Tefl Pros

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 YongshAn 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. In this unit I learned about pros and cons of structuring/planning the lesson or the series of lessons. It's good to have a plan, but it's important to maintain flexibility within the plan. The plan provides some point of reference for the teacher to look back on as a record, and also could help with covering (in case the teacher is sick or has to take leave of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ZhAngji Zhen? 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. Classroom seating arrangement is important and the design phase should be based on the following factors: 1) Classroom size and shape A good assessment on the size and configuration of the classroom will assist with the type, number and size of tables and chairs that is suitable for the student age group. Be mindful of the presence of support beams, position of power...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Quanhu 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. As time goes on, everything evolves, including technology. And with the rise of new technological innovations, education has done it’s best to adapt to such innovations to cater to the needs of its students. Today, I will be talking about the pros and cons of online and onsite TEFL learning and which one is the most suitable. Let us begin with online learning: As...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tezhongyangzhichang? 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. One emerging field of work is teaching business English. When teaching business English, there are both pros and cons. To mention a couple in each category; one pro is the vast knowledge of information students will hold in their particular field. Another pro is that typically business English students are adults so behavioral issues will be less common. One...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in BAyannaoershixinAn 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. The following is from 17 years personal experience Which seating arrangement is the best? This question has been asked by teachers and will continue to be a debated topic. Traditional or row, grouping or cluster, U-shaped, and circle arrangements are the top four classroom seating plans I have witnessed. Although each has its own...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wangyizhen Zhen? 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. The very moment I started thinking about the TEFL/TESOL course, there were many options that came up my mind that’s online TEFL course or on-site course. Another thought I had in mind was after completing the course should I teach English in a classroom or online? Although both options have its pros and con, there are several distinct differences between...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huilongpu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changsha Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In this essay, I will talk about the differences and pros and cons of one to one and group teaching. All the arguments given are based on my teaching experience with young learners. Pros of one to one teaching for teachers. The biggest advantage of this teaching style is the easily manageable class. The teacher doesn't need to think about more classroom...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Duqiao 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. Another great and tricky, I love the challenge your units give me. In this unit I enjoyed the task sheets a lot, i thought they were tons of fun. Its also interesting to learn the extra information about course books and all its pros and cons. Its always better to have a few of many different levels to have a good variety, I find. Another great and tricky, I love...  [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 2 focuses on teaching and learning aspects. It explains the teacher's roles, which are varied, and the different categories of learners. An explanation of the teaching of adults and the advantages and disadvantages follows. The module then moves on to examine the pros and cons of the ‘one to one' approach, followed by the teaching of groups. After this, the unit provides a summary of the four language skills...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wugen 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. Unit 14 teaches the pros and cons of coursebooks and lesson materials. First, the unit covers the use and differences of authentic and creative materials, how anything authentic in our day-to-day activities is pre-existing; whilst creative materials are produced to personally teach or reinforce a specific learning point. Later, it analyses the use of the course book,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qiyi 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. Unit 14 describes the ways in which teachers can use course books and class materials in the most effective and creative ways. A balanced combination of authentic materials and created materials, is a great way to form a structured yet engaging class. This unit discusses pros and cons of these materials as well as for course books, making it clear that the only way to...  [Read more]

  In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word meticulous. This word refers to the action of showing great attention to detail, as well as being very careful or precise. Some synonyms for meticulous include careful, diligent and conscientious. The word comes from the Latin meticulosus meaning fearful. 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. The content of this unit consisted of characteristics of the different groups in a classroom, and the roles...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Damuchang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shiyan Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. There are a lot of teaching methods. Some of them are more popular, some of them less. But the theme of this summative task is about efficiency, not about the most interesting or the most popular method. So, is drilling an effective teaching method? If we want to ask this question, in first, we need to consider following question: “What is drilling?”. After...  [Read more]

