Teacher Language Tefl

  The simple answer is no, you do not need to have any knowledge or experience of languages other than English to take a TEFL course or to become an EFL teacher. The ability to speak other languages is not required as the vast majority of TEFL classrooms around the world rely on the communicative approach to English teaching that specifies that English is the only language used in the classroom. In multilingual classrooms where the students could have a dozen or more different first languages, being able to communicate in one or two of them would obviously be of no particular advantage. In monolingual classrooms you may also find that students are more inclined to revert to their mother tongue during the lesson if they are aware that the teacher can understand what is being said....  [Read more]

  When considering Teacher Talk Time, we can perhaps look at the major advantage and disadvantage of the teacher actually talking. The major advantage is that you as the teacher are usually the only real model for the language, the source of correct English. So at some stages, your talking time is very important to the students. So when you?re modeling language, that use of Teacher Talk Time can be very advantageous. There are major disadvantages to overusing Teacher Talk Time, however, and perhaps the major one is that whenever the teacher is talking, the students are listening and if the students are listening, then they themselves cannot be talking. So, Teacher Talk Time reduces the opportunity for Student Talk Time. So, we should try to minimize the use of Teacher Talk Time...  [Read more]

  Shaina is from Canada but working as an assistant language teacher with the JET program in Okinawa, Japan. She recently completed the 120-hour TEFL/TESOL course with ITTT and found it extremely useful. She learned new warm-up techniques, as well as how to structure lesson plans better. She feels that she is now a better teacher and resource for her students in Japan.  [Read more]

  ITTT has been at the forefront of providing high quality teacher training programs since 1993. In that time we have produced thousands of graduates every year through our extensive range of online, in-class and combined training courses. As a market leader in the TEFL industry, we are continuously striving to improve our products and services to ensure that we maintain our position as one of the largest and most highly regarded providers of TEFL training worldwide. Check out what our grads have to say about us in this testimonial video! See more testimonials here: https://www.teflcourse.net/tefl-videos/tefl-video-testimonials/?cu=YTDESCRIPTION Are you ready to live and teach abroad? Click here and get started today: https://www.teflcourse.net/?cu=YTDESCRIPTION Check our wide...  [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]

