English Second Language Teacher

In consideration of whether or not teachers of English as a second language should teach slang or idioms in class, or rather, why English teachers should teach idioms or slang, I did some research on the internet regarding this particular topic. For the most part, I found one David Burke's article on the subject to be most informative (Burke, 1). I have formed my own opinion on the matter, which I will discuss at length later in this essay.First, it is constructive to define exactly what slang words and idioms are, to differentiate between the two as well as to be completely precise in this pursuit. Dictionary.com defines an idiom as 'an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements' (dictionary.com, 1). In contrast, slang is 'very...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Houping 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. Teaching is a profession that creates all other professions. And this is why it is by far the most important profession. But does that mean all genius students can be a good teacher? No, absolutely not, to be a good teacher you need not be the topper of your class. To be a good teacher you need to have a few skill sets. Few people are blessed with such skillsets...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tangcun Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhumadian Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. It depends on what does someone think is a real successful teaching career! The response is quite individual, I suppose. At the same time any of us could suggest their own very similar in general list of qualities, a teacher should posses or the aims a teacher should obtain, doing his/her teaching work. The most important quality for a teacher, I think, is the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jing'An 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. A teacher has more than one role in their student’s life. They must become their student’s instructor, facilitator, mentor, psychologist or counselor and their disciplinarian. It takes time to be able to master all these roles in becoming a teacher. They may learn these skills in many different ways such as taking additional classes or going to seminars related...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xinglongshan Zhen? 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. Although the two lessons from the two videos teaches the same target language, with the same learners and teacher, the participation of the learners is total different. The learners in the first lesson, is confused and talk less. However, in the second lesson, the TTT increases a lot. I think the reason lies on the teacher and the teaching techniques. In the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gongpingwei Zhen? 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. When I consider the most important aspect of the education system, the very first thing I think of are teachers. I would argue that teachers are the backbone of the education system. Anyone that attended school, regardless of country or region, was once educated by teachers. Even though all of us have that in common, it is impossible to think that everyone had...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ShuAnggang 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. Do you know what classroom management is? Classroom management is the skill of organizing and managing the class. In other words, it is the ability of a teacher to create a friendly, relaxed atmosphere and maintaining discipline in the class. I’m absolutely sure, that it’s one of the most important skills which every teacher should have. First, it will help...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Liangcha Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huai'an Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I think we can all recall a time when we felt inspired, motivated and uplifted by a teacher. In my case, this wasn’t as a result of the teacher ‘knowing it all’, but because the teacher portrayed characteristics and qualities that made them unique and personable. In addition to teaching content, teachers have the ability to develop their students on a much...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yangshi 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. Is formal education and training such as a TEFL course necessary in order to be an effective and successful teacher of English? Some may argue that as long as there is a sound knowledge of the subject, teaching English especially to speakers of other languages is easy and straightforward. However, exhibiting knowledge of a subject matter is very different from...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qunfeng 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. How to Help Students Overcome Stress When They Learn English Learning a second language can be very difficult and stressful. This is especially true the older a second language learner is. One of the most important jobs that a teacher has is creating a classroom environment that is welcoming and comfortable. This is especially important for an ESL teacher, who is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dazhiping 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. Learning one’s own language is something we develop unconsciously as we grow up. We are surrounded by people who speak the native language and just acquire it during our formative years. Through one’s family, from friends, in the school and the environment, we learn to adapt to the language widely used in our everyday life. One’s we are...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in BiAohu Linchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Shiyan Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. A teacher’s personal qualities play a huge role in the success of their students! One of the best things I learned from this course was what makes a good teacher, and what a good teacher needs to be aware of when teaching EFL. Depending on whom you ask or what website you look at, you will get different thoughts and opinions on the qualities an English teacher...  [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 Siziwangqikuluntu 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. Can anyone be a teacher? Does possessing a knowledge of the English language and teaching methods qualify one to teach English? Does everyone have the characteristics and personal qualities to teach English? There is an old saying: Those who can’t, teach. I would like to argue that that is not true. It takes a person with special personal...  [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 Ouli Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xinyu 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 10 showed two very different videos of the same teacher, with the same group of students, and the same learning material. The only difference was the attitude portrayed by the teacher. In the first video, the teacher made no attempt to really connect with the students and became agitated quickly. He was unclear with his explanations so the class was very confused...