Tefl Course Outline

  This video diary entry outlines Chantelle’s experience of studying unit 8 of her online TEFL course. Unit 8 is another tense unit, this time looking at the future tenses. These include the future simple, future continuous, future perfect, future perfect continuous and the ‘going to’ future. It also covers how the present simple and present continuous can be used to talk about the future. In this unit you will learn how the tenses are formed and used and what some of the most common errors students make. 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]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lingjiaohu 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. Many teachers of the English language, both young and old at secondary school level are faced with the uphill task of designing a course structure. They often find designing a progression as a real Herculean task. As a secondary school student I took English language courses with teachers who in most cases used just the prescribed text books page after page....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Youshi 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. Over the last few years, Teaching English in a foreign country has become very popular for the younger generation in the United States of America and other countries where English is their primary language. The reason is that nowadays, many people want to travel the world to explore cultural differences, especially among the younger generation. However, not everyone...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in BaiyinhuA Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Tongliao Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Although courses may vary in length, subject matter, level or approach, well-designed and developed learning-teaching materials are essential to facilitate learning and eventually achieve instructional goals. Throughout their career, teachers will need to design, modify, revise or evaluate a course material or simply rethink and re-examine their developed...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Silidian 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. The unit 7 about teaching new language includes techniques, how teachers can teach vocabulary, grammar and language functions. In this chapter was included also method ESA (Engage ? Study ? Activate) which was mentioned in the unit 3. I was reading about a ?straight arrow? typical ESA vocabulary lesson (Engage ? Study ? Activate), about a typical ESA patchwork...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Miaozhai Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xinxiang 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 can be fun for the teacher as well as the student. When I (Andrew) was a student, my teachers never used anything like an ESA outline. The class was like the study phase alone. One thing that really jumped out to my wife, Randi, was that you don't have to be an extrovert to be a good english teacher. You can use the simple ESA outline, and its...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ShuAngpaiwuxingling Linchang? 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. Although courses may vary in length, subject matter, level or approach, a systematic process, syllabus, is essential to effectively plan and structure a course in order to achieve instructional goals. Throughout their career, teachers will need to design, modify, revise or evaluate a syllabus or simply rethink and re-examine their syllabi. Being a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in JiAngsupizhou Jingji KAifAqu? Are you interested in teaching English in Xuzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. A syllabus acts as an outline of the subjects that will be covered in a particular course. Not only is it great for the teacher to maneuver through the course, but it gets students acquainted with what they can expect and what will be required from them. When designing a course syllabus it is important to keep in mind that even though it is an...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in XuejiAwAn Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in E'erduosi Shi — Ordos? 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. Those who are looking to teach English as a foreign language should obtain educational training and receive a certificate before applying to related job positions. Teaching English as a foreign language involves working with and teaching to students of different cultures and countries. This poses many challenges for students and teachers that can be...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dapu 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. LESSON PLANNING Writing a lesson plan requires putting down a detailed step-by-step guide that outlines the teacher's objectives for what the students will learn during the course of their lesson and how they will learn it. To create a lesson plan, the learning objectives should be identified, activities should be developed, and the materials to be used will...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhongchuchang? 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. A lesson plan is a teacher’s detailed description of the course of instruction or ‘learning trajectory’ for a lesson. A daily lesson plan is developed by a teacher to guide class learning. Details may vary depending on the preference of the teacher, subject being covered, and the needs of the students. There may be requirements mandated by the...  [Read more]

First we need to define what TEFL means before looking at the various ways in which it can be examined to provide a teaching certificate. There are various locations in which a TEFL exam can be taken and different methods of instruction, these will also be considered. The acronym TEFL stands for Teaching English as a Foreign Language and it can be used in any situation where the English language is being taught to non-native English speakers. Technically speaking, TEFL refers to teaching English in countries where English is not the native language. It is a term used mainly in the UK and is used interchangeably with the equivalent USA term TESOL. As with any profession, teaching has a series of exams at different levels. Within the world of ESL the entry level examination for teachers is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ZhujiApu 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. Lesson Planning Gabrielle H. Rice 10-08-2019 When entering the realm of teaching, lesson planning is a very beneficial skill to have. Lesson planning is done in many different ways; many educators create their own format over the years that caters to their individual teaching styles. However, the typical lesson planning methodologies include ESA (Engage, Study,...  [Read more]

There are many different language teaching methods and teaching styles. Diane Larsen-Freeman states in her book Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching, that the term 'language teaching method' is a 'set of links between actions and thoughts in language teaching' (Larsen-Freeman 1). The actions and thoughts of teachers, worldwide, lead to many different teaching styles. Through the TEFL course offered by ITTT, students of teaching learn about the ESA method. Engage, Study, and Activate (ESA) is a great outline of how to run a classroom. Many different styles can be incorporated within this outline, as well.One method, the Direct Method, has been applied for many years by language teachers. The one very basic rule of the Direct Method is that there is no translation allowed in the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xingren 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. Rewards and punishments are common responses to student behaviors in the classroom setting. In this summative work I will try to outline positive approaches to influence student behavior whether in an ESL class or almost any teaching/learning setting. I am aware that from the earliest stages of human growth and development, persons learn to behave or exhibit...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in GAocheng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Suizhou 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. Any action performed by living beings is supported by a motive. In humans, we are driven by motivators unique to each one of us; without this motivation our goals and desires remain unaccomplished. There are different types of motivators both internal and external that of which directly impacts second language acquisition in the classroom. In this setting both...  [Read more]

