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  Chantelle details her experience of studying the fifth unit of her online TEFL course with ITTT. In this unit she learnt about classroom management and the different ways you can arrange your classroom and group students according to the needs of the lesson you are going to teach and of the students themselves. The unit also deals with reasons for problem behavior within a lesson and the ways a teacher’s body language can be used to communicate ideas about language as well as to reinforce instructions and requirements of the 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...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Alvan 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 explained the different parts of planning a lesson - which goals to create, which details to plan out, what things to anticipate, etc. It was useful to think through the different aspects of what goes into planning a lesson and to be reminded of the need for flexibility throughout all of it. The lesson also emphasized the ways in which inexperienced teachers should plan their lessons out in greater detail than teachers who have more experience and know what details and notes they need to make...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Avondale Arizona 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: Reported speech, passive voice and relative clauses can also be very challenging because they have many details and specific ways to use them. Students don't necessarily need to know every detail, but they must understand and know how to use them. As usual, the teacher must be well prepared and present such topics with many examples and the study moment during the lesson should have a greater part. For instance, during one of my lesson about reported speech, my students rewrote a direct speech from a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Bethlehem New Jersey 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 conditionals and reported speech. The conditionals -- zero, first, second, third and mixed -- are discussed in detail, as well as common students errors and exercises the teacher can use to help students practice their usage and understanding of conditionals. Many different examples of reported speech are given, along with common students errors and ways for the teachers to teach the subject of reported speech. I found this unit helpful because I haven't studied the details of...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Plano Illinois 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: To be able to teach grammar structures with appropriate vocabulary, i learned it is critical to apply ESA technique accordingly. To introduce vocabulary efficiently, the vocabulary should be categorized as spoken,written form, usage,Meaning, Forms and Patterns. All this lesson should be carefully planned based on the level of the class and the course syllabus the teacher is using. Exerting Engaging, Activity (Role Playing) and Study model will greatly serve this purpose of teaching. Not only selection...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Long Beach United States 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 shows the many number of resources you may have at your hand as an English teacher. It also gives some good information on the different scenarios in which each tool may be useful. It also gives some advice on how to use each tool. This unit is big because it gives you an idea of how creative you can be with the tools in making a well balanced lesson.English tenses are difficult to explain to speakers of other languages, as most languages have fewer than English's...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Aktobe Kazakhstan 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 continues teaching about ESA approaches for teaching vocabulary, grammar and language functions. There are very useful examples of the actual lessons demonstrating these techniques in details: with topics, suggestions, some practical advice. This unit gives lots of information about types of assignments and student activity in a classroom. I like its practical approach. Thank you.This lesson provided information about the different teaching groups and what special concerns and...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Margilan Uzbekistan 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 gives us a detail about present tenses. There are four present tenses, the present simple, present continuous, present perfect and present perfect continuous. Each of them has different form and usages. This unit also tell us the typical errors that the students would made. And the teachers can formulate correction strategies and examples in advance.This unit help the new teachers understand that the littlest details matter when teaching a new language. It is important to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Hudson Wisconsin 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 quite useful but I do feel you fail to provide enough information, particularly in relation to question 16, the unit lacks clear information about STT, which makes me as a student have to guess the answer because for me the answers are not clear, they are too vague. Also, more details on the arrangement of classes may be useful since obviously there are more configurations of seating arrangements available and your unit does lack detail in that area. For me, I also believe that more...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification United States Rancho Cucamonga 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 was about troubleshooting common problem situations. When teaching a first lesson for a class, it’s important to establish rapport amongst the students and between them and the teacher. Getting them loosened up and open to being involved will make everything much easier. The lesson goes into detail about how to do this using a variety of fun yet educational “Warmers”. Then the lesson details how to deal with the problems that arise due to...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Kenitra Morocco 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 course was helpful in teaching how you should approach the various types of groups of classes. I found the detail of how to target each group to be very helpful in choosing what type of class I may want to teach in the future. Whether I choose business classes, young learners, one on one etc I feel that this unit had provided me with enough content to be successful in every topic.in this unit, we mostly talked about receptive skills, we spend more time on receptive skills than...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Glasgow United Kingdom 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 true that tenses are among the core topics in English language that pose a lot of difficulties to teachers and learners of the subject. I must admit that this topic has really been simplified and it has enormously enriched my understanding and many others.the present simple, present continuous, present perfect and present perfect continuous tenses and its forms such as affirmative,negative,question help one speak and write English accurately.This unit begins to explain four of the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Oklahoma City United States 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 explored the use of course books and other materials. It described what is important to look for in a course book and how it should be employed. I found it interesting that the teacher has the ability to select their own course book. I had just assumed that the school would assign one to your class. The lesson also stresses the importance of adaptability within a syllabus so that the teacher can adjust to the needs of their students.Speaking and writing are definitely the two...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Hermosillo Mexico 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 covers tenses an additional Grammar points. Areas highlighted are FORM, USAGES, TYPICAL STUDENT ERRORS and ACTIVATE STAGE TEACHING IDEAS. It looks at and details the four present tenses; present simple, present continuous, present perfect and present perfect continuous. Each usage is shown in detail and teaching ideas are offered. I found the task sheet on this particular unit extremely beneficial as there were indeed areas that after reading back i had clearly misunderstood.This unit...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Durango Mexico 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 challenging! When it comes to placing a label on sentences and questions that we just rattle off with no thought you have to stop and really think about the fine details of the language. Present Simple really didn't take much thought so then you have Present Continuous which obviously is the simple with more detail. The Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous were a bit more complex. This unit required reading several times with detailed note taking each time.This unit...  [Read more]

  The idiom "blue collar" refers to manual labor or industrial work. The term comes from the usually blue overalls manual laborers would wear in factories etc 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. Ok, nearly forgot about this part of the test. Well, I can certainly state that the long list of abbreviations is a bonus – I don't have to google them anymore. The course content looks good and the Prospects section provides a good set of basic...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Canada Burnaby 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's purpose was to explain the differences and challenges teachers may face educating certain kinds of students. Young beginners is a group that has already been addressed in previous chapters, but focusing on the details of teaching them, and how to deal with certain problems, like boredom, for example, is helpful. The most interesting for me, however, was the explanation of how to teach/approach a class wanting to learn specifically business English. I expected that there would need to be...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Anhui Suzhou 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 the receptive skills section is beneficial because it begins to breakdown the type of skills necessary for language, in this case reading and listening being two out of the four. In addition, the two categories that motivate us including reading and listening for entertainment and for a purpose. This motivation is not something I had thought much about previously but does affect the learning pattern. I believe that receiving information for a purpose may be more difficult because it requires...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Putian China 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 about the IPA which is very useful as it shows what sound is the correct sound. There isn't a direct correlation between English spelling and English pronunciation. I learned that intonation is something that should be gone over in detail as different languages have different intonations. I also learned that English has certain patterns in its intonation. I also remembered that if the question starts with a question word such as what or who, it will usually end in a falling tone, while...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Fenghua China 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 found this unit to be interesting and very practical. I know that while acquiring my college degree, several of the tools taught in this unit were used through out my education. I found question number 11 to be confusing. In a regular dictionary, you would find the origin of a word. But I did go to the website for the Cambridge dictionary and saw the word usage in context so I changed my answer. I felt this question could have been worded better to specify the type of dictionary as not all...  [Read more]