Act Tefl

  When teaching business English classes you are expected to act and teach in a business-like manner. This does not mean that your lessons should automatically be staid and uninteresting but that your activities should be appropriate for and relevant to the needs of your students. Asking the vice-president of the company to stand up and sing ‘I’m a little teapot’ in front of his or her staff is not the best way to approach teaching English to business professionals or to ensure your contract is renewed. 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...  [Read more]

  The idiom "elbow room" refers to having enough room to move in or having the ability to act freely, for example: The concert was so crowded that there was hardly any elbow room at all. This means, there were so many people at the concert that you could barely move. 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. Conditional and Reported Speech could be two of the most difficult parts for students, even higher level students. Enormous mistakes and errors could be made...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xinzhai Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Weifang 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. Is it appropriate to punish younger children in an ESL classroom? I don't think so, the more you punish them, the more they'll be defensive and who would like to be punished? Even adults don’t want punishments so why should we punish kids who are in their developing stage? I think punishment promotes aggression. It can harm your relationship with the kid. He or...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hubin Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Binzhou 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 very important for the teachers to adopt as many ways as possible to let students to practice English in class. I believe the success of this teaching strategy is due mainly to the fact that the learners can choose what they want to read, listen to, watch, and talk about in class. Personally , I suggest and have tried the following ways to do the practice. Free...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhangbasi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xianyang 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 some point in a teachers' teaching career, the teacher will have to deal with misbehaving students and conflict which might occur during a class. This is where maintaining discipline get put into action. Disciplining is not as simple as it seems, there are many different factors to consider before conducting a punishment. The teacher will not have a problem...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Taocun Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yuncheng 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 an English classroom a teachers have a variety of roles with many aims. The most common thought of a role of a teacher might be a controller who fully organize classroom. Also teachers are expected as an assessor who assess students by correcting them and giving feedback to their development and performance. Another very important role is a manager. Teacher is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Que Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Linfen Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. From a general perspective growing up, when I imagined a classroom setting and a learning environment, it involved a number of students and one teacher. When I imagined a typical classroom lesson, the tasks and activities were not, however, solely directed by the teacher. I believe this was largely attributable to my Montessori education, whose philosophy is very much...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tiandu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Baoji 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. Every teacher needs a confidence boost, whether they are new or experience it doesn´t matter. It all depends on oneself to constantly develop and nurture one´s level of self-confidence at the classroom because being confident among the students is crucial as this is something transmittable. Your students always reflect your confidence level and this might affect...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas At some point in a teachers' teaching career, the teacher will have to deal with misbehaving students and conflict which might occur during a class. This is where maintaining discipline get put into action. Disciplining is not as simple as it seems, there are many different factors to consider before conducting a punishment. The teacher will not have a problem with this if the teacher knows how to deal with them correctly or prevent them from happening in the first place. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Amelie R. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. When maintaining discipline, the degree in which they will be carried out all depends on the following six factors: age of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yukou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Luliang 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. Theme: Role of the teacher I often walk into a classroom and ask myself “What is it that I will leave these kids with today that will help them the most in their pursuit of knowledge and language learning and acquisition?” I take my role as a teacher very seriously, and to be honest, the answer to this questions changes each day for me. Thus, what I deliver...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qiongxi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Aba Zangzu Qiangzu 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. Games have always been associated with ‘fun’ and regarded as leisurely activities done for the purpose of amusement, especially in one’s free time. Having said that, more traditional and conventional approaches in classrooms frown upon games, and it was only in recent years that teachers started incorporating games more frequently in their...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Heilizhai Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zibo 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 Question of “How to be a good teacher?” or “How can a candidate build a successful teaching career?” has had many definitions and redefinition throughout the history, and it is still an open topic to debate on. However, they turn out to be some very fundamental characteristics which are present almost in all definitions of a good teacher. Nearly all the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shangqi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ankang 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. Summative Task: Lesson Planning A well planned and designed lesson plan can be a great tool for the professional English teacher. Especially for beginning teachers, a lesson plan can be an invaluable aid in keeping the class on course, and in making sure the intended learning objectives are fulfilled. Some critics of lesson planning contend that lesson plans keep the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in YangliuZhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Tai'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. Young learners have a variety of energy and a variety of interests. When trying to motivate students the teacher must use that energy and use their interests as a guide to their lessons. First, young learners, especially very young learners, like to move around and they like to touch and interact with things. Second, like adults, children are very interested in the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Liaoyang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jinzhong 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. My experience as not only a student but a teacher has given me an insight to how students feel in the classroom. Not only here I America but abroad as well. I have cultivated an idea of how a teacher should act and how available the teacher should be tom the students. Lending support and encouragement seems to be the most important factor in interacting with the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jingcun Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shangluo 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. Being a teacher is my everyday dream since I was a child. As I believe that the future is mainly based on education and students, how they can make a progress and improve their skills. So I decided to take apart in this great cycle hoping that one day I can leave a mark in student's life. The teacher's responsibility is not only about teaching students and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Daqiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Liangshan Yizu 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 different roles a teacher must take when giving a lesson. These largely depend on the age, level of English, and cultural background of the students. For older, more experienced learners, it is perhaps best to act as a model and prompter. For beginners, it is perhaps best to act as a fellow participant, and as a tutor. Of course, all roles...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Bǎicheng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Weifang 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. Child development can be defined as the gradual changes that take place in a child from infancy to adolescence. The changes can be grouped into three broad areas that include physical, social, and cognitive changes. From the time a child is born, the change of environment triggers the stimulation of hormones that will enable the child to start adapting slowly to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dianji Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Qingdao 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 teacher being the tool for teaching the students, there are three main activities that small group teachers have to manage simultaneously, that are, managing the group, managing activities and managing the learning. In many small group teaching situations, the teacher acts as a facilitator of learning: leading discussions, asking open-ended questions, guiding...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Fenghuang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xinzhou 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. Introduction Teaching is an important and demanding profession and an individual who wants to become a teacher is required to have the right skills, attitude and mind set to take on this responsibility. Thus a teacher is a person who has an important role and responsibility to play in the community as an educator. Regardless of the age group or nationalities of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Guyun Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Liaocheng 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 days of labour, The days of struggle, Yielded a wonderful fruit, Into the world of freedom. This independent is sown with wonderful seeds which are expected to grow and bloom with fragrance. The watering, caring and the removal of weeds is very important to make the plant grow properly, likewise students in this vast world need to be taken much care on how the...  [Read more]

