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  Tyler recently found our 120-hour online TEFL course very organized and enjoyed working with his tutor. He found the feedback from the tutor very helpful to develop his skills. He is excited to start working as an English teacher abroad. 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. What lesson 6 taught me, is that English lends itself to being descriptive. In most cases, you could easily use just the past simple, but with the addition of the other 3...  [Read more]

  In this video Linda breaks down the difference between "in time" and "on time". Due to the fact that both expressions revolve around time, they can be quite difficult to distinguish. However, this video provides helpful examples and explanations that will help EFL teachers and students alike to grasp the difference. 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. I enjoyed this unit. I really like when the units include examples of ways to teach the parts...  [Read more]

  One of the major ideas here when writing on the board, is that we need to be aware that whenever we're using the board to write down information, we should not be talking and whenever we are talking we should not be writing on the board. This will inevitably lead to what's known as dead time when nothing is being said as we're putting information on the board. This dead time is not a problem but we can actually minimize it by using a number of techniques. We could use pre-prepared material. So we put information onto large pieces of paper and then instead of writing on the board, we actually stick those materials onto the board as we go through the class. Another idea is to actually ask students to write on the board for you. Another thing is that we could actually put work up...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about Official TESOL Schools 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: R.B. - India said: The course was a challenge to me, as while working in the media I had the opportunity to teach students in Media but as a guest lecturer. After the session got over I realized that teaching is something I enjoy more than doing a job of a news producer in a media news channel. Surfing the internet I found a very interesting course offered by ITTT, where not only I could teach english as a foreign language to students but also visit several countries exchanging cultural and moral values....  [Read more]

  The good news is there is no real age restrictions on who can take a TEFL course and then go on to teach English abroad. At ITTT we do require you to be at least 18 years old to enroll on our courses but there are certainly no upper age limits. Over the years we have successfully trained people of all ages, many of whom have gone on to have successful careers as English language teachers. As long as you are a native or near-native English speaker who is keen to learn new skills and is open to new ideas, then your age should be no barrier to your success. Although a large number of new TEFL graduates are in their 20s, it doesn't mean they are always the most sought after by employers. Yes, there are many employers around the world who are only interested in recruiting younger...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Rostov-on-Don Russia 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 very helpful in showing the different reasons and methods of testing students. It is Important to know and note that the students are tested at the beginning to know where they should start. Then tested during to see how the teacher and the student are doing, and tested at ending stages to see how what is retained and what can be built on. It was also very helpful to get familiar with the several different language exams and places they are popular.Unit 18 consisted of detailed...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Russia Rostov-on-Don 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 9 is about lesson planning. When making lesson plans it is important to keep it simple and flexible. A teacher must also make clear objectives for both the students and themselves. Make sure to make the engage stage fun and interesting, the study phase informative, and the activate phase fun and with the most student speaking time. It is important that your lessons are flexible. I know I said this already, but it is important. When making a lesson plans make sure to keep in mind...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Russia Komsomolsk On Amur 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 concentrated on teaching productive skills, speaking and writing. It gave two very good examples of ESA methods for teaching these skills. The example for teaching speaking involve talking about the weather in the engage phase, going over weather vocabulary in the study phase, and preparing weather reports in the activate phase. The example for writing the engage phase involved trying to describe what was going on in action pictures, the study phase involved filling...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Southend On Sea 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: This unit taught me that both speaking and writing are equally important. With that said, writing is sometimes focused on less because it is an individual activity. I also learned that when it comes to speaking there are two types of activities. Some are based on accuracy which is to help the student learn the language correctly while other activities are fluency focused and are meant to let the student use the language without constant correction.In the first stage I have elarnt...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs United Kingdom Southend On Sea 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 vocabulary, grammar and functions Unit introduced some basic points in teaching a language: - in teaching vocabulalary aspect it is very important how to select which words to teach, what students need to know about a vocabulary item, techniques for vocabulary teaching. - in introducing grammatical structures aspect, a student needs to know what the language means, how it is used, what the grammatical form is.The techniques for presenting and practising language structures...  [Read more]

  Elias is from the United States and enjoyed working on our 120-hour online TEFL course. He enjoyed the 20 units and learned many new teaching skills. He is excited to start working abroad teaching English as a second language. 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 lesson is helpful to show the positive and negative benefits in using specifically created course material for teaching English. Flexibility is greatly encouraged and promoted to...  [Read more]

  In this TEFL review video Rachel from Australia shares her thoughts on our TESOL courses. She just graduated from university and wanted to start a career in teaching English overseas. That's why she decided to complete the 120-hour online course and had a great time taking the course. After completing the course, she immediately found a job teaching English in Vietnam.  [Read more]

  In this TEFL review video an ITTT course graduate discusses her experience on the course. She took the online TEFL course with tutor support and thoroughly enjoyed her experience. Despite finding the material challenging this challenge drove her on to continue on and complete the course and as with many ITTT graduates she is glad she did so. 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. Gives a teacher a way to make the lesson interesting and to be bale to...  [Read more]

  In this TEFL review, our recentc ourse graduate Francis shares his thoughts on ITTT TEFL/TESOL courses. Francis is from the Philippines and he just completed his TESOL certification course with ITTT. He enjoyed the course and learned a lot from the interactive units and videos. He feels ready and confident to step into his own classroom.  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Forest River North 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 section Focused on teaching speaking and writing skills to students. Though the format for the lesson plan is similar to teaching receptive skills, the techniques taught are completely different due to the fact that they are different skills. When teaching speaking and writing I believe working in the study phase for longer periods of time would be beneficial. In the study phase/activity the students will be given the most opportunity to learn accuracy in the language. My belief is that...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Stratton Colorado 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 was shocked during the first video. I thought this was an actual teacher who teaches like this for real. I was thinking that I am one awesome teacher! This lesson taught me that teacher attitude and being positive helps more than almost anything else when it comes to teaching students. I live in a small village in Alaska. We can only get here by plane or boat. We can also get here by snow machine but only when the river is frozen. Our students have a deep respect for their culture and Yupik...  [Read more]