Grace Fairchild

The in-class TEFL/TESOL course is assessed as follows: The teaching practice grade is the most important and constitutes the majority of the overall grade. Successful trainees receive an official certificate showing completion of the course. They will also be issued with a recommendation letter from TEFL International, reflecting upon their performance during the course. The individual centers are always prepared to issue a reference and further information if requested. The International TEFL and TESOL Training online courses are completed via a series of tests undertaken progressively, one at a time via an online control panel. ITTT online courses can be completed with or without tutor support, and the courses with tutor also come with a series of videos to accompany the units. Most...  [Read more]

This marks my thirteenth week as a new teacher of sixth and seventh grade students, ages eleven to thirteen. I teach history and my class sizes range from twenty-three to twenty-seven, with a total of one hundred and fifty students throughout the day. As one can imagine, classroom management and discipline are extremely important with groups this size and with children in general. In an effort to improve the effectiveness of my current teaching position and to set the tone for my future ESL/EFL classrooms, I consulted the Phi Delta Kappan, an excellent resource for teachers both beginning their careers and those who are seasoned veterans in the field. Metzger, Margaret (2002). Classroom Management: Learning to Discipline. Phi Delta Kappan 84, 77-84. Metzger is a life-long English teacher...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xinchang 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. Being raised in a Mexican American household, my very first words were in Spanish. My parents both knew English but it was much easier for them to speak in their native language. I enjoyed having the best of both worlds, eating tamales for lunch and having McDonald’s for dinner. I was very appreciative of being born in the United States because man those burgers...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in BAyannaoershizhongtAn 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. There are many ways that one can build a successful teaching career. Early on, in the stages of choosing this vocation, I feel it is crucial to possess two very important intentions towards becoming a teacher. One needs to not only have a love of children, but also a love of learning. This decision needs not to just be a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiacengpu 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. There are many things I have learned over my thirty plus years teaching students full time in classrooms, ranging from primary grades 2-5, and in junior high and high school. However, one of the most crucial things a teacher needs in the face of young and older learners is confidence! If the students suspect that the teacher has no idea what he or she is doing,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in SAnhe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Nantong 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. English is taught in a number of countries around the world. From Europe to Asia to Latin America, English is one of the major foreign languages taught in schools. In Japan, before 2006, it was standard for English education to begin in 7th grade (Manzo and Zehr). There were also optional English activities, or eigo katsudo, that were a part of the curriculum for...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jutan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Haidong 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 phonology and stress of words is not something that is usually taught past grade school. This lesson was very difficult for me, but I'm glad that is has been included in the course material. I have had several non-native speaking friends ask me about pronunciation and intonation. Now, I will be able to help them in a more productive manner; as well as being better...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huangtan 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. ITTT 2019: Summative Task Phonemics according to the Merriam Webster dictionary is a branch of linguistic analysis that consists of the study of phonemes. In other words, it could be explained as the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its phonemes. Phonemics awareness, on the other hand, is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in GAokeng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Pingxiang 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 last part of this unit test was rather annoying. I think it’s nonsensical to test people and then grade them on lesson planning and their teaching methodology, when in the unit one is taught that all of that is dependent on the individual. Rather than having people rack their brains over the correct ESA methods and what goes where, one could be asked to fill...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in GutaishAnguoyou Linchang? 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. Anyone can be a teacher but not every teacher is likable or caring. I found in my experience as a student, especially as a child, I would find myself dreading the classes with the teachers that had bad attitudes and would look forward to the ones who not only kept the class interesting, but showed true interest in the students lives. The truly talented...  [Read more]

  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 unit 2, parts of speech were introduced. It taught the basics of nouns, verbs, adjectives, articles, adverbs, gerunds, pronouns, prepositions and conjunctions. Within those topics, it went in depth of rules, certain types, its usage and the different tenses one may come across. This unit was very useful to me. I was taught most of this information in grade school, so I was familiar with it; however, there was some...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Liyanglu Jiedao? Are you interested in teaching English in Hebi 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 always found that it is important to use my imagination and to think outside the box for motivators. what would be the most interesting and beneficial way to get my point across and to teach a lesson. I like the idea of a course book and an outline to follow because it means consistency in teaching. When a student is going through a grade system and teachers...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in NianzhuAng 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. There is a lot that goes into raising a child, and making sure that they are prepared to enter the real world once they are ready. Education is what ultimately transforms a child, giving them the tools that they will need to succeed on their own. Regional education programs, such as public schools have a lot of resources that focus on educating children, but it...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yaowei Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xinyu Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. When teaching a class, the way a lesson is presented is just as important as what is presented. If the teacher is nervous, not personable, dismissive of the students, or fails to grade their language, this will have a negative effect on the class. In order to learn a new language, a student must be comfortable. Making sure that students feel at ease to speak and...  [Read more]