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Meilinqiao 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. Due to the need for English skills in today's era, English Teachers are seen around the world. It is obviously perceived in this generation how English is widely used, how English is a must, and how English makes people comfortable. These are the reasons why English teachers travel across boundaries to educate people with English skills. But becoming an English...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in BAyiji 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. When one decides to learn a new language, people often ask why. The reasons behind choosing a specific language for study instead of another is determined by a variety of factors, such as innate interest in the culture of the language, the language itself, traveling to a country where the language is spoken, etc. However, what all of these reasons have in common to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in HuangshAjie 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. Have you ever been put on the spot by a teacher, demanding an answer to a question when you have no idea? Ever feel like the teacher could care less about you? Ever been yelled at by a teacher? Or have you ever been so bored in class that you do not even know what was covered in the lesson? I think it is safe to say that at one point in life everyone has had a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Anding Zhen? 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. This lesson demonstrated a lot of the teaching techniques we have learned so far, while also highlighting ineffective methods by contrast. In comparison between the two videos, I noticed how heavy the influence of the teacher is on the classroom and student participation. We see in the first example, a rather unprepared and intimidating teacher. With this we find...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xihe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xiaogan 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. Just like any profession, teaching English has specific terms and acronyms that can be used to describe the job. While teaching English to speakers of other languages (ESOL) is an overarching term to describe the job of teaching English to those who do not use English as their native language, ESL (English as a Second Language) and EFL (English as a Foreign Language)...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiaoshetai 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. Is There A Need For The English Language In The First Place? Without any need for emphasizing, English is the most sought-after foreign language in the world. It is increasingly growing as a global language, and so too is the demand for English Language teachers. In fact no one can deny that English has asserted itself on the world stage as the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Fangxianhanliang Liangzhongchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Shiyan 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 RESPONSIBILITIES OF A TEFL TEACHER INTRODUCTION Teaching is a very crucial ingredient in education for without the term “Teaching” education would likely not have come to limelight. Teaching is therefore the art of transferring or imparting knowledge from a teacher to a learner, with carefully planned out modes of instruction for...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yueyang Shi? 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| Parents are the first teachers in every children’s life Everyone has a personal genius Establishing rapport is important not only for a successful classroom, but for creating successful and harmonious relationships between people or groups Over the past couple of months, I have learned...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in MiaowAn Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhumadian Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The role of the teacher can be devided an analyzed in two different ways; One is the education and knowledge, (part 1) Second is the personality and communication abilities, (part 2) Part one is a general pre condition for every candidate, but part two is indispensable, especially at primary education. We mostly hear such sayings; A good teacher is actually a good...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Bailin Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shiyan 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 tells us about how to be an effective Teacher, what are the skills and characteristics that the Teacher should have and responsibility that is putting on to their shoulder. Unit 1 the very first question that you will probably read about are, what makes a good teacher? here they had conducted a surveyed to some of the teachers and students to get their...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xianning Shi Jingji Jishu KAifAqu? 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. In the past few years, teaching English as a second language on the internet has gained a lot of reputation for English teachers around the world. The convenience of only needing a stable internet connection and a computer to go to work, sounds far more pleasing than going to a school or other institution to teach a couple hours per day....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Rongcheng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jingzhou 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 first understood the role of a teacher during the second grade and knew then that I wanted to be just like my teacher, Mrs. Atkinson. She was the first to see my real character and hidden potential through the windows to my world, my eyes. I believe that teachers were made with eyes that would not only see things for what they are but for what they could become...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Mutanghuan 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. It is important to know what is to be done when half of your class speaks a different language. And being a teacher of English, it is almost impossible to communicate with your students in more than one language at the same time especially when trying to communicate different ideas. This can be very confusing for the students and create disorder in the classroom....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Cuiba 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. I used to be an offline teacher but now I give lessons online, actually, I think these two ways are different a lot. First, I want to point out some factors about online classes. Now, for online classes, it’s a convenient and high-efficient way to teach oral English, as it breaks the limits of time and space. Student don’t need to spend one hour...  [Read more]