Ways Of Teaching English Language

Teaching English as a foreign language can be done one of two ways: teaching a group of students or by teaching on a one-to-one basis. It's estimated that up to 40% of TEFL teaching is done one-to-one, however teachers find it increasingly difficult to find relevant material, advice and assistance on the method. Nicola Meldrum argues that teaching one-to-one 'unfortunately is not covered much in ELT discussion' and that 'It is somehow assumed that teaching English as a foreign language means organizing huge groups of students, while the reality is that one to one is a normal and significant part of our teaching lives' . Teachers are in effect left to their own devices; however this doesn't stop the concept of teaching one- to-one being an effective and advantageous method for both the...  [Read more]

EFL stands for English as a Foreign Language and is to almost all purposes the same as ESL, English as a Second Language. These two are also equivalent to ESOL which means, English to Speakers of Other Languages. For each of these terms, when we talk about the teaching of them, we add a ‘T’ to the front of each acronym and hence we arrive at the terms TEFL, TESL and TESOL. As they are basically the same we will refer to just one from here on, TEFL for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language and EFL for English as a Foreign Language. Almost all TEFL teaching positions require a minimum qualification of a 100 to 120-hour TEFL certification. Courses provided to cover this certification are usually delivered by one of three methods, namely, onsite courses, online courses and combined...  [Read more]

  The dynamics of classroom interaction is often dictated by the arrangement of the classroom itself and the way in which the classroom is arranged could depend upon a number of factors and they might include things such as the age of the students, so for example we're unlikely to have the same arrangement for adult learners as we would have for young learners. It could also depend upon the actual physical space available. The physical space may determine how we have to arrange our classroom to maximize the opportunity for interaction and so forth. It will also depend on what material is available and by material in this case we're talking about the actual desks and chairs and so on and so forth. Perhaps the final thing we might put here is that it could also depend upon the...  [Read more]

If you are bored with the everyday grind and want a new life that is full of travel and adventure, TEFL could be the perfect option for you. First you need to choose the right TEFL course to suit your situation and then work your way through the training. Once you have completed the course and you have your TEFL certificate in hand you will be ready to head overseas to start work as an English language teacher in the country of your choice. These acronyms are used when referring to training courses that English language teachers undertake, as well as the certification they receive upon completion. TEFL stands for Teaching English as a Foreign Language and TESOL stands for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. As these terms are essentially the same, they are often used...  [Read more]

As learning the English language continues to rise in popularity all over the world so too does the number of course providers offering TEFL certification. Unfortunately for potential trainees there is little regulation governing TEFL course providers which makes it hard to distinguish between the good, the bad, and the downright ugly. The good news is there is something you can do to check the quality of a course. If the course is accredited by an independent body then it is fair to assume that it is of a reasonable standard. Essentially, an accrediting body is an independent third party who conducts a thorough review of the course provider's academic and professional standards, and if satisfied they provide their accreditation. When researching potential courses you should look out for...  [Read more]

