Open Academy Tefl

  Iban is currently living and teaching at an English academy in Pamplona, Spain. In his TEFL review, Iban tells us that he took the 120-hour TEFL course with ITTT. Iban appreciated the support he received from his online tutor throughout the course and the fact that he was able to put what he was learning into practice with his teaching job. Now Iban has finished the 120-hour course he is looking forward to taking the business English course as well the OTP course offered by ITTT. ITTT’s OTP (Observed Teaching Practice) course is a series of modules that allows you to gain practical teaching certification to supplement an online teaching certificate without having to attend a training center. It is an excellent way to boost your CV when applying for teaching jobs. Below you...  [Read more]

  Hanaya has recently completed our 120-hour online TEFL course to be able to open her own English language school in her hometown in China. She recommends the course to anyone wanting to work as an English teacher around the world.  [Read more]

Native English speakers teaching English abroad can find themselves working in a wide range of schools, institutes, academies, colleges, universities, camps and other settings. The most numerous opportunities, particularly in Europe and Latin America, are generally found in private language schools. State-run schools also offer a high number of teaching positions, particularly across Asian countries. A significant percentage of all ESL teaching jobs are located in language schools that are privately owned by individuals or independent companies. These can range in size from a single room school with one teacher, to large chains spread across several countries. Many of these private schools provide general English instruction to all ages and abilities, while some may specialize in...  [Read more]

When choosing a TEFL certification course one of the first decisions you need to make is whether to complete it online as a distance learning course or in-class by attending a training center. Both have their pros and cons so it is down to the individual to decide which best suits their own personal situation. Probably the most significant difference is the inclusion of Observed Teaching Practice (OTP) in classroom based courses. Throughout the four-week course you will spend many hours practicing your teaching skills in a real classroom with genuine English language learners. These practice lessons are observed by an experienced course trainer who will provide instant feedback and tips for improvement following each lesson. OTP allows you to hone your teaching skills and gain...  [Read more]

If you want to meet the criteria laid out for most online or overseas TEFL jobs, then you will need to complete a standard 120-hour TEFL certification course as a minimum. Anyone who dreams of earning a higher salary or applying for management level positions will typically need an advanced qualification such as diploma. However, teachers who want to get to the very top of the EFL tree will probably need to think about completing a Bachelor's Degree in TESOL. ITTT does not operate its own degree course, but we are able to recommend a good option. The Bachelor of Education in TESOL (B.Ed TESOL) from the Paris College of International Education offers a very convenient and affordable way to gain a high-end, internationally recognized teaching qualification. This is a 120-credit degree...  [Read more]

Demand for TEFL qualified teachers is very strong in many parts of the world, which is why our TEFL courses are open to anyone who has a solid grasp of the English language. However, in order to successfully complete the course and go on to find a good quality teaching job you will need to put in some hard work and be willing to embrace new ideas and techniques. First and foremost, anyone thinking about earning their TEFL certification with ITTT needs to be enthusiastic, motivated and determined as every course requires a considerable amount of commitment in terms of both time and effort. If you are fully committed to becoming an English language teacher, either at home or abroad, then you should have little trouble successfully completing the course and becoming a qualified EFL...  [Read more]

As a result of government restrictions and official requirements for visa applications, there are a variety of countries where it is hard for teachers to find a job without having a 4-year university degree on their CV/resume. However, if you are able to be flexible and are willing to look for employment in areas where the demand is high and restrictions are less rigorous, TEFL qualified teachers without a degree can still have several great destinations to choose from. To increase your chances of landing a position in the country of your choice, it is highly recommended that you first complete an internationally accredited TEFL certification course. Those who are TEFL qualified will find they have a big advantage over non-qualified teachers in most countries worldwide. Cambodia is...  [Read more]

Almost anyone who has the desire to teach English abroad can make their dream come true. Although you will find some restrictions regarding teaching experience and academic qualifications in some countries, there are plenty of great destinations around the world where a TEFL certificate is all that is required. Whatever your background, work history, or age, there is the perfect teaching job waiting for you somewhere in the world. Yes, you can start a new career teaching English abroad without any form of teaching experience. Due to a huge demand for English language teachers in countries all over the world, tens of thousands of English speakers head overseas every year to work in a variety of different classrooms. Of this number, approximately 90% will have never worked in any kind of...  [Read more]

