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Home > TEFL Videos > TEFL Testimonials > TESOL TEFL Reviews - Video Testimonial - TEFL Video Journal - Linda, Part 3 TESOL TEFL Reviews - Video Testimonial - TEFL Video Journal - Linda, Part 3   In this TEFL review video Linda discusses her work on unit 3 of ITTT’s 120-hour TEFL course. This unit focuses on the theories and methodologies of English language teaching. The unit is longer than the previous two units but contains a lot of information about teaching methods, lesson planning, correction techniques and games and activities for the classroom. 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...  [Read more]

Home > TEFL Brochure > Online TESOL diploma Course Content Online TESOL diploma Course Content We organize our course into 12 modules. All modules with the exception of the last require approximately 16 hours of study – 175 hours overall. The last module is a research based thesis, which generally requires 75 hours to finish. At least 250 hours are therefore required to complete the course. Assessment with or without Tutor Support The 12-unit research-based course is divided into two sections, and participants initially have access to modules 1 to 6. A task sheet accompanies each module, which is completed after studying the associated material, and is intended to selfmonitor progress. Once the sixth module has been completed, the test for that section can be downloaded. After...  [Read more]

Home > Esl Articles > Spaced repetition and lesson planning. Increasing the lesson?s effectiveness. Spaced repetition and lesson planning. Increasing the lesson?s effectiveness. ?Practice makes perfect? is a proverb 'Practice makes perfect' is a proverb that most of us will know but which I find incomplete. Take for example a father that wants to teach one of his children to ride a bicycle. If he decides to take one day a year to practice, the kid will probably never learn. What about twice a year or once every month' How fast will the child learn to keep equilibrium, steer the handle and brake when needed if the father decides to take one hour every day for the coming month' Only by repeating the same exercise over and over again will the child become accustomed to...  [Read more]

Home > Esl Articles > Motivating students Motivating students Motivating students is an essential Motivating students is an essential matter when teaching: a skilled learner cannot progress without motivation whereas a strong motivation will compensate a student’s weak skills. Indeed, motivation is what justifies learners’ efforts to convert their skills into full attention, work production and skills’ improvement. I)Motivation a)Attention and active participationEntertainment is the basic way to generate motivation. Hence, students should enjoy the lessons:-To motivate their attention, the course should be very lively and materials and topics should stimulate learners’ curiosity, centres of interest, feelings or opinions.-To motivate their...  [Read more]

Home > TEFL Videos > TEFL Testimonials > TESOL TEFL Reviews - Video Testimonial - Eva TESOL TEFL Reviews - Video Testimonial - Eva   In this TESOL review video Eva from Germany talks about the reasons why she decided to do ITTT's 120 online TEFL/TESOL course with tutor support and how happy she was to achieve her certification. Eva also outlines the many benefits she gained from the course and how she is now planning to further enhance her qualifications by completing ITTT's Business English course. 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]

Home > Esl Articles > New Technology in the Classroom New Technology in the Classroom The research had been done by a group The research had been done by a group of teachers including us. It was based on a project implemented by our school. Research included some books and internet articles that have been read before the time to give a basic guideline what to look for. The links are included at the bottom of the page. We personally went to different institutes to learn more about the latest technology used in Taiwan. It is not an article based on research using books and internet, but personal participation and experience. This research article explains three concepts or methods currently used in our school or institutes in and around the country of Taiwan. New...  [Read more]

Home > Esl Articles > Challenges for EFL Students and Teachers in Saudi Arabia Challenges for EFL Students and Teachers in Saudi Arabia I have been teaching English as a I have been teaching English as a Foreign Language in Saudi Arabia for the past three years. During this time I have noticed a number of challenges for both the students and the teachers. In light of the material I have studied as part of an EFL certificate course and from letters and research from fellows in the field, I would like to highlight some of the difficulties in hopes of gaining some insight into problems and how we may best address them.To begin with, there is the challenge of the environment. Arabic is the main means of communication and has a different writing system as well as an...  [Read more]

Home > TEFL Reviews > TEFL - Accreditation CELTA TEFL TEFL - Accreditation CELTA TEFL Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL - Accreditation CELTA TEFL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: Check out ITTT's Blog Posts When I first made the decision to make a career out of teaching english as a foreign language, I thought the basis of the lesson would be teaching the students key words that would assist them in making sentences. Little did I know that there is much, much more to the english language than a native speaker realizes. As children, native speakers of english listen to...  [Read more]

Home > TEFL Reviews > TEFL - Cambridge Accredited online TEFL courses TEFL - Cambridge Accredited online TEFL courses Check out Tesolcourse.com about TEFL - Cambridge Accredited online TEFL courses and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: Check out ITTT's Blog Posts To be honest with you, though I have more than 10 years experience in teaching, I loved this course. It was a pleasure to go through the units, present my work and look forward to the feedback. The variety of topics covered is relevant to any teacher, even the experienced ones. The language used is simple and direct...  [Read more]

