Tefl Exam

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]

We have made it our mission to provide you with the very best teacher training in the industry. This includes comprehensive pre- and post-course support so that all our course graduates can start their new journey as an English teacher in the best way possible. Due to this extensive support, we are proud to say that our pass rate is over 90%, which is one of the highest in the TEFL industry. A high-level TEFL course is comparable to a university course as it involves a great amount of time and effort. However, if you put in the work, review all the course content thoroughly and do well on your assessment tests, chances of failing are very slim. Depending on the TEFL course you choose, you will have between 6 months and a year to complete it. We also have tutor support available for all...  [Read more]

  This video is part of our video series on "Evaluation and Testing of Students". In this video, we look at the most common Academic English exams learners of English take around the world. It is important for EFL teachers to know these different types of proficiency test as they will most likely come across them during their teaching career. 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 serves to give knowledge about the different part of speech that are...  [Read more]

  This video is part of our video series on "Evaluation and Testing of Students". In this video, we look at some of the most common general English exams students of English take around the world. EFL teachers often hold classes to prepare the students for these international proficiency exams. 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 is very informative and basically covers different teaching themes that are appropriate in teaching Business English...  [Read more]

  This video is part of our video series on "Evaluation and Testing of Students". In this video, we look at some of the most common business English exams people take around the world. Many EFL teachers around the world need to prepare their students for these international proficiency tests. 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 development. This unit contains the level testing by asking and answering. This step helps set the parameters for the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Guangdegong 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. Two years ago, I became an Assistant Language Teacher at a technical High School in Japan, and my first major project was to help my students pass an optional listening exam called the “Technical English Exam.” Technical English is the specific English needed in technical work environments, such as engineering and information technology. Starting in April,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jiuzhoulu 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 wonder what would be recommended for student's who do very well on their placement exams but do not do well in the level that the exam places them into? I have had students that flounder in advanced classes, after having aced the advance language placement exam. Is it a good idea (especially for the student's confidence level) to change a student to a less...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yuxi 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. Listening section in any English exam is considered to be the easiest for some and to be the hardest for the others. Why do these opinions split so much and how to make listening effective for teaching English for exams? The answer is in the top-down and bottom-up listening skills. In real life when students are talking to their friends in the bar they rely on their...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lubei 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. In this essay, I will discuss some ideas which can be useful to help students cope with stress when having to deal with the preparation of Cambridge exams. Nowadays, many people, both teens and adults, sooner or later find themselves in a situation in which it is highly recommended or even mandatory to obtain a Cambridge certificate, and something I have realised...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hutang 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. Second language learning has always created problems. If it is not similar with linguistic family of your mother tongue, there can be more and more problems. With these difficulties, one has to manage these problems. Difficulties and problems will always be there. The important thing is your effort. These problems can differ from country to country. But in this...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Pailou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jingmen 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. Testing and evaluating a class is an extremely important aspect of teaching. It gives the teacher the opportunity to examine each student’s progress and decide how to best help them to continue to move forward. In addition to this, it allows students to receive feedback on their own progress, which can boost student’s self-confidence and motivation. This paper...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hangji 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. By the time the average Japanese student graduates from high school, they will have studied English for more than six years. Those who continue to university will spend at least another two years studying the language, for a total of eight years. Despite this, the average Japanese graduate is hardly able to hold a basic conversation in English. The differences...  [Read more]

