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Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ShuAngzhuAng 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. I am thrilled to have completed my TEFL course as I have gained valuable information to continue to volunteer to teach English to adult learners in Yangon, Myanmar. I have been in Yangon, Myanmar for nearly 3 years and have been a volunteer English teacher to young business professionals and my challenges are many. The Myanmar language is very unique and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in BaogedawulAzongchang? 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. It is a beautiful Sunday morning and my family, and I have returned from Church. After a wonderful service, we joined our friends for lunch. The conversation was stimulating. Discussions were varied and at times we discussed the Bible or current events. Guests at the table had varying opinions, yet no one was fearful of sharing their...  [Read more]

Some people who go abroad to teach English fall in love with their new life overseas and never return to their home country. The majority, however, will return home at some point, whether after a single year or much longer. It can be a difficult experience for some because you are no longer the person you were when you first left home. Everything, from the everyday language to the time zone, the climate to the cuisine, can feel different. Reverse culture shock can be frightening. For many teachers the obvious next step is to continue working as an English language tutor. If you live in or near a relatively large city you are likely to come across language schools and community colleges that provide English lessons to international students, immigrants, and refugees, among others. With...  [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? According to David...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shitouju 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. DO ITALIAN LEARNERS HAVE PROBLEMS........ WITH THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE? In this essay, I'll try to find an answer to this question by doing some research about mastery of the English language in Italy. I'll give some information about the Italian school system and the way of teaching English. Finally, I'll tell you something about my personal experiences in Italy...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wufengpu 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. I was born in the United States in a big Italian family, where Italian customs and tradition played a key role and influence in my upbringing. My Mom and Dad were travelers of a different kind and would take many hiatus to exotic lands in far off places, leaving us children behind. However, one year when I was just a little girl, my parents decided it was time to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Taiping Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xiangxi Tujiazu Miaozu Zizhizho? 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. English is an extremely useful tool to have in this day and age because it is such a Universal language and it can influence a student’s future career in so many positive ways. It can open up so many more doors for job opportunities, it can give student’s a better chance of being hired, it can allow students to work all over the world and it...  [Read more]

Some people who head overseas to teach English grow to love the lifestyle so much that they never return to work in their home country. However, for the majority, the move back home will come at some stage, whether after a single year or much longer. For some it can be a difficult experience as you are no longer the person you were when you first left home. Everything can feel different, from the everyday language to the time zone, from the climate to the cuisine. Reverse culture shock can be genuinely unsettling. One way you can combat this, and continue the international focus of your new found way of life, is to find a job that allows you to use the new skills and knowledge that your time abroad has given you. One obvious step for many teachers is to simply continue working as an...  [Read more]

It is a common misconception that teaching English abroad requires a large amount of money up front before you even start earning. While you will need to cover the cost of your TEFL certification and get yourself to the destination you have chosen to work in, you should soon start earning enough to get those outlays back quickly. However, in some destinations the cost of living is so high that it can seem like you are constantly hemorrhaging money. So where can you teach English and live well on just a small budget? Here we look at some of the cheapest destinations for teaching English abroad. Thailand makes an appearance on many lists of the best places to teach English abroad for various reasons and one is its relatively low cost of living. Although the average salary for English...  [Read more]

Linda is a passionate traveler and English teacher exploring the world one country at a time. After studying Mandarin Chinese, she moved to Guangzhou, China, to pursue an internship at a German online marketing company. She loved it so much that she decided to move back to China after finishing her Bachelor’s degree in Management in California. After working in online marketing for a while, she got into English teaching. Teaching English overseas has enabled her to experience life in different countries and fund her passion for travel. She taught English in China for a year and also during my her year in South Korea. She’s been living in South Korea since 2015 and returned to working in online marketing and teaching online in 2016 remotely. On her Website, she shares her tips and...  [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 Daqiao 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. English is indeed a global language. It is a lucrative skill to be fluent in English, or even to know enough to “ just get by.” For that reason, there are teachers, classes and schools dedicated simply to teaching English to students for “specific purposes,” thus the acronym. “ESP.” In my country, there are special classes for Spanish, because of the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in LijiAhe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Enshi Tujiazu Miaozu Zizhizhou? 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. Roleplay as the Most Effective Teaching Method for Modal Auxiliary Verbs Modal auxiliary verbs are modals that are added to supplement a verb and do not change depending on the individual. Examples could include the following: can, should, could, would, may, might, shall, must, will, have to, have got to, need to, needn’t to, and ought to. They...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in CAngshuipu 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. I chose to pass “teaching English as a second language” because In my opinion I have great experience and practice in my life and I would love to give knowledges to young learners after what they could open the whole world for themselves, because English language is international, everywhere you go, you can communicate with others. I always loved to be one...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in FanchuAn 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. There are language differences to British and American English which developed over a few centuries during the birth and development of The United States of America. English or British subjects, a distinction pointed out by an English woman to me, are often annoyed with the words used by Americans carrying out the butchering of the Queen’s English and Americans...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiaochengzi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chifeng 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. Games are always a fun thing to do, does not matter if you are a child or adult a women or a men; when someone proposes a game everybody is always up for it. Group games get people together, they are ice breakers and they always create fun good times, this does not only happens in everyday life, it also happens in a classroom with students. Games in a classroom...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Taihetang 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. This assignment discusses cultural sensitivity in the classroom (Topic #27) in a Colombian context, where I will be teaching English. This follows onto my ITTT TEFL course summative essay entitled “Problems for learners in Colombia, A Spanish speaking Country” (Boyle, 2019). A resource I found invaluable for this essay was the website Cyborlink (2019a), a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ZhugentAn 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. 8 Why complete a TEFL course. Over the years I have pondered whether or not to try and teach English as a career. Watching countless online videos and reading travel blogs of 'wandering teachers' and articles on sites such as ' Dave's ESL Café, I sort of got mixed emotions about ESL teachers. That is of course until I took the chance and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Bancheng 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. As we all know, English is a universal language, thus people from all over the world are communicating through this language. Indeed, it is very important to learn this language as there are many advantages for those who can use English language very well. Many people study English for many reasons. Here, I am going to talk about ‘how English can influence a...  [Read more]

