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The topic of teacher accents in the ESL classroom is much debated. I am sure most teachers can relate to a story or experience. In South Korea, like many Asian countries there is a strong focus on the 'American English'. All listening tapes, dialogues, transcripts and texts use American linguistics and accents. Even the international TOEIC and TEFL tests for a long time were using American accents. As a New Zealand citizen being strongly advised to develop an American accent can be hard to comprehend.Kachru 1986 writes 'what actually happens is that language and power go together. American English is accepted for the power and superiority which America as a nation has acquired in the areas of science, technology, commerce, military affairs and politics'. I tend to agree and further more...  [Read more]

When picking a destination for teaching English in 2022/23 you will have plenty of options to choose from. Some people will choose a location that offers the highest salaries, while others will make their decision based on cultural reasons or even where you can find the best social life. And of course, in the current climate teaching English online is more popular than ever as you do not even need to leave home. Every option has its pluses and minuses, so take a look at this brief rundown on all the most popular choices. Asia is without doubt the top region for teaching English abroad in terms of job numbers. The continent is absolutely huge and home to a wide diversity of great teaching locations. You will find many exciting cities such as Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Bangkok,...  [Read more]

Anyone who is thinking about teaching English abroad has most likely received a response along the lines of "Oh, how fun, but what will you do when you get back?" Some people believe that teaching English as a foreign language is not a "real job" but rather something that people do to pay off student debt or simply for fun before settling down into a "normal" job and lifestyle. Many people decide to teach English abroad for these reasons, but there are also many who have made a successful and lucrative career out of it. Yes, you can pursue a long-term career as an EFL teacher. For the vast majority of people who travel abroad to teach English, it all begins with a simple desire to see some of the world while earning some money. After a while, many people realize that they enjoy and are...  [Read more]

Do you want to teach English abroad, but are not sure if a TEFL certificate is going to get you there? The good news is that, as most countries and individual employers do not require an advanced teaching license, a TEFL certificate is usually enough to land a job in many areas. In some countries a bachelor's degree is also required, but there are still plenty of others where having a TEFL certificate is all you need. It is estimated that over a billion individuals are learning English around the world. This, paired with an English teacher shortage in many countries, is fantastic news for TEFL teachers because it demonstrates that TEFL jobs are widely available all around the world. Teachers who take a TEFL course will have a wide range of choices in the international job market. They can...  [Read more]

France is the most popular tourist destination in the world by visitor numbers, and it is equally popular with those looking to teach English abroad. With so much to offer, from history and culture to fashion and cuisine, France is the dream destination for thousands of ESL teachers every year. If you want to join this number, take a look at the following guide to teaching English in France. As with most countries in Western Europe, employers in France expect their prospective employees to possess a TEFL certificate. If you arrive without one, you are likely to have a tough time in the job market as most of your competitors will be TEFL certified. If you apply for a position offered by the government-run teaching assistant recruitment program, it is possible to make all the necessary...  [Read more]

The salary for teaching English abroad or online is determined by a number of factors, including your qualifications, previous experience, and the country you desire to teach in. Let's take a look at how much TEFL teachers can earn when teaching English abroad and online. The salary for teaching English in a foreign country varies, but you should expect to make a respectable living. Teachers in high-paying countries might earn anything from $2,000 to over $5,000 USD per month. Your TEFL salary is determined by many things, such as the type of employer, your qualifications, your previous teaching experience, and the location of your school. Teaching English abroad can be a lucrative career path, but salaries vary considerably from region to region. First-time English teachers in several...  [Read more]

Teaching English abroad has become a popular and lucrative job for many English speakers around the world in recent years. This is mainly due to the increase in demand for the English language in many countries, which has resulted in increasing competition for teaching salaries. When looking for a teaching job abroad it is always a good idea to compare the salary on offer with the local cost of living, which can vary greatly from one country to the next. A monthly salary of US $1,000 would allow you to live a very comfortable lifestyle in Costa Rica, whereas the same salary in a city like Paris would most likely not be enough to provide all of the comforts you desire. Other contract benefits such as free housing, health insurance, paid vacations, and airfare reimbursement can all add up to...  [Read more]

