Tesol Or Tefl Certification

Upon enrolling in a TEFL or TESOL certification program with ITTT, you have the liberty to select the acronym you wish to have displayed on your certificate, be it TEFL or TESOL. These terms are widely used interchangeably within the realm of English language teaching. However, if you have a specific location in mind for work, conducting a modest investigation into the prevailing usage of the two acronyms can be worthwhile. If job postings in your chosen destination predominantly seek TEFL-qualified teachers, opting for that acronym would align well, and vice versa if TESOL certificates are more commonly requested. TEFL or TESOL in Europe Common teaching destinations in Europe Other European countries to look out for Pros and cons of teaching English in Europe TEFL or TESOL in Asia Common...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Or Yehuda Israel 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 clearly demonstrates how not to teach a class in lesson one it contains continuing errors throughout the video, thankfully this was only a mock exercise. The second video was in my opinion near on perfect, good interaction, excellent communications and a well run class overall. I am sure that in time various teachers may adapt a few changes but overall a good professional lesson given.This unit has given a clear view of what are the final issues you may be faced with in a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Israel Or Yehuda 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 is a great opening in to the discussion of both roles the Teacher and the student play. I personally have had some knowledge of the topics in the unit but still found most of the information to be very useful, especially the roles (manager, assessor, tutor, faclitator,..ect) because I had not really thought about the negative impacts of the roles in teaching. I really didn't understand the need for the European framework, while I could find it useful if I were teaching in that...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Israel Or Yehuda 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: Concise and clear Unit. I have identified that conditionals (zero, first, second, third, mixed) and reported speech are two topics that ESL learners tend to struggle with. The difficulty remains, on one hand, that we are not conscious of which conditional to use according to the situation; for instance, when being in the middle of a conversation and trying to have a word with a child, we commonly use the first conditional exclusively, without considering that it may be more appropiate to take...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Or Yehuda Israel 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 have found that to successful in teaching English you need to allow flexibility into our lessons for students to gather their thoughts and to verbally communicate them. That maybe correcting every tiny mistakes isn't what is best for the student. I have also learned a varying ways to teacher a concept or subject matter to allow all students to learn in a way that is comfortable for them. It is exciting to have a blueprint such as, ESA, to help navigate this learning journey for our young...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Omsk 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: M.T. – U.S.A. said: Unit 16 covers conditionals and reported speech. The section on conditionals presents the idea that these structures are two part sentences involving an \"if\" clause and a second clause that shows the possible/impossible outcome if the \"if\" clause is or isn't met. Having studied two Romance languages I am aware of the subjunctive tense and its diminished role in English. The Second conditional pattern with \"If I were,..\" I have always believed to be an example of subjunctive tense in a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Oslo 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: P.D . – U.S.A. said: This unit brings up conditionals and reported speech. What we can see is that there are five different conditionals that have five different usages. The mixed conditional one is the most complicated one if you look back at the third. However, it is obvious that they are different as the third points at something that hypothetical past in both the conditional part and the result. The mixed is used for hypothetical past and hypothetical present. When I looked at the example sentences, I noticed the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lima 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: A.P. – Russia said: Unit 4 is about Present Tenses. If you use the Present Simple you think something is permanent. This means we often use the Present Simple to talk about general and scientific facts, our routines or habits, to give definitions and to describe things. The Present Continues(Progressive) means the action is happening now (or around now), is unfinished, or temporary. We use it to talk about trends and changes, or about situations happening now that are different from normal. Some verbs cannot be used...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Iowa 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: B.G. – U.S.A. said: Theories methods and techniques provides a gateway of learning English as a second language. There are several methods to facilitate understanding English such as grammar translation; learning English by finding equivalents in one's native language and be learned. Audio-lingualism;learning based on habit formation through conditioning. This is done through repetition of the language until it is learned. PPP which is better to teach beginners-pre intermediate levels. This is done through...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Agra 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: O.T. - China said: While I dont have much experience of teaching a class of english students as of now, I plan to in the near future and I must expect to run into problems when I start. This unit has taught me various solutions to some of the expected problems in starting out teaching my first class. One example of a problem I am most likely to encounter would be that a student would be unwilling to participate in the class. It is important that I notice this early on and try and involve them in the lesson but I must...