Your initial application should be completed on ITTT's own Internet application form. As part of our pre-screening process, applicants are requested to submit an account of their personal history and background and of their motives for joining the course, as well as their future aspirations. If for any reason you wish to subsequently cancel your place on the course after your deposit or full fees (i.e. deposit plus balance) have been paid, ITTT/TEFL International cannot provide any refund except for exceptional circumstances. The course organiser's decision is final. In any case, the deposit is non-refundable. The main reason for this is that the staffing for the course and accommodation have fixed costs which have to be paid for in advance and based on a specific number of course members...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wenquanfengjingqu? Are you interested in teaching English in Shiyan 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. Stories expose the students to more language, they engage and motivate the learner, they can be used to teach the structure of a language and the concepts about print which may be different between cultures. Stories with images can also help the students anchor their knowledge about the text. Listening to stories also helps the students hear accents and how...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yulan 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. Teaching English online is a huge growing market in today’s globalized society. According to the British Council there are over a billion people who are learning English (750 million English as a foreign language learners and 350 million Enlgish as a second language learners). The difference between EFL and ESL learners is that that EFL learners live in a country...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in QingtaiguAn Linchang? 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. A few years ago I was completing my TESOL certification course, planning my escape from the USA and looking forward to going halfway around the world with my new-found skills. Little did I know that once I arrived in my new home and began working that I was about to receive much more education than I was giving to my students. I consider myself to be a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in HAyehutong 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. I took this course in order to prepare myself for teaching English in Albania as part of my duties as a Peace Corps volunteer. While learning a lot about the English language and how to teach it, I was also able to pinpoint some potential problems my future Albanian students might face based on my prior knowledge of the country combined with the information shared...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiqiao 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. #42 Volunteer Teaching In 2008 I embarked on an online, educational journey to earn my bachelor’s degree. It had been more than 30 years since I’d graduated from high school, and online fit my hectic schedule of working 60 hour weeks. It was hard work and it took a lot of cooperation from my family, and even more time management planning on my part, but I...  [Read more]

Most visitors to vietnam are overwhelmed by the sublime beauty of the country's natural setting: the Red River Delta in the north, the Mekong Delta in the south and almost the entire coastal strip are a patchwork of brilliant green rice paddies tended by women in conical hats. There are some divine beaches along the coast, while inland there are soaring mountains, some of which are cloaked by dense, misty forests. Vietnam also offers an opportunity to see a country of traditional charm and rare beauty rapidly opening up to the outside world. Despite its ongoing economic liberalisation and the pressures of rapid development, this dignified country has managed to preserve its rich civilisation and highly cultured society. It has discarded its post-war fatigues and the boom in budget...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in GuAndu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shiyan 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. Sonja Yamamoto Why did I choose this topic? The fastest-spreading language in human history is English! It is spoken at a useful level by some 1.75 billion people worldwide says an online article from the Harvard Business Review in 2015. Source: (https://hbr.org/2012/05/global-business-speaks-english) In almost every country companies need to act international or do...  [Read more]

Whether you are just looking to earn some extra cash during a gap-year or are planning a more serious move into the world of education, teaching English as a foreign language has many benefits. The demand for TEFL qualified teachers is continually growing in many parts of the world and opportunities for making teaching a career are abundant. Also, if you decide that it is time to head back home, there are many directions in which your overseas teaching experience can take you. Although for many TEFL course graduates the aim is to head overseas to experience living and working in a foreign culture, it is not the only option. Plenty of people use their teaching qualification within their home country as increasing levels of immigration have led to a rapid increase in demand for ESL...  [Read more]

Edged by the magnificent Himalayan ranges in the north and bounded by a breath-taking coastline made up of three seas, india has a stunning assortment of landscapes and culture, with captivating historical sites and intriguing royal cities, pristine beaches and mystical mountain tops, dynamic people and exciting festivities. The experiences are endless as the diversity of climate and culture make a visit to India eye-opening and rewarding. Whether you're in the dusty heat of the south or the snowy cold in the north, you'll travel roads filled with bicycles, auto-rickshaws, sputtering motorbikes, tinsel-draped trucks, camel carts and an occasional cow or two. Take a trip to one of the many wonderfully crowded markets and observe the community of beggars, hawkers, tourists, holy men,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhulinqiao 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. Topic: How to teach English to adults online Presently, I take care of my ninety-six-year-old father at home and have no immediate plans to teach overseas. Fortunately, I live in a community (Aurora, Colorado) that has over 140 different language groups and ethnicities. Aurora ranks as the tenth most diverse community in the United States. I have...  [Read more]