Matt Harley

  In the TEFL review, Matt describes how he was living and working as an English teacher in Japan when his employer asked him to get TEFL certified which he did through an online TEFL course with ITTT. Policy changes around the world mean that many countries now require their English teachers to have at least a 120-hour TEFL/TESOL certificate. ITTT's online courses are a great way to gain certification without having to take time off work. 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...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Harlem Georgia 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 the unit Evaluation and Testing were presented different ways of evaluating students' progress as well as some external tests. Students can be evaluated in different ways by tutorials, evaluations by students and tests. It is necessary to give a placement or diagnostic test to students in order to measure their level of the language. Progress test shows a teacher what language items need more work and it has to include all four skills (reading, writing, listening ans speaking) General external...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Harvey Louisiana 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: Tense means time. Essentially there are three periods of time: past, present, and future. There are, however, finer points to these time periods: four per time frame. Tense is one of the most challenging aspects to language acquisition. An example is that although present tense is about current activities, it also includes linking past actions to the present, which is part of the deeper exploration of the tense. Using the Engage, Study, and Activate lesson planning system, especially by personalizing...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Harvey 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: The unit lists many tips for teachers of new classes, large classes, mixed-ability classes, warmers, students' inclination to use their first language, and effectively using listening materials. First lessons require the teacher to establish rapport, getting to know the students, especially to find out their names, backgrounds, and goals for learning English. Teachers shouldn't dive into the lesson without engaging students with a warmer. Students need to get into using English before they are asked to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Harvey North 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: This unit talks about future tenses and the 7 most common tenses that are used. we explore the use of future simple, future continuous, future perfect, future perfect continuous, be going, present simple and present continuous, and their uses. this unit was filled with information on how to correctly teach these tenses and their structures. for example if I were to teach about future continuous I would tell the students how to use this form \"subject+will+be+verb+ing.\"I would explain that this...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Davao Oriental Mati 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 methods and techniques for teaching language, as well as detailing the 'Engage, Study, Activate' method. This method is the preferred for teaching English as part of the TESOL course, and is based on a number of these methods by Jeremy Harmer. The unit covered each stage of the lesson, emphasising elicitation from students and getting them to discover answers rather than just giving answers. The unit provided ideas for each stage, which would be appropriate for...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Mati Davao Oriental 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 the most difficult grammar review for me. In this unit, we learned about the modal auxiliary verbs and the rules for when to use each of them. I found the chart to be very handy and helpful. We also learned about the passive voice and how it differs from the active voice, their forms and usage. There are three relative clauses, the independent, dependent, and relative. The most difficult for me was the phrasal verbs, and how to distinguish between the intransitive,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Mati Davao Oriental 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: Future Tenses is by far the most complex out of all the tenses covered this far. Again it is important to master the base form of each tense, and built on that. The complexity of this unit will definitely only apply to advanced user of the language. Giving lessons it will be important to properly Engage the learners as they will very easily loose focus with a intense Study session for this particular module.This was a hard unit. It taught me about all the present tenses, present...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Vernon Hills 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 unit gives an interesting and thorough overview of the huge range of equipment and aids that can be brought into the classroom to assist in more effective lessons for both student and teacher. This included electronic media through internet resources and written materials. It also gave very good advice. Always have a back-up plan. I once found myself carrying-out a listening practice exam and the CD would not play in the CD player provided. I was rather impressed by the list of internet links...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Cade Louisiana 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: Before i talk about the lesson i have two complaints about the teacher in both lessons. The teachers clothing is terrible, his shirt is too big, the tie was tied to tight and not great, and finally I'm pretty sure he wasn't wearing a belt. A teachers appearance is very important for establishing a good rapport. My other complaint was that he said in the second video that ostriches and kangaroos can't swim. This is a lie they can swim and he should have known that. The teachers in both lessons spent way...