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The main features of the in-class TEFL/TESOL course include:  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in HuanghuAtalA Sumu? 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. Rapport, what does it mean? I am not an English native speaker, so I went to the dictionary to find out a little bit more about this noun. I discovered, according to the oxford learner’s dictionary (*website, link at the bottom), that rapport “is a friendly relationship in which people understand each other very well”. Also, I realized...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in MafAng 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. This course has certainly helped expand my knowledge in teaching english as a foreign or second language. It has accomplished its aims to ?provide a solid introduction to the world of TEFL.? I would say that the units have been carefully developed covering different aspects in teaching english effectively. The grammar points that were presented and...  [Read more]

There are many different paths on the road to becoming a teacher. As a college student in the United States it seemed there was only one: get certified in your state and start teaching. However, as I explored the idea of teaching internationally I found that as many teachers as there are, there are almost that many different paths to becoming, and developing your career as, a teacher.There are a few ways to become a certified teacher in the United States. Someone looking to be a teacher can get certified in college with only one year of student teaching after graduation, or she can enroll in a post-graduate masters program at a university. Either way, extra work beyond a simple undergraduate degree is necessary. In order to teach in the International School community, a ...  [Read more]

There are many different paths on the road to becoming a teacher. As a college student in the United States it seemed there was only one: get certified in your state and start teaching. However, as I explored the idea of teaching internationally I found that as many teachers as there are, there are almost that many different paths to becoming, and developing your career as, a teacher. There are a few ways to become a certified teacher in the United States. Someone looking to be a teacher can get certified in college with only one year of student teaching after graduation, or she can enroll in a post-graduate masters program at a university. Either way, extra work beyond a simple undergraduate degree is necessary. In order to teach in the International School...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Ming'An Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Baotou 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. Teacher selects a reading material. She makes sure it is just the right amount of challenge appropriate to the student’s level. She assigns the text on Friday. She says that it will be discussed on Monday. Monday arrives. Out of 30 students, only four read the text. In that situation, what do most teachers do? Often, they give time for reading...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in BaishA 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. THE PROBLEMS THAT STUDENTS OF DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES WILL FACE The following essay will discuss the problems that students of different nationalities will face in the classroom. We will look into the instructional process as well as the cultural sensitivity upheld in group, and in one on one classroom settings. First of all, international students...  [Read more]

