The 3 Kings Celebration

  In her third video, Chantelle talks about unit 3 of the 120-hour online TEFL course from ITTT. This unit deals with teaching theories, methodologies and techniques. The unit introduces several different methodologies before focusing on the ESA method that is used throughout the course. The unit also covers a range of different activities that can be used in a lesson. It also looks at ways to deal with correcting student mistakes and errors in spoken and written English. 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...  [Read more]

  And now we have our nasal sounds. There are three nasal sounds and basically the pattern of air that's moving out of our vocal tract has to do with two big instances and that is a closure in the vocal tract. Except aside from the plosives and affricates, what we have is air escaping through our nasal cavity. These sounds include ?m?, ?n? and ?ng?. We're moving from the front of the mouth to the back of the mouth. First with the M sound or the ?m?, we're closing both lips and the air is escaping through the nasal passage ?m?. Next we have our N sound or our ?n? sound. There, the closure is inside the mouth but our tongue is closing up near our alveolar ridge and the air is escaping through the nose. Again that's ?n?. Finally we have our NG sound and the closure there is happening...  [Read more]

  In this TEFL/TESOL review video trainees Emma and Angelo discuss their experiences during the third week of their course in Phuket. They outline some of the course assessment components and they talk about their teaching practice sessions and how much they valued the experience. 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. It is more concentrated on the student, the level, the point of the lesson to the class. YOU AS TEACHER CONCENTRATED MORE ON YOUR...  [Read more]

