Tefl Freedom

When selecting a TEFL course, it is best to narrow your focus to the courses that will give you the best chance to achieve your goals. TEFL qualified teachers are employed in a range of roles. Most notably, teaching children in a school setting, teaching business English at a language center, working as a private tutor, or teaching English online. Keeping your options open is a good approach, but it isn't for everyone. Understandably, some teachers limit their options to employment in a specific area or to the flexibility of online teaching jobs. If you wish to teach English via a virtual platform, it is advisable to complete a qualification which includes specific certification in teaching English online. Identifying the type of students that you would like to teach can also impact...  [Read more]

You are ready to jump into teaching ESL online, but do you require a TEFL certificate to land a good online teaching job? Generally, the answer is yes, a TEFL certificate is required or considered an asset for the majority of the highest-paying online teaching jobs. Even though it might not be a requirement for all teaching platforms out there, your pay when teaching online as a certified TEFL teacher will be higher with certification than without certification. Completing a TEFL course also gives you the confidence and abilities necessary to teach someone a foreign language, which is no simple undertaking! Aside from a TEFL certificate, there are a few other requirements for teaching English online, which we will explore here. In most cases, you will need to meet the following...  [Read more]

There is no simple answer to this question as it depends entirely on which type of TEFL course you choose to study. At ITTT we have a range of courses that are designed to suit the various needs of our trainees, each with its own time scale for completion. Online courses are often the quickest route towards TEFL certification. If you are in a real hurry a course such as our 60-hour introduction to TEFL may be a good choice as you can conceivably complete it in as little as five days. Even those who prefer to study at a slower rate should find they can complete the course within one month. However, it is worth remembering that the majority of employers worldwide insist on job applicants having a TEFL certificate of at least 100 hours. If you want to ensure you meet the criteria of these...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Taiyangmiao Nongchang? 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. In current culture travel is the forerunner for providing individuals a lasting memory that satisfies a multi-sensory experience. For individuals that what to immerse themselves into a new lifestyle, a TEFL certification will surely come in handy. To begin with, a TEFL certification will never expire. Once certified, an individual will be...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiaohai 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. The main objective of Education is the development of the personal discipline. Effective discipline aims for self-direction. The teachers should stimulate worthy motives and give the learners every opportunity to direct their own efforts. The rules of conduct can be worked out by the pupils themselves. Measures to check if the rules are being followed or not should...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ZhAnggang 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. China is an incredibly popular country for English teachers. Teaching in China is in high-demand, and there are many perks to working in such a large country. Options include teaching children and adults privately, as well as becoming an instructor in public schools. If an English teacher decides to teach at a university in China, there are...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xinglongshan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Fuxin 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. Like the receptive skills, teaching productive skills mainly involves creative ideas and class preparations to allow students the freedom to explore, as well as to express, the language output. At this stage, I think learners should be allowed, even encouraged, to make errors. This will allow them to correct themselves and build their confidence to produce the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shifosi 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 presented topics relating to special groups, namely young learners and business students. The information is quite superficial but gives some general starting points for the groups. The main lesson is that each group will have its own needs and requirements; the wise teacher should identify these and address them in the course work. Working in the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in PAnxin Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xinyang 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 course made me review all the grammar rules and practice them once again. It was all throughout a well-structured course and having a tutor being helpful and responsive I got more and more encouraged to do the course. The corrections to be done were clearly mentioned and understandable. My personal gain is that I will be allowed to teach all over the world with...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ShAwo Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xinyang 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 english language is in ever increasing demand throughout the world. Knowledge of the english language and the ability to use this language is rapidly becoming a valuable global commodity. At present there is a great worldwide desire to communicate in english and, as a result, there is a huge demand for trained and skilled teachers of english. The standard,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in XiaochAngxian KAifAqu? Are you interested in teaching English in Xiaogan 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. Fears of declining reading rates have long plagued the United States. In 2007, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) released To Read or Not To Read: A Question of National Consequence, a report showing that reading rates for all demographic factors had declined. The report shed light on the potentially devastating effects that such a decline may have:...  [Read more]

  Julia completed the 370-hour Diploma in TESOL and the 50-hour young learners course with ITTT. In this TESOL review video, Julia tells us how studying the courses online and without tutor allowed her the freedom to study at her own pace giving her the freedom to study and look after her two children at the same time. 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. Phonology the study of sounds is very interesting.it deals with the physical properties of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tongerbao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Liaoyang 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 is about teaching the productive skills - speaking and writing. A speaking lesson can include accuracy activities and fluency activities. Accuracy activities focus on producing correct language, while fluency activities focus on students having creative freedom in their speaking. It is important to encourage students to speak and help them be...  [Read more]

Understanding diversity in the classroom is of high importance for teachers. In society, educational institutions represent a rare opportunity for developing friendly relations among the worlds many ethnic groups. The open exchange in classrooms can contribute to a type of exchange found nowhere else in society. So teachers must not ignore multiethnic relations. The potential challenges a teacher faces for acknowledging the differences in students will be well rewarded if done with respect. Unfortunately, no matter the age or background, ethnicity perceptions are commonly found in individuals. Children are no exception. A study of Dutch and Turkish children conducted in the Netherlands showed that biases about ethnicity are widespread. Boys showed more ethnic bias than girls, but girls...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wanping 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. There are many programs that allow educators to become volunteer teachers, specifically my experience as a TEFL instructor in the Peace Corps China program has provided me with valuable insight into the importance of establishing strong relationships with students from different cultures. Teaching English is rural China was filled with many...  [Read more]

