Why I Teach

There is no simple answer to this question as the reasons for teaching English are different for different people. For some it is the chance to help people who need English to improve their job status and to provide for their families. For others it is the adventure of heading overseas that is the real draw. With a TEFL qualification you can realistically look for work in almost any country you can think of. Another major benefit of teaching English that is often overlooked is that it provides a huge boost to the confidence and future careers of thousands of people who see it as a major step on their work and study journey. Whatever your own reasons for wanting to teach English, you will get to travel, help other people, and gain valuable work and life experience, all while exploring your...  [Read more]

Spain is one of the most popular TEFL destinations in Europe and it attracts thousands of teachers from all over the world every year. However, before you jump on the plane to sunny Spain, you might want to consider what Latin America has to offer. When armed with all the facts, many teachers decide that a country in this region is actually better suited to them. One of the many benefits of teaching English abroad is it provides a perfect opportunity to learn another language during your stay. Many people choose Spain as their teaching destination as they assume it is the best environment for learning the Spanish language. However, the reality is that the Spanish spoken in Spain uses an accent and slang that is very different to anywhere else, to the point that Spanish speakers from other...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhenlai Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Baicheng 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 lesson I learned how much of an impact the teachers attutufe and disposition has on the learning of the students they teach. When I was in school I had a teacher much like the one in the first video and I never understood why learning in his class was soo difficult. I now understand that his negativity towards our learning speeds and his ineffective lesson...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gaomiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Haidong 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 13 tackles the difficult topic of phonology and why it is important, as well as why it can be difficult to teach. It goes into the anatomy of speech and how sounds are created, which can be confusing as the teacher may be so used to making the sounds that it is hard to describe, or the student may not understand how a sound is made because they do not use that...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shanyou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Songyuan Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I found this short unit very interesting. I would start this by saying that I had not ever considered or seen reading and listeneing the way I already learned from you guys. Now I can help my students to differentiate the way they see both. I´m looking forward to starting to teach new lessons focused on this material. I would love asking my students why they...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Menghe 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. Why indeed, I asked myself this very question and seriously considered how it would benefit me. Being a native English speaker and having taught within my profession for many years both in my home country and abroad, I wondered how hard it could be transitioning from teaching within the medical field, to multilingual students, to now teaching English. I have...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in SongzhuAng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Luoyang 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 the importance of receptive skills - reading and listening. First, I learned the reasons for why we read and why we listen, which can either be for pleasure, a purpose, or both. Then, I learned the various ways people read and listen (skimming, scanning, reading/listening for details, etc.). One thing I found a bit confusing about this...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in ChuAnjing Zhen? 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. I have attempted to learn three new languages during my life Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese. As an English native speaker Spanish should have been the easiest for me to learn, but it was the language I struggled with the most. The reason for this started to become clear as I began learning Japanese and then Chinese. The things I did not do while...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in BAcun 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. Even though I am a native speaker I learn many rules of grammar that I never knew before. My grammar was always good but never knew why it was the way it is. This course has given me a better understanding of why english is spoken and written the way it is. The course has given me the confidence to teach any level of students. Before this course I always tried to stay...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in YuanbaoshAn 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. Why complete a TEFL course？I am not a native speaker, and English is not my major. I am not even a teacher. I love my job,even though it’s tough sometimes, and I am old ,it’s very unlikely that English-teaching would become a full time career for me.So even me myself will ask the question: Why complete a TEFL course？I will talk about it in two different...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Longhu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhengzhou 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 acquired much priceless knowledge from this course. Before starting it I did not know anything about teaching methodology, to say nothing of the ?ESA? method. Teaching methods which are used in my country are absolutely different to those presented in the course. They are mainly based on the grammar-translation method. That is why I did not even imagine that...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yingchengzi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Siping 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. Having had experience learning in this way in other foreign language classes, learning about how and why these tactics are helpful was incredibly interesting. The patchwork example lesson, in particular, I found very helpful, just to see how and why different aspects and portions of the lesson should be broken up in order to be most beneficial to the students. ...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhonghe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Tonghua 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. After studying Unit 11, I am more aware of the receptive skills in language: reading and listening. As a teacher, I have seen students who are good in reading words however lack in understanding them. This is why I agree with the statement, “reading and listening are not simply matters for the eyes and ears, but also a matter of using our minds to literally...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Taiqinggong 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. Through this course I have learnt and gained a new skill. I have relearnt a lot of grammar which I use every day but don't think about, or realize what a trap for non-english it is with all our different tenses. Also the subtleties of our languages and the number of words said the same but written differently and with quite different meanings. I see this in my...