Home > TEFL Videos > TEFL Testimonials > How long are TEFL contracts? How long are TEFL contracts?   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. Check out ITTT's Blog Posts This unit talks about Teaching and Learning. It highlighted on learning and developmental theories, the acquisition of native and second language, the learning environment and the various learning skills. I have learned for the first time the teacher acting...  [Read more]

Home > Esl Articles > Course Materials Course Materials This article will look at the range of This article will look at the range of materials that are useful and readily available for teaching the English Language to a group on non-native English speakers.There are a whole host of materials available, however a teacher needs to be very careful in the choice of what and what not to use. It is extremely important that materials chosen are those which can capture the imagination of students and stimulate their interest. If the material is mundane and unexciting this will likely rub off on the students. Therefore, before a course starts, the teacher would be best advised to design a skeleton course which includes the topics and levels that he aims to cover, however,...  [Read more]

Home > TEFL Videos > TEFL Testimonials > Overview of All English Tenses - Present Tenses - Present Perfect - Overview Overview of All English Tenses - Present Tenses - Present Perfect - Overview   Now we'll have a look at the present perfect tense. The form for the present perfect tense is again our subject here, our auxiliary verb, or helping verb, in this case it's 'have'. For subjects 'I,' 'you,' 'we,' 'they', we leave the auxiliary verb as 'have'. For 'he,' 'she' and 'it', our auxiliary verb needs to be conjugated or changed into 'has'. Following these helping verbs, we have our main verb in the past participle form. Here we have the verb 'to play'. 'To play' is a regular verb. So for regular verbs we simply add '-ed'. The result is sentences such as 'I...  [Read more]

Home > TEFL Videos > TEFL Testimonials > Validated and Externally Accredited TEFL Courses - ITTT Validated and Externally Accredited TEFL Courses - ITTT   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. Check out ITTT's Blog Posts Unit 11 covered how to best assist students in cultivating strong reading and listening skills-the receptive skills of learning.I learned about the skills needed for listening and reading and the...  [Read more]

Home > TEFL Videos > TEFL Testimonials > TESOL TEFL Reviews - Video Testimonial - Angelina TESOL TEFL Reviews - Video Testimonial - Angelina   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. Check out ITTT's Blog Posts Speaking and writing are the productive parts of language. They are equally important. In order to encourage student communication, we can try to present something creative or fun in the classroom. Occasionally...  [Read more]

Home > Articles > TEFL Course Materials TEFL Course Materials This article will look at the range of materials that are useful and readily available for teaching the English Language to a group on non-native English speakers. There are a whole host of materials available, however a teacher needs to be very careful in the choice of what and what not to use. It is extremely important that materials chosen are those which can capture the imagination of students and stimulate their interest. If the material is mundane and unexciting this will likely rub off on the students. Therefore, before a course starts, the teacher would be best advised to design a skeleton course which includes the topics and levels that he aims to cover, however, the detail of how this...  [Read more]

Home > TEFL Videos > TEFL Testimonials > Conditionals and Reported Speech - What Are Conditionals? Conditionals and Reported Speech - What Are Conditionals?   This video is the first video of our series on conditionals and reported speech. The conditionals are commonly referred to as "if" sentence structure speaking about if this happens then that happens. 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. Check out ITTT's Blog Posts ...  [Read more]

Home > TEFL Videos > TEFL Testimonials > Itchy Feet - English Idioms Itchy Feet - English Idioms   The idiom "itchy feet" refers to the need to leave or a feeling of a need to travel, for example: Watching an airplane pass by is giving me itchy feet. 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. Check out ITTT's Blog Posts This unit is about teaching receptive skills. The receptive skills are reading and listening. The productive...  [Read more]

Home > TEFL Videos > TEFL Testimonials > lenin gonzalez lenin gonzalez   Lenin from the United States found our 120-hour TEFL course very helpful. He especially enjoyed looking into the grammar units and found the view from an English learner's point of view very interesting. He also found the units on lesson planning and classroom management very useful for his own future classroom. 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. Check out...  [Read more]

Home > TEFL Videos > TEFL Testimonials > English Grammar - Future Perfect Continuous - Teaching Ideas - Teach English Overseas English Grammar - Future Perfect Continuous - Teaching Ideas - Teach English Overseas   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. Check out ITTT's Blog Posts In unit 2, parts of speech were introduced. It taught the basics of nouns, verbs, adjectives, articles, adverbs, gerunds, pronouns, prepositions...  [Read more]

