Intermediate Level English

In the same way that we would expect our surgeon, dentist or airline pilot to have undertaken some training, our students of English might also expect their teachers to be trained and competent. What does it mean that our English teacher is competent? Possibly there are two major components to the answer: 1. The teacher has adequate subject knowledge. 2. The teacher has some classroom delivery skills. First you need to find a course that offers these components. While many native English speakers have learned the rules of English grammar sub-consciously as part of their language development, this does not give them the necessary subject knowledge required to teach English. So both native English speakers (NES) and non-native English speakers (NNES) should have some background knowledge of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huangtingshi 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. I have travelled throughout Asia for some forty five years, Vietnam is now my home. I always found the younger generations had a thirst for knowledge, particularly English as a second language. The difficulties of acquiring the knowledge under what was a repressive regime has diminished somewhat, but the major stumbling blocks to acquiring good English are the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Pingandi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Fuxin 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 think it was great to point out the difference between fluency and accuracy. I think the weight of importance of each needs to shift as students move from beginner to intermediate to advanced. The first level of communication is being able to say something and get your basic point across, fluency is more important, as your level increases and your communication...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Mashi 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. It is well known that the population of students in the same class is usually heterogeneous. In other words, all students have different learning abilities, talents, intelligence, interests, and maturity level. A teacher’s task is to understand how to help each student to learn best. Educators use various teaching techniques, methods and tools to reach students’...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hezhou 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. Needs and skills assessment during the first Business English lessons Need for assessment. ESL teachers when they meet their class for the first time should learn what students know and what they need to know. Even for General English in schools or university classrooms where students have more or less the same level of English. There should be some short tests to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huangshi 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. IS DRILLING AN EFFECTING TEACHING METHOD? 1) INTRODUCTION Teaching is a way of impacting knowledge to students. When teaching English as a foreign language, it means the teacher will be impacting knowledge about the language to his/her students, according to the level of the student eg starters, elimentary ,pre intermediate,intermediate or upper intermediate level....  [Read more]

When considering this question it is important to first outline the different types of class levels found in English language classrooms worldwide. A fairly common classification of EFL teaching levels is indicated by the book resources available. If you consider book series such as, Reward, New Headway, and many others, you will find five levels. These levels are, Starter (or Beginner), Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, and Upper-Intermediate. Now we have established the general language levels of students, we can now consider the four skills of English. It is very important to remember that there are four skills that are required by any language user. These four skills are, reading and listening (known as the receptive skills) and writing and speaking (known as the productive...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in JishAn Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jingmen 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 peer learning and is it useful in an ESL classroom? Let’s first define what is peer learning. “Peer learning essentially refers to students learning with and from each other as fellow learners without any implied authority to any individual, based on the tenet that ‘Students learn a great deal by explaining their ideas to others and by participating in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hekou 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. This summative essay will exam the importance of teaching the differences between American English and British English for EFL learners. I will examine the intention behind teaching these differences, and when these teachings should be applied, and to what effect and purpose. This essay will focus primarily on the problems of pronunciation and spelling, which are the...  [Read more]

