Gemma Barker Case

  This video covers special cases in reported speech that do not follow the typical pattern. This video is specifically aimed at teaching reported speech in an ESL setting. 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. In this Unit we watched 2 videos. In the first video, the student did not actively participate much and did not seem to understand the concepts very well. The teacher didn't really explain what was expected of the students during the study phase...  [Read more]

Japanese people are known to be well educated. In the case of English, most people have at least six years of English learning experience in school. However in reality, the majority of those people are not able to hold a short, basic conversation in English, even just a few lines of greeting. A language is a communication tool. If you cannot communicate with it, it is pointless to spend so much time and effort on learning it' Thus, clearly something is ineffective in the way that English was taught in Japan to my generation or to the generations who are old enough to prove this inefficient result. In this article, I try to describe the problems that Japanese people have and the appropriate teaching aspects in terms of their English fluency and pronunciation, from the perspective of both a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Damiao 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. As a native speaker, it’s tempting to think that your own language is normal and efficient, but in learning Japanese, German and Polish I’ve become aware of a few different language structures that are either more simple or elegant in other languages, and comparatively complex in English. Grammatical cases are minimally used in English. We recognise them when we...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hongshi 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. Managing a class is a huge topic to talk about: in a nutshell, it 's focused on the teacher's duty to organise a classroom properly, maintaining discipline and setting the tone. The teacher must be able to inspire confidence, shaping a relaxing atmosphere among students, irrespective of his/her teaching style and personality; furthermore, an essential point implies...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xinihedong 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. When dealing with young learners the parent’s role in education can have a major impact on a student’s success. No matter how proficient a teacher is in their teaching ability, they only have a limited amount of time to interact with the student. A parent on the other hand typically has much more time to spend with their child than that of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chenghuang 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. ‘You can only give what you have’, so the old adage by Leo Buscaglia says, likewise the holy lore brings it out as well to emphasise the truth in it. This is true when it comes to teaching. The teacher can rightly or wrongly offer what he/she has or has not. In a class setting, the teacher is often expected to be in the frontline at all times by the learners....  [Read more]

