Past Tense Of Read Pronunciation

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Donghu 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. There are a number of problems encountered by native Japanese speakers when studying English as a foreign language. These problems include: difficulties with pronunciation of native English sounds along with differences with sentence structure, tenses and articles. The English as a Foreign Language teacher can implement several strategies to assist the Japanese...  [Read more]

  In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word quiescent. This word refers to a state of inactivity. Synonyms for quiescent include inactive, idle, at rest, and quiet. 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 a needed refresher in past tense. As a native speaker, its something I rely on phonetically to do correctly. Understanding verb tenses in a technical sense reinforces the idea the base idea that everything in a sentence has a...  [Read more]

  In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word caparison. This word refers to decking something out in rich decorative coverings, usually used for horses. This word found its way into the English language through the French word caparasson who took it from the Spanish caparazón meaining ‘saddlecloth'. 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 remember how much trouble understanding past perfect had caused me before I finally got it. It will be a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ZhAnxi 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. Being an American living in France has given me firsthand experience as to what it is like to struggle with learning a new language. I studied Spanish for six years, in Junior High and High school. Language acquisition was easier then. I can attest to the fact that younger learners learn more quickly. For me, the two major problems with learning French are the tenses...  [Read more]

  In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word esoteric. This word is used as an adjective and refers to something that is either intended for or can only be understood by a certain group of people with a special interest or knowledge. Synonyms for esoteric include abstract, abstruse and obscure. The word originates from the Greek word es?terikos. 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. Past tenses are quite hard to master, that is for sure.↵I...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ChenhujidikAifAzong Gongsi? 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. Teaching grammar is one of the most challenging things for a teacher of English. As a student it is essential to learn grammar as this gives you accuracy both in writing and speaking. This applies to every language, not only to English. In many ways grammar can be compared to Mathematics; they both have a set of rules and exceptions that have to be...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in GAoyang 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. Several surveys, such as EF (Education First), have shown that France has the worst English level in the European Union. We shall explain, firstly, why French students have problems in learning English and what these problems are. Then, secondly, we shall share solutions to these problems. Indeed, the difficulties that French students face are not recent, but have...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Puyang Shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Puyang 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| Listening and reading are two vital skills in any language, without them it would be very difficult to become proficient in a new language In this unit we have learnt some of the most common problem situations that the teachers can encounter in the classroom and also some suggestions are...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Bei'er Sumu? 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. Learners from each country have different difficulties when acquiring the English languages. Here problems and difficulties for learners in China will be discussed, possible reasons and some ideas about solving them. The further the language from the family of Germanic languages, in which we include English, the more difficult to acquire it....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ShAhe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Lianyungang 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: Wendy Cetir Date and Time: 11 February 2020 Class level: Intermediate Room: 1 Number of students:10 Context: Grammar (Revision of 2 nd and 3 rd conditionals) Teaching aids: Various costumes ,props, Interactive whiteboard ,Music, worksheets and flash cards Learner objectives: By the end of the lesson students should be able to .identify which sentence is 2...  [Read more]

  In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word rejuvenate. This word is used as a verb and refers to making a person look or feel younger, as well as fresher, and more lively. Some synonyms for rejuvenate include revive, revitalize and regenerate. The word is a combination from re- ‘again’ and the Latin word juvenis meaning ‘young’. 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. There are 4 different present tense in english. Present simple usages...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Mingren 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. I have been teaching Business English for over 13 years in South Africa, and it has been quite an interesting experience. It has given me a deep understanding of how little value South Africans place on correct and professional English usage and why, and of their reluctance to try to improve. The underlying problems that are causing a rapid deterioration in English...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in BAyintaohai Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Wuhai 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. 5 years ago (2015) 67 countries were considered as having English as their official language, meaning their primary language. 27 more countries were considered having English as a secondary language. The number of people overall speaking English is around 1.5 billion. In 1920 25% of the earth's population was speaking English. English, needless to say, is an...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhaopeng 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. 1.warm ups: A,Alphabet race: Students work in groups and have to come up with words beginning with as many letters as they can. It's good to give them a specific area of vocabulary, adjectives, words connected with a farm, things you can find outside etc... Ex: nouns related to farm, starting with C:crop, community, country, culture, company,... B.boom! You need...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Nanyang Shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Nanyang 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| Conditional sentences contain if or other expressions such as when, conditional also refer to the present, future, past and possibilities This unit emphasized the ways to teach new vocabulary, grammar structures, and language functions This is definitely a most challenging unit The Unit...  [Read more]