The market for ESL teaching books is very large and all the major publishers have some form of involvement in the production and selling of these resources. There are many different types of books and resources that are used in ESL teaching and we will consider three main categories. 1) Book series 2) General teaching theory books 3) Activity resources There are a number of well known book series. These are specifically written for the ESL teaching market and are generally set at the five levels most often taught. These levels are Starter or Beginner, Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, and Upper-Intermediate. A typical book series at each level will contain three books. These are the teacher book, student book and resources book (or similar names). The teacher book gives an...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in SAndu 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. Receptive skills When acquiring a new language, the skills required can be split into two main categories; receptive and productive. These can be split again into reading and listening (receptive) along with writing and speaking (productive). Many decisions around the planning of lessons such as learning materials, activities, student participation levels etc. are...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dinghuo Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yangzhou 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. Communicating and speaking English fluently with English speakers on overseas trips or elsewhere is undoubtedly one of the most rewarding and exciting experiences for learners after months or even years of trying to learn English that relieves language difficulties. However, a lack of understanding between formal and informal conversations regarding the situation...  [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]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ShenshAn 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. I was born in Saudi Arabia and I had to finish my education from kindergarten to high school in Jeddah and other cities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. As a student and a resident for more than 12 years there, I think that I have some experience in the education system in Saudi Arabia. I will try here to explain English learners’ problems in Saudi Arabia in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in HuAyuan 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. Perhaps more than anything, the size of a student's vocabulary puts a limit on what he or she can and cannot do in English! Because although I think that grammar certainly has a place in the teaching of English, my own experience has shown me that the amount of words and phrases in your language arsenal will be a bigger determining factor of your ability to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yuejin Machang? Are you interested in teaching English in Xing'an Meng — Hinggan? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. WHAT ARE COURSE MATERIALS? There are many materials that can be used during the classroom, Course materials mean anything aid material that we bring to use in our teaching process, such as: pictures, crosswords, fashcards, chants, and more visual, audio and video aids, it sometimes makes happier the lesson, These materials can be divided into two...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Sijihong 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. I took the ITTT online TEFL course not in order to prepare to teach English as an employee working abroad, but as a volunteer in the United States to teach refugee and immigrant adults. I completed the units a few months ago, but I waited to do this summative task until I could begin teaching classes as a volunteer teacher and reflect on that experience. I’ve...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Heshi 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. Storytelling is and has also been an engaging way of sharing culture, moral values, and societal norms between people. It has existed before written form, and it continues to be important in the development and celebration of creativity, usually through embellished history or narrative fiction. Listening, speaking, grammar, vocabulary, and confidence-building can all...  [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 Luoyang Shi? 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| Unit 6 deals with various issues teachers may face in the business world In unit 19, I learned about teaching specialized groups such as: teaching children, teaching a beginner class and teaching English for businesses This unit covered the topic of teaching new language, which included...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ShAyangjiAnyu Guanliju? Are you interested in teaching English in Jingmen 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. Note: For this essay, I will be using slang to refer to both slang and idioms as they are quite similar and I think they should be handled in the same way. What do you normally hear when you walk into a convenience store? Do you hear a man tell you, “Hello, how are you doing today?” or “Good morning?”. The answer is likely no. More often than not...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Cuocheng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shangqiu 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 course I have learned to use the ESA method for lesson planning. It has given me the tools for constructing a functional lesson and it was very useful in that sense, but I still have to learn how to use them successfully in the real world. I plan on doing that by starting with teaching the basics to students from beginner to intermediate level and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in JiAngbei Guanliqu? 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. In this essay, I will examine the different stages of the ESA methodology and the role they play in memory retention. Key terms: ESA: The ESA (Engage, Study, Activate) methodology is the methodology used throughout this course. Engage Phase: In this phase, the teacher will try to arouse the students' interest and get them thinking and speaking in English....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shuidong 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. Flashcards are a proven way to learn new information. Their use however, does not need to be monotonous or boring. Make your own, play a game, show the card and combine it with art, put them in sequence, or create and fill in sentences. These ideas will stimulate both sides of the brain by combining thinking and doing. This will also keep the students attentive....  [Read more]

  In this ITTT TEFL review video Ben talks about his experiences during the first week of his TEFL/TESOL certification course in Phuket. He gives some insights as to what the course involves, both the theory and practical components of the 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. I think this unit is very important to me. I am currently teaching English to both Kids and Adults and most of them are beginners or intermediate level. I've learned a lot of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in HAdayang Zhen? 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. You may have seen the comic strip where a monkey, penguin, elephant, fish, seal, and dog are told by an instructor, “For a fair selection, everybody has to take the same exam: please climb that tree.” The idea being of course, that no two individuals are the same or have the same abilities. Each individual has different strengths, styles or...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Songyikuangqu? Are you interested in teaching English in Yichng Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Teaching is itself a challenging task when it comes to teaching a beginner student. If the student is and adult or young the challenge might be there. There are means and methods of overcoming such challenges for both the teacher and the student. 1.Analysis test The teacher must firstly prepare an analysis test for the student to know the level of his/her...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yihegong 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 task of reading from texts as part of language acquisition is a useful and important activity for all stages of the learner, whether beginner, intermediate or advanced. By using reading materials, accompanied by comprehensive listening, writing and vocal skills, it allows the student to have a wider view of the language. Reading in a new language can often...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhaodi 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. Taking this course has been a most rewarding experience. It has given me confidence, taught me organizational skills, sharpened my grammar, and shown me a variety of tools to use as I endeavor to teach others the exciting language of english. Before taking this course, I was attempting to help some friends from Togo to improve their language skills in english. I was...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Eleshun 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. Business English is a specific area of English language related to Business. Every year more people study Business English to increase their chances to find their dream job or progress in their existing career or to work in English speaking country. In business course you will learn more specific terminology and type of language used for this area and also practice...  [Read more]