General English Meaning

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in LonggAng 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. Many teachers are puzzled about teaching reading. Some give the task “read and answer”, other believe that translating into L1 cannot be ignored. So how reading should be taught to improve students’ performance in this skill? The key point lies in three major strategies should be practiced while lessons. These are identifying the meaning of the words from...  [Read more]

"British English vs. American English"- the title itself suggests a battle or a contest where only winning matters. In many ways, this is exactly what it is. It is a silent struggle for domination that is mainly fought in the halls of academia where dictionaries and encyclopaedias are the weapons of war and the generals are professors. Why has this happened? Its human nature to be competitive and ?survival of the fittest? is one of the most well known phrases in the world; regardless as to which continent you are on. When the continents involved are two of the worlds? superpowers, the sayings ?God save the Queen? and ?God bless America? take on a whole new meaning. There are many differences between American English (AmE) and British English (BrE). These include pronunciation, lexis,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tongxihe 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. Abstract: Vocabulary has always been one language area about which students usually complain and claim that it impedes language learning. The main purpose of this study is to investigate whether using the context for guessing the meaning of new vocabulary can solve this problem. The learning of vocabulary is an important part in foreign language learning.The...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qiaotou 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. Teaching may be one of the most ancient practices in human relations as parents teach their children how to develop skills to survive and thrive in the world and then the social interactions naturally provoke more of it. Although daily life provides endless situations of teaching and learning through sharing experiences, the schools are the center for so, and the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wudun 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. Grammar is an area of English that strikes fear into the hearts of most English learners. Some learners say “I just want to improve my listening and speaking skills, I don’t need to write anything, do I still need to learn grammar?” The answer is “YES!” But why? As we all know, there are four skills for English language learning-listening, reading, speaking...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Niuxinding 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. Receptive skills include reading and listening. Lessons need to have a balanced approach of reading, writing, listening and speaking. Motives for listening and reading can differ depending on the situation. The two main reasons are for a purpose; when reading/listening takes place to achieve some particular aim or for entertainment; when we listen/read...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in WudAngzhao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Baotou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Receptive skills are sometimes called passive skills which are contrasted to productive skills, speaking and writing. Receptive skills are essential to all students to learn how to read and listen to understand and receive information. Reading enables students to write and listening helps them to speak. People read and listen for the purpose to get a specific goal...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in LiaojiAng 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. Why are British and American versions of English so different? British and American English, while, broadly speaking, are mutually intelligible (each party can understand and communicate with each other), there are notable differences that makes one wonder why there is a difference at all? In this essay I’ll briefly discuss some key differences in these two...  [Read more]

"British English vs. American English"€™- the title itself suggests a battle or a contest where only winning matters. In many ways, this is exactly what it is. It is a silent struggle for domination that is mainly fought in the halls of academia where dictionaries and encyclopaedias are the weapons of war and the generals are professors. Why has this happened' Its human nature to be competitive and ‘survival of the fittest’ is one of the most well known phrases in the world; regardless as to which continent you are on. When the continents involved are two of the worlds’ superpowers, the sayings "€˜God save the Queen"€™ and "€˜God bless America"€™ take on a whole new meaning.There are many differences between American English (AmE) and British English...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in TaohuAyuan 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. In the wake of the upcoming 2020 Olympics in Japan, there has been an increase in elementary school level English classes. As an assistant language teacher half into my fourth year, I have had the rare chance to work the entirety of my time in one elementary school where I have had many great memories. However, being present every day I began to notice that some...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Luoxi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Teaching informal English language forms such as slang and idioms is a subjective matter, and these are usually omitted from the syllabus. As I have stated in one of my unit overviews, I have 3 years of English language teaching experience. Judging from this experience, many ESL students are curious about slang and idioms. Slang and idioms can be encountered in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yongxing 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. Any language is basically a form of oral communication that has writing as its graphic embodiment. Native speakers will naturally first learn to speak and then, little by little, will relate the oral language to its respective written representation. As a receptive skill reading is not an act of speaking in itself but rather the reproduction of the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiaohe 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. "Our lives gain meaning only when we tell our story". -David Steindl-Rast. In our case, stories not only add meaning to our lives in general but are very important in rendering language learning interesting and creative as our specific subject essay will demonstrate. Stories are an effective mode for learning the English language through which we can develop the four...  [Read more]