  In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word "thanatology". This word refers to the description or study of death and of the psychological mechanisms for coping with the phenomena of death. The word derived from Greek mythology where Thanatos was the personification of death. 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 think the contents of this unit have a direct effect on the preparation of our classes. It is very useful for teachers to know the...  [Read more]

  In this episode, Linda takes on the pronunciation of the word "futile". Enjoy the episode! Linda is a German/American ITTT alumna, teaching English in South Korea. Be sure to like and share this video if you find it helpful. 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 chapter has the same importance as in the previous chapter. The future teacher learns the methodology and didactics to elucidate the learning phases of his students. I learned how to act in the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jiaoyuan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Luzhou 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 1 was very helpful in proper understanding of what a good learner and teacher should act like. Giving me a deeper understanding of what i should and should not be doing as a future teacher. Cleared up quite a lot of questions i had already. Unit 1 was very helpful in proper understanding of what a good learner and teacher should act like. Giving me a deeper...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chengguan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yan'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. A teacher has many different roles in the classroom. It can be being an “instructor”, which is the “knower” of a certain knowledge. It can be being a facilitator. When a teacher is in the role of the “facilitator”, he becomes the provider of a learning environment. When the teacher is acting as a “mentor”, that means he is the role model at the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Fuyi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Mianyang 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 the point is about the behavior of TS and SS. To know in what kind of situations is a role necessary. Also to know what the different necesities of SS are. How to act correctly in class,and avoid different situations about SS. In this unit the point is about the behavior of TS and SS. To know in what kind of situations is a role necessary. Also to know...  [Read more]

Linda Dunsmore Alumni Experiences Being a teacher is my everyday dream since I was a child. As I believe that the future is mainly based on education and students, how they can make a progress and improve their skills. So I decided to take apart in this great cycle hoping that one day I can leave a mark in student's life. The teacher's responsibility is not only about teaching students and correcting their pronunciation or grammatical mistakes; his/her responsibility includes a lot of roles. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Dina I. Before talking about the roles of a successful teacher, I learned from my TEFL certificate that there are nine basic traits of a good teacher. These traits are divided to four points related to teacher's personality and the other five...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In all times when we need to do some activity, we need to think about what to do first, what to do second and what to do last. The same thing when we want to teach; we need to think about the order and the content of this lesson. In other words, we need to plan our lessons. A lesson plan is a detailed tool gathered in a soft or hard form to give instructions to the teacher. So, why planning lessons is important? This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Mouslim E. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. It first starts with a pre-planning. It revolves around many factors; teachers should take to account the level of students so that they won’t present them with unsuitable material....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Fengming Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Luzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. From this unit, I can clearly distinguish what is being portrayed in this context of teaching. The tutors, facilitators, observers all act as role-models for us to follow. The manager will organize the entire setting and set the appropriate content of the lesson while having the accessor to monitor them as they go. It is a clear beginning on how the students are...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dure Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Aletai Dìqu — Altay? 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. Dear Sir, Madam this unit was little bit tough to read and the tittles, the parts were difficult to remember.though of course very useful . how to act in which lesson,metodologies and corrections .these are the most useful for me.Also lesson types and order ,very different than science teaching etc. yours sincerely Dear Sir, Madam this unit was little bit...  [Read more]