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Philadelphia 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.H. - Canada said: The main focus on Unit 18 is on modals, passive voice, relative clauses, and phrasal verbs. Regarding each modal, their use in present, future, and past tenses has been discussed so that it can be considered as a simple and clear resource to teach and comprehend the modals efficiently which involves teachers to apply appropriate ESA lessons teaching them. Additionally, the structure and use of passive voice sentences have been demonstrated in this unit which highly requires a proper lesson...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL barranquilla 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. M. - Switzerland said: Lesson planning in my opinion is a vital point in being successful in the class room setting. In general it allows the instructor to have a general road map for getting to an end point or destination. Often times a Lesson plan is worth its weight in gold. Meaning if a quality amount of time and effort is put into forming a good lesson plan, than often times it will be very fruitful in what the instructor aims to accomplish. This is because it allows for the professor to plan a logical...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Kano 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: G.Y. – U.S. said: Unit ten was helpful because it utilized the visual aids of videos, rather than just reading words on the paper. Seeing the two lessons being taught helped me to understand the differences between an ineffective and poor lesson plan versus a better, more effective lesson plan. Watching both videos highlighted how important the following items are in determining how successful a lesson can be: teacher attitude, establishing rapport with students, engaging students in the beginning of the lesson by...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Rome 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: N.Z. – U.S. said: This unit discussed how to approach various special groups, such as young learners, multilingual classes, and people learning English for business purposes. The unit suggests that teaching younger learners or beginners in general is one of the most rewarding type of student to teach. Mostly, this stems from being able to see improvement more easily. Additionally, younger students pick up language more easily. When it comes to multilingual classes, the benefit is that it is usually in an English...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Kyiv 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: G.A. - Panama said: I have learn that when two or three people are communicating with each other, we are sure that they are doing so for one of this reasons: They have some communicative purpose. They want to say something They want to listen to something They are interested to what is being said So if a teacher whishes to introduce a communicative activity to students, he/she should bring in a number of the above factors. The teacher must create the desire in the students, to communicate. If this factors are not...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Giza 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. - Vietnam said: This unit discusses course books and teaching materials. It focuses mainly on the advantages and disadvantages of course books but also includes suggestions for including authentic materials and creating materials for classes such as flashcards, role-plays, crosswords, word searches, etc., as well as hold a discussion about pictures cut out of a magazine or newspaper (which I thought was quite a good idea). Some of the main advantages for having a course book are that it gives students and teachers...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Bonn 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.T. – U.S.A. said: In my opinion, the second video was interesting. First of all, I had the opportunity to distinguish between two different learning environments. In the second video, the instructor had an effective lesson by beginning with a positive and uplifting attitude while smiling at the students. Certainly, I think smiling is very important. Of course, the engage phase must be interesting as well and be effective in capturing the students' interest. Connecting the vocabulary with the grammar concept...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Wuxi 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: N.C. - Ecuador said: Teaching new language is simply exposing students to it, get them to understand it?s meaning, understand how it is constructed and being able to practice and produce it. Grammar is the tree-trunk and branches of a language on which the leaves of vocabulary and functions add beauty and variety. Vocabulary?s difficulties or ease depend on how similar the English is to their own language, to known words, spelling, pronunciation and appropriacy factors. The criteria of selecting vocabulary are the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Dali 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.D. - Spain said: Yikes, this was a long unit. Or perhaps it just seemed long because so much of the material was new to me. The unit covered common intonation and stress patterns in English and how to teach them, as well as everything there is to know about phonemes: articulation categories, how and where they are pronounced, how to read them, and of course, how to teach them. I didn't do much with intonation when I taught in Japan, but when I did, I actually ended up doing some of the same things that this unit...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Hama 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: D.W. – U.S.A. said: This unit covers course materials. There are three broad categories of material - authentic, created, and course books. Authentic materials are usually more current and interesting for the students because the are real. They do need to be carefully selected for the level of the students to supplement their learning level. An example could be a restaurant menu or a magazine. Students could practice a role play ordering food from the menu, or discuss an article from the magazine. Created materials...  [Read more]