  In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word thrasonical. This word is a synonym for boastful or bragging. It orginates from the fictional character Thraso, who is a soldier in the comedy Eunuchus, a play written by Terence over 2,000 years ago. Due to his bragging nature, Thraso was the inspiration for this word. 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. There are four past tenses in English. We use them to talk about things that started and ended...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in LanshAn 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. Before we talk about the causation of learning difficulty, we should figure out why is it important for teachers to know about it? After we understand the importance, we will analyze the causation in multiple ways. Last, we will look a couple major and common difficulties students could meet and how should teachers deal with them? Firstly, why is it important to know...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Baiguo 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. After I graduated form school, I decided to be a teacher. I had all the prerequisites for that profession since my childhood. I entered a university, and the department, which I chose, was Russian Language and Literature. It happened, because it was affordable for me financially. Although, this profession was good, I often wanted to try myself as a teacher of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Changqing 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. It could be argued that there are, in fact, no peculiarities in the English language but what are seen, by some to be at odds, are in fact quite the norm as every time one points out a rule in the language it can immediately be countermanded. Consider the examples below which question the statement that “adjectives always precede, not follow, the noun.” ‘I...  [Read more]

  This video covers the difference between 'affected' and 'effected'. As these two words have a similar pronunciation and spelling, their usage is often confused. 'Effected' means executed, produced, or brought about. On the other hand, 'affected' refers to the action of making an impact on something. Some example sentences would be: "The BP oil spill adversely affected marine wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico and surrounding areas." or "After the BP oil spill, the government effected sweeping environmental regulation." Both words are used in the past tense in these examples but can also be used in the same way in the present tense as 'affect' and 'effected'. They are also often used as a passive, such as 'was affected by...'. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yintian 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. 
 Teaching English in China has become very popular for ESL teachers and many are looking for job opportunities in China. Finding a teaching job in China isn’t too hard but working with Chinese students can be quite challenging.  Chinese grammar is very different from English and many Chinese students try to copy the grammar rules of their native language...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gedian KAifAqu? 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. What are Problems for Learners in Japan? Most of my experience in teaching students English as a second language has been with Japanese students. My students have been as young as four and as old as eighty. When I was first asked to teach, it was 1984; from there my journey began and my journey continues. The Japanese language phonology consists of five vowel...  [Read more]

  This video covers the difference between 'defuse' and 'diffuse'. Their similar spelling and pronunciation make them a word pair that is often confused. The word 'defuse' refers to the action of making a situation less harmful or tense, whereas 'diffuse' means to spread over a wide area. Watch the video for detailed examples on the two words. 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 lesson was new to me to see the breakdown and proper usage of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Banqiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xiangyang Shi — Xiangfan? 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 many years, drilling has been used in foreign language classrooms. This approach to language teaching places an emphasis on repeating structural patterns through oral practice. When using the technique of drilling, if used appropriately, it can be a very productive and proactive way for students to memorize and retain vocabulary and structural...  [Read more]

  As mentioned earlier, to form this tense, we have to use a special form of the verb. Technically it's called the past participle form with irregular verbs. Of course these past participle forms change quite a bit from its base form of the verb. Here are a few examples 'go' moves to 'gone', 'be' moves to 'been', 'write' to 'written', 'speak' to 'spoken' and 'read'. Although very confusing for the non-native speaker, doesn't change its spelling, but does change its pronunciation, resulting in 'read' going to 'read'. 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...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Suolun 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. There is a common perception that being a native speaker is enough to teach English as a foreign language and many students would prefer to be taught by native speakers regardless of their competence in teaching language. While this point of view can be supported with some obvious and viable reasons, I would like to advocate for TEFL by non-native...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in GuojiAba 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. My expectations and hopes for teaching in a university in China I took this top up course to have a stronger background for teaching English as a foreign language in preparation for teaching at a university in China. I have already been in contact with the university and have “passed” the initial interview. I have done a lot of unpaid volunteer teaching,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Haifeng Nongchang? 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. While teaching, a well-planned structure course can give both teachers and students a clear direction, it is a record and guide of goals and results for teaching and learning. 1.Benefit of planning Once teacher step in the class, she or he should know how to activate the class. A planned and rehearsed course can get teacher and students into the study mood...  [Read more]

Mistakes are the portals of discovery. Perhaps, James Joyce had the learners in mind when he wrote this. It being an inevitable aspect of humanity, then students should never be anxious to commit mistakes because if grasp the right way, mistakes should better every man' teach him' mold him. One very critical issue that ESL teachers ever face is when and how to correct mistakes committed by students in learning the language in a way that fosters willingness to do better and furthers motivation. Needless to say, correction needs to take place at some point or another. Therefore, how a teacher corrects students holds the greatest responsibility to either make or break the students' interest. If effectively done, then students will always have the insatiable thirst for knowledge. But if not,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gongdao 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. Songs are a useful way to teach English and reading comprehension. I have used songs in the past to encourage students to learn the words of songs. And to this day those students still listen to Music; they still try to learn the words of songs. Teaching English through songs is a great way to acclimate students to American culture as well. Further it encourages...  [Read more]