Michelle Moon

My article is based on personal experiences as I teach a French Kindergarten class on a voluntary basis. One September afternoon my sons? new teacher asked if I would be interested in teaching English to her Kindergarten class. Standing in front of the class for the first time I realized how dreadful it could be. I didn?t have any real experience, only teaching my children at home. Armed with a few songs, an alphabet chart, and a mini lesson plan, I found myself defenseless in front of a class whose concentration span was short. They just wanted to play. It didn?t help that their teacher was there and kept telling them to be quiet in French. I finally managed to speak to all the children and ask them their names. It was difficult and I had to revert to asking questions in French, then...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dongshe 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. The classroom, the teacher and her students, that's where the magic happens. This is where the direction of the lives of all involved can turn for the better or for the worse. And it all comes down to the dynamics of that relationship between the teacher and the students. We can all remember our childhood at school or certain memories of it. More specifically, we...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jingyu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Baishan 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 videos from this unit gave a practical example of both a well and poorly executed lesson. Testing my knowledge on what I've studied thus far, identifying not only that the teacher is doing correctly/incorrectly but all how his actions and presentation affect the pace and mood of the class. The videos from this unit gave a practical example of both a well and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dongfeng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Liaoyuan 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 content of this unit is about how much the teacher's mood and techniques effect the lesson. If the teacher has a good lesson plan and communicates with the students, they will participate in the lesson more. The teacher should get to know the students and ask them questions individually. The teacher should follow the students individually and know what they...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Fanjiatun Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Siping 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 was good to see the techniques and tools discussed in the previous lessons put into practise especially in terms of the E, S and A phrases and structuring the lesson. I think the introduction in the second lesson was good in terms of getting to know the students' names. It's interesting to see how laughing and smiling in the second lesson had such an impact in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Minying Jingjifazhanqu (Teshuxiang Zhen)? Are you interested in teaching English in Baicheng 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 mood and attitude of the teacher will have a profound effect on the class. A teacher needs to engage his students in a manner that does not intimidate and will allow the students to feel encouraged to participate. The structure of the lesson is also important. Following a PPP or ESA structure aids in piquing students interest and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huagong 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. Pronunciation skills, as important it is in communication, is apparently the most overlooked feature when teaching the English language. One reason that makes it difficult to teach is that it varies extensively based on the mood of the speaker, the situation and context, and it essentially seems impossible to standardize. However, there exists general guidelines and...  [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. Every class that we prepare must have a succesful structure, and that´s why the Engage, Study and Activate method is a very useful resource. We can structure our classes in order to give the students enough knowledge about the subject, starting with elicitation, motivating them to be in a relax mood during the class, continuing with the study, where we can abord every grammar, vocabulary and writing issue, and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Erkou Linchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Yingtan Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. During this unit, I was able to better understand how to run an English class. Through the videos, I was able to learn about what to do and what not to do as a teacher. One of the most important things I learned is that a teacher’s attitude and mood has a major effect on the overall atmosphere of the classroom. It is the teacher’s responsibility to provide a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Meitian 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. Classroom management is an important topic to be familiar with especially when you are teaching young learners. Bad classroom management skills can result in a very unproductive lesson for you and the students, leaving the students with not much to take home and leaving the teacher exhausted. The main classroom management situation I will be talking about today is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gaojiadian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changchun 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 shows the difference between 2 lessons given, the first one, a bad example, whereas the second class is a good one. During the first video-first example, we clearly can see the teacher having bad and negative attitude with the students, being impacient and desorganized, arriving late, on a mood and so on. Those factors indicate a lack of lesson...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Weishahe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Baishan 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 reflects the practical side of being a successful english teacher. The teacher needs to check if the students are with him/her before proceeding to the next objective. If they are not understanding try to make things as simpler as possible giving examples involving them all the way by eliciting from them. Find creative games to lighten up the mood and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in SAnhejiAn Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xinyang 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 found this course incredibly useful. Having worked in the private sector for the past ten years I had some anxiety about teaching. This course has given me the tools and confidence I needed. I found it challenging and eye opening. There?s so much that I learned many moons ago but have since forgotten. This course reminded me that I will need to refresh my...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiamen 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. in this unit I learnt something about the phonic, stress and intonations. I like it very much, some of my students they are all Chinese people, they always say they are speaking Chinese style English, I think it's not only the problem about the culture and logical things, but also the pronunciation, the utterances they are talking and speaking. after this unit, I...  [Read more]

