How To Become A Certified Substitute Teacher In Illinois

Most of Europe has a very strong demand for TEFL qualified teachers and there is usually a big queue of people hoping to take advantage of every vacant position. People from all parts of the world dream of living and working in the UK and many see teaching English as a way to achieve that dream. However, non-UK citizens need to consider a few things before booking a flight to London. There is plenty of demand for English language instruction across the UK as the country has relatively high levels of immigration and a significant refugee population. Government, private, and charity run organizations operate in many areas where they help newcomers and their families to improve their English skills so they can get by on a day to day basis. However, most of these positions will go to local...  [Read more]

The high demand for English language teachers worldwide offers English speakers from all walks of life exciting opportunities to live and travel abroad. In most cases, you do not need any prior teaching experience to teach English overseas. Moving to another country to live, work, and travel, on the other hand, will necessitate careful planning and foresight. Good research is also essential to ensuring that you do it correctly. Teaching English abroad, like any new endeavor, can present challenges, and you will most likely be nervous at first. However, your TEFL certification training will provide you with the skills necessary to lead your own classroom, where you will teach the fundamentals of grammar and conversation, as well as prepare lessons and manage a classroom. You must meet...  [Read more]

  In the TEFL review, Matt describes how he was living and working as an English teacher in Japan when his employer asked him to get TEFL certified which he did through an online TEFL course with ITTT. Policy changes around the world mean that many countries now require their English teachers to have at least a 120-hour TEFL/TESOL certificate. ITTT's online courses are a great way to gain certification without having to take time off work. 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...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shizimiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Luoyang 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 18 was full of new information for me regarding modals, phrasal verbs and passive voice. These are all English grammar topics not covered in-depth in regular language arts curriculums in the States. As a teacher in Illinois, these are grammar topics we do not teach to elementary children. As an English speaker, they are also grammar topics we do not...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xinqizhou (JiAngxisAnghaijingjijishu KAifAqu) Guanlichu? Are you interested in teaching English in Nanchang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In this unit I discovered how to create a lesson plan. I learnt what information should be included in a lesson plan and why it is such an effective tool for a teacher. It acts as a planning tool and a record keeping document that can be referenced to in the future or by another substitute teacher. In this unit I...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shizi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jiujiang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Lesson planning is a vital activity in teaching. Unit 9 is comprehensive but straight forward in providing information on how to write a lesson plan. I believe in making lesson plans simple so that even if a teacher is absent, the substitute teacher can do the lesson on that day. I also think that lesson plans should be flexible in order to cater to the needs of the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yanpo Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ji'an Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Unit nine showed me how to properly plan out a lesson, and what to expect when creating a lesson plan and implementing the lesson plan in class. Lesson plans have to be flexible so that I can adapt to the class as the lesson progresses. I also learned that lesson plans help a substitute teacher to teach the class properly so that the class does not fall behind. Unit...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gudan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jiaozuo 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 9 covered lesson planning and how to properly create a plan for teaching a class. It demonstrated a proper way to make a lesson plan that would be easy to follow for the teacher, and easy to follow for others in case a substitute teacher is needed. While the unit focused on how to create this plan, the quiz mainly focused on straight arrow lesson plans with...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yaqian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ji'an Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This unit on lesson planning seemed to do a good job of covering the bases. I learned the primary reasons for lesson planning: logical sequence, working document, documents what has been taught and can be handy for a substitute teacher to know what was covered in the past. Included in the lesson plan are the following: Name of teacher, date, classroom, expected number...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Niumaowu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Dandong Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This unit was similar to the last in that it showed how an effective lesson might be concerned with a basic language skill. Where it differs is in that it focuses on the skills of active communication, speaking and writing and is able to provide a good example for how one might achieve that. Being able to pick out an effective ESA plan from the questions and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in KAiyun 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. What is lesson planning? The fundamental of lesson planning is just like how someone would be planning for an upcoming vacation trip. This planning includes an objective, anticipated problems, places to visit, and also the amount of time needed for each activity. Lesson planning is similar where it will lists out how the lesson will proceed step by step through the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Liuao 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. Choosing the course book for a particular class the teacher should analyze the following factors like price, design, topic, syllabus, availability and difficulty to make the choice reasonable. The best way to use the course book is to care about relevance and student needs by omitting, replacing, supplementing or adapting definite lessons, sections or tasks. No matter...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huanggang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jiujiang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Lesson planning is vital especially with newly trained teachers. If a teacher is organized and structured so will the students. If lesson planning is done then at any point if another teacher/ substitute needs to stand in/ cover your class then students wont lose valuable time as lesson will just carry on. Planning and timing is vital to assist and ensure that...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tumujilaoguansuo? 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. Lesson planning is at the heart of being an effective teacher. It is a creative process that allows us to synthesize our understanding of second language acquisition and language teaching pedagogy with our knowledge of our learners, the curriculum, and the teaching context. It is a time when we envision the learning we want to occur and analyze how...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qinghua Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shangrao 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 talks about lesson planning therefore the teacher has a guide to what is the topic per day. also she/he will be prepared on what materials should he/she should use. But the teacher should be flexible and prepared on the questions of the students. Also the teacher should record or monitor the activities and lessons of the students as she can have a basis on...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in LuojiAdiqushengshidAnwei? Are you interested in teaching English in Nanchang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Creating lesson plans ensures that lessons in class are carried out smoothly and that the teacher is prepared to confront any language problems that may arise during a lesson. A written lesson plan has several important functions for a beginner teacher such as an aid to planning, a working document, and a record. By creating a lesson plan a teacher will...  [Read more]