Teaching English abroad is a great way to see the world and get paid while doing it, but what does it actually involve? Before you buy a plane ticket and jet off across the world it is a good idea to research as much as possible about TEFL qualifications, the possible restrictions you might encounter when applying for jobs, and the long term prospects this path might lead to. Here we look at the answers to all these questions and more. These acronyms are used when referring to training courses that English language teachers undertake, as well as the certification they receive upon completion. TEFL stands for Teaching English as a Foreign Language and TESOL stands for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. As these terms are essentially the same, they are often used...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in HuxiAng 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 taking this tefl course, I have learned a great many methods in how to relate to people from different cultures that I might have otherwise never had the opportunity to experience. In all situations, communication is key and certainly with instruction between a teacher and students learning a foreign language. It will be my goal to have an open...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yanminghu 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. Teaching english as a Foreign Language course has helped me to expound my english Language knowledge and usage. It has given me a deeper understanding of my mother tongue along with effective strategies and measures I may use to share my language with others. The tefl course has provided an open avenue for me to speak my language correctly; as...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lengshui 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. In this lesson I got to observe a classroom tefl environment. I got to observe not so good teaching techniques and also very effective teaching techniques. I think this is really helpful because I can refer to this to imitate the teacher's techniques and organization of the class when I am first starting as a teacher. I can also take note of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in LuozhuAng 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. By taking this course I have learned the importance of knowing english grammar, but most of all that it takes a lot to be a teacher, that it is a great responsibility and that teaching is an ever learning experience, discovering everyday new ways to plan better and better lessons for the students, giving them more opportunities in life. My plans...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lihe 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. Although I have 4 years of teaching experience and I?m studying a Master?s degree in applied Linguistics, I had never done a teacher training program. For this reason, this tefl course has been very useful, especially because the master?s program is very theoretical, while this course is much more practical. I?ve learned to: - Design lesson plans...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhile Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xuchang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Completing this tefl course has made me aware of how in depth and complicated it is to learn english. As a native speaker, it?s very easy to forget the multitude of topics such as grammar, sentences structures, etc. that non-native speakers must learn in order to grasp the language. Learning english was always second nature to me, making it come off...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in FAnggang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xuchang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. To be honest, I was a little bit nervous starting this course because I knew parts of english grammar would come up; parts that I wasn?t too sure about. However, the way the information documents were presented and written made it simpler and easy to comprehend; therefore, it clarified any doubts I had. I have gained an understanding of english...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in LiuguAng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xinxiang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I realised through the tefl course that perhaps I?ve been taking the language I have spoken all my life for granted and that it is in fact quite a deal more complicated than thought previously. I realised the time and work which must be put into the preparation of materials, notes and lesson planning, as well as additional props and aids and how...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Bailou 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. There are so many things I have gained from this course. I learned a lot about grammar rules, classroom management, and lesson planning. I?ve also gained a new appreciation for the importance of monitoring students? progress, and how to best organize assessments of them. Additionally, I got a really great example of what not to do in class, vs. what...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in MengzhuAng 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. I must admit that having had the opportunity to get the tefl course along my teaching career made me more aware on how I do my job. First, I realized that my classes were a bit stiff sometimes, somehow regular if not classical. Exploring the TEFL methodology while working gave me the opportunity the check out its tenets. Every school day I...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lufeng 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. Reason for embarking on a tefl journey The introverted Nathaniel struggled immensely through primary, high school, college and music school. His first battle was learning how to read. At this point in time no one knew he possessed a learning difficulty. Although he had an impressive spoken vocabulary for a boy, when he looked at words on a page he...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Baoquanshan 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. Unit ten is the first video lesson provided in this tefl course. This lesson provides two lesson examples of teaching english. The first video in this lesson is an example of a poorly executed lesson. The second video in this lesson provides an example of a quality teaching lesson. These lessons combine to offer insight into acceptable teaching...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Sanmenxia Shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Sanmenxia 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| I have personally gained a lot of confidence and knowledge from this course Throughout these 20 units I have acquired a lot of knowledge that will be very useful in my future teaching career This has been a very thorough course I feel that I have gained a lot from this...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yanghe 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. Being a native english speaker has shown me that english is a difficult language. I never knew the complexities of sentence structure and how difficult it could be for none english speakers. I plan to use the tefl course as a guideline to my teaching once I begin to teach english and once familiar with what is expected develop my own guidelines. The...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huangfanqu Nongchang? 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?ve gained a greater insight into some methods of teaching and into the english language. I learned that it will take years to actually learn english grammar. But the tefl course has piqued my interest! I would like to pursue my education and get an english degree. I intend to use what I?ve learned to teach Arabian girls and women basic...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiaoheihe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huhehaote Shi — Hohhot? 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. Actually I have some reasons effectively for choosing this topic, there is many problems about parents for my students; I teach in Iraq they are just 6 years old, first grade students. At the same time my students are parents don’t know English they just can speak and write Arabic. Also there is a biggest problem has parents cannot...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Longzhouping 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. For those of us who have a desire to teach English as a foreign language in Korea but decide to forego a formal TEFL certificate, language academies (or, "hagwons") are one of our most prominent and accessible options. In the year 2018, fresh out of my undergraduate program, I joined the ranks of many enthusiastic (albeit, mostly untrained)...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in GuAnling 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. I have been working as an English instructor for 8 years at an academy that caters to foreign students such as Koreans, Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese, to name a few, who want to learn and improve their English skills and land a good job in the future. To me, my first year at work was the hardest. At first, I did not have any idea how to handle...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jiugongqiao 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. After doing some research online and asking some of my friends who are experienced teachers, I have compiled a list below of what we believe to be the five favorite flashcard games. Until I am a practicing teacher myself, I cannot come up my personal favorite list and it would also of course, depend on the age and ability of the students. ...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yingtian? 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. The English language is undoubtedly an international and universal language. It is the world's second largest native language and the official language in 70 countries. One of the reasons for its dominant position is the economic and political importance of some of the English speaking countries. It was the British imperial power that sent English...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ChayashAn 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. I have learnt so much by completing my tefl course. I now know how to approach new students by first introducing myself to the class and writing my name on the board for all to see. I have also learnt how to write a successful lesson plan on what I will be doing with my students in the next class. I also know what type of games to do in the...  [Read more]