Teaching English In Indonesia

Indonesia has placed the turmoil of the nineties firmly in the past. The currency has now stabilized, and once again Indonesia is a hot destination for TESOL teachers. The archipelago is a world of contrast. Rapidly evolving big cities, stand in stark contrast to the seldom travelled, unspoilt, tropical wilderness. Home to a wealth of cultures, the colors, smells, and the people all make for a kaleidoscope experience. A population of two-hundred and thirty four millions fit into a landmass of seven-hundred and forty thousand square miles. Indonesian is the official language, with Javanese, Sudanese and English spoken by a minority, though one shouldn’t expect English to be widely spoken outside of the big cities. It is a predominantly Muslim country, with a minority of Hindi devotees,...  [Read more]

  The Republic of Indonesia consists of 17,508 islands, has a population of approximately 230 million people, and is the world's 5th most populated country. This vast country touches the Pacific and Indian Oceans while bridging the continents of Australasia and Asia. The Indonesian Archipelago is 5,200km in length, and is located entirely in the tropics. A culturally and linguistically diverse country, around 500 languages and dialects are spoken by its people. Indonesia is also a scenic country with many stunning beaches and islands, active volcanoes and thick, dense jungle. For many, the main attraction of Indonesia is the lifestyle and customs of its peoples. For those that decide to take a TEFL course in Indonesia, you will experience a colorful, dynamic country with a huge...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Zurich Switzerland 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 been a bit challenging for me, as I have never really learned the phonetic alphabet, so its been really great to go over that. Here where I teach in Indonesia pronunciation is something that is really very important to teach and often over looked. I have so far only had experience teaching speakers of Indonesian the English language, I know there are different aspects that need to be worked on in different manners depending on who you teach.This unit covered types of examinations...  [Read more]

Founded in 2007, the TEFL International training centre in Indonesia brings our internationally acknowledged TESOL course to 'The Ring of Fire.' Situated near the eastern end of the famous island of Java, the Surabaya TESOL centre is close to world class scenery and beaches. Our Indonesian TESOL training facility is in paradise's backyard. Surabaya offers a great variety of cultural and social activities, an exciting nightlife, water sports and other activities, delicious Indonesian cuisine, warm people and many teaching opportunities nearby. Surabaya and its surrounds are certain to give you what you want in a TESOL course in Indonesia. Principal among many reasons for TESOL teachers to venture to Indonesia is the desire to travel and to deeply experience working and living in a very...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lowry City Missouri 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: Teaching pronunciation and phonemes is very useful to students to support their speaking. Students speaking Indonesian often have difficulty in the phonemes /ð/ and /?/ which appear as TH in English words. Also, Indonesian only has six to seven vowels compared to English's much more vowels, including diphthongs, triphthongs, and long vowels. Indonesian learners also oftentimes (empirically speaking) omit some phonemes such as /k/ and /s/ in |asks| and many more. This, and also the fact that...  [Read more]

