Becoming An Online Teacher

There are many different paths on the road to becoming a teacher. As a college student in the United States it seemed there was only one: get certified in your state and start teaching. However, as I explored the idea of teaching internationally I found that as many teachers as there are, there are almost that many different paths to becoming, and developing your career as, a teacher.There are a few ways to become a certified teacher in the United States. Someone looking to be a teacher can get certified in college with only one year of student teaching after graduation, or she can enroll in a post-graduate masters program at a university. Either way, extra work beyond a simple undergraduate degree is necessary. In order to teach in the International School community, a teaching...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Furongdun Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jiujiang 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. This unit is one of the most important and demanding. I realized that a lesson plan is a fundamental part of being a good teacher. If we want to fulfill our duties, we need to have a plan. This plan supposes to fully cover all essential language points. I will think both about myself and my future students while writing a plan. A plan needs to equally meet the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Ninglianlu? 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. Nowadays, we witness how English language becomes widely and internationally recognized as a language that is not only a commodity but rather, necessity. Since the beginning of industrial revolution, human kind is becoming more mutually connected than through earlier historical periods. Today, we are facing globalisation through numerous aspects of human development....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chebu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xianning 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. This is not to say that I thought lightly of teaching English but when I just started considering becoming an English teacher, I thought what I would need for starting my career was passion and enough English skills for the level of students. That I could gain the other necessary teaching skills one by one through experiences in the classroom. Or maybe by reading...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lixiqiao 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. The use of reading in the course of language acquisition is valuable and often underrated. Before undertaking a detailed explanation, I will first offer a general example in order to demonstrate the problem of teaching without it. Imagine you are teaching the word “ball” to an older student. You could ask them to say “ball, ball, ball” in a drilling...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wanghao 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. THE ROLES AND ATTRIBUTES OF A GOOD TEACHER Safiya Ibrahim Solomon-Ugbaja Introduction A Teacher is someone who impacts knowledge or one who helps a person to understand and learn about a subject matter. Although in some regions of the world teaching is the least appreciated and well paid jobs but Teachers are the most indispensable set of people in our world and in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shebu 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. I recently discovered that in countries where English is not the native spoken language, there is a great demand for learning the English language. Thinking about this fact, and remembering my many friends from high-school and university whose native languages are not English and who consequently took many ESL classes to improve their English, I began thinking about...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in XiAnzhuAng 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. In addition to textbooks and workbooks, there are many other resources available to the teacher to be used in an EFL classroom. Electronic devices are fun and interactive and allow the teacher to vary her teaching methods which prevents the class from becoming monotonous and keeps the students engaged. DVDs and CDs, and cassettes (although these are not common...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Suizhou Shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Suizhou 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| In my experience tutoring students in English as a foreign language, the most overlooked learning points were undoubtedly phonetics, phonology, and their connection to pronunciation Learning a new language is not an easy task, and with English being one of the most common languages around...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yongfeng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhoukou 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. Personally, I have learned a great deal from this course. Before I started this course I did not know about lesson planning and how vital it is to the structure of the class and for the students. I thought that lessons were probably all pre-planned with the course books and it really depends on the personality of the teacher to make the learning process fun. If I...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yudian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Suizhou 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. Becoming a teacher of any nature, requires a good amount of skills, but becoming an english as a foreign or second language teacher requires a special batch of skills. All types of teachers should have the same general qualities; communication skills, patience, good listening skills, the ability to connect and build relationships with students, hard work ethic,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in TiAnhong Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jiujiang 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 about lesson plans is a relief to my anxiety in becoming a teacher because it gives a structure to things and that it’s not some kind of freestyle performance. It’s good to know that class time can be broken down into a manageable unit. I look forward to constructing my ownlesson plan too to help guide my process. Learning about lesson plans is a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Mengquan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changde 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 English language is the most spoken language in the world. Students of various ages and nationalities strive to learn the language. But is it really necessary to learn English? Can English influence a student's future career? The answer to both of these questions is yes. In our fast-paced moving world, the need for global communication keeps rising. More and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Ruxi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yueyang 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. For my summative task, I will touch on the ‘role of the teacher’. The role of the teacher can have a variety of different meanings to different individuals, and throughout this essay I’d like to try and decipher what the role of the teacher truly is. In the current day and age of learning, we see more and more opportunities to learn new skills and concepts from...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qidong Jingji KAifAqu? 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. Many consider English a hard language to master. This is especially true for Japanese speakers as there is great disparity between English and Japanese in terms of grammar, lexicon, and phonetics. English has more distinct sounds and sound combinations than Japanese. Hence, they have difficulty in accurately perceiving and reproducing certain English...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Liuhe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shangqiu 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 feel I have gained a lot from this course. As I am currently an english teacher in korea, I found many of the techniques and lesson ideas useful. I also realized how much about the english language that I didn?t know about or at least didn?t know the proper terminology to explain a topic. I feel that I can be a better teacher with the knowledge and skills I learned...  [Read more]

