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Mark Crocker Teaching Ideas Although teaching English as a Foreign Language can be a fun and rewarding job, it can also involve a fair amount of hard graft when it comes to planning and delivering high-quality lessons. With this in mind, why not use all the tools at your disposal to ensure your lessons are engaging and effective? The use of technology and online resources is a cornerstone of EFL lessons worldwide and using whatever means necessary to achieve the best results is generally encouraged by most forward thinking employers. Lesson planning is a major part of a teacher’s life, so anything that can help the process along can only be a good thing. However, it is not only planning that can be aided by technology. In this day and age there are apps available that can provide the...  [Read more]

Linda Dunsmore Alumni Experiences TEFL Reviews & TESOL Reviews For ITTT, our community of students and alumni is the most important to us. That’s why we’d love to share what our course grads have to say! This will not only have others make a better decision in whether TEFL/TESOL is for them, but it will also help the ITTT community grow bigger and stronger! Gianluca Costa Destinations Alumni Experiences Do you want to navigate Hong Kong like a local? Then you better check out this list of the 11 most useful apps when traveling in Hong Kong that locals love! Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our TEFL expert shares 3 useful digital apps for ESL lesson plans. You will learn about Evernotes, Trello, and Notion, a 2020...  [Read more]

Linda Dunsmore Alumni Experiences TEFL Reviews & TESOL Reviews For ITTT, our community of students and alumni is the most important to us. That’s why we’d love to share what our course grads have to say! This will not only have others make a better decision in whether TEFL/TESOL is for them, but it will also help the ITTT community grow bigger and stronger! Gianluca Costa Destinations Alumni Experiences Do you want to navigate Hong Kong like a local? Then you better check out this list of the 11 most useful apps when traveling in Hong Kong that locals love! Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our TEFL expert shares 3 useful digital apps for ESL lesson plans. You will learn about Evernotes, Trello, and Notion, a 2020...  [Read more]

Linda Dunsmore Alumni Experiences TEFL Reviews & TESOL Reviews For ITTT, our community of students and alumni is the most important to us. That’s why we’d love to share what our course grads have to say! This will not only have others make a better decision in whether TEFL/TESOL is for them, but it will also help the ITTT community grow bigger and stronger! Gianluca Costa Destinations Alumni Experiences Do you want to navigate Hong Kong like a local? Then you better check out this list of the 11 most useful apps when traveling in Hong Kong that locals love! Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our TEFL expert shares 3 useful digital apps for ESL lesson plans. You will learn about Evernotes, Trello, and Notion, a 2020...  [Read more]

Linda Dunsmore Alumni Experiences TEFL Reviews & TESOL Reviews For ITTT, our community of students and alumni is the most important to us. That’s why we’d love to share what our course grads have to say! This will not only have others make a better decision in whether TEFL/TESOL is for them, but it will also help the ITTT community grow bigger and stronger! Gianluca Costa Destinations Alumni Experiences Do you want to navigate Hong Kong like a local? Then you better check out this list of the 11 most useful apps when traveling in Hong Kong that locals love! Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our TEFL expert shares 3 useful digital apps for ESL lesson plans. You will learn about Evernotes, Trello, and Notion, a 2020...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Being an ESL teacher is not an easy task, especially if you work as a freelancer TEFL teacher online. In this case, you have to be even more organized to provide better services to your students. This blog post offers you 3 apps for digital ESL lesson plans that will save you a lot of time. I know that many teachers still prefer to write their notes and plans on paper because it's the best way to make imagination flow. However, there is a considerable disadvantage with this approach: even if you are a very organized person, in time, it becomes challenging to figure out your thoughts on scattered lesson plans. A digital planner can help you sort everything out much more efficiently. This gives you more time to relax....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yanghe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hanzhong 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 the past few years I have been a ESL teacher in China. I have thought young learners and adults. Both in groups as well one on one. This summary task is about teaching groups and my experience in doing so. First of all I want to say that I prefer to teach in groups, big or small, both are fine for me. I prefer a lot of interaction between students. In my classes...  [Read more]