  This video focuses on modal auxiliary verbs. The words "might", "could" and "must" are modal auxiliary verbs. These verbs express the speaker's feeling or attitude towards the particular verb following the modal. 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. A teachers body language and the way he or she presents themselves in front of the classroom really depicts the mood and willingness of a student to participate. If a teacher does not smile, encourage and have...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xintunzi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Baishan 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. Basically this Unit #10 showed all the main information about teaching that was represented in the last 9 units. Even though these two videos captured the same teacher, but the attitude that he had during those lessons was absolutely different. This proves the idea of how important is the idea of radiating the right mood and how it affects the atmosphere in the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lilou 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. In this unit I saw the difference between a good and bad English teacher. The first video showed an example of a bad English teacher. The teacher never smiled, spoke most of the time, and did not provide good examples. In the second video, the teacher looked more inviting, provided clear examples, and also involved the students and gave praise when necessary. These...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in WujiAng 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. Before i start the lesson there are numbrr of practical things i can do to make sure my lesson goes smoothly 1_check that i have my lesson plan 2_run through my lesson plan and make sure i have al the necessary aids and materials needed 3_check that the equipment eorks 4_lay out materials and aids so that you can easily find them 5-makr sure that the board is clean...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in JiAngxia Qu Jingji KAifAqu Zanglongdao? Are you interested in teaching English in Wuhan 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. Have you ever wondered why people all over the world are somehow curious about the English language? Or why does a country like Japan where in English language is not a requirement to get a job, is on demand for more competent and effective English teachers? These kinds of questions make me remember my favorite quote, “Everything has a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gudianzi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jilin 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 seems that the two instructive videos are heading to teach modals of necessity. The teacher tries to explain the modal verbs to students and have them understood by any means. I just noticed that in the second video, the students are more interested and more passively react with the teacher and with each other , at least that is how it appeared to me while...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in LiushAnhu 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. English as a Global Language In speaking of any language being global, and in our case particularly English, there are several categories that could be discussed to give us more understanding. The first is the history of the language, where did it originate? If we say English was an obscure German dialect we can also say that without knowing more of the history...  [Read more]

  In this video, Linda explains the difference between "then" and "than" two words often confused by native and non-native English speakers alike. "Than" is a conjunction used for comparisons, such as here: "Her car is faster than yours". "Then", on the other hand, is an adverb used to situate actions e.g. "I did my homework, then I had a nap?. As you can see, the usages of the two words is very different and cannot be used interchangeably. Keep their differences in mind and you'll not make any mistakes in the future. 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...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Longtoupu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhuzhou 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 not a profession but a passion. The passion to be part of someone's life and to share their knowledge to someone is priceless. As a teacher, you will have different kinds of students especially with the age level, like young learners and adults. We have different techniques and approaches to each level and there will be advantages and disadvantages...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shentan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhuzhou 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. Troubleshooting refers to a teacher’s ability to correct or alleviate problem situations that arise when Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Although each student is the one responsible for getting the most out of their own education, it is still the teachers duty to impart information effectively. Failure to address these problems effectively an significantly...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Fangxianyuanyichang? 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. 1. Teaching Topic The Importance of Learning Grammar As the basis of foreign language learning, grammar is one of most important learning method for each student in the learning process. Grammar is very important because it is a technique that allows us to talk deeply. Grammar has always been an eternal theme in the language of human research, and one of the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jinbin 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. As a teacher, keeping students motivated in the classroom is the most important thing in teaching any subject. A motivated student is a positive student and a positive attitude from everyone in the classroom, including the teacher, can change the entire learning experience and ease quite a bit of tension for everybody. Keeping students motivated can be extremely...  [Read more]

IntroductionIn this article I will gather the most common problems/difficulties Thai learners have when learning English. I will spot the main difficulties you as the teacher will deal with and I will give my tips/solutions of how you can understand the problems and deal with them.The article is based on own experience and new information I have learned from this course.Some of the major differences between Thai learners and European learners are:Certain students can be reluctant to talk and produce English in class. It can be caused by natural shyness or just the fact that they cannot express themselves in English or it can have its roots in cultural issues.How do we deal with these issues and how do we know if certain behaviour is caused by student´s culture or by natural shyness. It...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Guanting Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Guyuan 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 be able to speak like a native English speaker speak is really a very difficult task or even an impossible to do for English learners since they are not exposed to it, lack of training and not surrounded by English language in the use of intonation, stress, sound joining, pronunciation, articulation, phonetics as in IPA thus lacking confidence. Even English...  [Read more]

Just picture yourself enjoying a gelato ice cream on a warm Italian night, while sitting on the Spanish Steps and watching the people pass by… The combination of historical fascinations and simple pleasures that rome has to offer make it, quite simply, one of the most remarkable cities in the world! The eternal city of Rome has been at the forefront of European history, culture and religion for thousands of years. No other city in the world can rival the wealth of history and beauty that can be witnessed here, with the architectural wonders of the Colosseum, Trevi Fountain, and the ruins of the Roman Forum; the fascinating and powerful religious presence of the Papal State of the Vatican; the artistic triumph inside the Cistine Chapel, and so much more. Yet the modern daily-life of Rome...  [Read more]

The term Active Learning means ''student interaction with content, with materials and with peers in a multi-disciplinary, multi-sensory and multi-graded approach' (Meyers, 1993 pg 39). Active learning helps the teacher handle the diversity of student levels in the classroom.In an Active Learning classroom the student is provided with the time, the materials, and the organized classroom routines and expectations they need in order to allow them interaction with their learning. It is important for educators to realize that Active Learning supports not only English-speaking students but second- language learners as well.If we think that students are learning English so that they can use it in their everyday lives to better themselves and their opportunities, we must realize that students...  [Read more]