  In this TEFL review video, Mark from the UK talks about his experience studying with ITTT. Mark took the 120-hour online TEFL course with tutor support and videos. He decided to take the course so that he could teach English in Northern Thailand. Mark had a very positive experience taking the 120-hour course and is now taking a specialised course in teaching English to young learners. 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 discussed the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huodian 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. I have learned many of the grammar rules in much more detail even for my own personal knowledge. But more importantly, I have learned how to teach and use various activities to apply these important rules to my students. Learning about the Engage, Study, and Activate phases for lesson plans was extremely helpful as I will probably start using the same format when I...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chumen 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. The focus of Unit 14 is the effective use of coursebooks and lesson materials. The section on lesson materials provides insights regarding the the differences and uses for 'authentic' versus 'created' materials, as well as a detailed understanding of the various types of materials that we can bring to our classroom (e.g., white boards, video, worksheets, visual aids,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jietou 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. In this unit, I learned that teacher can use both authentic and created materials, each one has pros and cons, so as a teacher I need to carefully select the materials I will use based on the curriculum my school wishes to carry out. I have learned that I can utilize what is already in place when starting a new position, but then I can add to the curriculum by...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Guangyang 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 went over various theories, methods, and techniques that are commonly used in teaching English language-learning students. It talked about the pros and cons of most methods, and it encouraged us to use a variety of these teaching methods, rather than relying on a few, possibly making our teaching methods stale. This unit also heavily focused on the three...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yuehe 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. Unit 5 covers how to organise and manage a class, and how to maintain a relaxed but disciplined atmosphere. The unit provides information on the use of body language and gestures and how to create good rapport with the students. It also covers the pros and cons of students working together and separately. One can also learn about seating arrangements in the classroom...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Mian Kesuo? 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. This unit focussed on lesson planning and it talked about the pros and cons for planning. The purpose, principles of planning a lesson such as keeping it simple and do's and don't's. Also understanding that even with a plan, the lesson might change and we will have to adjust the lesson accordingly. A list of what a lesson plan should include was discussed as well as...  [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. I learned the difference uses of tools in the classroom ranging from audio recorders, to dvd players and projectors, etc. There are many different ones to use, and all have their benefits, and seemingly few detriments. I learned the pros and cons for using an electronic white board, and for using the audio cassette player, as well as a video camera recording device. Most classes don't have a radio. I learned which ones...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Daduo 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. For my summative task, I have chosen the topic of ‘online TEFL courses vs onsite TEFL courses’ As we becoming more technical and digitally savvy, the obvious answer to this debate is that online TEFL courses are the way of the future, but is it really? Follow me for the next few minutes as I run through my pros and cons of teaching online and onsite. Let’s look...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in HenankAifeng Jingji KAifAqu? Are you interested in teaching English in Kaifeng Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. At this unit I`ve learnt some useful things about classroom management as: importance of an eye contact, it can help, but shouldn`t be too much when necessary, positive role of gestures and voice. Also unit helped me realize that it is unnecessary to be an extrovert in the classroom to be a good teacher. I took some notes about sitting arrangements as...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in HongniwAn 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. In this unit, I learned about the different types of classroom equipment that I can use in my future classroom. Although more modern equipment such as interactive whiteboards have made it possible to plan lessons that may have not been possible before, I recognized the importance of learning how to use the equipment properly and having a backup plan ready in the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Guaihe 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 was very useful as I learned some common problem situations. First of all the unit discussed the pros and cons of teaching 'new groups' v 'existing groups'. I learned some ways how a teacher can establish rapport with their students. I learned about the value of 'warmers' and some ideas for activities.I learned about teaching students of different levels as...  [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. This lesson was a lot heavier than I expected it to be. Establishing rapport was a big deal for me and I had to keep coming back to that point. I really enjoyed this lesson because it explains the pros and cons of each classroom setting. I realized that I have made a couple of mistakes in my past teaching experiences. Based on these standards, I can change my ways a little bit so that my teaching style matches the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xuedian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Pingdingshan 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 truly learnt so much from this unit. I learnt about different methodoligies of teaching- the pros and cons about each one. I learnt the 3 major phases that take place in a lesson and what each phase should consist of and examples of what could be done in those phases. I also learnt about 3 types of lesson plans- staight arrow, boomerang and patchwork. Every...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in SAnyu 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. Depending upon the place and purpose, an English language teacher can expect to come across classes with a variety characteristic, such as variability in age, ability, religion, etc. One such situation is a class that is either entirely monolingual: where everyone has the same L1, or a multilingual one: where the L1 of the students are different. Although a teacher...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiwa'ertu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hulunbei'er Shi — Hulunbuir? 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. Seating arrangements have always been taken into consideration by EFL teachers to generate a conducive teaching and learning environment. Varied seating arrangements have been tried and tested by teachers to improve the efficiency of tasks, delivery of lessons, improve the efficacy of a session, control disruptive behaviour of students, and...  [Read more]