For anyone planning an adventure teaching English overseas, the amount of cash needed to cover the initial start-up costs is an important question to consider. As with any move there are certain expenses that cannot be avoided, although these will vary depending on where you plan to teach. In most cases the basic start-up costs will include: The cost of obtaining TEFL certification can vary considerably depending on the style of course you choose. At ITTT our least expensive online option can be completed for under $200, while an in-class course will typically cost between $1500 and $2000, not including flights, accommodation, meals etc. However, you should not base your choice of course solely on the cost, as there are fundamental differences to consider. Online courses offer an...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Magang Zhen? 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. Foreword: When i wrote my previous essay, I indicated that after some tought, I hesitated between the subjects of teaching vocabulary and teaching grammar. I opted for writing an essay about teaching the former, as i believe then as now, that words are the most fundamental, the most basic building block(s) for/of(the aquisition of) any language and concordantly,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in MujiAyingzi 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. While all languages have differences and present unique languages to learners, challenges for Chinese students of English are particularly well understood due the sheer number of English classes and programs for Chinese students and professionals. An obvious stumbling block for Chinese students is the alphabet. Whereas English has a 26 letter Roman alphabet,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lutou 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. “Engage-Study-Activate” also known as ESA - is an effective teaching model designed by Jeremy Harmer. This methodology means, that for the best involvement of students in a learning process, the conditions of lesson should be flexible and clearly divided for different activities. As the name of model are told, it consist of three special components....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shengshuhuanghai 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. Young Learners Summarative task 500-1000 words on topic; # 47. Motivation in the classroom One way to be sure to motivate your students is to make your lesson fun and relatable. In Africa, for instance, where much of my international teaching experience comes from, I found it essential to allow the students to see how what you are teaching is helpful...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in LongwangyA Chachang? 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. Reading’s Influence on Language Acquisition Reading is important. It is an important tool which aids in language acquisition whether the language is native or foreign. Unfortunately it is sometimes neglected, especially as the students move up in their studies. Having been raised without television until I was in junior high school, I would read books,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shizifeng 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. The internet is one of the best and most popular sources of teaching materials needed by the teachers in order to make their lessons interesting, entertaining and fun. According to study.com, an online resource is material you find online. It can be an online newspaper, magazine or television website, such as NBC or CNN. However, it is important to remember...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in YegAng Nongchang? 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. Teaching process and the role of teacher have played significant role in the development of humanity since the early ages. Over the past decades, there have been various academic researches conducted in all parts of the world which had solid aims of improving quality of teaching and identifying important factors that influence its effectiveness. Majority of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lidian 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. During the grammar lessons of learning English, the aspect of tenses is inevitable. Tenses could be past, present or future which could further be broken up into present past, simple present or future continuous just to highlight a few. The past tense is important because it gives one some background information of an event when such an event is assessed. Testing is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiawei 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. Why complete a TEFL course. Mario D Lopez 02/27/2020 Summative task for ESA Teaching course The question posed as the title of this ESSAY is actually a question that I had asked myself in my consideration of ittt as the school to teach me to become an English teacher. Well now, after completing this portion of the ESA course, I can say as the spirit of the title...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dayou 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. A motivated student has definitely greater chances to succeed than a student without motivation. The question is: how to motivate students? This is probably the key issue for an EFL teacher. Above all, we need to consider the audience we’re dealing with: How old are our students? What is their level of English? Is it a classroom or one-on-one instruction? Where do...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ChangguAn Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xiangxi Tujiazu Miaozu Zizhizho? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. A gifted American educator has said, ‘motivation is the key to turn hopeless, hostile students into eager and ambitions achievers. It is useless to teach when the students are not motivated. One can only have the information processed and digested in stand of filtered out when their mind is open, when they believe in themselves that they can...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dahu 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. Over the years, most parents who are regarded as ‘working parents’ because they work long hour jobs and those who do not have full-time jobs but other engagements, have seemingly left their children’s education in the hands of teachers. However, this should not be the case as parents need to work hand in hand with teachers to ensure the overall good performance...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xinhua 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 contrast between primary language acquisition and second language learning interests professional linguists, language pedagogues, and ordinary students alike. To say that the processes are distinct and involve very different learning processes, as well as even altogether different spheres of the brain is an understatement: it goes without...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Houping 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. Learning modes: Young Learners vs adults Question: Differences and similarities between young and adult learners As an aspiring TEFL teacher, I have to be ready to teach students of all ages. While the language and lesson-planning follow frameworks that stay consistent for all students, the topics I utilize depend on who I am teaching; for example,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhunge'erzhao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in E'erduosi Shi — Ordos? 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 difference between learning and teaching English as a Second Language and learning and teaching English as a Foreign Language is much more than the one letter difference in their acronym. Whatever differences and specificities any of them are known for, one is clear - becoming an English Teacher gives the privilege of sharing your acquired...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Guanzhen 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. Learning Teaching Skills: How important is it to learn Teaching Skills? Answer: Knowledge they say is power, and obviously the absence of the right skills set and knowledge of a subject can be very detrimental to a whole community of people, starting with self. Ignorance in almost every case cannot be an excuse to failure or the misleading of people, in this case...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yuzhoudi 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. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a set of symbols that is used to represent sounds that are used in spoken language. Each symbol or set of symbols in IPA represents a singular sound. This means that anything written with IPA symbols will have the correct pronunciation provided the writer both hears the spoken language correctly and writes the right...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wusitai Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Alashan Meng — Alxa? 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 material has a big role in teaching job and also for the learning process. this materials gives the learner an obvious image about the goal of the lesson and also it gives a clarification about the subject that he's going to learn . like a general idea we can say that this materials it prepare the learners brains . also it can even be a reason for...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dingchengquyuanyichang? 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. A student’s journey to learn a new language can be met with a multitude of intimidating aspects. The vocabulary and grammar alone are enough to create challenge, but add on to that the reading, speaking, and writing components and the challenges can become daunting. With all the difficulties that come with teaching and learning a new language, the last...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Songmutang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yiyang 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 ability to speak more than one language broadens a person’s worldview, from job opportunities to the ability to relate with people from different cultures. It is no secret that learning English as a foreign language has become popular across many non-English speaking countries and Russia is no different. English language has slowly been incorporated into the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gupei 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. Teaching beginners is quite intimidating for teachers. Especially when the students who only know one language and the teacher does not know anything about their mother tongue, or if you have been tasked to teach more than one language group. It is even more challenging, but at the same time exciting as it will definitely enrich your patience and experience as a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huadexianchaoyang 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. Both in and out of school, student may have to undergo some disciplinary sanctions in the form of punishment. Punishment is the act of inflicting some form of penalty as retribution for an offense meted out by some authorities. Authority in the case of student could be teachers at school, parents and sometimes older siblings at home. On the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qiaotou 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. From a non-educational standpoint, games within classrooms may be seen as time wasting, noisy and a way to keep the class “busy” because the teacher “forgot” to plan a proper lesson. However, that’s not the case in the educational realm as playing games in classes have various beneficial aspect for both the teachers and students and it has become an...  [Read more]