  James from England works in Indonesia as an English teacher. In this TESOL review James tells us that he decided to do ITTT's online 120 hour TEFL/TESOL course in order to further his teaching qualifications and to improve his teaching skills. James completed the course with the tutor support option. He is now undertaking to complete ITTT's advanced 370 hour TEFL/TESOL Diploma Course. 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. This unit gave a broad overview of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhaotun Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jinzhou 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 did not realize penmanship was so important. Then, I realized that certain countries do not use the English Alphabet. Of course it could be discouraging to not write clearly in English and it could present future problems when a student has a to do something in writing. I would like to come up with clever ways to work on penmanship and writing. I still write with...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ZhAngde Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xuchang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I recently had an unexpected opportunity to teach Grade 7?s in Korean public school. I have never taught before but decided to give it a try. The grade 7 english being at elementary level, I had no problem with teaching material but teaching method was another story. It was definitely very difficult to keep them stay with the lesson, especially in the beginning....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qingyang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Wuxi 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 taught 5th grade for three years at a prestigious private international British school founded in 1932 in Lima, Peru. It was a great experience. Having been offered two positions in Lima at the same time – San Silvestre School (British) and Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), their main rival – I chose San Silvestre because they offered me upper elementary and FDR...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Longmiao 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. One of the most satisfying and fulfilling feeling for me as a teacher is to make a child/children learn a new language. Making them learn to read, understand and write a new language is the best feeling. Though it is only the basic, but everything starts in the easiest and the very basic. Years ago, before I moved to Norway, I was a first-grade teacher for almost 4...  [Read more]

  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. Testing is an area that I am not involved in in my current job. The only testing I am involved in is oral testing, for which I am given a detailed rubric to grade the students on. After reading this chapter I have a better sense of the kinds of tests that can be given throughout a year or a term, as well as a good understanding of the types of English proficiency tests and their uses. Even though I am not directly...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Daliu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Luohe 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 talked about different kinds of learners. Mainly children vs adults. Children and adults have different motivations for being in class and different learning styles. In my experience I have found adults to be much more motivated when it comes to learning. They are usually choosing to be there because they want to be and generally have better attitudes. Very...  [Read more]

  Yuliia from Ukraine had been working as a lawyer before deciding to change careers and become an English teacher. In this TEFL review video, Yuliia tells us that she learnt a great deal of new information about English teaching from her course. She plans to use her certificate to teach English as a foreign language abroad. 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 chapter, the focus was getting the reader more involved with the equipment the teacher...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiaodian 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. I have forgotten the different parts of speech as well as the names of all the different verb tenses so it was a good review since grade school. I have learned how to make lesson plans and the different types of lesson plans that can be created. I learned most of all that it is important to make the class fun and interesting but get the material that needs to be...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Sigu 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. Twenty years ago as an elementary school principal in a large inner-city school district, the staff and I took great pride in creating what we considered to be an exemplary high-technology school. We believed that technology could serve as an excellent tool for children to develop critical thinking and deductive reasoning skills, deeper conceptual understanding, and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Beifan 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. The popular saying which states: never judge a book by the cover has once again reminded me to always be optimistic about a new experience. Before I entered the school I had already concluded what a bad experience it would be in this new environment which I would pass on numerous occasions and hear different external noises coming from inside of the school, I...  [Read more]

As Chile is one of the most stable and prosperous countries in Latin America, it has long been a popular destination for ESL teachers. Jobs can be found in advance via online job boards or by interviewing in person from within the country. Alternatively, you can take advantage of the popular English Opens Doors Program (EODP) that places foreign teachers into schools across Chile on a volunteer basis. Participants on the scheme work as teaching assistants with the aim of improving the English language skills of children ranging from 10 to 18 years old. The EODP is a highly respected program that is sponsored by the Chilean Ministry of Education and the United Nations Development Program. The program is open to native or near-native English speakers between the ages of 21 and 35...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shanglecun 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. I teach KG2 to Grade 3 students in the middle east. They mainly follow American/Canadian/British or australian curriculums in the government and private/international schools. In most schools the children speak Arabic as a first language and maybe french or another language as a second language and english as a third language (if you lucky as a second language)....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Houhe 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 helped me create more efficient lesson plans and gain a better understanding of the english language that were learned all throughout grade school; most of which were forgotten or never learned. Even though english is my primary language, there is still room for growth as an english teacher teaching in korea and being able to explain to my students...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in SaihangAobi Sumu? 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. This is a very relevant topic. I believe that readers do become leaders. An effective leader will have a wide range of knowledge. I am not suggesting that they should be an expert in each subject, but rather have some understanding of a variety of differing topics. Experience is a great teacher, but reading is a very efficient way to obtain...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in WAntouqiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shaoyang 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 Chinese students face the common problem that although they spent 10 years studying English at school, they can't pronounce an English sentence correctly, and they are not confident enough to communicate in the language. Our students they struggle to speak in English, they are good at writing and reading , but lack of the ability speaking , even though they...  [Read more]