Being A Tefl Teacher

Being a teacher is one of the most rewarding and challenging positions in the work force. Teachers are given the difficult task of introducing new material to students, making sure they can grasp the knowledge, and present the new material in an interesting manner. This difficult task is only complicated further when something such as a language barrier is added to the formula. Being an EFL teacher is very rewarding but is not an easy task. Everyday EFL teachers are faced with both language and cultural differences. Many foreign school systems are just that to the Western culture;foreign. Many of the teachers in the foreign schools have a different view on their position in the classroom. The teachers are the largest presence in the classroom doing nearly all of the speaking to the...  [Read more]

Being an EFL teacher can bring numerous rewards and happiness, but even the most experienced EFL teacher runs into challenges in the classroom from time to time, especially when teaching young learners. Challenges may range from wondering how to organize the seating of your students in the classroom to having a student that is disruptive. There are many challenges that TEFL teachers face, and unfortunately many are not given the resources/ideas or training that is beneficial and essential in maintaining a productive and homeostatic classroom. This is an essay about some of these challenges, and of course some ideas for classroom management.Classroom management can be challenging for anyone, but especially for the new teacher who has little experience in this area. It is not only important...  [Read more]

Many fully certified teachers choose to teach abroad rather than stay in their home country. Some newly qualified teachers may find it difficult to find suitable employment, so they travel abroad to obtain useful classroom experience, while others may simply be looking for something different. Whatever your motivation, teaching is one of the few professions that allows you to develop your skills and knowledge, gain experience, and increase your employability while traveling the world and seeking out new countries and cultures. If you believe this is the right path for you, the next step is to consider how you will differentiate your CV/resume when applying for the best opportunities in the most exciting locations. A TEFL certificate is required in many cases, even for qualified teachers....  [Read more]

Confidence is being able to talk with ease, have a constant flow of positive energy, and not let anything get you down. When someone is confident they have higher levels of self-esteem and this is projected in their outward behavior. There are few things someone can do in order to boost their confidence level. Here are few:Set goals. It is an important task to do. This is perhaps the most important task of them all. You should ask yourself what you wish to accomplish by being a more confident person. When you ask yourself this question, whatever comes to mind needs to be written down and constantly viewed a minimum of two times a day: Once in the morning and the second at night. This alone will enhance your confidence and bring your dreams to reality. Increase your voice level by 10x in...  [Read more]