  Strictly speaking the answer is no, you do not have to possess a TEFL certificate in order to find work as an English language teacher. In some countries around the world it is still possible to secure employment simply by being a native English speaker. However, there are several reasons why we would strongly recommend that you complete a TEFL training course before you set off to teach English abroad. In recent years many popular destinations for EFL teachers have begun to tighten the requirements necessary for teaching English in schools and language centers. A recognized TEFL certificate is now required in order to secure a work permit in many countries, whilst the ever growing number of teachers with a TEFL qualification means that employers in the majority of countries...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Cheaper TESOL Diploma 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.B. – U.S.A. said: This experience has really opened my eyes up to the complexity of the english language. There are many things, as a native english speaker, which I do subconsciously. I learned a lot about the english language that I might have never learned in school. I will keep this in mind when I am in front of the classroom because learning the language will be much more difficult for new learners. There are times that I struggle as a student and I also want to keep this in mind when I am a teacher....  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Lessons TESOL English 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: S. K. – U.S.A. said: This course has especially helped me out in two areas: lesson planning and grammar. Both of those areas of teaching were things that I didn’t take seriously enough while teaching the past three years. For lesson planning, I’d usually rely on my Korean co-teachers to plan the lessons and tell me what I should do. When I had no co-teachers, I’d either follow the textbook or go to class with a half-put together plan and if the plan wasn’t adequate, I would just kill for time. ...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Online TESOL Language 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: H.S. - South Africa said: During this course I found that what seemed absolutely normal and obvious to me, will probably not seem obvious and normal to the students in my class and being a native speaker, I realized how much of what I was taught in school, I have already forgotten. This course refreshed my memory and taught me a few new things that were not even mentioned during my years at school. At the end, I would like to use my certificate to make a difference in countries where english is not a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Companies TESOL International 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: S.L. - Jamaica said: Personally, I have gained a lot from the course. Initially, I thought it would be somewhat easy, considering that I have been speaking english all my life. However, it has proven challenging and I am sure that I will develop into a strong ESL teacher because of the course. I have gained a renewed appreciation for tenses, something I took for granted. Learning how to write a lesson plan has also been very rewarding and has helped me to appreciate the effort of many of my past...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Global TESOL Language 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: C.T. - South Korea said: I have been impressed with this course from the start. It has been well thought out and presented, easy to understand and follow with each lesson pertinent and valuable to a teacher of english to foreign students. I was personally gratified for all the grammar lessons, because I hadn’t studied some of it since high school. I will use the lesson plan system and how to deal with large classes in the future. I was particularly grateful for my tutor, Tania. She was extremely helpful and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Flexible TESOL Course 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: Of course, there are a few things I have gained and learned from this course. I am a teacher of english and German for more than two years now and this course gave me absolutely new ideas and information about how to teach. In a lot of cases, however, this course helped smoothing out sharp edges in my teaching. I will, for instance, and already have put even more focus on my presence and role as a teacher in class. I follow ‘simple’ advice as for example in the order of handing out...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Advanced TESOL Course 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: S.K. - Saudi Arabia said: This course has been helpful in many different ways. I feel empowered by the different techniques and methods provided throughout the course, I can now approach teaching with more confidence in my teaching abilities. I would like to apply what I have learned to the way I approach my students and I hope to see the positive results. I will be taking the TEFL young learners course and afterwards search for a job as an english KG teacher. In the future, I would like to progress to higher...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Iran Varamin 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: Vocabulary is very import to the students, especially at the early stages when the students begin to learn the basic words that they need to get by in the language. As a teacher, we are generally guided by the course and some teacher’s book. There are four thins that students need to do with new languages; exposed to it ,understand its meaning, understand how it’s constructed and be able to practice and produce it. Teachers should ensure that students are introduced to new...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Egypt Suez 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 the qualities, roles and responsibilities of both teachers and students. As for teachers the main thing that makes teacher professional is a concern about learning of students.It is important for teachers to be an organizer, assessor, observer , facilitator and have a good subject knowledge.The responsible students characterizes such qualities as a desire to learn and experiment with the language, willingness to ask questions and to listen to the language, an ability to think about...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Brazil recife 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 the two receptive skills of language learning, reading and listening. Both of these skills are important in learning languages and everyday use of languages. Reading can allow language learners to review material as much as they need to understand the text. Whereas listening only allows language learners once. Both areas can have areas of difficulties such as unfamiliar words or phrases. It is helpful for teachers to explain necessary words or grammatical patterns to the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Company TESOL Courses 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.P. - U.S.A. said: Teaching classes containing a wide variety of ages People learn english for various purposes. english can be used to teach their own children, to be an english teacher, to use in their business, or to have fun. As a global language, english represents an important social, linguistic, and economic resource. The demand for english and for teachers of english around the world is likely to continue. For this reason, there are many of different types of students. As a teacher, having classes...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Smithfield 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 brings ESA back into focus and shows how a teacher can use this method to teach students new vocabulary and new language structures. When learning vocabulary and language structures, it is important to know how to use them, their meanings, how they interact with other words and structures and for structure in particular, its forms and patterns. Language function is also vital to teaching a new language. It teaches the students the appropriateness of the language in terms of formal,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Japan Seto 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: Having grown up speaking English & learning proper grammar from the American school system, it's interesting to be reintroduced to the proper terms for tenses that are second nature. As a teacher it is important to have a complete understanding of the grammar you are teaching to students. Some of the proper linguistic classifications are forgotten over time in one's native language, or sometimes never fully introduced. Having studied German language, it is also very interesting to see the...  [Read more]