  In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word "huckster". This word has to meanings an can either refer to someone who sells or advertises something in an aggressive and dishonest manner or to a person who creates promotions for commercial clients, such as for the radio or TV. 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. There are a variety of assessments available for English learners. Before staring a new class, students can take a placement exam that...  [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 Teaching...  [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. In this lesson, many different styles of exams were covered. Placement tests allow schools and instructors to assess the students' proficiency early on. Progress tests give schools the ability to evaluate the student progress throughout the class term. Also, external exams are used by certain schools for English-language evaluation. Overall, the value of an exam at different stages of the lessons requires students to...  [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 Siping 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. Education in China, what can you learn from it? The experience of living and working abroad for sure will gives us another vision of the world. If you have been in China, enough you will learn to be more patient and tolerant. Live with another culture is not easy, and we learn how to be flexible. We definitely are different, we live different, our...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in XingshAnlǚyou Guanli QuxingshAn Jiedao? 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. Most of students learn English because they or their parents want them to improve the exam marks. They find a lot of difficulties on reading, this unit give me some useful tips for students. I agree that we should always pre teach the difficult vocabulary for the student, then they won't be lose interest because they think the passage is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hulu 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. It is important to evaluate and test students from the very beginning of any school related subject enrollment, maybe as simple as taking a course by personal choice or even a work related situation. There are different ways to evaluate students’ levels and their progress as well as the testing or exams that may be required during their studies....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hebi Shi? 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| In the first part of the unit, I learned about the different types of modal auxiliary verbs 1 Unit 15 explains the reasons for different types of tests and exams during the language study process This unit provides and excellent overview of professional development tools from CV tips to job...  [Read more]

  In this ITTT TEFL review video Paul describes his experience during his TEFL/TESOL course in Sydney. He talks about the people he met and the students he taught during the course. ITTT's TEFL/TESOL certification courses last for four weeks and are held in a variety of exciting sites like Sydney. No matter which training center you select, our courses will focus on training you to teach English with the international standard communicative approach, where English is the only language used in the classroom. This means you do not need to be able to speak the local language. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Linxi 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. TESTING VS EXPERIENCES.WHICH ONE ? When I think about my young ages , I remember being in a such a hurry before the exam days.Sleepless nights ,eating disorders , sometimes having nightmares , getting more introverted ,having so many social problems.. The list could go on and on .. But Why ? Way was I so worried about myself ? Lack of Self-confidence? Society pressure...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Baiquan 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. I have learned a lot from this course. Before, I was having a hard time constructing sentences since I was really confused with the tenses, but now, I can say that I have the confidence to write articles and speak in front of everybody else. I have the confidence to teach and I have acquired lots of ideas in lesson planning and teaching. I am very much excited to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in DonghukAifAqudawuchen? Are you interested in teaching English in Wuhan 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 work in two schools. I am an assistant language teacher at one commercial (low-level English) high school, and at an integrated (high-level English) academic junior high and high school. I have had experiences with different kinds of students, Japanese-English teachers, and classroom atmospheres. In Japan, students take an entrance exam to get into high...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in GuAnhui Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhoukou 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. From completing this course, I feel that I have gained new skills and knowledge connected with teaching english as a foreign language. I hope to put all my new-found skills into practice in a classroom. I believe that I have learned how to control large classes and deal with any troublesome students effectively, how to make lessons fun and enjoyable to keep the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jingtouwei 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. Attempting to learn a new language is very challenging undertaking. There are many obstacles and difficulties that an ESL student will face not only when they are a beginner, but also throughout their entire English education. There are so many unique rules and intricacies to the English language that it can be very daunting at times trying to remember...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Heye 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. Tanzania! Where's that? It is a Swahili speaking country in East Africa just south of Kenya. However, no matter how close countries may be geographically, generalizations should not be made about anything, let alone educational institutions and learner levels. This is only one of the many problems facing students in Tanzania. My background in this topic comes from...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in HuAshi 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. To many students, school can feel like more of a chore than a pleasurable experience. Whether it is struggling to pay attention to lectures or to complete homework assignments, all students will lose focus at some point or another. One way to make the learning process more pleasurable is by transforming the classroom into a game-like environment. This does not...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tongyang 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. All of us – adults and kids deal with stress. To some degree, we can all relate to the feeling of feeling uncomfortable and out of place, especially when we are trying something new and experimenting with a new task outside of our comfort zone. When teaching English to students as a second language, the expectancy of stress and the feeling of not being too...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Benniu 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. This essay would examine the role of English perceived by Chinese high school students who only treat English as a necessary subject of Gaokao (National University Entrance Exam). Generally, the importance of English include two aspects: communicative function and the tool of transmitting knowledge. There are a large amount of Chinese students who are not...  [Read more]