  In this TESOL review video, Emilia tells that having already taught English in several countries around the world, she was looking to refresh her teaching knowledge after taking a break from teaching. After extensively researching available courses she chose ITTT. In this video discusses why her choice was a good one. 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, it reviewed the difference between authentic and non authentic materials used in a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Baoxia Zhen? 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. The Oxford Dictionary defines learning ability as the ability to comprehend or understand and profit from an experience (Vocabulary.com, 2019). The reality is that in any classroom, a teacher will be faced with teaching children of varying learning abilities. Constructivism is a theory about how people learn and acquire knowledge and can be a tool for effective...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Liulin Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Suizhou 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. Classroom management Introduction : Classroom management is aimed at providing students with more opportunities to learn all of the things that a teacher does to organize students, space, time, and materials so that students´ learning can take place effectively and efficiently. Students should be able to exert their maximum potential, which allows students to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in XuAnfeng 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. There are controversial ideas about whether a teacher need to plan his/her classes beforehand or not. Both sides are arguable due to their view. A very experienced and skilled teacher may have enough skill to direct his/her class and student into rigorous direction while a beginner teacher need to plan his lessons with lessons plans. There are no strict lesson...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Changleng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Nanchang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Lesson Planning unit delivers a wider view about the importance of planning a class and the steps required to do it well. In a nutshell, a class plan must be simple and structured (not scripted) in order to give resilience and support to the teacher to ensure a smoth class, accomplishing students objectives and teacher's aims. Things as syllabus, vocabulary,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Suolun Muchang? 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. Teaching can be intimidating for new teachers and veterans. If an instructor walks into a classroom without a lesson plan, then chaos can run amuck. Students expect instructors to provide order throughout the classroom. Creating a Lesson plan can help ease the intimidation of teaching, and help instructors stay organized. Lesson planning can be an...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shouche 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. In my experience teaching elementary and junior high school level English in Japan, several different pronunciation problems appear frequently. The Japanese phonemic inventory is smaller than English’s phonemic inventory, and the sounds present in each language differ from each other quite dramatically. Because of this, it can be difficult for...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in CAojun 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. Lesson plans are a guided document created by teachers for a specific learning objective for a target group of learners. Lesson plans are essential to every teacher whether you are teaching young learners just starting out or adult students business language. Lesson plans are important because they are a guided plan, a visual and written document to work from, and a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Liudian 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. Having no prior teaching experience I accepted work as a Substitute Teacher at an elementary school on a US military base in japan. The material I studied in the 120 hour course have been an invaluable resource in the areas of 'Classroom Management', 'Teaching special groups' as students come from households where english is the second, or third language. The tefl...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Nurimu 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. In college I studied elementary education. In the final year of my studies, I spent a month in Madrid, Spain working with an experienced teacher teaching English to three-, four-, and five-year-old children. When I first started working with her, I was surprised that she spoke entirely in English to the students during a lesson when the students all spoke Spanish....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Baisi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhoukou 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 can honestly say that this course has opened my eyes to realize how our english language, as simple as it may seem, in reality isn?t. Being mother tongue, knowing the language, culture of my birth country (America) and being able to teach and explain to someone the in?s and out?s of the language are totally two different things! As with any language, what we learn...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ChahA'eryouyihouqibihong 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. This summative is about learning teaching skills, what are they and why they are important. To be a successful teacher, it is more than just being very knowledgeable in the subject you are teaching. It is important that the person learns the specific skills required for a teacher. A few of these skills are understanding what makes a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Menda 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. What is lesson planning? Lesson planning is an essential part of the routine of a good teacher. It serves as a map that guides the teacher and outlines the goals, activities and objectives for the class. It can also be useful for other teachers who substitute a lesson, to check the progress of the students and know which areas require more work. For the reasons...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shifo Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhengzhou 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. Taking this course isn?t exactly what I expected, but that?s in a good way. Although I did need to review the grammar points along with the proper explanations that go with them, teaching them is a whole different story. Learning to teach students of different ages, levels, and backgrounds takes a good deal of preparation. When teaching, there is really no...  [Read more]