Understanding diversity in the classroom is of high importance for teachers. In society, educational institutions represent a rare opportunity for developing friendly relations among the worlds many ethnic groups. The open exchange in classrooms can contribute to a type of exchange found nowhere else in society. So teachers must not ignore multiethnic relations. The potential challenges a teacher faces for acknowledging the differences in students will be well rewarded if done with respect. Unfortunately, no matter the age or background, ethnicity perceptions are commonly found in individuals. Children are no exception. A study of Dutch and Turkish children conducted in the Netherlands showed that biases about ethnicity are widespread. Boys showed more ethnic bias than girls, but girls...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shiqiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Nanjing 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. While my teaching experience has been extremely brief, I still learned a lot from the past three month of teaching. While most of my knowledge about teaching has been attained from TEFL/TESOL, through the hands on and practical knowledge that I learned from working with young learners in China I was able to learn about classroom management and lesson planning in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Taiping 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 really enjoyed the course. I found it to be varied and at times quite challenging. It also goes over the same formula several times (Engage, Study, Activate) and therefore by the end I felt I had a good grounding in lesson planning and would have the confidence to teach a class. Although english is my mother tongue, looking back I did not have the necessary...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Pinggang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shangqiu 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 tefl course gained me insights and knowledge on teaching skills and language awareness. Those techniques will be very useful in teaching inside the classroom or anywhere where teaching is needed. It was certainly useful to brush up my grammar again, that is an aspect of the language which most people never think of anymore after their study. Before I took this...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Longling Gongyeyuan? 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. Students of different nationalities face a number of problems while studying in another country and I am going to be looking at these problems under different topics. There are a host of problems as a foreign student studying in another country other than your native homeland. Firstly,language is one of the most vital factor that affects students of varied...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dingjiafang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shenyang 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 focused on teaching the two productive skills: speaking and writing. These skills are both used for the same purpose, which is to communicate. In teaching these skills, there are two different types of activities that can be used--accuracy and fluency activities. When teaching speaking skills in the classroom, a teacher may use controlled, guided,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qizhou 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. One of the biggest problems teachers may have in the classroom is the students’ motivation to learn. Even if students are presented with the most interesting books, the most prepared lesson plans or the most elaborate materials, if they are not motivated to learn, they won’t give their best and work hard in the classroom. Well, what is motivation anyway? Oxford...  [Read more]

There are many employment options for individuals who obtain the TEFL Certificate. One need only look on the numerous internet websites (1) that post such positions and see the variety of offers available around the world. By far, the most advertised jobs are teaching in elementary and secondary schools. (2) Careers are even available at the University level in many countries. Private language schools and private businesses also are looking for teachers. Tutoring, either privately, through a school or an agency is yet another option. Many who work at teaching jobs will take private tutoring jobs as a way to enhance their income (3). Future teachers who lack either experience or perhaps a college degree may want to look into volunteer work. Many TEFL students come to the course and know...  [Read more]

There are many employment options for individuals who obtain the TEFL Certificate. One need only look on the numerous internet websites (1) that post such positions and see the variety of offers available around the world. By far, the most advertised jobs are teaching in elementary and secondary schools. (2) Careers are even available at the University level in many countries. Private language schools and private businesses also are looking for teachers. Tutoring, either privately, through a school or an agency is yet another option. Many who work at teaching jobs will take private tutoring jobs as a way to enhance their income (3). Future teachers who lack either experience or perhaps a college degree may want to look into volunteer work. Many TEFL students come to the course and know...  [Read more]

Teaching English as a Foreign Language is a career that is open to anyone with an excellent standard of written and spoken English, regardless of age, nationality, or academic history. All you need, apart from a solid understanding of the language, is a TEFL or TESOL certification and the drive to make your dreams come true. However, despite all the many benefits that await teachers heading overseas, there are also a few potential issues that you need to prepare for. So what are the main pros and cons of TEFL? Once you have completed your TEFL certification course you will be able to apply for teaching jobs in virtually any country you can think of. If you dream of living and working by a tropical beach, or if a major world city such as Tokyo, Milan, or Rio is your preference, no problem,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in HAlinge'er 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. While there may be some small disadvantages to teaching students on a one to one basis, as opposed to in a traditional classroom setting, there are also many advantages. In this essay we will look at some of these advantages. Each person is unique in the way that they think and in the way that they learn. Some learn better through hearing, while others learn...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shipogu 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. This course offers more than just how to teach english as a foreign/second language. I have learnt quite a few skills from this course. First of all, during the time when we were students, the teachers did not use lesson plans to teach us. We were almost in the darkness regarding the journey of learning. After attending to this course I have learnt there is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wanfudian 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. As a teacher, lesson planning should be among one of most important things to consider. Throughout my personal experience as a student, good teachers are always one who have came to class well prepared. It gives me great comfort, when I know the teachers have put in the effort to give the students the best education. One of the most tangible way of showing effort...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qinting Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Pingxiang 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. Planning lessons plays an important role within the procedures of teaching and learning. Lesson planning is generally subject to controversy since there have been debatable arguments on whether or not planning lessons should be implemented by EFL teachers. More precisely, while some suggests that lesson planning should be done; other advocates that it restricts...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tuchengzi 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. Engage-Study-Activate “ESA” is a methodology that teachers can apply to their classroom adding structure on how they will be teaching their students. The criteria the teacher will follow will have an engage phase, study phase and an activate phase. The first step will be to engage the students with what is known as warmers. The study phase will be used more as...  [Read more]