Concerns of Learning Tesol Via The Internet Having moved to Indonesia to be with my Indonesian wife, I found it impossible to obtain work without a piece of paper qualifying me for something. This stipulation, a Government requirement, made life very difficult to settle in this foreign country. My options where very limited although my training as a music teacher inspired me to consider learning a certificate in English. I had 2 major concerns here and one was that my Educational background is extremely limited and the second was cost and time learning in Australia. Numerous phone calls where made to various institutions around Australia and none suited my needs. When I asked if I should study via the internet it was suggested that I could loose my money and the certificate would be...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Centre Offering 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.A. & K.N. - Singapore said: Pronunciation problem in SingaporeIt is very important as a teacher to enable students to master their four major language skills such as listening, speaking, reading and writing. These skills support one another. But in the world today the most important thing to consider is their acquisition and production of the english language through speaking because it is the biggest thing people will notice. Even though we need to keep the balance, it is a must for students to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Usak Turkey 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 found a very useful presentation of theories ,methods and techniques to teach English as a second language.For example,I learned that it is helpful to elicit English vocabulary of what students have already learned ,if teacher will be aware of some student's native language vocabulary. To be aware of student's traditions and culture will help to build positive relationship as well. This will help to increase motivation to learn English.Having experience in teaching reading skill to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Kinshasa Democratic Republic Of The Congo 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, We have gone over the past tenses, something very important especially here in Indonesia where I am an English as a Foreign Language Teacher to natives. I see many times there is much confusion with the tenses as their native language has no verb tenses, only time words to know when an action happened, is happening, or will happen. This has been very beneficial for me to go over these tenses again.One has to have a passion for teaching in order to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Hamlet Nebraska 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: From all kinds of tests mentioned in the unit, based on my experience placement test and diagnostic test are the ones that are never administered to students in public schools. This is important because in public schools in Indonesia typically there are 30 to 40 students in one class, each student is different from another student in term of language level. This lack results in the difficulty to manage classes and conduct lessons because students are in ranging levels. Even though the curriculum made...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Karur 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: Reflecting back from my experience of teaching English to students with Indonesian as their first language, future tenses (Future Simple, Future-going to, and Present Continuous) is fairly easy. This is due to the fact that future tenses does not need verb conjugation (apart from Future Continuous, Future Perfect and Future Perfect Continuous), unlike past tenses where they need to conjugate the verbs into past form (or as they call it \"V2\"). And the concept of future is easily comprehensible by the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Medan Indonesia 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 explained how to form lesson plans and how those lesson plans may change as the teacher becomes more experienced. It was helpful to see how the engage, study, and activate phases worked together. By seeing a working lesson plan and the number of handouts, I was able to start gathering my own ideas for lessons. The open lesson planning page will be a great resource in creating my own plans.In this unit, I learned about teaching special groups. There are several different...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Manado Indonesia 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 provided great visual representations of poorly as well as well carried out lessons. It highlighted what to avoid when teaching and what to emulate in order to have a successful lesson. I found this to be helpful for online TEFL certifications in particular because it provides somewhat of an in-class feel and experience, since actual in class time does not accompany online certifications.In this unit we learned various tools to use when teaching a new language. This unit...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Tegal Indonesia 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 perticular unit of conditional and reported speachg was at first confusing for me. The groups between Intermediaries ,reporting verbs and media interviews have different ideas of teaching. in groups, a role plays have stoped speaking and will communicaste only through another. Higher levels can be asked first to make a list as many verbs and then check that it contains all the one necessarys/This unit is about teaching students receptive skills: reading and listening. It explains...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Batam Indonesia 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 outlines many different teaching aids available to teachers. These include overhead projectors, Interactive White Boards, Computers, DVD and CD, tape recorders, video recorders and handouts (amongst others). There are advantages and disadvantages for using teaching aids and each can be useful depending on what is being taught, and what objectives are sought to be achieved by the teachers.Usage of past tenses: Past simple-it is used for actions completed at a definite time in the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Indonesia Malang 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: A good teacher must think and be able to evaluate what are the students' needs and learning styles must be able to apply his/her teaching style or teaching role to adapt to every situation. For example, if the teacher has very shy or low motivated students she/he might use the role as the prompter to encourage students more to talk, during class or group activities. However, if she/he has highly motivated or intermediate type of students, the teacher can act as a facilitator or a monitor...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Bogor Indonesia 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 lesson covered the basics of teaching receptive skills (reading and listening), as well as gave some ideas for activities that could prove to be effective for teaching receptive language skills. It is important that the teacher choose reading and listening material that is at the appropriate level for the students and that is interesting to the students, in order for them to learn effectively.In this unite general problem solving methods was thought. i also learned some ideas about...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Padang Indonesia 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 covers conditional sentences and reported speech in English. The five main conditionals and their forms and usages are discussed along with examples. There are teaching ideas given after the explanation. The unit then explains the difference between reported and directed speech and elaborates on the possible change in pronouns, verb tenses, and time expressions when using reported speech.The conditional are sentences that contains \"if\",when the sentence refers to past present...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Indonesia Kediri 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 provided helpful suggestions for how one might structure a lesson on the first day of class. Rather than diving right into the material, the unit suggested using an introductory activity to establish rapport within the classroom, to learn about the students needs/interests/motivations, and to identify students' individual language levels. Moreover, I learned about different types of \"warmer\" activities that a teacher might use to get the students motivated and using English...  [Read more]

  In this TEFL review video ITTT course graduate discusses her plans for the future. Anik completed her ITTT course while working in Afghanistan and is looking forward to teaching English in Indonesia in the future. Earning a TEFL or TESOL certificate with ITTT is an excellent way to open up employment possibilities all over the world. 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. This unit was interesting to understand the process of 'grading' students, in...  [Read more]