Sahil Gazi TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Are you interested in moving to Bangladesh to teach English as a foreign language? This article takes a look at what you will expect. Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our TEFL experts share five Halloween decor ideas for your ESL classroom. Get inspired and create incredible atmosphere of this fun holiday. Elizaveta Pachina Budget and Salary TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas This blog post was written by an ITTT TEFL expert who shares 7 ideas on how to make money online as an English teacher. Online EFL market is boosting this year due to the global quarantine, thus, there are new ways to implement your skills and get profit sharing your personal EFL teaching...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas In this article, our TEFL expert shares a seven-step strategy to gamify an ESL classroom. If you want to encourage students to learn in an informal way, consider implementing such an approach to your lessons. Sahil Gazi TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Lingos are of significant interest to linguists because they exist within the subsets of linguistics, by observing the significance of individual words or sentences through semantics and their meaning in a broader social context through pragmatics. In this scenario, the subject is in a particular group of lingos. They are a repeating phenomenon, and, as such, they are referred to as being in a "limbo." Anastasiia Ovchinnikova TEFL Information...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas In this article, our TEFL expert shares a seven-step strategy to gamify an ESL classroom. If you want to encourage students to learn in an informal way, consider implementing such an approach to your lessons. Sahil Gazi TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Lingos are of significant interest to linguists because they exist within the subsets of linguistics, by observing the significance of individual words or sentences through semantics and their meaning in a broader social context through pragmatics. In this scenario, the subject is in a particular group of lingos. They are a repeating phenomenon, and, as such, they are referred to as being in a "limbo." Anastasiia Ovchinnikova TEFL Information...  [Read more]

Sahil Gazi TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Are you interested in moving to Bangladesh to teach English as a foreign language? This article takes a look at what you will expect. Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our TEFL experts share five Halloween decor ideas for your ESL classroom. Get inspired and create incredible atmosphere of this fun holiday. Elizaveta Pachina Budget and Salary TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas This blog post was written by an ITTT TEFL expert who shares 7 ideas on how to make money online as an English teacher. Online EFL market is boosting this year due to the global quarantine, thus, there are new ways to implement your skills and get profit sharing your personal EFL teaching...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Recently there was a debate on whether technology should be used in the classroom. It intern created these questions; is it profitable in the long run? Is it worth the money for parents? Are we as educators feeding into the technology movement? Breslin, McKeown, & Groves (2012), states “technology refers to methods, systems, and devices which are the result of scientific knowledge being used for practical purposes.” It is important to note that some students are already interested in and engaged in using technology. Mareco (2017), pointed out “Technology is entwined in almost every part of our culture. It affects how we live, work and plays and most importantly learn.” As a result, it creates opportunities for teachers and schools to...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In a globalized world, information comes faster and faster, and just a hand-held mobile phone, a computer, or a laptop is enough to gain access to the latest and fastest source of knowledge and information: The Internet. Education needs to be more and more inserted in this environment, aiming to reach people flexibly and interactively, either in the classroom or in the comfort of home. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Natália C. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. According to the publication of The Next Web, the world is social and connected. According to the publication, a survey by Hootsuite and We Are Social reveals the top 20 most accessed websites in the world,...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Walking into a brand-new class, especially as a new teacher, can be very intimidating. Being prepared with the proper principles, tools, and attitude goes a long way when dealing with the first-class up through to the final exam. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Mark R. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Relationships matter. Building a relationship with your students is the basic foundation of teaching. If a teacher does not have a relationship with their students, then having students succeed in learning will be infinitely more difficult. The best way to communicate anything is through the basis of the relationship. If you don’t have a relationship with the...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences In this blog post, our TEFL alumna shares their story of becoming an ESL teacher. Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences This blog post is devoted to the problem of controlling a large classroom. Our TEFL graduate explains how to organize your work in order to grab students' attention effectively. Mia Santarelli Destinations There are many things to consider when thinking about traveling to Italy. Here are a few apps to consider downloading to use while roaming the streets of Italy to ensure a more enjoyable experience. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our TEFL graduate shares their thoughts on the problem of teaching skills. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Our TEFL graduate shares 6 interesting activities...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences In this blog post, our TEFL alumna shares their story of becoming an ESL teacher. Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences This blog post is devoted to the problem of controlling a large classroom. Our TEFL graduate explains how to organize your work in order to grab students' attention effectively. Mia Santarelli Destinations There are many things to consider when thinking about traveling to Italy. Here are a few apps to consider downloading to use while roaming the streets of Italy to ensure a more enjoyable experience. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our TEFL graduate shares their thoughts on the problem of teaching skills. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Our TEFL graduate shares 6 interesting activities...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jiedian 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. Ever since being a young child, there was always the fascination of reading, and books. Having being born in the country, with no television, radio limited to a half-hour radio serial per day, an era where personal computers, notebooks and iPads where only a dream of a fact of fantasy, walking past a bookshelf suddenly unveiled a myriad of secrets, an unexpected...  [Read more]

