various pros and cons inherent in given methodologies. ESA is a widely used method structure, and the methodology focus in this course. Engage and activate activity ideas were helpful. I found the nuances regarding errors versus mistakes, and when a correction is appropriate both surprising and useful. In reflecting upon past work with early readers I now realize I may have been...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Tierra Del Mar 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: From this unit I have learned about various tests for English students. In a school setting there are four tests I may have experience with each having its own purpose. Diagnostic tests are given at the start of a course to see where students are. Progress tests are given throughout the semester to chart the students progress throughout the length of the course. Practice exams are given to provide students with practice for external exams. External exams are not typically given in schools, but...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Argentina Mar Del Plata 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 have seen from the two videos which teacher taught and which teacher helped the students to understand a grammar point. In the first video, the teacher was intimidating, unfriendly and knows no technique or does not use a method in teaching a grammar lesson. In the second video, the teacher was friendly, kind and helpful to his students, very accommodating and one that made the students feel relaxed. I must admit I saw some of my attitudes in the first video and it helped me to realize...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Venezuela Catia La Mar 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 two gave a brief but comprehensive grammar lesson that I found enlightening. I actually have taught English before but still did not know a lot of this material. For example, I learned that the reason we say \"more beautiful\" instead of \"beautifuler\" is due to the number of syllables in beautiful being 3 or more. I also learned that a gerund is more than just an \"-ing\" verb, but it is the \"-ing\" form of a verb that acts as a noun. Therefore a gerund is called a gerund due to the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Chile Villa Del Mar 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 about conditionals and reported speech. I learned that conditionals are sentences containing the word \"if\" which refers to the past, present, or maybe future possibilities. Basically, in simple terms, that if 'this' happens, \"that' happens. There are five main conditionals and this chapter showed and explained examples of each one. The five conditionals are zero conditional, first conditional, second conditional, third conditional, and mixed conditional. I also learned about...  [Read more]