Teaching English For Specific Purposes

Teaching English for a Specific Purpose (ESP) or Why not just teach'em Shakespeare' TEFL teaching in the classroom has maninly been focused on leaning General English skills with more specific English, needed for a specific profession for example, being taught only as and when it is needed. Some people argue that specific English should be introduced earlier and this will help motivate pupils and also keep the English taught within a professional and cultural environment that is relevant to the people learning it.English for a specific purpose was developed to meet the needs of individual learners and their specific needs, and is designed for specific disciplines. It makes some, but not exclusive use of the underlying methodology and activities of the discipline it serves, namely Teaching...  [Read more]

  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 with each section before moving onto the next. Unit Two focused on the grammatical aspects of speech. It is clear that grammar will be one of the toughest topics to teach, in my...  [Read more]

Teaching English for a Specific Purpose (ESP) or Why not just teach?em Shakespeare? TEFL Teaching in the classroom has maninly been focused on leaning General English skills with more specific English, needed for a specific profession for example, being taught only as and when it is needed. Some people argue that specific English should be introduced earlier and this will help motivate pupils and also keep the English taught within a professional and cultural environment that is relevant to the people learning it. English for a specific purpose was developed to meet the needs of individual learners and their specific needs, and is designed for specific disciplines. It makes some, but not exclusive use of the underlying methodology and activities of the discipline it serves, namely...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yanglinwei 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. The Merriam Webster dictionary defines Business English as: “English as used in business”. While concise, this definition is of limited value to a teacher. This essay will attempt to expand on this definition in the context of English teaching. A more thorough examination of business English will precede an overview of teaching...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in WudAngzhao 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. Receptive skills are sometimes called passive skills which are contrasted to productive skills, speaking and writing. Receptive skills are essential to all students to learn how to read and listen to understand and receive information. Reading enables students to write and listening helps them to speak. People read and listen for the purpose to get a specific goal...  [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 TanshAn 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. A lot of activities can be settled and performed in a classroom for the purpose of teaching a non-native language. From tasks until routine exercises, a wide range of dinamics might be applied for a teacher. But games have different and unique features for a lesson, and its matter and characteristics needs to be debated for developing a consistent teaching of a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dupo 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. When thinking of course materials, one summons the image of textbooks and related work sheets. These are just a small part of what can be considered as course materials. With this in mind, course materials are anything the teacher brings with to the classroom to aid teaching. This essay will cover, the two different groups of course material: authentic and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lǜcongpo 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. Teaching simply with white chalk in hand, writing on blackboard paints a dull picture of language learning on the minds of young learners Every teacher must keep this fact in mind that young learners like to play, and they participate in games with more enthusiasm and willingness than in any other classroom task. That is why games are generally...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yilin Zhen? 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. In order to design a syllabus which meets the needs of any class, a teacher must analyze the degree to which students understand English. With this analysis the teacher can make an appropriate selection of materials which meet the demands of the class. The level test is the best choice for this process, because it monitors the level of language the students have. The...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xinhua Zhen? 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. Course materials include anything that a teacher brings to a classroom. This can include a wide range of items such as worksheets, activity sheets and pictures, as well as audio aids, existing reports and media items. The most common tool being a coursebook. Course materials purpose are to aid the teacher to achieve the lesson plans’ goals. These...  [Read more]

  This video is part of our ESA Methodology series. The ESA methodology consists of three stages. In this series, we look at the individual purposes of each stage and typical activities for each stage. This second video introduces the study phase of ESA. The purpose of this phase is to cover the actual teaching of the lesson and to check the understanding of that material.The second stage or phase of the lesson is known as the study phase and really the purpose of this phase is to cover the actual teaching of the lesson and to check understanding of that material. Typically in an ESA lesson, the study phase will have two parts. The first phase of the study is to cover the actual teaching component in what's known as the board work and what we try to do in the board work phase is to...  [Read more]

  A first example of a teaching idea for the present simple tense will be a classic activity called 'Find someone who'. Here, we will be trying to find someone who has a general truth such as the ability to play a musical instrument or the fact that they have a brother and a sister. This results in students going around the room asking questions in the present simple tense, such as 'Do you play a musical instrument?' 'Are you a teacher?' 'Do you have a brother and a sister?' The answers resulting will also be in the present simple tense. They will be generally 'Yes I do,' or 'No I don't.' The students will go around trying to find somebody who fits the general truth and when they do, they will write their name in the appropriate space. The students will mill around the room for...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Miaoshi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhangjiajie 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 a matter of fact, testing is an important phenomenon from science to arts, in order to weigh, measure and qualify the validity and the quantum of things. It is important to have a testing on all the aspects in real life, language teaching and learning process also includes its role in the testing process. In order to find out the nature and state of the...  [Read more]

