8 Barriers Of Listening

  This video diary entry outlines Chantelle’s experience of studying unit 8 of her online TEFL course. Unit 8 is another tense unit, this time looking at the future tenses. These include the future simple, future continuous, future perfect, future perfect continuous and the ‘going to’ future. It also covers how the present simple and present continuous can be used to talk about the future. In this unit you will learn how the tenses are formed and used and what some of the most common errors students make. 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...  [Read more]

Computers have been used for teaching languages since the 1960s. With the invention of the personal computer, the PC, in the 1980s and subsequently the development of the World Wide Web or WWW, computer use in language learning has grown very quickly. Throughout the period there have been a number of discussions and debates regarding the benefits and barriers associated with its use, the use of technology in general in language learning, and the application of CALL in modern language pedagogy.There are a number of barriers to the use of CALL in language learning: financial, availability of hardware and software, technical knowledge and acceptance of technology. Institutions and students alike may have problems affording the equipment and programs to effectively use or implement CALL. Even...  [Read more]

Computers have been used for teaching languages since the 1960s. With the invention of the personal computer, the PC, in the 1980s and subsequently the development of the World Wide Web or WWW, computer use in language learning has grown very quickly. Throughout the period there have been a number of discussions and debates regarding the benefits and barriers associated with its use, the use of technology in general in language learning, and the application of CALL in modern language pedagogy. There are a number of barriers to the use of CALL in language learning: financial, availability of hardware and software, technical knowledge and acceptance of technology. Institutions and students alike may have problems affording the equipment and programs to effectively use or implement CALL....  [Read more]

Reading is a process by which a reader gives meaning to text. The reader relies on a series of skills which they, depending on the age of the English language learner, may already possess in their native tongue. An older child or adult reader will read text knowing its purpose and meaning i.e. to give or request information, persuade, criticise, to give pleasure to or entertain. Further, they can make logical predictions as they read because of pre-existing experience or knowledge. All these skills are used by fluent readers, and as such, will be second nature to an older child or adult. A young English language learner may not have these skills or are developing them at the same time as learning a new language. This will necessitate the adoption of differing texts for reading. Texts...  [Read more]

  Just to finish off this particular section on lesson planning, we're going to go through a couple of procedures that should take place during the study phase periods, particularly when we're doing the activities. It is quite important that before we actually go into a study activity that we go through a process of showing how that activity is going to work and one acronym that is often used for this is D-E-GO. The D part of this stands for a demonstration of the activity. Now, it's very important that you don't try to explain how the activity is going to work but rather you actually demonstrate the process. An example of the demonstration of the process of the activity could be something as simple as taking the first question and using it and writing it on the board. This will...  [Read more]

Listening to music stimulates students to learn English and works as a change of class atmosphere. Songs make an enjoyable learning environment. Songs have a small amount of information and a high degree of superfluity; they make songs sound simple and this aid to understanding. They contain authentic language, are easily attainable, provide vocabulary and cultural aspects and are fun for the students. They provide enjoyable speaking, listening, vocabulary and language practice both in and out of the classroom. Songs are a good resource for English Teaching; ''They are funny and can be selected to suit the needs and interests of the students. Students think songs are natural and fun. Fun, even silly songs abound in English. As texts, songs are interesting because most do not follow the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Sijia Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Nantong Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Learning a language outside its spoken environment often causes different problems to learners depending on where they live. Common problems that English learners face in Kazakhstan are the absence of a language environment and difficulty in gaining fluency. While this is considered typical learner problems in many parts of the world, students from Kazakhstan and...  [Read more]