In the words of one-to-one pioneer, Peter Wilberg, ´One-to-one teaching is different´. http://www.oxfordtefl.com/teacher_development_courses/certificate_one _to_one_teaching(Teaching one to one: Mark Powell, oxford TEFL.) Most TEFL courses and language schools are geared towards teaching students in groups, so many teachers find it difficult to adapt there skills to one to one teaching. Many, perhaps most, of the personal and pedagogical skills we have developed as language teachers relate almost exclusively to working with groups. It has been suggested that most students prefer one to one teaching as opposed to being taught as a group. For teachers it can prove very challenging, as expectations tend to be high from the students view point,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in WAntouqiao 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. Many Chinese students face the common problem that although they spent 10 years studying English at school, they can't pronounce an English sentence correctly, and they are not confident enough to communicate in the language. Our students they struggle to speak in English, they are good at writing and reading , but lack of the ability speaking...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hanbei? 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. “The capacity to learn is a gift. The ability to learn is a skill. The willingness to learn is a choice.”—Bryan Herbert. London, M. (2011) used the simple definition of lifelong learning from the Encarta, 2008 which is, “development after formal education: the continuing development of knowledge and skills that people experience after formal...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jing'An Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xuzhou 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. A teacher has more than one role in their student’s life. They must become their student’s instructor, facilitator, mentor, psychologist or counselor and their disciplinarian. It takes time to be able to master all these roles in becoming a teacher. They may learn these skills in many different ways such as taking additional classes or going to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in LiujiAhuan Linchang? 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 am an EFL teacher in a kindergarten in Japan. I have two years of experience teaching English in kindergarten. It is only a 30 minutes session every day. In my first week, I made a lesson plan for them that is good for one month. I was surprised that they didn’t get the lesson, memorized it or even pronounce it...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wuyi Zhongchuchang Zongchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Xilinguole Meng — Xilin Gol? 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: We all are able to communicate freely with our native language to the people around us. A second single language besides our native language would help to reduce misunderstanding and miscommunication all around the world. People need to learn this world language, whichever that maybe, but we will also...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jiulong 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 is a very rewarding thing to do and good teachers are needed in every school. As teachers, we should perform according to the standards set by the state and beyond the expectations not just of our students but also of our department heads, school administrators and parents who send their children to our school. A good teacher acts in ways...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wupu 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. INTRODUCTION This academic discourse will examine the concepts of motivation in an ESL classroom, through the lens of some motivational theorist such John Schumann and John Keller. According to Kreitner ( 1995 ), “Motivation is the psychological process that gives behaviour purpose and direction”. Dalton E (1974) stated that “ Motivation refers...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in SAnggendalai Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xilinguole Meng — Xilin Gol? 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. Essay By Njei Akweck Ronated Topic:The Importance of Motivation in The Classroom Introduction This academic discourse will examine the concepts of motivation in an ESL classroom, through the lens of some motivational theorist such John Schumann and John Keller. According to Kreitner ( 1995 ), “Motivation is the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yangtaohu 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. Did you know that about 360 million English speakers are natives, and over 1 billion are non-native speakers? The thought of English being popular seems to be true to some extent. However, being popular doesn't mean that everybody likes it. Most people prefer and feel more comfortable with their language. So the question remains, why English?...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wagang 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. Every teacher has their own teaching style based on their character, personality, and background. In turn, students will come across a favorite teacher whom he or she will remember for a lifetime. However, not all teachers are created equally talented. Then how can an aspiring teacher become great? By learning inherited teaching skills. There are...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in BAyannaoershisudulun 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. As I was finishing my masters degree in theology and religion from the University of Exeter (UK), one of my friends once commented, “teaching and research is in your blood, you belong nowhere but in academia.” I remember this comment vividly as I was very happy to hear it. My grandfather was a professor of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chuangwang 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. (Re: Topic 88: Personal Teaching Experience) In my extensive and varied teaching career, I have had experience teaching English to a German business group of adults as well as teaching a special stretching course to health-care professionals and athletic trainers. This article compares the Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yuexi 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. Challenges that learners of English language face in Rwanda. Learning is a process of acquiring knowledge and skills. A learner or student is an individual who is being taught a given set of skills to achieve a goal in mind. Learning a second language like English is both a challenging and exciting experience. In this writing, we are going to focus...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hongyan 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. There is no doubt that English is the most widely spoken languages in the world. As someone among every four people in the world can communicate in English. The English language is the main language of international political gatherings, the official language of 58% of global organizations, the language of many international...  [Read more]

After completing a TEFL certification course and working as an English language teacher, some people look to branch out into other avenues of the teaching profession in order to gain more experience or to earn a higher salary. One such route is to become a TEFL trainer. Teaching people to become classroom teachers can be a very rewarding and well paid job and a route into management positions or even setting up your own language school. The first and most obvious requirement is to successfully complete a TEFL course. This experience will give you the basic knowledge you need to teach English and also a valuable insight into what it takes to be a good teacher trainer. Crucially, it is not necessary to be at the top of the class when taking your course, as many of the best teacher trainers...  [Read more]

As it is the exciting capital of Greece, Athens is a great destination to complete your CELTA training course. This dynamic city offers plenty of magnificent sites to explore and you are only a short trip away from some of the best coastal resorts in the region. Athens is known as the birthplace of democracy and is home to the mighty Acropolis, one of the most famous landmarks in the whole of Europe. For a quick look at what Athens has to offer, click here for a virtual tour of the city. Athens has a well earned reputation as one of the friendliest and safest cities in Europe and it has been welcoming visitors with its warm climate and rich culture for many years. Wherever you go in the city you will find authentic outdoor cafes, restaurants and taverns where you can sample the very best...  [Read more]

As it is the exciting capital of Greece, Athens is a great destination to complete your CELTA training course. This dynamic city offers plenty of magnificent sites to explore and you are only a short trip away from some of the best coastal resorts in the region. Athens is known as the birthplace of democracy and is home to the mighty Acropolis, one of the most famous landmarks in the whole of Europe. For a quick look at what Athens has to offer, click here for a virtual tour of the city. Athens has a well earned reputation as one of the friendliest and safest cities in Europe and it has been welcoming visitors with its warm climate and rich culture for many years. Wherever you go in the city you will find authentic outdoor cafes, restaurants and taverns where you can sample the very best...  [Read more]