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The two of us spent 2 years in Indonesia (1996-97) teaching English at a university. Prior to that we spent one year learning Indonesian in classes in Australia. We therefore, have a good insight into the difficulties both with English speakers learning Indonesian and of Indonesian speakers learning English with is the two sides of the same coin. We also found that linguistic problems seemed to be inevitable be bound up in cultural ones on both sides of the fence. Let us look at some of these problems.Before we went to Indonesia we were introduced to people who had already been there (in fact the town of Salatiga). The English teachers/missionaries that we spoke to seemed blind to any difference in culture however, and this cultural blindness operates on both sides as we were to find. We...  [Read more]

'Practice makes perfect' is a proverb that most of us will know but which I find incomplete. Take for example a father that wants to teach one of his children to ride a bicycle. If he decides to take one day a year to practice, the kid will probably never learn. What about twice a year or once every month' How fast will the child learn to keep equilibrium, steer the handle and brake when needed if the father decides to take one hour every day for the coming month' Only by repeating the same exercise over and over again will the child become accustomed to the skills needed to ride a bicycle. Who knows, in the future he might even use the phrase, 'it's like riding a bicycle, you never forget'.The same theory applies to learning a language, and I believe that the lesson planning techniques...  [Read more]

Motivation is fuel for learning. What motivates us to learn what we know' The answer to this question creates a foundation for our subject matter, which in the end will determine the permanence of that knowledge. As TEFL teachers, we should all look at our own experience as students and analyze what motivates us in a classroom. Let’s look to personal experience for evidence of the impact motivation has on the permanence of a foreign language and examine three main motivators for learning a new language: recognition, curiosity, and necessity. In school, we study for recognition. When I studied French at the university, I memorized many terms simply for the grade I desired; however, I was not able to communicate with French people I met. For many students the motivation to learn a...  [Read more]

I suspect that most of us know that having a plan when we walk into a classroom is better than not having a plan. However, we may need to be reminded just how much having a plan can contribute to the quality of the class experience for the students, as well as the learning goals we have set for ourselves.In fact, the lesson plan acts as a framework for the time spent together. It helps us be clear about what we hope to accomplish with this particular class, or a series of classes, and outline how we are going to achieve that learning goal, step by step.Sometimes the plan will get tossed out the window, (figuratively speaking), when an urgent reason to deviate from the plan arises during class. Special situations may make it inappropriate to insist on sticking to a plan, and it may have to...  [Read more]

Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, stop. They are designed to help readers to make sense of the written word. Punctuation herds words together, keeps others apart. Their placement, or absence, can vastly change the meaning of a phrase, this is the basis of all those “I’m sorry, I’ll read that again” jokes.Think of the difference to meaning the punctuation marks make in the following examples: Go get him, surgeonsORGo, get him surgeonsWhat is this thing called, love'ORWhat is this thing called love'He shot himself as a childORHe shot, himself, as a childA woman, without her man, is nothing. OR A woman, without her, man is nothing.My son, if sinners entice thee consent thee, not refraining...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Heyao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Pingxiang 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. Planning a lesson helps us create a logical sequence and allows us to have a clear guide during the duration of our class. It gives us the opportunity to decide our lesson objectives, type of activities that will meet these objectives, the materials needed to complete them, planning the duration of the activities and having alternatives in case of any extensions...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shisidaogou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Baishan 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 gives us two videos to watch of two different lessons. One of them gives us the wrong thing to do and the other gives us the right way to do things. I learned a lot of things from this lesson because it made the things that I should avoid doing while teaching obvious. The second video was what I should do while teaching which was also very helpful. ...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dongfu 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. More often than not we ourselves are own worst critics, and for this reason self reflection isn’t always viewed as a positive action. It is generally employed as a fault finding measure. However, self analysis or self reflection doesn’t have to be viewed as a negative. We can utilize self reflection to our benefit. All of us have areas in which we could improve,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qingkou Zhen? 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. Since our childhood, teachers play an important role in our education after our family. From the primary school to our academic life they are part of our lives. Teachers' benefits to the students are numerous; they do not only give us academic education, general knowledge, but also they make us discreet, sensitive. Whether it is good or bad they shape our lives....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Mapeng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yangzhou 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 covers the future tenses. It gives us acknowledge of the future that is one of the most complex areas of the English language. So many different tenses and ideas can be used with the future meanings. In this week, more detail is contained. That makes us easily apply the tenses to express the future ideas. This unit covers the future tenses. It gives us...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Pailou 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. This unit goes over teaching receptive skills. It shows us how and when to use listening and reading. Through the unit it gives us different examples of each and it tells us what we should do with these skills. It also gives an ESA example on how to use them. This unit goes over teaching receptive skills. It shows us how and when to use listening and reading....  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL - English Language Teaching Online Certificate 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: LP & DB - South Korea said: Being a native english speaker you sometimes lose sight of how many facets the english language actually has. This course has permitted us to be more up to date, knowledgeable and confident in our teaching skills. We have been able to practice parts of speech that are seldom detailed and have been able to refresh knowledge (especially grammar) that we hadn?t seen since high school. This course has also given us insights in teaching skills that can be used in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in TangzhuAng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xinxiang 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 course has enabled us to gain an insight into teaching and equipped us with the skills we need to teach english to non-english speaking students. While we are from a native english speaking country and have been exposed to the language from birth, it still does not quite equip you with the skills to teach the language and this course has provided us with...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Baihe 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. I found this unit quite difficult, as for us as English speakers this all comes naturally. This unit gave us a broad explanation of sound, the different ways of saying words and where to put stress on a word or sentence. This unit explained both Intonation and Stress and what different teaching techniques to use for each. It introduced me to the Phonemic Alphabet and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qianyang 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. This unit went over teaching predictive skills. Instead of going over reading and listening, this unit was all about writing and speaking. It gave us examples of when accuracy is more important and also when fluency is more important. This unit also gave us an example of a straight arrow ESA lesson that would help improve writing skills which was very helpful. ...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jiwei Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xiangxi Tujiazu Miaozu Zizhizho? 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 TEFL course is the test of teaching English as a foreign language , the certificate prepares the candidate to teach English language skills in the right way , it is a great certificate to have as it lasts for life, in addition to that , there are many countless destinations to go to in the world to teach English as a foreign language if you have...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in PengshAn Linchang? 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. Unit 9 Gives us a notion of why do we need a lesson plan and how to make it. It starts with the general info of the class (grade, location, date etc) then covers learners and teaching aims and anticipating problems, then the lesson plan itself aligned with the ESA approach and consists of procedure, phase, timing and type of interaction (T->S, S->S,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in NiejiAhe 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. In the summer of 2016, my college mates made plans to volunteer abroad through the organization called AIESEC. After discussions and debates with each other, the decision was made for a program China. They then proceeded to ask anyone who’d be interested in joining them. After a day of thinking and asking my family, I decided to join the team. We were a team of 4...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in GutaishAnguoyou Linchang? 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. Anyone can be a teacher but not every teacher is likable or caring. I found in my experience as a student, especially as a child, I would find myself dreading the classes with the teachers that had bad attitudes and would look forward to the ones who not only kept the class interesting, but showed true interest in the students lives. The truly talented...  [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 Liangzhongfanyuchang? 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. Receptive skills are very important so we can learn a new language. In this unit i learn that the receptive skills are reading and listening skills the one that let us understand. The receptive skill give us the information we need either a purpose for an instruction or for knowing something that involve our interests. Receptive skills are very important...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dongchen 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. Regarding to learning grammar, there has been a variety of opinions and definitions. Generally, it connotes accuracy or inaccuracy of the use of a language that people use. To a student, it means the rules of a language that show how sentences are formed and how words are inflected . Whatever it is, nobody can deny that grammar is important when learning a language...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dongfanghong Nongchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Baicheng 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 10 unit, it shows us two videos. And they are totally different in teacher's attitude and students' participation. The second video shows a good example of ESA teaching, and we can know clearly how to conduct an English class and put the theories into practice. While the first class shows us what we shouldn't do and pay attention to as an English...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yuquanying Nongchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Yinchuan 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. Phonetics is most important as that is what we use to speak words. It assists us in helping to see how words are pronounced rather than spelled. Their are words that sound the same, have different meaning and is also spelled differently. By understanding how the pronunciation of words work, is can help us to read better and also to assist in the spelling of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qingji 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. Though we both are native english speakers, we were very aware that this course would certainly be difficult. Although we both speak and write in proper english (usually), we were not always fully aware of the underlying grammatical structures and the finer points of the language. At least, we weren?t aware of them consciously. We have both gained a greater...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in MinshAn Linchang? 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. It is important for both experienced and inexperienced teachers to have their lesson plans prepared beforehand. The writing of a lesson plays an important role and therefore has many functions: 1. It is an aid to planning (it helps us think logically about the stages needed for students to achieve by the end of the lesson) 2. It is also a working document (...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Miaoqiao 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. This course was a great introduction to understanding and learning about a variety of issues the students will encounter. Each unit gave pertinent and relevant information about classroom situations and helped dispel fears about entering the classroom. The main lesson from the course is to prepare for different situations. Each student will have a strengths and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Daying Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Sanmenxia 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 have learned a great deal from the tefl course. It helped us understand 'outside of the box' and gave us a different perspective towards teaching english to learners of all ages. Even though we are native english speakers, there were many aspects of grammar and phonology systems that were learned throughout the course. Lesson planning is a huge part of being a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ShAnyang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yangzhou 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 future tense helps us in planning our daily lives and also the future. It allows us to predict certain outcomes even if we are presented with or without evidence and also can aid is in planning for dates, meetings and gatherings with friends and families. Planning our days let others know what will be doing in the future and to see if others will also do it...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Changying 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. During this course we have learnt many things about the english language which we were not familiar. It has given us the chance to further study aspects of english that we would commonly use on a day to day basis but without a full understanding. This course has also given us further insights into a variety of teaching techniques which we will be able to implement...  [Read more]