English Teacher Stereotypes

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in XinjiAmu Sumu? Are you interested in teaching English in Xing'an Meng — Hinggan? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. What I found interesting is the difference between American English and British English is written from the beginning. Noah Webster allegedly changed the British lexicon on purpose as he was part of the new generation of Americans who wanted to break away from British influence. As such, this is the reason why our words are spelled differently from the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dongbatou Nongchang? 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. Topic: Importance of Cultural sensitivity in the classroom and How to embrace it? ESL Teachers are exposed to so many cultures in their entire career. It becomes utmost important that a teacher thoroughly understands the meaning and significance of having Cultural sensitivity. Teacher’s instructions, class environment and pedagogy have an immense impact on...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Maqiao 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. When deciding to teach as a TEFL teacher abroad one has to be aware of the challenge of “cultural sensitivity in the classroom”. Whether one already knows where to look for an employment or the location still is unclear a teacher needs to be prepared to face cultural issues in a country of a foreign culture. There will be stereotypes, different religious...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhurihe Zhen? 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. When I first began teaching, I came to the realization that some of the content in textbooks I initially used did not engage my students enough; they found the reading and exercises futile and redundant. I am a current English teaching assistant in France, and whenever I find that my students are fixated on memorizing the overwhelming amount of...  [Read more]

As an ESL teacher one of the biggest challenges I have had to face is cultural sensitivity. Not only on my part as a teacher but on the part of my students as well. My first experience on this subject dealt with stereotypes. Not only those held by my students but those that I carried as well. The second issue was how to bridge the gaps between our two cultures. Therefore, the issue becomes how do we increase our level of cultural sensitivity. There have been many studies done on this issue. Most focus on the things the teacher should do to bridge the gap. I believe that it takes effort on the part of both the student and the teacher to resolve this issue. As ESL teachers most of us have left our countries and begun teaching in other countries. In his book The Developmental Model of...  [Read more]

As an ESL teacher one of the biggest challenges I have had to face is cultural sensitivity. Not only on my part as a teacher but on the part of my students as well.My first experience on this subject dealt with stereotypes. Not only those held by my students but those that I carried as well. The second issue was how to bridge the gapsbetween our two cultures. Therefore, the issue becomes how do we increase our levelof cultural sensitivity. There have been many studies done on this issue. Most focus on the things the teachershould do to bridge the gap. I believe that it takes effort on the part of both the student and the teacher to resolve this issue. As ESL teachers most of us have left our countries and begun teaching in other countries. In his book The Developmental Model of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in DonghukAifAqudawuchen? Are you interested in teaching English in Wuhan 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 work in two schools. I am an assistant language teacher at one commercial (low-level English) high school, and at an integrated (high-level English) academic junior high and high school. I have had experiences with different kinds of students, Japanese-English teachers, and classroom atmospheres. In Japan, students take an entrance exam to get into high...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yuelai 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. I am a South African who has worked in South Korea for more than eight years and one of the most important tools as an ESL teacher from a whole different nationality and culture has been the knowledge and awareness of cultural sensitivity in the classroom. When I meet a new ESL teacher and they ask me for advice this is usually the first thing I recommend: become an...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in TuguiwulA 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. I am working with kids for nearly ten years and now I would speak and discuss the parent’s role in the kid’s education. We know that the teacher has some specific roles in the classroom and of course in the kid’s education too, and generally when the parents bring their kid to a new institution they always pay attention to the teacher’s role...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Runanbu 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. Cultural variety provides all students with the opportunity to learn about ways of life that from their own. In a multicultural environment, students learn to be more culturally aware. Teachers sometimes struggle to create a classroom that is culturally sensitive and responsive to the needs of their students. Everywhere teachers are attempting to make their...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lengji Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xiangyang Shi — Xiangfan? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Having lived and taught English in two non-native speaking countries, I have to say that teaching English is no easy feat. Currently living in Bangkok, Thailand, I am teaching English to Primary Six students and I am in a supposed international context. Juggling a body of students who are not entirely actually international and largely Thai can at...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shibao 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. Growing up in a multi-ethnic and multicultural country, I have been educated to respect cultural diversity. Later on, as I have become an educator myself, I put much emphasis on respecting my students from other cultures. I believe that cultural sensitivity is crucial in the classroom, and I would like to state the reasons as followed. To begin with, stereotypes and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lixi 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. I am working with kids for nearly ten years and now I would speak and discuss the parent’s role in the kid’s education. We know that the teacher has some specific roles in the classroom and of course in the kid’s education too, and generally when the parents bring their kid to a new institution they always pay attention to the teacher’s role and don’t speak...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ShanggAng 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. I am working with kids for nearly ten years and now I would speak and discuss the parent’s role in the kid’s education. We know that the teacher has some specific roles in the classroom and of course in the kid’s education too, and generally when the parents bring their kid to a new institution they always pay attention to the teacher’s role and don’t...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in XiaonanqudongshAntou Yuanzhongchang? 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. We live in the age of technical progress and globalization. Both these trends require people to get together, unite, share ideas in order to come up with new inventions, discover other cultures. Which is why thousands of people all over the world take up studying English every day. They turn to language schools, private teachers, speaking...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Liji 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. Teaching is not easy but worth of trying for me because people can’t stop learning throughout their lives where there must be many teaching phases we go through with different teachers. As what I learned from this course, the group of young learners is defined in terms of age ranges, what I would like to share in this essay is about how to promote cross-cultural...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huangshizhai Linchang? 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. Teaching English in another country is a privilege because you are exposed to a whole new culture. That new place, wherever it may be, offers so many new experiences and knowledge that you do not necessarily learn and see in America. It is important to have cultural sensitivity because any comment made about a specific culture could be offensive, be...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Mi'er Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huanggang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In the world we live in, being different is often deemed as bad. Where being the minority is often looked down upon. Sometimes we don’t like to admit that, but it is true. What people need to realize is that we are no different from one another. Someone from rural China is just as much of a person as I am even though we live thousands of miles away. The only...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in NeimengguwuchuAn Jingji KAifAqu? Are you interested in teaching English in Huhehaote Shi — Hohhot? 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. What makes English valuable as a global language? All over the world, the knowledge of the English language has become a valuable commodity for many prospective businessman and aspiring academics as well as people who seek to find success for themselves. Knowledge of English has become a game changer in the modern world. This has...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yitang 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. I chose the subject ‘Why cultural sensitivity in the classroom is important ‘ , because I feel when teaching English abroad , it is crucial to understand the important sensitivities of different cultures , from different parts of the world . Cultural differences from different countries is also a personal interest of mine . Firstly it is important to understand...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qiting 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. Chinese learners of English will face a variety of issues when learning English. According to an article on TEFL academy titled “5 Problems For Chinese Speakers of English,” five main issues are the alphabet, rhythm, pronunciation, word order, and plurals. Here, I would like to explore the issues of pronunciation, rhythm, and stress more in depth based on brief...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Haotetaohainong Muchang? 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. SUMMATIVE TASK for TEFL course -- 500-100 word essay #18: English as a Global Language Increasingly, English is becoming a global language, used in many facets of society, heard and understood in many different cultures and countries. This spreading of the English language has both advantages and disadvantages for both native English...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qijiaping 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. This summative task will review the subject matter and discuss strategies and techniques that have been employed within actual classes delivered in Singapore and Hong Kong to Chinese, Japanese and Korean business people. As the language of international business is English, the overwhelming driver for Business English learning is day to day conversation and...  [Read more]