  So, the document itself needs to contain some general information about the class, for example the name of the teacher, the date and time of the lesson, what level of class is being taught and in what room, how many students are we expecting, this is important, when we've got things like photocopying and materials to do, what is the context of the lesson, in other words, what is the lesson actually about, what vocabulary or grammar point is this lesson covering and sometimes it's also useful to write out what the focus of the lesson is. So, in effect, the context of the lesson is telling us the grammar point, for example, that might be the present continuous tense, whereas the focus is telling us how we're going to go about teaching it. Another example to illustrate this: Let's...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Baiyutanyuanyichang? Are you interested in teaching English in Hengyang 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. Parents role in education might sound like a little bit weird topic, shouldn`t the teacher be, the most important body of education?! As teachers see their students nearly every day of the week, the school becomes like a second home to the students with all their friends around them with an environment of rules on the one hand and on the other hand an...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in SAntangjie Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yiyang 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 is a profession that has always been appealing to me. Being able to share your knowledge and witness improvements with the students must be quite satisfactory. Moreover, there is quite a lot of psychology involved, and I am very keen on this topic. Each student is different from its background, culture, ideas and emotions. Altogether this makes a very...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Fengping Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Loudi 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. From my own personal experiences of living and working in Vietnam, I have gained a great passion for loving my job as an esl teacher. That passion and love have helped me to better myself in teaching learning and most importantly gaining the knowledge and experience to understand my vital and very significant role as a teacher. In this short essay, I will discuss the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tongdaoxiandilian Linchang? 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. When I was still studying in secondary level and about to enter college, a lot of people asked me if I was sure with my decision to take education as my course. Here in the Philippines, teachers do not get a high salary in spite of doing a lot of paper works and very stressful job. Maybe this is the reason why they asked me about my chosen profession...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in BaiguAn Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhuzhou 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 all classroom activities should not be directed by the teacher. Classroom activities being too directed by teacher can take away the willingness to learn from the students that is what I experienced in my teaching experience throughout all these years of teaching different children with different learning abilities. I think that students not having...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in HexiAngqiao 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. Topic The importance of learning teaching skills In our everyday life we trying to teach someone something, as in life we use different methods to explain something to someone, it is the same for a teacher. We spend everyday as teachers and learners. We don't have to be students to learn and we don't have to be teachers in order to teach. The source of learning...  [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 ZhAngjiAfan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huanggang 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 all know that the culture and the environment we were born and raised in, can be the root of almost any kind of behavior we show as a human being life. Culture creates us. Culture is what we represent to this world. Culture is the reason behind most of our pleasant or unpleasant experiences. I was born in a country that culture and punishment used to share...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Longtan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chenzhou 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 years I have been thinking about my own personal experience as a student with the different institutions, methodologies, and teaching styles that I have been introduced to within my life with the aim of improving as a teacher in education what didn´t work for me as a student. I remember two main experiences that clearly demonstrate the importance of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Luyang 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. ROLE OF A TEACHER We enter the world of knowledge initially guided by our very own parents ! This horizon gets widened through the incomparable role of a teacher. Each one of us step into the classroom as a toddler to be greeted by an eager, loving and caring teacher. A teacher’s presence should be warm and welcoming to the students, giving them the comfort and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lǜshui Zhongchuchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Xing'an Meng — Hinggan? 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. To begin with, education is the most important part in one’s life. The kind of education one gets largely depends upon the kind of teacher one has. For example, based on my own experience during schooling days, some teachers are not that good, whereas some teachers are not that good. A teacher is a window through which many young people will...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xinjie 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. Rapport (noun) , no plural, a good understanding of someone and ability to communicate with them: She has a good rapport with her staff. Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary, Fourth Edition (2012) Cambridge Gaie Houston*(1990) has written that “The foundation of rapport is to learn yourself enough that you know what style you have and when you are being truthful to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in LongwAn Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xiantao, Tianmen, Qianjiang & S? 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 think the teacher plays an important part in teaching English. And to be a English teacher needed professional teaching methods and cultural background. Because for many learners, the teacher is the fount of all knowledge on English grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, and in these areas they have particular responsibility and authority....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hengyang Shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Hengyang 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| Over the decades, English language has reached a status of a global language and is commonly known as the lingua franca around the world Topic: Number 10 A teacher who teaches students in an environment using their native language will play various roles in the classroom What are pros...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Mi'er Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huanggang 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 we live in, being different is often deemed as bad. Where being the minority is often looked down upon. Sometimes we don’t like to admit that, but it is true. What people need to realize is that we are no different from one another. Someone from rural China is just as much of a person as I am even though we live thousands of miles away. The only...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xinmiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ezhou 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. As the child of a high school English teacher, I grew up with grown adults approaching my mother when we were out and about running errands and asking her if she remembered them, or introducing themselves to her and explaining that she had them in class x number of years ago. These people were always delighted to see my mother, and, oftentimes, would tell her that she...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qixiaying 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. HOW CAN PARENTS HELP STUDENTS TO LEARN ENGLISH? HOW CAN PARENTS INFLUENCE THE LEARNING PROCESS OF STUDENTS? Learning English as a foreign language represents a long way to the person who decides to do it, whether he or she does good with it, it will turn challenging at some point. Learning itself is one of the most triggering process for a human...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in GAoluo Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Enshi Tujiazu Miaozu Zizhizhou? 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 last decades, it has become close to a standard for a teacher to get a diploma, a certificate or some type of formation to pass on their knowledge efficiently. A parallel can be made to learning, as being the most efficient in teaching does not come naturally, it will be covered why learning techniques makes you more efficient. At first, we...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Guoyingyanhu Nongchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Xuzhou 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. WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE BASICS OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT WHEN TEACHING YOUNG LEARNERS Children go through different stages from birth to the age of 15. This is a time when they develop and become adolescents. During this time they are sent to school in order to prepare them for adulthood. Noting the many different theories available on child development,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chungang? Are you interested in teaching English in Huanggang 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 will be answering this question partially from experience while working in the online English teaching platform "Bibo" and partially from what I've learned during this course. Two important factors that should be addressed in this essay are the age of a student and the conduction of classes online (as opposed to the classes that are being conducted in person). My...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hongyansi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Enshi Tujiazu Miaozu Zizhizhou? 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 day, he woke up, dreading the morning once again. Having breakfast slowly, he kept thinking about the amazing things he wants to do in life, only to once again come back to the reality that it's much harder than it seems to succeed. He feels lost, uninspired... demotivated. He quickly grabs his bag, running outside of his house to catch the...  [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| First of all I would like to mention that I am very happy about successfully mastered units In this topic I will be talking about my own “Personal Teaching Experience” in two Asian countries that I’ve had the privileged to work in and teach such as, China and Russia Every fresh...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xuefeng 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. Kindergarten students are at the "Beginner" phase of learning English. Therefore, you must treat the student's and the learning experience in a fun and appropriate manner. Being kind, friendly, and entertaining is vital for the young learners and your rapport as a teacher. Building a good rapport is essential to truly providing the best English course and helping...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in QifAng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xiangyang Shi — Xiangfan? 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 of us, who have had the opportunity to learn a new language have this exciting memory of learning a non-native language even though it could have been just a word or eventually mastering the language itself but, till date have that in our memory bank and access it as and when necessary. In many cases it often beings with a song where we pick up a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Ziling Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jingmen 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 all, English has official or special status in at least 75 countries (with a combined population of two billion people). It is estimated that one out of four people worldwide speak English with some degree of competence." (Penny Silva, "Global English." AskOxford.com, 2009) Having lived in Asia for over 19 years, I have seen changes in the perception of English as...  [Read more]