Not Native

  As the worldwide market for TESOL qualified teachers is so strong there is no shortage of great opportunities out there, whatever your nationality or background. In some areas there are so many jobs available that teachers can pick and choose the one they prefer. Because of this, non-native English speakers should have no problems finding a job in many parts of the world. In fact, of the thousands of trainees that take our courses every year, there are actually more non-native than native English speakers. Regardless of where you were born or what language you grew up speaking, as long as you are now fluent in English there is nothing to stop you enjoying great success as an English language teacher. The truth is that non-native English speakers can have some advantages over...  [Read more]

  "Your" and "you're" often get confused, not only by English learners around the world but also by many native English speakers. Let's break it down. "Your" is a possessive adjective that indicates ownership, while "you're" is simply the contraction of "you are". Let's take a look at this example sentence: Your grades are great this semester. In this case, we use 'your' as we use it to indicate ownership. You're the best student in the entire school! This example require us to use 'you're' because it is the short form for 'you are'. Should you not be sure which one to use, think about if you want to express ownership or of you want to say "you are". Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Raleigh 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 covered teaching pronunciation and phonology. It described how words and sentences have stresses within them. It also went into the explanation of patterns such as rise/fall and fall/rise. This can help people predict the meanings and different areas being stress can relay different things. Lastly, it went over the sounds in out language and how letters can end up having things like being linked or dropped. As a native, we do this all the time and this must be confusing for people who...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Courses Shijiazhuang 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: B.M. – U.K. said: Unit Fifteen explains different types of tests and reasons why a student of English might need to be evaluated. As a new student enters a language school, they will complete a placement test to ensure that that they are placed at the correct learning level and in the right class. It is important for students to begin the classes with peers who are at the same learning level. At the start of the class, students may also complete a diagnostic test that will help the teacher to plan for...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Park City Kentucky 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 by far one of the more harder units in this course. This was the first time that I found myself struggling in the test and not 100 percent sure of myself. I think it is so hard for natives English speakers to learn because we are never exposed to thoughts or learning experiences like this. For this reason, I think many native English teachers are lazy to teach it because we never needed it to learn English, so they may never need it either. However, I learned a lot more than I expected on...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Cost Qualified TESOL 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.S. - Germany said: TEFL for non native english speaking teachersFrom the topics available and open for discussion, the one of non native english speaking teachers interests me most, since I am not a native speaker of the english language. When looking at this topic in more detail one finds an ongoing discussion whether native speakers are more suitable for teaching english than non native speakers are more suitable. I find this topic interesting because I am personally affected by it and I find it important...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Dessie Ethiopia 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 not a native English speaker, that's why I had to learn all of it at school. It was good to read about English grammar again though. I still make a lot of mistakes, because I have not learned English as native speaker does. Using English I still have many doubts. Something what is natural for a native speaker can cause problems for speakers from other countries. Like it is written in the introduction of the unit, native speakers were probably not taught grammar, but they use it perfectly in...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Vietnam Rach Gia 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 very important both for teacher and student, whose native language is not English. Sometimes it takes long time to correct wrong pronunciation. And one of the most challenging in practicing pronunciation, is explaining differences between native speaker`s pronunciation, because English language is very different in different English language speaking countries. Maybe its the hardest unit for me while passing previous. But it is very useful, as describes different methods...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Porter New York 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 made me realise how much of my understanding of tenses came from everyday usage and not from school. I was aware of different tenses before I started teaching, but through teaching English, my awareness of the different tenses is more prominent. In a classroom setting,I can see how it could be difficult to teach certain past tenses to students if one does not speak their native language. In order to teach the more complex past tenses, I usually revert to the students native language to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Russia Kovrov 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: As a native speaker I did not realize that there were so many different tenses and parts of speech. The parts of speech can even get a little confusing to native English speakers. This lesson helped me understand how we use gerunds in English and how to teach it to a non-native speaker. I always understood a gerund in speaking it, although I would mess it up occasionally in writing. I can see how a non-native speaker would get confused. I learned that the students must understand that in some...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Turkey Sivas 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 some of the problems teachers can face when first starting to teach. If one does not at all know the class one is about to teach, one should establish rapport by certain games and activities. If one has a very large class, one should make sure that one does a lot of group activities and pairwork so that every student feels included. If students start talking in their native language, one should make sure that the activities are understood so they don not have to resort to explaining...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Pakistan Khairpur 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: Studying conditional tenses can be very confusing even to native speakers due to the need to accurately gauge the time references (and appropriate tenses) of the hypothetical situations that the conditional statement can reference. Very often as native speakers we say these things without thinking and if for some reason we use the wrong tense (and time reference) and are as a result misunderstood, we can simply add more information (explanation) to clarify. When studying this tense however, one...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Lengshuijiang 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: Non-native speakers come from a linguistic background composed of many different sound patterns and may not naturally be able to handle English phonology quite as well. This usually happens because a specific sound that a learner cannot produce does not exist in their native language, such as the /p/ sound for native Arabic speakers learning English. Another common problem that leads to the mispronunciation of English words is that not all languages have the same stress patterns. Learners of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Santo Domingo De Los Colorados Ecuador 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 order to organize and manage a classroom effectively, a teacher must know how to properly arrange the classroom, interact with students, group students together, establish rapport, and maintain discipline within the classroom. Students should be able to comfortably work alone or in groups as well as feel comfortable asking the teacher for guidance. Students who are not comfortable in certain tasks should not be pushed as it could create uneasiness between that student and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs China Guigang 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 reason the students are learning English in the first place is very important to know when coming into the class. Understanding how much they know already and is also very crucial to the course. It can be difficult teaching business English because the students are already working a full-time job and are usually exhausted and drained. Adults also do not retain information like young students do. A teacher should not be speaking their native language to the class because the point is for the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification India Dhule 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 been fortunate to have taught in most of these areas, excluding the beginner without the Roman alphabet. And while I would agree in every area that lessons should be taught in English and not the native language, I am questioning this for beginners without the Roman alphabet. There are some lessons that may need explanation and clarification in the L1. Would it not be frustrating for this level at any age however especially with very young beginners to not understand the lesson? I have...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Lessons Qualified TESOL 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: T. A. - Japan said: I realized that the teacher has to be knowledgeable and confident about his/her material to be able to teach effectively. There are so many factors that can affect how a classroom dynamic will play out so as the teacher, you have to be patient and well prepared. Another thing is that although native english speakers can communicate in english, there is a great deal to be learned on how to teach it to english learners. One has to realize that for most non-native speakers, the "it sounds...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Salem West Virginia 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 focuses on very common problems we might have in the classroom, such as reluctant students, or students using their native language instead of English. It also covers some common situations that might cause a challenge for the teacher, such as large classes, and classes with students of various English levels. The unit provides many reminders to not give into common teacher pitfalls (like avoiding listening materials or assuming student intentions) and instead to find ways to overcome the...  [Read more]