Home > TEFL Videos > TEFL Testimonials > Teaching Special Groups in ESL - Monolingual vs. Multilingual Classes Teaching Special Groups in ESL - Monolingual vs. Multilingual Classes   This video covers the differences teachers encounter when teaching monolingual and multilingual classes. Monolingual students all have the same native language. Multilingual students have different first languages. Watch this video to find out how to deal with these types of classes as a teacher. 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...  [Read more]

Home > TEFL Videos > TEFL Testimonials > Modals and Passive Voice - Active vs. Passive Voice Modals and Passive Voice - Active vs. Passive Voice   The difference between the active and passive voice is one of the more advanced topics of English grammar. Therefore, it is important for every English teacher to understand this concept. 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. Check out ITTT's Blog Posts In this unit, I learned...  [Read more]

Home > TEFL Videos > TEFL Testimonials > TESOL TEFL Reviews - Video Testimonial - Pam TESOL TEFL Reviews - Video Testimonial - Pam   In this TEFL/TESOL review, trainee Pam describes her experience with ITTT's four week in-class course in Phuket, Thailand. She outlines the program of the first week of the course. Pam talks about why she chose to do the course in Phuket and she gives a brief synopsis of the week's program. 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...  [Read more]

Home > TEFL Videos > TEFL Testimonials > Teaching Special Groups in ESL - Do's and Don'ts When Teaching Business English Teaching Special Groups in ESL - Do's and Don'ts When Teaching Business English   There are some general Do's and Don'ts that need to be considered when teaching business English. Watch this video to get more insight into teaching this special group of learners. 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. Check out ITTT's...  [Read more]

Home > TEFL Videos > TEFL Testimonials > Teaching Special Groups in ESL - English For Specific Purposes Teaching Special Groups in ESL - English For Specific Purposes   Our next category in our series of teaching special groups in ESL is English for specific purposes. This video focuses specifically on teaching business English. How is business Enligsh different to general English? Will you be able to teach business English? Find out in this video. 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...  [Read more]

Home > TEFL Videos > TEFL Testimonials > Modals and Passive Voice - Active vs. Passive Voice Part 2 Modals and Passive Voice - Active vs. Passive Voice Part 2   The difference between the active and passive voice is one of the more advanced topics of English grammar. Therefore, it is important for every English teacher to understand this concept. 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. Check out ITTT's Blog Posts In this...  [Read more]

Home > Esl Articles > Motivation in the Classroom. Motivation in the Classroom. As a TEFL educator, I have been faced As a TEFL educator, I have been faced with various challenges in the classroom. Of those that I have encountered, fostering motivation and interest in my students has been the most demanding. As Melissa Kelly states in her recent article on motivating students, '['] motivation is probably the most significant factor educators can target in order to improve learning.' During the time I have spent teaching English, I have realized this. Without motivation, a classroom is dead.According to research findings, there are three significant factors that play into classrommAccording to research findings, there are three significant factors that play into...  [Read more]

Home > Articles > TEFL Motivation in the Classroom. TEFL Motivation in the Classroom. As a TEFL educator, I have been faced with various challenges in the classroom. Of those that I have encountered, fostering motivation and interest in my students has been the most demanding. As Melissa Kelly states in her recent article on motivating students, ?[?] motivation is probably the most significant factor educators can target in order to improve learning.? During the time I have spent teaching English, I have realized this. Without motivation, a classroom is dead. According to research findings, there are three significant factors that play into classromm According to research findings, there are three significant factors that play into classroom and student...  [Read more]

Home > TEFL Videos > TEFL Testimonials > TESOL TEFL Reviews - Video Testimonial - Brian TESOL TEFL Reviews - Video Testimonial - Brian   Brian took the 120-hour online TEFL course from ITTT so he could teach English abroad. In this TEFL review he tells us that as well as the many topics covered by the course he appreciated the flexibility that allowed him to complete it at his own pace. 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. Check out...  [Read more]

Home > TEFL Videos > TEFL Testimonials > Evaluation and Testing of Students - Practice & External Proficiency Tests Evaluation and Testing of Students - Practice & External Proficiency Tests   This video is part of our video series on "Evaluation and Testing of Students". In this video, we look at practice and external proficiency tests. Practice tests are usually used for revision purpose before internal and external exams to prepare the students. There are three types of external proficiency tests that English learners can take. Find out which ones in this video. 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...  [Read more]

Home > TEFL Videos > TEFL Testimonials > Can non native English speakers take a TEFL course? Can non native English speakers take a TEFL course?   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. Check out ITTT's Blog Posts Unit 5 is about a number of different teaching themes that can be applied to a range of contexts and situations. The unit covers information about Case studies, Frameworking, Problem-based learning, Games,...  [Read more]