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in LongshengzhuAng 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. I for one am glad to be a native English speaker. There are so many peculiarities and I will list just a few starting with idioms. A blessing in disguise. Meaning: A good thing that initially seemed bad. Why would a blessing be wearing any kind of disguise? A dime a dozen. Meaning: Something that is very common. If you spoke Spanish and looked...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in WangzhuAngzhai 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 a lot about how english grammar works. Sometimes you don't realize just how things work. It's easy to take for granted the things that come naturally to us but to begin to understand how and why english works the way it does is rather interesting. I have really enjoyed learning how to make lesson plans. I know this will be a huge resource for...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Ma'An 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. Since I remember I have always been thinking about becoming a teacher. At the end I decided to study on the Technical University, however the idea of teaching experience was still on my mind. I have not finished pedagogy, so teaching was for me just a hobby (since I was not a certified teacher). First experience with teaching that I have had, was during my studies. It...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in JiAngxia Qu Jingji KAifAqu Zanglongdao? 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. Have you ever wondered why people all over the world are somehow curious about the English language? Or why does a country like Japan where in English language is not a requirement to get a job, is on demand for more competent and effective English teachers? These kinds of questions make me remember my favorite quote, “Everything has a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in MujiAngping 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. Lesson planning is a topic that has a lot of controversy in the teaching community. A lot people believe that lesson planning is a waste of time and some believe that it is the most important thing to have when conducting lessons in a classroom. According to the E-learning Network, “Lesson planning is a significant element of the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Guying Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhengzhou 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 already had a good knowledge of english, or so I thought, but I especially found the grammar part very useful and a great guidance in my lessons. I know how to speak and when and where to use the various types of speech and tenses, but have found the lessons of invariable help in helping me to actually explain why it?s done in that why when the students ask me....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in YijiAwAn 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. I would start saying that talking about my own experience either as a learner or a teacher it is really important to love what you are doing. As a student, I like a teacher that may help me not understand the subject but also be so interested that I would start doing research and learn more about the topic. We as teachers have a lot of responsibility, we can make...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in BaicAng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shaoyang 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 are games important? Why do we play games? How do people play games in the class? Theses are the questions people usually ask. Normally their concern is what they can learn from the games? In my opinion,playing games in the classroom is not only for fun but also for practicing and reviewing what you have learned.In my class I have always enjoyed playing games,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Minggang 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. I really learned a lot about structuring classes and the Engage, Study, Activate method. I had done something similar to this with my teaching style but I like this idea and it seems to work well and flow. Growing up we learn a lot of things in school and the how or why we learned it are forgotten. It was interesting to come across some things in the units that I...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jiulong Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhengzhou 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 has taught me why people who are learning english say it is difficult. As a child we were not taught grammar in such detail and when you learnt something about grammar no one told you why it was that way, it just was. This course has taught me in detail the grammar system of the english language. It has also taught me different ways and styles of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xinfeng Kenzhichang? Are you interested in teaching English in Nanchang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In this unit I discovered how to create a lesson plan. I learnt what information should be included in a lesson plan and why it is an effective tool for a teacher. In this unit I discovered how to create a lesson plan. I learnt what information should be included in a lesson plan and why it is an effective tool for a teacher.  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Butaji 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 has been invaluable to me on many levels. Firstly, this course has perfected my grammar. As a Native english speaker, I never thought of why I would speak english the way I do. And sometimes Native speakers do not necessary speak correct grammar all the time. As a future teacher, I will be able to explain to my students the reasons for the way we speak...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Heimahe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hainan Zangzu Zizhizhou? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This Section was very interesting to me. I'm interested in the nitty gritty details of linguistics and how to teach them well. At first, I was surprised to find out that pronunciation is often a neglected aspect of teaching english to non-native speakers. However, as I read through the lesson, I started to understand why many teachers skip over these...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Liyutang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chenzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Ever since I was in elementary school, I have always looked up to teachers. They have inspired me all my life, the role they play in a child's life is one of the most amazing things ever. That is the main reason I decided that I wanted to be a teacher myself. I have a few years of volunteer teaching work and from it I have learned many things. Some of the main...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Sihecheng 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. In this unit we could learn about how to teach two productive skills. I have learnt why writing is most neglect skill and few interesting ideas how to incorporate it in the class. I liked the activity of completing speech bubbles it is to be least time consuming and overly effective technique. When it comes to teaching speaking skills I enjoyed reading about...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Guiyang 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. Most people who backpack the world will mostly find themselves on a budget once that budget has been reached they have a few options one is to return home or the other is to find work. Asia is general is a very easy continent to find a job teaching english. English teachers are a high demand in Asia and it has an attractive salary thus why many western travellers...  [Read more]