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 Dayushu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Tongliao 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. Nowadays, pronunciation has become one of the key elements in teaching a foreign language because the interchange between different nationalities is growing very fast. With the changes that appear in the real world, there also appear some natural changes in the way pronunciation is taught. Therefore, being consistently neglected in such methods as Grammar...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Aodongluchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Yanbianchao Xianzu Zizhizhou? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This is a unit about teaching receptive skills- reading and listening, who are equally important. We read and listen in different ways for different purpose. Prediction- a glance for predicting the general idea about the content, scanning- quick listening or reading to get specific information, skimming- quick listening or reading for general idea,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ChengguAn 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. When attempting to learn a foreign language, the language’s phonology is often overlooked within the instructional process. In particular, the concepts of phonemic awareness, word-level intonation and sentence-level intonation are not known by students or seldom taught in classes that teach foreign languages. As someone who enjoys learning new...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chongyangxian Gongye Yuanqu? 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. While learning second language, we all want to speak fluently as much as we can. What do we need to speak fluently; grammar, vocabulary, structure or other knowledge of language? Let’s think that we know all grammar rules and structures. How can we speak without lack knowledge of vocabulary? The most difficult part of learning a second language is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhenjiang Shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhenjiang 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| This unit was all about future tenses Some students may find difficult to establish the exact difference between future tenses This unit unpacks the subtle variations of using "future" tenses This unit gives me broader understanding of future tenses, the differences in meaning between...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in BAqiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhenjiang 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 gives me broader understanding of future tenses, the differences in meaning between them (usages), and the general idea on how to teach topics involving future tenses in class. The most common mistake is thinking that future tense requires the word "will". I genuinely believe this is a very important subject for both teachers and students alike. This...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Miancheng Huizu 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. Teaching receptive skills (reading and listening) What opportunities do learners have to practice these core skills in lesson? This question is often expressed by teachers when teaching a new language whereas learners do not need to produce language but receive it. There are different types of text which may be used for this purpose...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in TaohuAshAn 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. What is grammar? Different languages have different grammar rules. How is grammar taught? (EFL: how to teach Chinese students to speak English) What is grammar? Grammar is the rules governing the composition of clauses, phrases and words in a natural language. Simply put, grammar is the general rule of a language. Language is logical; grammar tells us in which...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wangshi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Anshan 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 unit is about receptive skills: reading and listening. There are 2 kinds of reasons for reading and listening: for a purpose or for entertainment. Depending on the goals, readers and listeners can use different methods: - Guessing the content from the headline or introduction - Scanning for specific information - Skimming to get the general idea of the content -...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Caohekou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Benxi 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 has helped me to see the importance of using material that is of interest to all students. Choosing something that interests me will not necessarily interest the rest ofthe class. To choose adequately, I must get to know my students' interests. I have also learned that the goal is not to teach them the meaning of every single word, but rather to build their...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiongzhai 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. Abstract In recent years idiom learning has attracted a greater level of attention in English learning contexts which this interest reflects the necessity of teaching idioms in the methods of learning English, from online learning websites to language course books, as a foreign language (1) and therefore, it is important to be familiar with appropriate teaching...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Masanjialaodongjiaoyangyuan? Are you interested in teaching English in Shenyang 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 13 was about teaching pronunciation and phonology.It was a longer unit and covered quite a bit. Phonology is the study of the physical properties of sound. Intonation is the variation of pitch in a sentence, and stress is which syllable is stressed in a word or sentence. Stress and intonation help carry the meaning in a sentence. There are...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Langtang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Loudi Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. To begin with, receptive skills that is, reading and listening are important points in any language. Teachers need to be able to use them in their lessons so as to have a balanced approach when teaching. Why do we read? We read to achieve a purpose that is, to gain knowledge, and attain our aspirations and ambitions. For example, reading instructions for our new...  [Read more]

I am a ?Purist? at heart. For me the only acceptable, the only correct, the only ?propah? way to speak (and spell) English is as illustrated in the Encyclopedia Britannica ? the British English, so to speak. I have always been a staunch champion of Dr. Doolittle and all the other guardians of the English language. However, being a teacher of the English language, I can no longer turn a blind eye to the ?globalization? of English, which is - ?now a mish-mash of words incorporated from over 350 languages, and is still undergoing constant change, with hundreds of words/phrases coming into existence every year, some fading away, but many finding their way into dictionaries and thesauruses! One can pronounce words in many different ways and still be understood!! The emergence of so many...  [Read more]

I am a 'Purist' at heart. For me the only acceptable, the only correct, the only 'propah' way to speak (and spell) English is as illustrated in the Encyclopedia Britannica ' the British English, so to speak. I have always been a staunch champion of Dr. Doolittle and all the other guardians of the English language.However, being a teacher of the English language, I can no longer turn a blind eye to the 'globalization' of English, which is - 'now a mish-mash of words incorporated from over 350 languages, and is still undergoing constant change, with hundreds of words/phrases coming into existence every year, some fading away, but many finding their way into dictionaries and thesauruses! One can pronounce words in many different ways and still be understood!! The emergence of so many...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in JiAnghanshiyou Guanliju? 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. 1.0 Introduction Intelligence has been defined in many ways, including: the capacity for logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving. More generally, it can be described as the ability to perceive or infer information, and to retain it...  [Read more]