Online English Teacher No Experience

It is possible and even routine for TEFL course graduates to start a new career teaching English online without any previous classroom experience. Due to a huge demand for online English language teachers that is set to grow year-on-year, it is perfectly normal to set foot into a virtual classroom as a teacher despite having never worked in any kind of teaching role before. As an online English teacher, students from all over the world will want to connect with you and knowing their native language is in no way necessary. As with most English language classrooms, online teachers teach their students using a method known as total immersion. This teaching methodology simply implies that no other language other than English is used between the teacher and the student for the duration of the...  [Read more]

  In this TESOL review, Ben from South Africa talks about his experience of taking an online TESOL course with ITTT and how he is looking forward to starting his teaching career overseas now he is a qualified English teacher. Earning a TESOL qualification with ITTT gives you the opportunity to see the world while also earning a living. 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 was about four tenses: past simple, past continuous, past perfect, past...  [Read more]

(From own experience as a volunteer English and French teacher, different forums and talks with other native and non-native teachers)All over the world more and more EFL schools advertise their courses highlighting that they only employ native speakers and reject applicants on the ground that it is the customers' expectation, opening the gates wide for native teachers and giving more obstacles to non-native ones (until they find themselves in a desperate need for a teacher'). But is it really the customers' expectation' Unfortunately teaching ability is not part of the mother tongue package! Non-native teachers could be compared with young new teachers of any subject they have just graduated: depending on their teaching ability, their skills in the subject, their personality, their...  [Read more]

Volunteer English teaching has been an important part of the TEFL world for many years, with countless schemes operating in many parts of the world. Most of these opportunities are located in developing countries where access to affordable language lessons is not widespread and where people often see improving their English as a clear path towards better jobs and a better future for them and their families. However, while these schemes provide a very valuable service, there are now increasing numbers of online volunteer based teaching platforms that are able to provide help to even more people worldwide. There are many individual reasons for wanting to offer your services as an online volunteer English teacher. For many people the reward of helping someone in need and seeing them make...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in SAnchahe 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. Introduction "What are the essential teaching skills for teaching?" In this essay, I will be discussing my own experiences as an English teacher working for an online English teaching company called I-tutor; and my past experiences as a Music teacher. Teaching skills that I will describe in this essay are proper uses of eye contact and gestures, knowing your...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shangtang 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. ITTT Summative Assessment Ronald Ross / 295075 How Do We Learn Teaching Skills (# 2 in Task Field) How do teachers learn how to teach? The misconception by education students in university is that we learn how to teach in our methodology and pedagogy classes; however, I’d be surprised if any of the hundreds of experienced teachers I’ve worked with in my career...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in HuilongshAn Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huanggang 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 summative task I would like to talk about my past experiences teaching ESL in Thailand and Russia over the past 4 years and the valuable lessons I have learned from this.   I have been a full-time teacher working in Phuket for the last 4 years with a period of 6 months spent teaching in Moscow. I have taught a range of students from early learners...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Machengfuqiaohe Shuiku? Are you interested in teaching English in Huanggang 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 employers need to hire a professional for a position in their company, they certainly demand that he/she possesses the skills required and predefined that position. Thus, the same can be said about an applicant who is applying to teach English language abroad. This means that this applicant has to possess specific pedagogical skills, which will...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hai'An 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. Studying in the native country from where the language comes from and is spoken by everyone is a huge benefit to the student learning the language. I speak on this from personal experience. My foreign language experience is in Korean, and I have been studying it at my home university here in the United States, but I had the privilege to experience to study Korean...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jianggang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yancheng Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. All careers have a learning curve but teaching is one that has a difficult beginning for the people taking the path of teaching in foreign countries. As mentioned in some of the units of this TEFL course, it is inevitable to encounter huge cultural gaps that makes some people have very hard times or even lead them to quit; and not only that but multiple...  [Read more]

