English For A Specific Purpose

Teaching English for a Specific Purpose (ESP) or Why not just teach'em Shakespeare' TEFL teaching in the classroom has maninly been focused on leaning General English skills with more specific English, needed for a specific profession for example, being taught only as and when it is needed. Some people argue that specific English should be introduced earlier and this will help motivate pupils and also keep the English taught within a professional and cultural environment that is relevant to the people learning it.English for a specific purpose was developed to meet the needs of individual learners and their specific needs, and is designed for specific disciplines. It makes some, but not exclusive use of the underlying methodology and activities of the discipline it serves, namely Teaching...  [Read more]

Teaching English for a Specific Purpose (ESP) or Why not just teach?em Shakespeare? TEFL Teaching in the classroom has maninly been focused on leaning General English skills with more specific English, needed for a specific profession for example, being taught only as and when it is needed. Some people argue that specific English should be introduced earlier and this will help motivate pupils and also keep the English taught within a professional and cultural environment that is relevant to the people learning it. English for a specific purpose was developed to meet the needs of individual learners and their specific needs, and is designed for specific disciplines. It makes some, but not exclusive use of the underlying methodology and activities of the discipline it serves, namely...  [Read more]

  Our next category in our series of teaching special groups in ESL is English for specific purposes. This video focuses specifically on teaching business English. How is business Enligsh different to general English? Will you be able to teach business English? Find out in this video. 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 Two focused on the grammatical aspects of speech. It is clear that grammar will be one of the toughest topics to teach, in my...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in WudAngzhao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Baotou 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 sometimes called passive skills which are contrasted to productive skills, speaking and writing. Receptive skills are essential to all students to learn how to read and listen to understand and receive information. Reading enables students to write and listening helps them to speak. People read and listen for the purpose to get a specific goal...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yanglinwei 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. The Merriam Webster dictionary defines Business English as: “English as used in business”. While concise, this definition is of limited value to a teacher. This essay will attempt to expand on this definition in the context of English teaching. A more thorough examination of business English will precede an overview of teaching...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xinhua Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Bayannao'er Shi — Bayan Nur? 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. Course materials include anything that a teacher brings to a classroom. This can include a wide range of items such as worksheets, activity sheets and pictures, as well as audio aids, existing reports and media items. The most common tool being a coursebook. Course materials purpose are to aid the teacher to achieve the lesson plans’ goals. These...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huanggang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shangrao 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 learn about the specifics of lesson planning and more information in depth about Engage, Study, and Activate phases to use and plan for a lesson. Each phase is specific and can be divided into certain criteria used for planning. To have a successful lesson, one must plan carefully and be clear on what is studied and the purpose of each stage within the phases...  [Read more]

Teaching grammar can be one of the most frustrating aspects of an English teacher?s job description. Teaching grammar can be divided into two categories, declarative knowledge and procedural knowledge. Declarative knowledge can be summed up as knowledge about a thing such as the rules of grammar whereas procedural knowledge is being able to apply the knowledge to communicate effectively. To illustrate the difference declarative knowledge would be being able to understand the instruction manual on how to assemble a bicycle where as procedural knowledge would be what you demonstrate when you actually put the bicycle together. Being good at one does not necessarily make one good at the other. Many of us native English speakers can use our native tongue correctly but can not explain the...  [Read more]

Teaching grammar can be one of the most frustrating aspects of an English teacher’s job description. Teaching grammar can be divided into two categories, declarative knowledge and procedural knowledge. Declarative knowledge can be summed up as knowledge about a thing such as the rules of grammar whereas procedural knowledge is being able to apply the knowledge to communicate effectively. To illustrate the difference declarative knowledge would be being able to understand the instruction manual on how to assemble a bicycle where as procedural knowledge would be what you demonstrate when you actually put the bicycle together. Being good at one does not necessarily make one good at the other. Many of us native English speakers can use our native tongue correctly but can not explain...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Miaoshi 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. As a matter of fact, testing is an important phenomenon from science to arts, in order to weigh, measure and qualify the validity and the quantum of things. It is important to have a testing on all the aspects in real life, language teaching and learning process also includes its role in the testing process. In order to find out the nature and state of the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Bidian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Nanyang 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 answered to a lot of questions I was having during the course. There were 4 main parts of the lesson: Teaching beginners, Teaching Individual Students, Teaching children, Teaching Business English/ English for Specific Purpose and an overview of the mono and multilingual class. Each of the parts examined in detail what problems could a teacher have in the...  [Read more]

