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  In this TEFL review, Laura from Romania talks about how she took the course because she wants to teach English in Japan and was recommended ITTT by a friend. Laura found the course to be great value for money and was happy that she was able to study the course at home in her own time. 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. Every course that I take seems to get harder for me. But it's always good to review the lesson plan before taking the test. This...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Legitimate TESOL Programs 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: N.C. – Korea said: The course has been a real eye opener in terms of how I taught before and how I teach now, with each Unit I feel like I have improved in some aspect of my teaching to progress well along a career path that I hope continues for the foreseeable future. I also have a new appreciation of how difficult some aspects of english are. I have struggled with certain units and been confused, and I am a native speaker! The experience of taking the TEFL course has definitely made me a more...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification China Gujiao 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: Comparing the two videos I just watched, I noticed a significant positive change in the interaction between the students and their teacher in the second video. The attitude of the teacher influenced how the students responded. The teacher immediately engaged the students by asking their names and building rapport with the students. The teacher then went on to putting students in pairs for an exercise. Through the exercise the teacher was able to see how much the students knew. The teacher...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Carey Idaho 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 attitude of a teacher is very important to the success of the class. A friendly and encouraging attitude is essential to build rapport with the students. Use of gestures and mimic is also very important. Using students names in random order can cause students to pay more attention to the lessons. Using repetition drills is a very good idea to practice pronunciation, the students feel more at ease when called by their name, so learning their name is an important part of teaching. If names are...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Meeting House Hill Delaware 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 helps me notice the differences in group functions. A class with more children at a younger age works best in rows. I notice that the teacher would have material already prepared. The students are asked at random and I also noticed the teacher would give positive remarks once they've answered. In my son's classroom, I noticed that the teacher likes putting them in groups to work together. You can see there's more interaction amongst the group and less teacher talking time. ...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Danner 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: This unit contains different methods of teachings and explains how they are different. This unit also highlights different aspects of each method and how they will manifest in the classroom. Engage, study, and activate phases are explained to help a teacher better understand what should be occurring during a class period. The multiple examples listed under the elicitation heading should prove helpful for new teachers or be a good reminder for veterans that may have become set on just a few of those...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Farmersville California 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 8 provided a key review of the future tenses: future simple, future continuous, future perfect, future perfect continuous, and \"going to\". I feel like I have learned how to better categorize these types of future tenses if I saw a future tense example at random. A reason for this is that unit 8's usage breakdowns for each tense were very clear and concise so I had an easy time using these usages to define the sentence examples. It was also helpful to learn that future simple is used for...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Shady 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: Well, we?ve reached the end of the road. Do I feel ready to go to China and teach a class? Nope. Have I done most of the work I need to get certified to do exactly that? Yep. This doesn?t give me a lot of confidence in being an English teacher, but I guess I?ll roll with it. English teachers in other countries have the reputation of being too stupid to get by in their country of origin. Like washed up Americans with no marketable skills but their ability to speak the English language. Or even worse -...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Syria Al-Hasakah 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 was given an overview of lesson plans and structures. The unit gave an order and names to the sections of lesson plans, so that they can later be pieced together and put to use. The Engage, Study, Active structure gave examples of lessons in the form of games that can help in an actual classroom setting in order to engage the students and give them a fun experience while learning a new language. I personally found the examples of word games very helpful and will utilize...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Yetter 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: Unit 10 gives a clear cut example of what NOT to do in a classroom setting as a teacher. In the first video the teacher never smiles, insists that everything is EASY and assumes that the students must know it all. The first class is not organized in an ESA format, it is a hodge-podge of facts being thrown at confused and intimidated students. The second video shows a teacher smiling and encouraging the students by using their names and being very active in the class. You can see from the faces of the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Abohar India 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 section was about coursebooks and lesson materials. Personally I like using course books to guide the syllabus, but I feel this is because I don't have the experience or knowledge yet to create my own syllabus. Despite liking coursebooks using extra material is vital to keep students engaged and to help them connect their learned language to the real world. Using extra material adds a change of pace from the coursebook, often causing students to be curious what the sheets or exercises the...  [Read more]

  The zero conditional is the most basic form of the conditionals in the English language. This is a teaching idea for the zero conditional that can also be adjusted for any other types of conditionals. 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. You have to know who is the publisher, of the book you using while teaching. Students is fast learners when you let them feel and see the real picture of the meaning of the word. It is like a movie, you...  [Read more]

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