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  In this TESOL review video two TEFL students talk about their experiences during their four week course in Corinth, Greece. Don't be worried if you have forgotten the rules of grammar. ITTT does not require prospective trainees to have an in depth knowledge of the terminology and structures of the English language. We will teach you this during the course thus providing you with the knowledge and skills needed to be a successful teacher. 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]

  In this TEFL review video a student from South Africa talks about her second week at ITTT's training center in Phuket, Thailand. She discusses some of the course components, the training staff and the rewards of doing the course in Phuket. At ITTT all in-class trainers and online tutors are experienced and qualified professionals and they guarantee to deliver to trainees the most up to date training methods in the teaching of English to non native English speakers. 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...  [Read more]

  There are some other classroom management issues that we need to consider and they may include issues such as writing on the board, giving students individual attention, the use of teacher talk time, the way in which we should give instructions to our students, the building and maintaining of rapport with our students, and finally the one that perhaps most new teachers particularly spend a lot of time worrying and thinking about, is the issue of classroom discipline. So what we'd like to do is to take each of these in turn and look at some of the major issues surrounding these classroom management issues. 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...  [Read more]

  Did you know that you can complete an ITTT online course in the comfort of your own home and at your own pace? In this TEFL review video George talks about his experiences as an ITTT online student. ITTT offers a variety of TEFL/TESOL online courses. For example, for teachers who are considering working with younger students, ITTT offers the Certificate in Teaching English to Young Learners. Young learners can be one of the most rewarding of all groups to teach and ITTT's course will provide you with the tools to be an effective classroom teacher. To find out more about this course and other TEFL courses ITTT offers simply follow the links above. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Henry South 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 was about classroom managements, where it talks about how the teacher should act towards the students, the positions she should be, not only the teacher, but also the student. It explains many ways on how to have the student attention towards the teacher, like the teacher talk time, when is it correctly used. Also, it talks about the classroom arrangements depending on the size of the class, the type of students, the type of seat, etc. The different activities that could be made so...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Cabimas Venezuela 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 learned how I can form the five different conditionals, when they are used, and how to teach these conditionals to my students. I also learned how to transform 'direct speech' to 'reported speech'. I need to change the verb, the pronoun and the time expression to form a correct 'reported speech' sentence. They unit also came up with practical teaching ideas.The unit 17 talks about the various tools available to us, professors. It varies a lot, but basically, during an ordinary lesson,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Olinda Brazil 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 discussed managing classes, which included tips on eye contact, gesture, and voice, different ways to group and arranged students, teacher talk time (TTT), the best way to give instructions, and a brief overview on problem behavior from students. I would have liked if the Unity included more specific ways to deal with problematic behavior in students, as it can be one of them most challenging things of classroom management.Unit eighteen covers modals, passive voice, relative clauses...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL McNulty 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 is about class management and what contributes to it. It explains how teacher should effectively organize and manage the class, at the same time maintain discipline among students and have a good rapport with them. From this unit we can learn that body language is very important when it comes to class management, the way in which teacher groups students and talks to them also play a major role in managing a class. Finally, the unit explains teacher talking time should be minimum in order to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Brimley Michigan 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 revolved around dealing with problems that students can encounter when they are in an English class. The best way for an instructor to develop rapport with his students is to break the ice with a small questionnaire where the student talks about themselves, or a pass the ball game where students can answer questions. The Instructor can use what is called \"Warmers\" that are games that students can play that introduce them to the topic the Instructor will talk about. Warmers include...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Russia Cherkessk 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 is the section that I believe is the least common-sensical of all the sections as it teaches technical names for linguistic terms related to pronuncation and phonetics. The information presented is not very relevant to daily teaching, but nonetheless useful for a teacher to have accessible. Students in non-English speaking countries have often been taught international phonetic script and will use it as a guide to learn vocabulary. When they have questions regarding pronunciation...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Winnipeg Canada 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: It is very important to choose appropriate methods for different language groups of students. When the teacher tries to elicit the vocabulary, a variety of exercises should be used, for example the teacher can try to get students to talk with the help of real life objects, drawings, flashcards, different questions and so on. Mistakes and errors are not the same and should be differentiated by both the teachers and the studentsThis unit talks mainly about the evaluation in addition to the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Colombia Sogamoso 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 all about class management ,as a teacher you are the master of the your class and the way you manage it will be evident if you are a good teacher .As a good teacher ,you should be flexible and able to inspire confidence in learners .As a teacher you should give some rules for learners to respect and with your body language learners should be able to better understand you .Grouping learners and giving each group a task or role is a good approach for learning ,students...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Gyumri Armenia 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: Personally I think conditional is an important content of vocabulary in english language, so that?s why it was good to revise them. It is important also always to get some teaching ideas or tips for the future. Ofcourse the material of this unit was really theoretical and doesn?t suit directly to the lessons I?m going to teach. But that?s always teachers? work to modify the material suiting best to language level of the group.Unit 5 talks about different aspects and methods in managing a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Ozamiz Philippines 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 in my opinion because it talks about something that we use every day in common English usage which is the future tense. The future tenses are very important in my former field of work because I had business meetings where we would talk about new projects and things that we would implement at work. In the future tense is important for students to learn because otherwise they wouldn't be able to tell each other what they are about to do !Unit 20 presents a brief...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Barcelona Spain 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: If we want to manage classrooms effectively, we have to be able to handle a range of variables. These include how the classroom space is organized, whether the students are working on their own or in groups and how we organize classroom time. We also need to consider how we appear to the students, and how we use our most valuable asset - our voice. The way we talk to students - and who talks most in the lesson - is another key factor in classroom management.Unlike the Present and the Past Tense...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Misato 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 productive skills of speaking and writing. After learning the whole unit, I learnt about for controlled activity and guided activity, languages should be controlled by teachers. Even though accuracy and fluency are equally important, during study phase teachers should focus more on accuracy and for engage phase and activate phase giving students more freedom of speaking as fluent as they can are more important. Also working as an English teacher I do feel trying to make the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs divinopolis Brazil 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: Past tense is one or maybe the most difficult grammar point to many of the students (especially in Asia). I`ve been living in China for 4 years, and I noticed that even people with a high educational background can`t or just don`t use past tense when they talk. It`s because they don`t have Past Tense in their native language, therefore it`s really difficult for them to understand why and how we have to use it in English. This Unit gave me some good ideas for how to practice and exercise Past...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Zhongxiang 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: V.F. - Korea said: This unit talks about evaluations and testing. The three major ways to assess a student's language level are tutorials, evaluations done by the students, and tests. The tutorials can be done with groups of students or individually and are useful when done on a weekly basis. At the end of each week the teacher can review what work has been done throughout the week, bring up any problems that may have come up, and talk about the goals for the week. When it comes to the evaluations they can be...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Vina Alabama 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 focused on methods of organizing the classroom; identifying reasons for and preventing disruptive behavior; pros and cons of different groupings; the importance of eye contact, gestures, voice, and establishing rapport with the students; giving instructions; and the advantages and disadvantages of teacher talk time and how to maximize student talk time. What I took away in particular from this lesson was the importance of eye contact, gestures, and voice in the classroom and to avoid using...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification India Bhubaneswar 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: There are many different methods, and techniques , to assist you as a teacher to engage your student in learning. There is no one way that is better, but all ways are great as long as the students are communicating in English, being praised, feeling encouraged and are motivated to learn. If you, as the teacher, keep learning exciting, with the use of pictures, games, and music , as well as assist them with their studies with worksheets, surveys, and other forms of acquiring language...  [Read more]