  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. Unit 5 was motivating and enjoyable to work through. I was able to imagine a future class that I am teaching, picturing my classroom, considering ways to make this space unique, interactive and genuinely promote learning. The class room should be arranged in a way that everyone feels comfortable and can see and hear the teacher. The teacher must find the balance between controlling the class without becoming...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yuanqiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Taizhou 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 a lot of advantages to using course books that consist of a set of materials. It allows the teacher to provide a balanced mix of content and grammar as well as continuity and aesthetically appealing material. I personally prefer to follow a set set of course books so that I can efficiently and effectively guage and monitor the progress of my students...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ZhAndian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jiaozuo 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. This unit shows the importance of testing learners as it not only shows the progression of your students but also your capabilities as a teacher. Having students taking these exams gives them confidence to either know how well they are progressing or how much more they need to put into becoming better at the language. Tests like the placement test and the progress...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Haihelu? Are you interested in teaching English in Hebi 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. This unit has provided great detail on how to arrange and co-ordinate activities within a classroom. It has taught me the importance of how to manage your class and how to ensure that the class is effective. The way a teacher is perceived by the student is so important because this will help to build rapport between the teacher and the student. When a relationship is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ShAzhouba Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ganzhou 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. Im enjoying how each units learning content is continuous from a previous unit. I do not recall learning grammar in school despite that I am a native English speaker. I am becoming more aware of sentence structuring when I converse with others. This unit covered the tenses for the future, as done for the past and present tenses. Im enjoying how each units...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhengan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jinzhou 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 our modern times, writing skills are a skill that is becoming increasingly neglected. However, it is a key part of productive skills and helps form the basis of learning languages. English, for example, is a language with a large number of homophones and synonyms. The understanding of these would be completely missed without the use and application of both...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Guyang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhenjiang 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. This unit was very similar to the last tense based units, and is becoming more understandable. Even though this unit covered a lot of ground, it seemed easily digestible. I did outside research on the nature of spontaneous meanings, and the function of the word 'get', which was helpful to me, but not completely touched upon in this unit alone. This unit was very...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jinbaotun 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. Imagine a job you look forward to participate in everyday. Perhaps you don’t have to “go” anywhere, but merely log onto a website and begin. The convenience alone is worth its weight in gold. Or perhaps you hear the playful chatter of children and you realize “I will be teaching them to speak English later today.”, Knowing that by learning this skill,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yangzhangzi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chaoyang 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. Hi, how are you? This was very similar to the previous unit. However, I do feel my grasp is a little stronger with this unit. Equally I now feel myself slowly becoming more and more comfortable with the tools I need to confidently teach English online and am starting to get quite excited about the learnings from this unit and previous units. Thanks. Cheers,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shierdebao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chaoyang 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. Especailly I learnt more things about writing skill which is more diffucult one to find games about it and encourage diffucultly to students.Some games were familiar for me cauz I already have used them in my classes but some of them were totally new.And one new thing that when I try to improve my students' speaking skill what I must pay attention more for...  [Read more]

  In this ITTT testimonial video Natalie from Scotland describes her experience during her TESOL/TEFL course in Corinth, Greece. She talks about the valuable experience of teaching real students during the course. ITTT has successfully trained thousands of teachers of all ages from a wide variety of different backgrounds. ITTT's graduates are provided with free lifetime comprehensive job support services. We are committed to providing continual support to our graduates during their teaching careers. 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...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tushi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yongzhou 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 the world, there are many different professions that people dream of. If you ask someone to name some of them, they probably would say something like a doctor, teacher, singer and so on. When I was a child, my dad wanted me to become a teacher. He thought that becoming a teacher was a great job. Not just him, but many other people also thought so. It has always...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Saihanwuliji Sumu? Are you interested in teaching English in Xilinguole Meng — Xilin Gol? 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. Why is it important to complete a TEFL course? The TEFL course is important because it teaches us to become better teachers, it teaches us how to do the job that we want to do correctly and how to pass on our knowledge to others correctly. Teaching other people is a very responsible job and there is no way that anyone can learn how to be a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in GushAn Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Taizhou 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. Readers are Leaders: How to instill a love for reading in children? I worked as a TA for 6 years in my younger years with a teacher who taught kindergarten and grades 1 and 2. She also had her bachelor’s degree in Special Education. Teaching children to read and fall in love with reading was a passion I learned from her. The first and most important lesson she...  [Read more]