In the TEFL classroom, it is important to recognize that cultural differences exist both between teacher and students, and between different students in a multilingual classroom. These differences have the potential to create problems, such as misunderstanding or uncomfortable situations. This article will discuss these issues and suggest ways they can be dealt with or prevented. Lisa Delpit discusses challenges of teaching in a multicultural society. Although she is referring to multicultural students in the United States, the issues she discusses are very relevant to teaching English as a foreign language abroad or in an English-speaking country. Some of these issues are: failure to recognize cultural differences and problems that might arise because of these differences, stereotyping,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in WudAn Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chifeng 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. Take or not to take a TEFL/TESOL course? A lot of teachers of English ask themselves this question earlier or later, when they think about their career development. From one hand it`s a good chance to get new experience working in international environment and earn better money then in your native country (as in Ukraine for example). From the other hand, is it worth...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ShAba 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. Points: - Background - English as 1st language/mother-tongue / main language spoken / language I think in - 2nd languages: Mandarin (Chinese) / Cantonese / French - Spilling over to 3rd language - Sentence reconstructions: grammar, vocabulary, particles, pronunciations, body usage, etc. - Differences in thought processing: how we come to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in GAojimiao 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. For many people who travel, considering the cultural norms of whatever country you are visiting is helpful in ensuring a smooth trip. It is quite unfortunate that travelers from the United States often have a bad reputation for being loud, inconsiderate, and oblivious. While this is the case, it is also the case for a lot of people from various other countries....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in HuAqiao 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. In loco parentis is the perfect phrase to describe the teacher’s role in the classroom and the responsibility they have towards their students. Young children spend many hours in the classroom – an atmosphere created primarily for the purposes of learning, teaching and socialising – and many more hours in the home – a different learning atmosphere inhabited...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in BaijiA Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changsha 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. 10. Problems for learners in a country of your choice In this essay I will be discussing the problems for young Japanese learners of English, and what problems Japanese learners often encounter as well as explaining some of the reasons why teachers can run into problems while teaching in Japan. I will be referring to the book “The Smart Guide to Teaching English...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ShAji 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. It is necessary to take into account many cultural factors for effective teaching: in order to arouse interest in the students each time and to not offend anyone or cause any other negative emotion. If there are people from warring countries or nations in a group, we need to make sure that they get along well or at least are neutral to each other. When the atmosphere...  [Read more]