  In this TEFL review video another TEFL/TESOL student shares some of her experiences as a student with ITTT completing the four week in-class course. Gaining a TEFL certification from ITTT is the first step towards an exciting and rewarding experience teaching English overseas. During your training course you will have the opportunity to meet and study with people from all over the world. Our trainees come from a variety of backgrounds and age groups. 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]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Kings Crossroads Delaware 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 10 consists of two videos of a lesson on the modal auxiliary verb can/can't using animal vocabulary. The second video demonstrates how a teacher's attitude, use of gestures and images, and interaction with students can greatly improve the students' experience and understanding of a lesson. The first video gives examples of mistakes a teacher can make, primarily issues of poor direction and a lack of engagement with the students, whether it is through not knowing their names, talking at...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Shelton Washington 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: Receptive skills are reading and listening. We do them either for a purpose or for entertainment. However, sometimes we will have reasons that will include both. When we read or listen, we can employ certain specialist skills to gather and understand the information such as predictive skills, scanning, skimming, detailed information, deduction from context. Also, as a teacher, it?s important to choose appropriate topics for the students. It must be a topic that isn?t too easy but isn?t too...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jackson 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: I have leant how to use ESA method to teach an English class, how to arouse the students? interest and get them involved in the lesson. We can not only use introduction prompts or partner information share, but also we can play many games during the engage phase. In this unit, it introduced many kinds of games, for example, Fizz-buzz, memory games, word linking. We need to adapt different activity to different language levels. I also got an idea about what the different between an error and a mistake,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Avon Ohio 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, in my opinion, is the most useful tool to future teachers during the TEFL course so far. It teaches us how to structure a lesson (individual or sequence) by showing the most important elements of a lesson plan and what those elements should contain. It explains step-by-step how to build a lesson plan, considering the learner objectives and the teacher aims. It highlights some of the difficulties that might arise while teaching the lesson and to focus on thinking of those and their solutions in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Marysville 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: said: After this unit on methodology and technique I feel much more confident in my future planning of English courses. This unit gave me ample knowledge of how students learn, and how I, as a teacher, can facilitate their learning process. I would now feel comfortable with planning a lesson for any of the methods covered in the unit, but I'm especially interested in the most modern ESA technique. This melting pot of methodology is really effective and I've seen my former teachers use it first hand. It...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL King 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: This unit talks about course books and how they should be used/supplemented. This was another area that seemed outdated to me (casettes?), but I know that textbooks are still a vital part of day to day classroom operations. It also seemed to be repeating a lot of information, such as authentic and created materials. I don't think I'll have much of a choice about what textbook I use, but it is useful to think about what kinds of activities I might use from it as well as additional activities I create...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL King Texas 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 how to properly and effectively manage a classroom. This unit described seating arrangements, establishing rapport between students and the teacher, as well as how to effectively give out instructions. This unit was more of a lesson in how teachers can improve the overall dynamic of the classroom and turn it into a warm, inviting environment. A warm teaching environment helps the student become more self-confident, feels comfortable in the classroom with their peers and instructor, and lets...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Boonton New 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: Unit 8 focuses on explaining the future tenses. It covers future simple, future continuous, future perfect, future perfect continuous, as well as be going + infinitive. To ensure proper understanding and distinctions between similar structures, the unit also briefly reintroduces present simple and present continuous tenses. Just like in previous units, unit 8 shows the basic forms, usage, and teaching ideas for the various different tense structures. I found this unit extremely difficult to study,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Grand Blanc Michigan 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 English as a Second Language (ESL) in groups can be extremely challenging, but can be one of the most rewarding experiences. The thought of walking into a classroom, full of unknown faces, may fill you with terror but don?t forget the students themselves will be nervous and will be looking to you for guidance. Patience, enthusiasm and good preparation can make working with groups one of the most enjoyable and satisfying aspects of ESL teaching. Benefits from small-group learning in a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Sudbury Vermont 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: Benefits from small-group learning in a collaborative environment include celebration of diversity, acknowledgment of individual differences, interpersonal development, actively involving students in learning and more opportunities for personal feedback.One of the major advantages of teaching groups is that the teacher can easily vary the types of activities used. For example teachers may choose to lead an activity, then split the class into pairs or smaller groups. Teamwork can also be successful...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Matsumoto Japan 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 about the materials, and basically which ones are good to use, why and the advantages and disadvantages of the use of authentic and created materials. It would have been interesting to discuss the future kinds of materials that could be used to enhance the skills of the learners, such as tablets, apps, E-dictionaries, or who knows, translator glasses or interpreting earphones.This lesson was a relatively easy and straight forward lesson, as most of the contents had already...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification India Bikaner 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 this unit, 3 core concepts will guide my future teaching are: 1. qualities that a good teacher should have & the roles teacher should play; 2. qualities that a good leaner should have & learners in different ages; 3.Identification of English levels under EU framework. Those concepts help me to understand how I prepare to be a real good teacher and what kinds of role I need to play during my class or even after class. Sometimes I do have mistakes which Unit 1 mentioned (as a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Aliso Viejo California 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 learned about teaching different kinds of groups, like teaching children, o adults, or individual students. Me myself as a student, i have been in 3 kinds of classes: in school, for 12 years i had english lessons with the same classmates, but different teachers each year, in chile, were spanish is our first language. Then i also had private lessons, when i was like 14, so it wasnt like a wanted to take classes, but more that my parents wanted me to. And finally, when i lived in...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Huzhou 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: In this unit I had to review the Unit 3 about the different kinds of methods to be clear my mind. According to this Unit, for me, it is an important lesson to know how to teach the differents ways of vocabulary, grammar and functions. For the students it is important we, the teachers, have a clear idea about our teaching program and the sequence how to get it. For that reason selecting vocabulary, having good good techniques for vocabulary teaching, introducing grammatical structures and teaching...  [Read more]

  In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word psychology. This word is used as a noun and describes the science of mind and behavior of a person or animal. The word was created by combining the Greek word psych? (meaning life or soul) with –logia, from the Greek logos, meaning reason. 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. The topic of this Unit is linked with Grammar. It was nice to revise the Future tenses forms and functions. I also...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Flexible 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: K.F. - U.S.A. said: Culturally Sensitive ClassroomIn Japan, it is the ultimate faux-pas to blow your nose in public. In India, stepping on someone's foot is a major, unclean insult. In Argentina and other South American countries, closer communication space means taking a step back is an insult. When teaching english to other cultures on their native turf, teachers are faced with similar challenges to those of the teacher in their own native country yet in a classroom of diversified cultures unified in the...  [Read more]