Tefl Course Books

  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 Four Reflection, for this section of Present Tenses. This section talks about present simple, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous within the system. A language argument talks about the past and present as far as tense. As an English Foreign Language teacher is better to look at it differently. It is present, past and future and with the four aspects; simple, continuous, perfect and...  [Read more]

  So how do we actually make best use of the course book? Well, just a couple of factors that you need to keep into consideration when using these types of material, use the course book to help you create a balanced lesson in terms of the range of skills that are being taught and the actual types of material within that the grammar or vocabulary. Secondly, don't use it all the time, particularly with things like activities, we can create our own materials and we can tailor those materials much more specifically to the actual class that we're teaching. As very often the actual creations in the book are very general, we can make our own materials much more specific. The third thing you need to be aware of is that you can't always rely 100% on the information that's presented in those...  [Read more]

  Unit 14 looks at course books and other materials that can be used in your English language lessons. The unit discusses the differences between authentic and created materials and why and when each should be used in a class. It also covers the advantages and disadvantages of using course books and the best ways to use a course book in your lessons. 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 showed me the wide variety of skills and techniques that...  [Read more]

  This presentation is going to focus on the use of course books, materials and teaching aids. There are many materials that we can bring to our classroom that will help with the teaching of our lessons and these include, though they're not limited to, things such as the wipe board, similar to the one that we're using here, various types of visual aids, created or bought worksheets, the use of cassettes CDs and DVDs and the use of video and in these classroom materials, we can also include things such as dictionaries and course books, various types of resource books that we'll have a look at and other materials such as photo copiers, computers, OHPs. So what we'd like to do is just to take a general look at some of the issues relating to each of these types of materials. Below you...  [Read more]

The following books have been found useful by many teachers, during both their TEFL course and teaching careers: The Practice of English Language Teaching, by Jeremy Harmer (Longman) How to Teach English, by Jeremy Harmer (Longman) English Grammar in Use, by Raymond Murphy (CUP) Practical English Usage, by M. Swan (OUP) Practical English Grammar, by A.J. Thomson and A.V. Martinet (OUP,1990) Collins, Cobuild English Dictionary (Collins) How English Works, by Swan/Walter (OUP) More Grammar Games, by Rinvolucri and Davis (CUP) Grammar Practice Activities, by Penny Ur (CUP) Grammar Games and Activities, by Peter Watcyn-Jones (Penguin) The Resourceful English Teacher, by Chandler/Stone (Delta) Teaching English Abroad, by Susan Griffith (Crimson Publishing) It is certainly not essential to have...  [Read more]

The market for ESL teaching books is very large and all the major publishers have some form of involvement in the production and selling of these resources. There are many different types of books and resources that are used in ESL teaching and we will consider three main categories. 1) Book series 2) General teaching theory books 3) Activity resources There are a number of well known book series. These are specifically written for the ESL teaching market and are generally set at the five levels most often taught. These levels are Starter or Beginner, Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, and Upper-Intermediate. A typical book series at each level will contain three books. These are the teacher book, student book and resources book (or similar names). The teacher book gives an...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in SAnxi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huangshi 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. Children love being read to and are naturally drawn to children books. This is true regardless of culture or language differences. When teaching to young learners, children books can be a valuable resource to teach English. Children books are designed to engage children, and children books use simple language in context. In addition, there are many follow - up...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ChahA'eryouyihouqidAnglanghudong Sumu? Are you interested in teaching English in Wulanchabu Shi — Ulanqab? 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 today’s society when everyone is preoccupied with busy work schedules, responsibilities, and reliance to technology we rarely have time or worse no time at all to pick up a book and read it. As adults, parents and teachers alike, we have a responsibility to our children and learners to instill a love for book and reading...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yanjiang 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. This unit deals with course books and lesson materials. It identifies all the various types of materials that can be brought into a classroom, from wipe boards, visual aids, cassettes, cds etc, and the use of course books. Course books usually come in a three book series, a student's book, a workbook and a teacher's resource book. There are a number of advantages...  [Read more]

  The next item that we're going to consider is the use of resource books. There are many different types of resource books available and within those books there tends to be a general pattern and typically the resource book pack will come in a three book series and typically that three book series will be in the form of the student book, a workbook and a teacher's resource book. So for example here are those three books for this particular series called ?Total English? and in the student book the type of information that we can gain from here is the actual background to the teaching points themselves plus some additional information in terms of short worksheets and so on and so forth and tape transcripts at the end for listening activities, which these days often come on a CD...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in CushijiAng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yongzhou 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 extremely easy to get into a rhythm of teaching a certain way and relying heavily on your resources at hand. As a fairly new teacher, I spend a lot of time with the resources (mainly books) I am provided and in lessons, I teach the content that is necessary to complete a given objective. I often rely on the books for additional activities, transitions and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huhe Machang? 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. "Have you been to Paaariiissss? Have you been to Roooome??" The pictures were cute, bubbly. The accent on the tape was lilting, comical, the product of an Englishman faking a Texan accent. This was one particular unit, regarding the present perfect tense, from the first textbook I ever taught out of. Or, from out of which I ever taught. Overly...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Caoping 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. Generally speaking, course materials contain course books/textbooks and other auxiliary materials. The course materials used in different countries vary enormously. Likewise, even in a country, course materials are also used quite differently in a variety of schools. Let’s take China as example. I’ve worked as English Teacher for middle school in China for...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Caishi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yongzhou 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. Philip Pullman (English novelist) said that “after nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” It is true that our culture has revolved around stories, whether we are in front of a fire telling stories, in bed under the covers with just a torch narrating scary stories, reading them from a comic book, or watching...  [Read more]