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Hayden Arizona 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 was very nervous watching first lesson. Teacher entered in a bad mood, and he did not use Engage stage. Students were confused and afraid to answer teachers question (even if they knew the answer) not to make a mistake. Teacher was uninterested to help a student who didn't know the difference between CAN and COULD. Teacher did not give good examples. Students were uninterested in the lesson. Everything he did was wrong. Awful lesson! In the second lesson, everything was different. Teacher was in a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Woodstock Maine 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, the use of pronunciation and phonology is important in the productive skill as in speaking. Communication by speaking correctly can help to promote understanding between people. The use of intonation, stress and rhythm in a speech can make a dialogue interesting and will engage listeners interestingly. This seems to happen in radio broadcasting. If the intonation is flat, I think audience will not want to listen to radio broadcasts or sometimes event TV broadcasts. The application of such...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Cuba guantanamo 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: Most of this unit was straight forward. For laying out a lesson, there was much of it I was familiar with. With the majority of my teaching experience coming from teaching skiing, flexibility, learning objectives, time, procedure and possible problems were ingrained in my teaching style. When teaching 6 1 hour lessons a day you have to have a good idea of planning to survive especially when the students change every time. However, making a more formal plan was not something I was ever considering...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Guantanamo Cuba 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: Modals, phrasal verbs and passive voice, this was a unit that made you think. Phrasal verbs is something a lot of us use in daily language and never think of but to explain them to a student will definitely take some extra special explanation work, but when as they say, ' the penny drops', it will be something they will enjoy using. When you understand the basic rules for modals and passive voice they make sense.To learn this unit, we should have a clear thoughts about tenses especially...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Guantanamo Cuba 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-5 :Managing Classes How important Eye contact,Gestures and the voice of the teacher. How to discipline the classroom , giving information to the students,Rapport building,writing on the board and the use of Teacher talk time. How important to grouping the students:Whole-class activities,Students workingo n their own ,pairworks and group works For me this thing is most impartant: Students name should be used at the end of the question,not at the start. This keeps everybody in the class...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Czech Republic Olomouc 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 dynamics within the classroom, both between the teacher/students as individuals, between the teacher and the class as a whole, and between the students themselves. Having experienced many different classroom arrangements (horseshoe arrangement or small groups are my favourite), it's good to now be able to understand how that effects the general atmosphere within the classroom. It also shows how important it is to identify how that relates to the goal of the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Olomouc Czech Republic 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: teacher must know when to be firm and when to leave the students alone, eye contact , gesture and teachers voice are ways to help the teacher in manging the class . grouping students has there pron and cons,classroom arrangement should depend on the space available , nationality and student personality.there should be a rapport between the teacher.teacher should know how to respond to the student behavior problemThe unit discussed issues relating to productive skills, speaking and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Czech Republic Olomouc 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 displays more information on the practical side of teaching that the course hasn't been able to include in the other lesson units because it would have taken the attention of the theme of that unit. This unit is therefor called 'Troubleshooting' and give information about how to deal with some of the most common problem situations a Teacher can encounter in his career, like different levels, usage of native language by students, reluctant students, very large classes and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Olomouc Czech Republic 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 can see why this is difficult to learn and why teachers must have good knowledge to prevent student confusion and keep them interested and motivated. I also see how focusing on tenses will actually create opportunities for student to use and learn the language. I find I have to work backwards, I know the correct sentence (and recognize the wrong one). I then have to figure out why it is correct/incorrect, based on the rules. I hope it becomes easier with more use and exposure. Again...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Lesson TESOL Training 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.L. – Korea said: To summarize a wonderful experience seems inappropriate but taking a look at task 3, I'll get over it. This course was fantastic to say the least and the Ministry of Education here in South Korea should have it be required by all Native english Teachers nationwide. Recently, a major organization that employs thousands of english teachers here started to require a 120 hour Tefl or Tesol certificate so many of us here enrolled in various programs online. My friend took this course and...  [Read more]