Bri Freeman TEFL Information Alumni Experiences The number one question I had to answer before deciding to start Practical English Teacher was “Do I want a new boss or to be my own boss?”. I spent months asking myself this before I finally decided to do it. There’s a lot of security and credibility that comes with working for a larger ESL company. And I’m not knocking anyone who wants to do that but if you’re like me and you’re looking for some advice on where to start with your own ESL Service, let’s talk. First and I would say most importantly, ask yourself, what is your teaching style? What is your expertise and how can you use that? People tend to say “I just don’t have a business mind” well then, what kind of mind do you have? How can you use that to attract...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Developing Language Skills is a key enabler in the global economy; even as the rise of the Internet, Smartphones and other technology the world is becoming smaller; but as it always has, language can present itself as a Barrier. As English is still the ‘de-facto’ global language thanks to its common business use are it time that TEFL providers adapt to the modern world and embrace new media to not only improve existing techniques but develop new ones and embrace existing online communities? This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Matt F. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. What is New Media? New Media is defined as “products and services that provide information or...  [Read more]

1. Introduction 2. Benefits of Using ESL Resources 3. Types of ESL Resources Available 4. How ITTT Can Help Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) can be a rewarding experience, but it also comes with its own set of challenges. As a teacher in Spain, you may often find yourself looking for resources to enhance your lessons and engage your students. Luckily, there are a plethora of ESL resources available to help you in your teaching journey. Utilizing ESL resources can greatly benefit both you as a teacher and your students. These resources can help make your lessons more interactive, engaging, and effective. They can also provide additional support for students who may be struggling with certain concepts or topics. By incorporating ESL resources into your teaching, you can create a...  [Read more]

TEFL Lemon began in 2014 as an ESL blog on the WeChat platform in China, quickly becoming the biggest ESL blog on WeChat. TEFL Lemon provided English teachers with ELT articles to read and share, as well as free ESL lesson ideas, ESL games and fun speaking activities which TEFL teachers could use in their classes. English teachers in China could also download free ESL flashcards on a variety of themes. Following their success on the WeChat platform, in 2018, TEFL Lemon decided to build their own website to offer their ESL Flashcard Games for Kids, ESL Warmers, ESL games and speaking activities for teens and adults for free to TEFL teachers around the world. You can visit their website here. Not only do TEFL Lemon offer teachers brilliant ESL games and teaching ideas, but they also have...  [Read more]

1. Introduction 2. Benefits of ESL Resources for Russian Speakers 3. Types of ESL Resources Available 4. How ITTT Can Help Learning English as a second language can open up a world of opportunities for individuals, regardless of their native language. For Russian speakers, accessing ESL resources tailored to their specific needs can greatly enhance their language learning experience. In this article, we will explore the benefits of ESL resources for Russian speakers, the types of resources available, and how ITTT (International TEFL and TESOL Training) can provide valuable support in this journey. For Russian speakers looking to improve their English skills, utilizing ESL resources can offer numerous advantages. These resources are designed to address the unique challenges and linguistic...  [Read more]