In terms of supporting and sustaining successful and high achieving students, parents play a significant role. Parents provide guidance, role modeling, and make decisions about every aspect of their child's educational experience. In fact, there is an abundance of research and evidence that point towards the key role parents play in a child's success in school (NYIM, 2004). Research has found that regardless of family background, students who have parents that are active in their education are more likely to have; higher grades, better school attendance, good social skills, and go on to postsecondary education (Barton, 2006). While there is no one single definition of parental involvement, generally it is defined as, 'when parents actively, critically, resourcefully and responsibly...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Aletengxire Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in E'erduosi Shi — Ordos? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Classroom is the main position of teachers, and improving teachers' confidence in class is the key to improve teachers' quality.The teacher with strong control ability enters the classroom with great general demeanor, ready for success, and full of confidence. In the face of complex and changeable classes, he can command and dispatch with ease.Can...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dingyan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Nantong Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. #88 Personal Teaching Experience I have experienced teaching adults in three mediums, at three separate intervals in my teaching career, which spans from 2010 to the present, ten years total. Each experience was such a great learning experience for me, and I continue to learn from my students with every class I facilitate. As I previously mentioned, I started my...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shuizi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Songyuan Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. There are 4 types of skills when it comes to learning English language. Receptive skills, reading and listening, and productive skills, speaking and writing. This unit covered the 2 receptive skills, reading and listening. There are 2 main reasons why people engage in reading or listening: for a purpose and for entertainment. Reading or listening for a purpose would...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wangshi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Anshan Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The unit is about receptive skills: reading and listening. There are 2 kinds of reasons for reading and listening: for a purpose or for entertainment. Depending on the goals, readers and listeners can use different methods: - Guessing the content from the headline or introduction - Scanning for specific information - Skimming to get the general idea of the content -...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tengzi Zhongchuchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Songyuan Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Unit 11 introduced teaching receptive skills. The English language consists of four basic skills, receptive (reading and listening) and productive (speaking and writing); all four skills are important and if possible each one of them should be incorporated into a lesson. From this unit, I learnt that there are two reasons for reading and listening;...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhuli Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhumadian Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Teaching at a university in China This essay will focus on my experience of teaching at a University in China and how it is different from teaching in western countries i.e. UK. I have said UK as I have taught previously in there. This will provide a benchmark to compare my experience. In my experience, teaching at a university in China is very different from...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Luoshi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shaoyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. What are Important to Teach Beginner Students I am an English teacher. I am teaching beginner students who are aged from 3 years and half to 8 years old. My students are very young learners who normally have shorter attention spans, and have not even completely mastered their own mother tongue. They are generally amenable to fun games, singing, drawing. For my...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in E'erdong Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Wulanchabu Shi — Ulanqab? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. One of the greater struggles in language teaching in general is teaching students how to discriminate between sounds that either don’t exist in their language or are allophones and are thus not consciously discriminated. Specifically, English – a very difficult language to learn for individuals coming from phonetic alphabet languages – presents...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Moshi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yichng Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. A foreign language is a sector of linguistics that is region based and as the name states is foreign to the country or to the person. And this entails that language is part of the culture and personality of every person. As each language is unique and meaningful in its own way and in turn reflects the culture, values and behavior. There is no region or country that...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dongyang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changsha Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Japan is a nation that has tried to increase its citizens’ English ability, especially with the upcoming 2020 Olympic Games being held in their country. However, progress has been slow and not fruitful. There are various reasons for this slow stagnation of the nation’s English abilities such as the larger academic system and access to proper education in rural...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Nanchenji Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huai'an Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In today’s society it is a lot more common and accessible for people to travel and work internationally. A very common way for people originating from western countries go about entering the international workforce is through teaching English. Especially for native english speakers, English teaching can be a rewarding career that comes with the added benefit of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dayuchen Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Puyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The content of this unit consists of an a basic overview of teaching receptive skills, it explains methods in which a teacher can lower barriers for students into reading and listening to text and comprehending with confidence without knowing every word heard or read. It advises teachers how to reach the students and motivate them by creating interest through the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Ji'ergAlang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Tongliao Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Language is a bridge providing communication and introduction between people and a symbol of status in the global society. In this way, the language grows and, people need to use a global language. Why has particularly English as a language has become a global language one of the most important questions? We will find answers to this. Historically, English is a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Nanyuntai Linchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Lianyungang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I believe that English not only influences a student's future career, but it can also change a student's destiny, especially in this current era of information technology where English is the lingua franca, being used by most leading countries as their official language. More precisely, English is used in 67 countries as their first official language, and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Beidouxi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huaihua Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. 10. Problems for learners in a country of your choice Learning another language is one of the most powerful tools for connecting people around the world from different cultures. Opening an immeasurable amount of opportunities, learning English has many benefits including but not limited to expanding career options, exercising another part of the brain, and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tonghua Shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Tonghua Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| Teaching receptive skills unit I have found very interesting In unit 11, we learned about the two receptive language skills, listening and reading I learnt about the four basic skills in any language, the receptive skills which are reading and listening and the productive skills are...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Renchaoxi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhangjiajie Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. There exist varied problems plaguing students of different Nationalities studying in different countries of the world. These problems might fall within the different categories enumerated below: -Language -Political -Social and Economic -Traditions -Culture and customary practices -Regions backgrounds. Just to name these. *Language is one of the factors that...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in YueshAn Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xiangtan Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. When a student walks into any classroom, his outlook on the class has a lot to do with how a teacher may present themselves, and the qualities that make up that outward presentation. This concept proves itself to be true as the course goes on, and key concepts are taught. The student's perspective on the material is largely dependent on specific qualities of the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Liangmian Yuanzhongchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Huai'an Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. It is commonly noted around the world that countries in East Asia highly value education, especially pertaining to the education of their youth. Japan is no exception with its public education system having an international reputation for being rather rigorous and its students being characterized as very studious. However, EF Education First Ltd.’s EF...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Anshan Shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Anshan Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| The receptive skills are equally important as the productive skills there are two main receptive skills : listening and reading The majority of this unit was reasonably simple This unit goes over teaching receptive skills This unit was helpful to explain the importance of all different...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dutouqiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shaoyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. November 2019 ITTT TEFL Summative Task Paige Brackenbury [email protected] Not all Teaching English as a Foreign Language is equal. Different types of groups of learners include beginner vs. intermediate/advanced learners as well as monolingual classes vs multilingual classes. Another set of distinctive groups, and perhaps the most contrary groups to be...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Haitong Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yancheng Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. We live on the planet, which population is about 8 billion people. Approximately 1 billion of people speak English. But what is the most interesting thing in this number? It is estimated that over 1 billion of people are currently learning English worldwide. Besides, almost 375 million are learning English as a Second Language. So, it`s not clear, how they learn...  [Read more]