Teaching grammar can be one of the most frustrating aspects of an English teacher?s job description. Teaching grammar can be divided into two categories, declarative knowledge and procedural knowledge. Declarative knowledge can be summed up as knowledge about a thing such as the rules of grammar whereas procedural knowledge is being able to apply the knowledge to communicate effectively. To illustrate the difference declarative knowledge would be being able to understand the instruction manual on how to assemble a bicycle where as procedural knowledge would be what you demonstrate when you actually put the bicycle together. Being good at one does not necessarily make one good at the other. Many of us native English speakers can use our native tongue correctly but can not explain the...  [Read more]

Teaching grammar can be one of the most frustrating aspects of an English teacher’s job description. Teaching grammar can be divided into two categories, declarative knowledge and procedural knowledge. Declarative knowledge can be summed up as knowledge about a thing such as the rules of grammar whereas procedural knowledge is being able to apply the knowledge to communicate effectively. To illustrate the difference declarative knowledge would be being able to understand the instruction manual on how to assemble a bicycle where as procedural knowledge would be what you demonstrate when you actually put the bicycle together. Being good at one does not necessarily make one good at the other. Many of us native English speakers can use our native tongue correctly but can not explain...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ZhAngqiao 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. What are some course materials that can be used in the classroom? Materials are anything the teacher can bring to the classroom that can be used to aid in the teaching process. Some common examples of materials used are worksheets (used by students to practice what they are learning), pictures, flashcards, drawings, recordings, real objects (realia), comic books,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huanggang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shangrao 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 learn about the specifics of lesson planning and more information in depth about Engage, Study, and Activate phases to use and plan for a lesson. Each phase is specific and can be divided into certain criteria used for planning. To have a successful lesson, one must plan carefully and be clear on what is studied and the purpose of each stage within the phases...  [Read more]

  This video covers the difference between 'adapt' and 'adopt'. Due to their similar spelling, their usage is often confused. 'Adapt' describes the action of taking something and changing it for a special purpose, for example: A screenwriter successfully adapts the book to make it work as a movie. The word 'adopt', on the other hand, refers to the action of taking something and using it or making it your own, such as here: Because they couldn't have children of their own, they decided to adopt a child. 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...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Bidian Zhen? 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. This unit answered to a lot of questions I was having during the course. There were 4 main parts of the lesson: Teaching beginners, Teaching Individual Students, Teaching children, Teaching Business English/ English for Specific Purpose and an overview of the mono and multilingual class. Each of the parts examined in detail what problems could a teacher have in the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tangshi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chenzhou 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. Young learners and adults tend to have different modes when it comes to English learning due to a number of factors. This article is going to demonstrate some of the factors. Young learners are a special group of people in English learning and have to be treated differently, because they are unique in a number of ways. First, young learners tend to be self-...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dasi 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. As the realm of conducting business has continued to become more connected to the world outside of the home country for many companies and corporations for some time now, the demand for specific language learning for business contexts persistently rises. Courses in English for business purposes continue to attract a great deal of attention at colleges and universities...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in DaweishAn Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changsha 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 in the classroom To call oneself a good teacher is not only about knowing the most efficient teaching methods - creativity is very crucial for maintaining the learner’s interest through the lessons. Teaching languages there are all different kind of learners and each with variating motivations and reasons. Characteristics that should be highly considered...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in JiAngyA Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhangjiajie 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 known Pragmatics is one of the ultimate branch of Linguistics. It deals with language in use and context in which it is used. Some of its features are: • physical context: where the conversation takes place, what objects are present, what action taking place • epistemic context: background knowledge shared by the speakers and hearers • linguistic...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yuntai Nongchang? 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. Occasionally a teacher is assigned to a class full of highly motivated students, each of which has an incredible passion for learning English as a foreign language. However, this is uncommon, often leaving the teacher to inspire and motivate the students, in addition to teaching them. Specific groups tend to follow trends of motivation levels, such as adults...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in SAntangpu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Loudi 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. Ryan Reeves CTEYL Summative Task Why Course Materials are Important. Most if not all courses make use of materials, regardless of the topic being taught. In ESL courses materials are crucial to the learning processes from the beginning to the end of a student’s education in English. Whether the materials used are authentic, non-authentic, realia or media, they aid...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wangdian 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. It is particularly important for the Business English Teacher to consider how to structure and develop a course for students. Because students in a Business English setting are working professionals, they typically will have specific needs and learning objectives that a teacher will have to cater to. Knowing how to structure and develop an ESL class for adult,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Longju 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. At different times throughout history a few languages have been associated with such power and prestige that their influence and reach spread to other cultures. For example, in the Eastern world, Chinese (Mandarin) has historically been the most dominant language in the region, having influenced the language and writing systems of several Asian nations such as...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shuidong Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chenzhou 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. Subject n°91: How Can Reading Influence Language Acquisition Introduction: In this paper we will attempt to show how important reading is and how it can influence language acquisition and its development. We will mainly focus on primary school pupils as most children start to learn to read around six or seven years of age. With this aim in mind, we will first try...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ShuAngpai 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. When it comes to learning ESL, most learners associate it with memorising spelling rules, doing countless grammar exercises, making abstract speaking topics and translating sentences from L1 into English. In these, there is little or no listening and speaking practice involved, making English just one of the numerous boring school subjects. However, there is so...  [Read more]