Maddy Payne Destinations TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Many Japanese schools hold American English in high regard, so what is it like being an Australian-English teacher in Japan? Maddy Payne Destinations TEFL Information Alumni Experiences If you're heading to Japan on the JET Program, be prepared for the fact that you could potentially be living in a very small space! But don't fear, there are so many benefits to living in a small space and honestly, you get used to it very quickly. It's just all part of living in the biggest city in the world! Gianluca Costa Destinations Hong Kong is an energetic and exciting city. It is a modern metropolis with high skyscrapers, and its vast mountains make it a truly unique place. Here's what it's like as an expat in Hong Kong. ...  [Read more]

1. Introduction 2. Benefits of ESL Resources for Teachers in Vietnam 3. Types of ESL Resources Available 4. How ITTT Can Help Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) in Vietnam can be an incredibly rewarding experience. However, it can also come with its challenges, especially when it comes to finding the right resources to support your teaching. Fortunately, there are a wide range of ESL resources available to teachers in Vietnam, designed to enhance the learning experience for both educators and students. In this article, we will explore the benefits of ESL resources for teachers in Vietnam, the types of resources available, and how ITTT (International TEFL and TESOL Training) can help support your teaching journey. Utilizing ESL resources can greatly enhance the quality of teaching...  [Read more]

1. Introduction to ESL Teaching Resources for China 2. Benefits of Using ESL Teaching Resources 3. Types of ESL Teaching Resources 4. How ITTT Can Help with ESL Teaching Resources Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) in China can be a rewarding experience, but it also comes with its challenges. One of the key factors in ensuring a successful ESL teaching experience is having access to high-quality teaching resources. These resources can help teachers engage their students, create interactive lessons, and promote language learning in a fun and effective way. ITTT (International TEFL and TESOL Training) offers a range of ESL teaching resources specifically designed for teachers in China. There are numerous benefits to using ESL teaching resources in the classroom. Firstly, these...  [Read more]

Maddy Payne Destinations TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Many Japanese schools hold American English in high regard, so what is it like being an Australian-English teacher in Japan? Maddy Payne Destinations TEFL Information Alumni Experiences If you're heading to Japan on the JET Program, be prepared for the fact that you could potentially be living in a very small space! But don't fear, there are so many benefits to living in a small space and honestly, you get used to it very quickly. It's just all part of living in the biggest city in the world! Gianluca Costa Destinations Hong Kong is an energetic and exciting city. It is a modern metropolis with high skyscrapers, and its vast mountains make it a truly unique place. Here's what it's like as an expat in Hong Kong. ...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Caoxiandaji Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Heze 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 issue of testing and/or evaluation is an important topic in general, however it is of personal import to me because I currently work as a full-time ESL teacher in China, over half of whom are pre-school and kindergarten age. In China, children begin primary school (first grade), at age seven, plus they have three years of mandatory kindergarten, which begins at...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Destinations China is a great destination to start your ESL teaching career as the country offers a lot of job opportunities, high salaries and employers usually don't require many years of teaching experience. However a lot of teachers wanting to teach there have no idea how to look for a suitable position in China. Here are the top 4 tips how to find a teaching job in China. Also read: 5 Reasons Why You Should Teach English in China Since Google is not accessible in China, you won't find many available jobs there. Therefore, I suggest you create a profile on LinkedIn and indicate that you are looking for a job in China. Chinese agents and HR managers will quickly reach out to you and will invite you to talk on WeChat (a popular Chinese messenger). Secondly, sign up...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Nowadays when it comes to English learning, people are likely to say speaking is the most important and difficult part of people’s learning. But actually, writing is also significant even though it is the most neglected skill. Speaking pays more attention to accuracy and fluency while writing highly requires accurate grammar, more formal vocabulary, right spelling and beautiful handwriting. Even though they are too different in many ways, the two carry equal importance. Speaking and writing are both used for the same purpose making successful communication with people. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Tingting H. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. But you may ask me...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Nanzhang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changzhi 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 was born and raised in Brazil. Therefore, during my primary and secondary education, I met many English teachers and witnessed the use of a wide variety of methodologies in the classroom environment. Unfortunately, most of the pedagogical strategies used in my country to teach a foreign language are obsolete and ineffective. I have noticed there is almost no...  [Read more]