  Let's just consider next, when using these resource books, the student book, the workbook and the teachers resource book, what are some of the advantages and disadvantages of using those types of materials? Well, firstly, the main advantage perhaps of using these types of material is that it's quicker than actually creating your own. Secondly, the course books that you will get will be graded for a particular level. So there'll be a set of books for the starter level, a set of books for the elementary level and so on and so forth. So you know that the activities and materials in there will have been graded for level. The use of the book can also offer continuity so that the syllabuses have been covered in a particular way by the book itself and are presented in a logical order....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in FAnjiAng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xiangtan 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. 93. Readers are leaders: How to instill a love for reading in children. Among my most cherished childhood memories takes me back to the moment when it was time to choose a new book to get lost in before bedtime. I was lucky enough to have a bookshelf in front of which I would sit and, I thought, let the book choose me. Sometimes the calling was immediate;...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xishunhe 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. How can one get a child to love reading? There are any number of ways to do this. This can be done by sitting down with a child and reading to them at bedtime or acting the story out. Reading to a child involves sitting down with the child, taking a book with pictures, and reading the text out loud. They can hear as well as see what the text means. This way, they...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Nanhai Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jingzhou 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 part of receptive skills, reading is so important that children start to read both English and Chinese books at the very beginning of their lives. Reading is a beneficial way to learn English well, especially for young learners. They are able to accumulate more and more vocabularies as well as the way native speakers communicate with each other by reading...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in QiAnshAnhong 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. Even in the first language, it can be difficult to get children reading. There are many reasons they may turn their nose up at a book. In some way I think most of those reasons can be boiled down to boredom. I have the privilege of remembering my journey to reading. When I was very young, my parents would read simple books to me, and I would enjoy looking at the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yinyangzhao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Luohe 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 2 groups of teaching materials: authentic (anything a native speaker would hear or read) and created materials (designed by the teacher). Common created materials include: crosswords, puzzles, role-play cards, flashcards, gap fill activities, picture stories. Course books usually consist of a set of materials: student?s book, workbook, cassettes/video,...  [Read more]

  In this ITTT TESOL review video Karen describes her experience during her TESOL/TEFL course in Hangzhou, China. ITTT has training centers in over thirty different international locations. To find training center that suits you just visit our web site or follow the above links. 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. Course books: student’s book, work nook,cassettes, teacher’s book,reading books graded to varying levels of students,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Juanshui Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xianning Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. As language acquisition through immersion goes, reading is positively amazing. Where movies may help with attitude and tone, reading allows us to see the words, form visual connections between them, and familiarise ourselves with spelling, punctuation, and structure. The best results, of course, are seen in readers who do it for pleasure, and for whom the point of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in QiAnjingou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xilinguole Meng — Xilin Gol? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Reading is important for a number of reasons. Books are said to be the best companion of a man in this world. “The pen is mightier than the sword”, the worth of this old saying cannot be denied. Success depends on knowledge, planning and hard work. There are number of ways to attain this knowledge. Reading is at the top. People read to learn...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Taihugang Guanliqu? Are you interested in teaching English in Jingzhou 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. One of the most valuable human attributes is the imagination. An active and healthy imagination can be inspired by many things. One of the most significant inspirations behind a lively imagination is reading. Alternatively, an imagination can contribute to valuable characteristics, such as bravery, dignity, and leadership. Reading can introduce people to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Si'An 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. Which school subject is the most important? I think the answer is: all subjects are important, and that's true. Math is developing our thinking skills. Languages help us to master the words we use in our speech. Science is making us feel that we are a part of this great universe, but we would never be successful in any of these subjects if we won't develop the love...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ZhAdu 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. Children are the future, our future, the generation that will take the world and all it encompasses to the next age of the world; whatever that may be. Children are the future. This phrase is repeated all around the world, in different countries, continents and even across the vast array of cultures that exist on planet Earth. One would be hard pressed to find any one...  [Read more]

IntroductionWhen I decided I wanted to compare of course materials used for adult students here in Germany I contacted a teacher that has been working in Munich for over 15 years and asked here if she could help me. I did lend several books from here but in the end I chose to use two books. My chose depended on that these books where suitable for a comparative study because they aimed for the same level of students. The first book is called 'Network' and is a stage 1 book printed in 2001. The other book I chose to use is also a stage 1 book and is called 'First choice'. The reason for me choosing this book is that it is the newest book I managed to get a hold of and it is printed. My aim was to see how these books matched what I have been taught during the TEFL course and how user...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xingou 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. Encouraging children to read is incredibly beneficial to their educational development and will carry them well into adulthood. A teacher can be a huge influencer for their students. Reading is a great way to expose children to language learning without them evening knowing it. Setting an excellent example in the classroom can lead to lasting impressions. The...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zongluju 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. In my essay I would like to highlight the different approach of categorizing the classroom materials. My first – and most widely known – category is the authentic and non-authentic materials. This classical distinction is well described during this course; in the business English and young learners too. Personally I prefer non-authentic materials in general...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shezhu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changzhou 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 has been well established that Reading is a very important skill for a person in order to first acquire and discover the grammar of his first language (and acquire at the same time new vocabulary) but more than that ,once you can read you can acquire information and with them new knowledge ,new abilities and new skills. We “readers” all know that, but even...  [Read more]