  This video is part of our ESA Methodology series. The ESA methodology consists of three stages. In this series, we look at the individual purposes of each stage and typical activities for each stage. This second video introduces the study phase of ESA. The purpose of this phase is to cover the actual teaching of the lesson and to check the understanding of that material.The second stage or phase of the lesson is known as the study phase and really the purpose of this phase is to cover the actual teaching of the lesson and to check understanding of that material. Typically in an ESA lesson, the study phase will have two parts. The first phase of the study is to cover the actual teaching component in what's known as the board work and what we try to do in the board work phase is to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yuntai Nongchang? 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. Occasionally a teacher is assigned to a class full of highly motivated students, each of which has an incredible passion for learning English as a foreign language. However, this is uncommon, often leaving the teacher to inspire and motivate the students, in addition to teaching them. Specific groups tend to follow trends of motivation levels, such as adults...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shuidong 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. Subject n°91: How Can Reading Influence Language Acquisition Introduction: In this paper we will attempt to show how important reading is and how it can influence language acquisition and its development. We will mainly focus on primary school pupils as most children start to learn to read around six or seven years of age. With this aim in mind, we will first try...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dupo 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. When thinking of course materials, one summons the image of textbooks and related work sheets. These are just a small part of what can be considered as course materials. With this in mind, course materials are anything the teacher brings with to the classroom to aid teaching. This essay will cover, the two different groups of course material: authentic and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in YaojiAdian 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. Spanish is my mother tongue; however, I also managed to learn English and French at a young age. Both of these languages stuck with me even years after I had left the countries where I learned them. Despite staying in those countries for a short time (less than a year), it surprised me how, when comparing myself with people who had had similar experiences, my...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dasi 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. As the realm of conducting business has continued to become more connected to the world outside of the home country for many companies and corporations for some time now, the demand for specific language learning for business contexts persistently rises. Courses in English for business purposes continue to attract a great deal of attention at colleges and universities...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wangdian 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. It is particularly important for the Business English Teacher to consider how to structure and develop a course for students. Because students in a Business English setting are working professionals, they typically will have specific needs and learning objectives that a teacher will have to cater to. Knowing how to structure and develop an ESL class for adult,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in SAntangpu 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. Ryan Reeves CTEYL Summative Task Why Course Materials are Important. Most if not all courses make use of materials, regardless of the topic being taught. In ESL courses materials are crucial to the learning processes from the beginning to the end of a student’s education in English. Whether the materials used are authentic, non-authentic, realia or media, they aid...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lǜcongpo 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. Teaching simply with white chalk in hand, writing on blackboard paints a dull picture of language learning on the minds of young learners Every teacher must keep this fact in mind that young learners like to play, and they participate in games with more enthusiasm and willingness than in any other classroom task. That is why games are generally...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in FeixiAn 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. Reading is one of the receptive skills with the other one being a listening skill. According to some scholars, the acquisition of language is believed to be a natural way of acquiring knowledge and learning is that acquired in the classroom. However, for the purpose of this summative task, I am treating the two the same. Based on this definition, language...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Daqiao 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. English is indeed a global language. It is a lucrative skill to be fluent in English, or even to know enough to “ just get by.” For that reason, there are teachers, classes and schools dedicated simply to teaching English to students for “specific purposes,” thus the acronym. “ESP.” In my country, there are special classes for Spanish, because of the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shouxian Zhen? 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. Summarizing ‘role of the teacher’ isn’t an easy task, and was probably at the bottom of my list of choices as a title for this summative task. I’ve decided to go with this topic as it closely fits with questions that I myself have been contemplating for quite some time -- ‘How to make lessons relevant and appealing to students?’, ‘What makes an...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yilin 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. In order to design a syllabus which meets the needs of any class, a teacher must analyze the degree to which students understand English. With this analysis the teacher can make an appropriate selection of materials which meet the demands of the class. The level test is the best choice for this process, because it monitors the level of language the students have. The...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Longju 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. At different times throughout history a few languages have been associated with such power and prestige that their influence and reach spread to other cultures. For example, in the Eastern world, Chinese (Mandarin) has historically been the most dominant language in the region, having influenced the language and writing systems of several Asian nations such as...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xixiashu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changzhou 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. Reading is a vital skill for anyone wishing to increase their vocabulary and knowledge of the world (whether English speaking or otherwise). It is also essential to carry out many everyday activities. There are a number of ways in which we can enable young people (or older) to gain pleasure from reading. The first would be to allow choice of reading materials to...  [Read more]

A balanced approach to using a combination of created and authentic materials can be beneficial to both the students and the teacher in an ESL classroom.Created materials can be either a previously published course text or something the teacher has specifically created to supplement a lesson. Often students will expect some published materials such as a course book and view it as a form of security as well as a way to gauge their progress, i.e. how many chapters of the book they have completed. Published course materials have generally been tried and tested before release and thus are graded to a level suitable for the students and contain a balanced mix of vocabulary, grammar and skills exercises. As well, they can be very useful in pointing out certain structures or language patterns...  [Read more]

What is evaluation'Evaluation is the process of determining significance or worth, usually by careful appraisal and study. It can also be defined as the analysis and comparison of actual progress vs. prior plans , oriented toward improving plans for future implementation.. For this study evaluation and testing would be discussed under the following headings; the characteristics of a good test, types of testing and the reasons for testing, methods of evaluation and testing, why testing doesn't work, making testing more productive, alternatives to testing, and conclusion.The characteristics of a good test.The elements of a good test are:Validity of the test :- Validity is the extent to which a test measures what it is intended to measure. Most important kinds of validity are, content and...  [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. This unit has given a basic introduction to this course, information on the remaining 5 units is given. the details of the course have been clearly explained. the general terminology for business English has been given with the full forms, so very clear if in future I come across these. the details for teaching English for a specific purpose have clearly been defined and also what are our future prospects once we...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Erdaobaihe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yanbianchao Xianzu 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. This lesson covers the areas of receptive skills which are listening and reading. When reading, there are many different ways to perform the action depending on what the purpose of one's reading is. Skimming, scanning, or detailed reading are a few examples used for obtaining specific information, general ideas, or more specific details. When...  [Read more]