  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 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 importance of topics and stimulating text/dialogue. In a language class, the main issues students have with receptive skills are with the text, the topic, and the task. After going over the many ways to approach the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shuanglong Gongyeyuanqu (TeshuxiangZhen)? Are you interested in teaching English in Songyuan 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. Focused on teaching receptive skills, this unit makes it extra clear that there are 4 basic skills in every language, receptive skills which are listening and reading and productive skills which are speaking and writing. Reasons for listening and reading were looked into, how we read and listen, specialist skills employed when reading...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Liyanglu Jiedao? Are you interested in teaching English in Hebi 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've always found that it is important to use my imagination and to think outside the box for motivators. what would be the most interesting and beneficial way to get my point across and to teach a lesson. I like the idea of a course book and an outline to follow because it means consistency in teaching. When a student is going through a grade system and teachers...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Guoyingjiaoling Kenzhichang? Are you interested in teaching English in Nanchang 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 was very helpful and to the point when designing a lesson plan. Although I do practice flexibility in my classes, and follow a rough outline of what the lesson will cover, I have never designed/prepared/followed a structured lesson plan as covered in this unit. I have truly learned a lot in this unit! This unit was very helpful and to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Maoqi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Anshan 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 catches my attention in this module is the outline of a typical receptive skills lesson. I was refreshed with the correct way of delivering a lesson with the use of ESA. I hope that I was able to answer Numbers 10 - 15 well as I've tried putting into practice the knowledge I got on my reading. I got reminded as well about the use of authentic text during listening...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dunhuashi Linyeju? Are you interested in teaching English in Yanbianchao Xianzu 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. This unit introduces teaching the two receptive skills- reading and listening. It covers the reason and the way we can work on listening and reading and also the problems that might occur. Besides, there is outline of a typical receptive skills Lesson with the patchwork method and real example of it. From this unit, I have gained some useful...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in BAjiaoling Kenzhichang? Are you interested in teaching English in Jiujiang 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 found this unit to be very helpful in preparing me to actually teach a class. I really appreciated the lesson planning form. In many instances, I find being able to write down information and review very helpful in being able to remember things. So I feel that using this form as a lesson plan outline will be very helpful to me in developing my teaching...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jinggongqiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jingdezhen 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. Unit 9 shows examples of lesson planning in a class. It gives good reason to why and how to best plan a lesson. It is important for the teacher to monitor themselves and their own class to ensure the plan is effective and engaging for the students. The teacher should make a plan to keep the course material appropriate and outline the goal of what the...  [Read more]

  ITTT's 220-hour TEFL/TESOL Master Package consists of three fully accredited TEFL/TESOL Certifications.The 120-hour TEFL/TESOL course, as well as our two 50-hour certification courses in teaching English to young learners (CTEYL) and teaching Business English (CTBE) are included in this smart course package. 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 outlines how to teach the productive aspect of language; speaking and writing more effectively. it goes...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shuiquliu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jilin 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 taught me how important it is to follow correctly a ESA lesson plan but also that the attitude of the teacher can also have significant effect on how the students learn and interact within the lesson. In the first video it showed that the teacher did not try to create a rapport at the begging of the class but also during the teaching he was not showing...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hongqi Nongchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Songyuan 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 this unit, I learned a lot about teaching the receptive skills, reading and listening. First, I learned why we read or listen. I also learned the problems in teaching these two skills and the possible solutions. There was a sample outline of a typical receptive skills lesson. It was an ESA ( patchwork) approach and it was pretty helpful. Finally, there was...  [Read more]

  This TEFL review is from Rodney. He is originally from Jamaica but currently living and working in Japan. He recently completed our 120-hour TEFL/TESOL course online and had a great experience. He realized the importance of an internationally recognized TEFL/TESOL certification and decided to go for it. After completing the course, he received a range of new opportunities, especially in teaching English online. He cannot recommend this course enough to anyone who is interested in teaching English. 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...  [Read more]

  In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word levigate. This word is used as a verb and refers to the action of reducing a material to powder or a smooth paste. The word originates from the Latin 'levis' meaning 'smooth'. 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 section provided plenty of examples of activities to do in a classroom and basic outline for lesson planning. It also talked about correction and things that you should be wary of when...  [Read more]

  In this video Linda breaks down the difference between ?anyone? and ?any one?. While this set of words is often confused, the difference is actually quite simple. Watch the video for detailed explanations and examples on the two words. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. I feel that this unit was very brief. I also feel that there could have been a bit more information provided with a little more explanation on aspects as some were quite confusing. Other...  [Read more]