  There are some other classroom management issues that we need to consider and they may include issues such as writing on the board, giving students individual attention, the use of teacher talk time, the way in which we should give instructions to our students, the building and maintaining of rapport with our students, and finally the one that perhaps most new teachers particularly spend a lot of time worrying and thinking about, is the issue of classroom discipline. So what we'd like to do is to take each of these in turn and look at some of the major issues surrounding these classroom management issues. 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...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yanjing 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. Completing a TEFL course is useful in many ways. Firstly, it is useful to complete a TEFL course because of the knowledge it provides. Before starting this course I obviously had english background, but I wasn’t aware of all the grammatical points I was missing out on. This course has really made me think and taught me some very new ideas that I had not previously...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Songhe 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. For almost a hundred years the IQ test, which tested reading and logical skills, was used to determine a person’s general intelligence. Howard Gardener, a Harvard psychologist found this idea too limiting and in 1983 introduced his theory of multiple intelligences, where intelligence is made up of more diverse skills. Gardener initially listed 7 intelligences....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huadexianchangshun Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Wulanchabu Shi — Ulanqab? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Fluency in modern languages is an important factor in social and professional integration. There is no age to learn, adult or young child, only the learning method is different. The adults voluntarily and actively take part in the learning process which is linked to their experiences; unlike the children who receive the learning in a rather...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Bailuqiao 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. Teaching vocabulary is one of the important ways for teachers to help English students succeed. When students expand their vocabulary, they can improve other language skills. The more vocabulary students have, the more words they can use to express thinking in their mind. And there are so many ways to help students to build their vocabulary, especially the three...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in DaizhuAng 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. When it comes to learning any topic, some of the most important aspects are: motivation, time available, practice, and an appropriate learning environment. When it comes to language learning the added challenge of the existence of an L1 is very important to keep in mind, and in order to overcome this, a lot of research has been made over the years, one of the most...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wanshi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Wuxi 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. Involvement of parents in children’s learning journey plays an important role in their success. The more engaged the parents are in helping a child in learning, the greater the positive impact is on their achievement. Moreover, if parents use fun and relaxing ways, children will be able to learn more effectively in English. Here are seven effective ways that parents...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Baimiaohe 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. Ensuring a Positive Learning Experience Through Good Classroom Management For this essay, I chose option number 3 (classroom management). One of the most important things a teacher can do for her students is provide a positive learning environment. A large part of ensuring that the learning atmosphere is motivating and engaging is assuring that there is an...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in TianwAn Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huaihua 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 begin with, what is discipline? Discipline can be defined by the control gained by enforcing obedience or order. Discipline enables you to have self-control as a teacher. When working in a classroom, using discipline either teaches children to be well behaved or punishing and correcting them. Teachers use discipline to ensure routine is maintained and ensure...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in BaijiAping 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. HOW CAN PARENTS HELP STUDENTS TO LEARN ENGLISH As the learning of a child starts at home.Parents are their first teachers and they have a key duty in shaping up their character and Learning of anything including English. A child’s education at home and school makes a child’s actual learning. Being a helping hand in their learning journey and travel with them...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in QianjiAng Jingji KAifAqu? 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. I believe that peer learning can be very helpful in an English as a Second Language classroom. I believe that as a language learner there is nothing more helpful than learning from people around you. I have found that humans are very social beings just by the nature of being human. I believe that we learn best by interacting with...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in HuAping Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Enshi Tujiazu Miaozu 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. There are many interesting ways in which an instructor can use games to demonstrate and teach various areas of the English language. This is so even when teaching business English learners where the materials covered can be more specific, complicated or uninteresting. For example, games could be used to teach those in the finance, law,...  [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]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Changdian 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. I could have chosen any of the other topics, but the abundance of choice would have left me very indecisive. This topic, simple as it may seem to some, covers it all for me. We can talk about language acquisition in many different ways but the most important thing to establish before those ways take any effect, is confidence. I have seen students come from a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dayu 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. One to one lessons can be beneficial in many ways. During these lessons our students get individual attention and can produce amazing results which are achieved through personalized approach. There are many techniques and strategies that we can use to make these lessons even more successful and productive. In the first place, it is important to build rapport with our...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chenjia Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Panjin 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. Writing and speaking skills are essential for a language learner. Teacher must consider the best ways to teach these skills in the best way. Speaking and writing skills are different in the way of its presentation. One must master speaking skills as they provide communication in the real time. Writing skills are often neglected by the teachers as people tend to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in SAnyitang Nongchang? 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. Confidence is an important aspect when it comes to students' attitudes in a classroom setting and they can lose that confidence quickly. It is important for a teacher to know how to keep the student motivated and confident that they will be able to learn the materials given to them. There are a number of ways a teacher can help with this. Some of the things...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in SAntang 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. Through my experience as an Assistant Language Teacher in Japan, there have been numerous difficulties and challenges my students face in learning the English language. My students are primarily within the ages of 5 and 15. These challenges involve the pronunciation difficulties the students face coming from Japanese pronunciation, as well as the methodology of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Daitou 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. Teaching a foreign language can be a challenge in and of itself. It can be a whole other challenge when teaching children. Throughout my TEFL Young Learner’s course I have learned a lot about how to teach young students English as a second language. This is the best thing I’ve learned throughout my TEFL course because I spend a lot of time with children, mostly...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Mengxi 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. Throughout the lessons, I noticed a strong theme of games in the classroom. They appeared in every example and nearly every unit. This stood out to me and I looked further into the role that games play in the classroom. Games impact and help the students in many ways. They are engaging, help build rapport with their peers and the teacher, they allow the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Budunhua Muchang? 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. Motivated students make effective learners. When students have a reason to learn they will be inspired to learn and will catch on to a variety of topics presented in a wide variety of ways. They will be more engaged with the material presented and they will be more willing to interact and try out new ideas. There are many kinds of motivation and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xihe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huai'an Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Teaching a language can be done in many different ways, the importance is the intention from the teacher for her students to learn. There are teachers whom does not care that much if their students learn nor if her/his classes have certain harmony or if a good or bad relationship exists between students. The responsibility and the commitment of trespassing knowledge to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in TiAnmuhu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. It is quite often said that learning grammar can hinder speaking English fluently. I, a big fan of grammar and also a current grammar teacher, also have heard of it and furthermore, partially agree with it. When learning English, students have to develop fluency and accuracy at the same time, but being too obsessed with accuracy might affect the fluency in a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in SAnhekou 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. Why learning teaching skills are important? Well, on my own experience I would like to say that it doesn´t matter if you have a lot of information or even a lot of material to teach (in this case the English language) if you haven´t developed at least basic teaching elements you won´t be able at all to share your knowledge with others. I believe that it is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Buzi 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. When a teacher goes into the classroom, it is vital to give the nice first impression to the students. It is also quite delicate how you do it and continue to win over the students during the teaching. When it comes to this topic, the teachers need to be confident. Then how can they be confident, keep increasing it and turn it into the teaching strengths? Teaching is...  [Read more]