Whether you are just looking to earn some extra cash during a gap-year or are planning a more serious move into the world of education, teaching English as a foreign language has many benefits. The demand for TEFL qualified teachers is continually growing in many parts of the world and opportunities for making teaching a career are abundant. Also, if you decide that it is time to head back home, there are many directions in which your overseas teaching experience can take you. Although for many TEFL course graduates the aim is to head overseas to experience living and working in a foreign culture, it is not the only option. Plenty of people use their teaching qualification within their home country as increasing levels of immigration have led to a rapid increase in demand for ESL...  [Read more]

The ITTT TEFL course in Colombia gives you the opportunity to learn how to teach English in one of Latin America’s brightest stars and the gateway to South America. Colombia is a country filled with unique landscapes and innovative cities, cultural and gastronomic delights, and villages surrounded by imposing mountains. It is a country of diversity with places that only exist in Colombia. For lovers of nature and extreme sports, the three mountain ranges of the Colombian Andes are an excellent setting for climbing or walking trails. For water sports, the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Coast offer some of the world’s best surfing and snorkeling, and our lakes and reservoirs in the interior of the country are great for fishing and rafting. Colombia has everything; Caribbean beaches in the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zaohe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Suqian 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 do I pick one thing as the best thing I've learned in this class? After a very long brainstorm, I have come to the realization that the greatest thing this course taught me was the ability to create my own lesson plans, as well as how to structure them to set myself, and my students up for success. First of all, before this course I didn't even know what a lesson...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wuduan 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 teaching larger classes there can be a few obstacles like the diversity of students, the difficulty of setting and enforcing classroom behaviour and the lack of flexibility. An integral part of the lessons, to go fluently and be successful, is classroom management. Organising and managing the class in order for the lessons to be relaxed but to maintain discipline...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Futu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huangshi 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 new teacher in the field of ESL, it is important to confidently walk into your new classroom and know that, regardless of what happens in the next sixty minutes, your students will walk away being more motivated than they were before you arrived on the scene. In order to motivate students who are learning English for the first time, you must incorporate a few...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in WujiAng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ji'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. Before i start the lesson there are numbrr of practical things i can do to make sure my lesson goes smoothly 1_check that i have my lesson plan 2_run through my lesson plan and make sure i have al the necessary aids and materials needed 3_check that the equipment eorks 4_lay out materials and aids so that you can easily find them 5-makr sure that the board is clean...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Cuocheng 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. In this course I have learned to use the ESA method for lesson planning. It has given me the tools for constructing a functional lesson and it was very useful in that sense, but I still have to learn how to use them successfully in the real world. I plan on doing that by starting with teaching the basics to students from beginner to intermediate level and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Taigong 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 been great for me in understanding what aspect of english I need to understand so I too can pass on information. I have brushed up on my own grammatical construction as it has been a while since I too have had access to it. It made me realize that I need to be sure and should have researched all aspects of my lesson before presenting in class. Since...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in BalanghuNongchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Wuzhong 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've taught a little pronunciation before. Though I remember some of the terms, like voiced and unvoiced consonants and fricatives, I'm not sure how helpful that is. I've also found that the phonetic script is used in teaching English and many students are familiar with it, but again, I'm not sure if it's helpful. It seems like there's enough to remember in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Taiwang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Tonghua 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 learned that there are 4 basic skills in any language and, in this unit, learned more about receptive skills (reading and listening). All are equally important and should be incorporated into each lesson for balance. I learned different techniques and activities to use in the classroom setting and to ensure a variety of topics that will be of interest to my...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Linhe Nongchang? 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. I find this topic very interesting, because I believe that there is no “standard formula” for success in teaching, or in any field for that matter. To put things in context, I am a new to this field of teaching, and you may find it quite odd that I have chosen this topic. I will be approaching this essay differently in a way that I will be...  [Read more]

Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL - Accreditation Easy TEFL 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: LF, USA said: I have learned many things from this course. I have learned how truly complex the english language can be and how overwhelming or confusing it may seem. Having to learn parts of the english language again helped me see things from a student perspective. Even as a native speaker I had trouble. It is important to observe and understand my students and their learning style. Providing variety and learning what my students are interested in is a great way to make sure students are engaged and interested...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yantianhe 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. As a professional educator, I think all classroom activities within the student's education should include their ideas. Including the student's will help the classroom atmosphere, run smoother within the classroom setting. The teacher's role, should accordingly; make sure every activity, will help each child meet their educational goals. My experience throughout...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wenliu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Puyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I thought unit 15 contained some very useful information. I learned a lot about the different types of testing and evaluation a teacher can do in order to monitor students and make sure they are placed in the right level of course or track the progress of students. I also learned a lot about the general external exams available and also the Cambridge Assessment. Tests...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Menglou 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 is about teaching new language and functions to learners. It elaborates tge importance of learning vocabulary and how it is use in a sentence or simply grammar structure. Approaches on how to teach vocabulary and grammar structure were also discussed. ESA or engage, study and activate method was used to make sure that the learners are involved in the topic...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in CenchuAn 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. How to deal with kids with shorter attention span? Sometimes, it can be hard for most of us to focus on certain tasks. It’s actually a normal thing to find your mind wandering when you should be focused on a specific thing. According to a 2010 study 1 by Harvard psychologists Matthew A. Killingsworth and Daniel T. Gilbert, we spend nearly 47 percent of our waking...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiaowei Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yongzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In an increasingly globalized world English has become the lingua franca for the world. That is very interesting with English is that it is a kind of Frankenstein of languages and thus a great language to now be spread all over the world. English, which is based on a dialect of northern German, has huge infusions from the French after the Norman invasion of 1066,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in XiangshAn Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Nanchang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This unit was very useful, I got to know the structure of the lesson planning. The writing of lesson plans has plenty of important functions: a planning, a working document, a record. Basic points of lesson planning are: keep it simple, because you need to refer to it during your lesson, do not try to script a lesson, arrange a time of each activity, keep it...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Guling Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jiujiang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This lesson highlighted the importance of planning and organizing a lesson, especially as a new teacher. Though experienced teacher may be able to still be effective with minimal planning, as new teachers, we have to put more effort into planning our lessons as records and playbooks to look back to during lessons to make sure we are still on schedule. A lesson plan...  [Read more]

  In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word whodunit. This word describes a mystery or detective story that can either be a movie, a book, a play or anything to that extend. It is basically a short form of the words Who has done it?, meaning who is the criminal / murder in the story. 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. I learned about many different ways to present information to students in this unit. In addition, I also learned of several...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chenqi ewenke Minzu Sumu? Are you interested in teaching English in Hulunbei'er Shi — Hulunbuir? 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. Educators and teaching staff learn many strategies that help them to maintain discipline in the classroom during their academic years, as well as through practical experiences once they have joined the profession. A good teacher should be able to adopt his own basic style that provides him with better practices within the classroom. His...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiangtang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Nanchang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This unit is about lesson planning, why teachers plan lessons. What they include in the planning process and how to produce a lesson plan that is practical and easy to use in the classroom.I have learnt how a lesson plan should be written down and the practical things one could do to make sure sure your lesson goes smoothly. It's good to be organized and a good...  [Read more]

  In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word perseverate. This word refers to the continuity of something, especially repitition. 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. Thanks to this unit, I have learnt a lot about the design of a syllabus based on different criteria. ↵Teaching Business English to adults seems to be an interesting challenge since many factors have to be taken into account. Following the right order, a teacher should first...  [Read more]