While it is true that the vast majority of newly qualified EFL teachers start out by working in a mainstream job, either online or in a traditional classroom abroad, there are other options out there for those who are looking for something a little different. Some of these options require a certain level of experience, while others are open to anyone regardless of their work history. Teaching English in your own country: Your TEFL certificate is valid worldwide, so you can also teach English as a second language in your own country. If there are a lot of non-native speakers, for example, immigrants in your area then this can be a good teaching opportunity. Volunteer English language teaching: Some volunteering jobs are available which pay a stipend and offer food and accommodation...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xihe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huai'an Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Teaching a language can be done in many different ways, the importance is the intention from the teacher for her students to learn. There are teachers whom does not care that much if their students learn nor if her/his classes have certain harmony or if a good or bad relationship exists between students. The responsibility and the commitment of trespassing knowledge to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ShAzhenxi Zhen? 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. Determining the best route to take to become TEFL/ESL certified can be a daunting task. A myriad of questions and doubts raced through my head as I researched all the different options. Will it be worth the money? Why is this one valued differently than that one? Which material is the most up to date? Should I take an onsite or an online course? What is the big...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in HuishAngang 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. As a Belgian born citizen, I was brought up with different languages. Belgium is officially a trilingual country: French, Dutch, and German are all official languages. Dutch being my mother tongue, I have been learning French since primary school. Later, in high school, German and English were added to my curriculum and in college I extended my language skills by...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Siyang Nongchang? 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. Now that I have completed my Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages course and a supplement course in Teaching English to Young Learners, I embark on finding my first opportunity to teach. But once I get this this opportunity what challenges will I have? What are some of the things I should be aware of in my first year of teaching? The first year of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zelin Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ezhou 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. Introduction In the beginning of 2015, the author, for a variety of personal circumstances, started teaching English in southern China. In four years of teaching, the author has come across to a variety of issues, challenges and advantages of teaching to different age groups in the country. However, some distinct characteristics accompany a Chinese learner from the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in BAoergai 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. How can you use your TEFL experience to teach online? First, you need to have your certification to teach English. You will need to have completed a course wich normally is a 120-hour course. Having completed the course online won't give the experience that you need to teach online. Teaching a small class can help gain some experience you...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jinan 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. As someone who has experienced both sides of the spectrum, teacher and learner, I have had the opportunity to see different sides of a back-and-forth history. I have heard, "My teacher was horrible!", as well as, "I have a horrible group of students this year!". After years of seeing and listening, my experience has taught me that both the teacher and the student...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Nugusitai 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. Teaching is a rewarding venture whether doing it online or in person. One option that is available to newly certified teachers is to volunteer one’s services within the community. Volunteering serves several purposes and this paper will briefly explore volunteering as a means to get involved with the community, as a means of building up experience, and as a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiayukou 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. Any teacher, new or experienced, might find there are times when he or she lacks confidence in the classroom. Maybe there is a brand-new class of students, human error has caused a fall in confidence, or the teacher is faced with a new topic. Whatever the reason, all teachers have an important job to do, and nervousness must be overcome. While teaching can be a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hainan 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. Teaching beginner students seems to be quite the daunting task for many teachers much more advanced than myself. I have a year and a half of Teaching English as a Foreign Language under my belt, the first year of which was spent in Honduras as a preschool teacher to native Spanish-speaking students. Because my English-teaching profession took off in this manner, I...  [Read more]

As the demand for English language skills continues to grow in many parts of the world, there are always plenty of TEFL opportunities available, both online and in traditional classrooms. However, it is no longer the case that just being a native English speaker is qualification enough to simply walk into the teaching job of your choice. Many countries have cracked down on who they issue work permits to and many individual employers, both online and in-class, have increased expectations on the teachers they choose to employ. Also, due to the popularity of English language teaching, the competition for the top jobs increases every year. The bottom line is that TEFL jobs are plentiful and your chances of finding a suitable position are very good if you are willing to put in the necessary...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in HeishAntou 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. It is the intention of this writer to explore and answer the question of responsibility for classroom problems. It was the early 1980’s and medical technology was moving at a rapid pace. As a Registered Professional Nurse specializing in Intensive Care, I was highly recognized for my knowledge in Respiratory Therapy. This was an area of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ShAhu Yuanzhongchang? 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. Foreign Language Experience In the following essay, I have chosen to explain my late-in-life interest in becoming certified as an EFL teacher, based on my own background with foreign language experience, which began at an early age. I was what some would call an early bloomer. As a baby, my mother read to me at night until I fell...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Haokou 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. ESL teachers must acknowledge that it is not equal teaching English Lessons to children, teenagers, and adults, there are some wide differences between the practices used in each case, classroom, population, levels and country where English is taught, on this paper we will check how an ESL lesson may be affected by these variables, and how we...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Longbo 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. Being a teacher has been a dream of mine since childhood, and as time goes by, I started to understand that life is in fact, a continuous teaching and learning experience. The fact that I could impact someone’s life is the greatest reward to be a teacher. My primary reason why I have decided to pursue education is that I naturally feel the strong desire and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in DonghukAifAquzuoling Zhen? 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. Reviewing is any process that helps you to make use of personal experience for your learning and development. These reviewing processes can include reflecting on the experience, analyzing experience, making sense of experience, communicating experience, reframing experience and learning from experience. The reasons for reviewing courses can be described...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Haokou Yuanzhongchang? 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. I would rather start by sharing my experience with the combination of teaching and living in several different countries to clarify why I have chosen this topic: In the past, when I was younger, I did not have any interest and was not enthusiastic about learning English, and I remember that I always used to escape from foreign...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in BaiyunshAn Linchang? 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. The overall “course experience” or a critique of daily experiences are too often considered only during course evaluations or in response to vocalized dissatisfaction. As an English teacher (or any teacher) it is your responsibility to craft, adjust, and/or carry-out a course experience that will be the most effective and enjoyable one possible. To do so...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tuquan Zhen? 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. The power of stories has been very well documented and established since the beginning of time. Stories have the capacity to personalize a learning experience which in turn increases attention, engagement and information retention. Today digital storytelling is a fantastic tool that can be utilized in classrooms and can help students have an...  [Read more]