Become A Teacher In 1 Year

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gucheng 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. There are different kinds of teachers and every single teacher might use a different way how to increase his/her confidence in the classroom. Let's speak about any English teachers at any kind of school. Firstly, I would like to divide all those teachers into three levels. Teachers in the first level are total beginners with teaching experience below 1 year. Into...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Until now, I have been an English teacher for 6 months. Before that, in 2016 I was a teaching assistant. That is my part-time job. And this is a journey even though I have not yet taken a TESOL class but I am still confident that I can become a teacher. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Tieu T. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. For the first half of the year, I was an assistant tutor for the preschool. I had very little contact with kids before so I was very confused at the time. I told the teacher that I couldn't make them obey. She is a master of special needs education. She told me to play with them and not to care about helping her. After a while, the kids...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in HuiquZhen? 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. I couldn’t imagine myself doing the same things every day and expecting a different result for each day. It must be impossible. As what Stephen Covey said, “To achieve goals, you’ve never achieved before, you need to start doing things you’ve never done before. It is undeniable that variation and diversity make a situation more meaningful and fruitful. That’s...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Liangling 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. I believe that my mother has been an inspiration for me to become a teacher. I might not have realized it before since I was busy studying and just trying to achieve my short term goals. I could remember seeing some kids at home being taught by my mom. My mom used some pictures to identify certain shapes and animals. My mom was a regular housewife by then. She...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qingshan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Weihai 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. Working as a teacher and a native speaker over the past couple of months has taught me many things. Most importantly, it has taught me how to discover my own teaching style. It happened by adapting to every individual student in each class and by transferring some learning techniques I used to use as a student. In this essay I will describe my first day as a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Taochuan 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. Motivation in the classroom is the biggest reason why I teach students in a high school setting. I am a public-school teacher and I get English as a Second Language students all the time in my classroom. I am a 10th grade teacher but my students ages range from 14 years old to 19 years old. The number one factor that I teach is for the motivation. My students are...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Buzhuang 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. I think that the seating arrangement in a classroom is a very vital part of a successful classroom. I teach Kindergarten and at the beginning of the school year I give them assigned seats. I usually do this as my first assessment. I sit back and I observe which children can identify their name correctly. I do not have these name tags secured onto the tables with...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Niuti 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. THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER By Martin Tierney Introduction What is a teacher? Is it someone who helps us learn about knowledge, values and being competent to communicate with other humans, this above all sets humans apart from all other life species known to man. Most people recognise teachers as school teachers but in every aspect of living , we as people are subjected to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhihe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chengdu 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 2 covers learning theories, classroom environments and teaching methods for young learners. The course divides young learners into two groups; Group 1 covers ages 5-9 years and Group 2 covers ages 9-13 years old. It was interesting to study the characteristics between these two groups, as well as Piaget's four stages of child development: 1) Sensorimotor (birth-2...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dazhou-shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Dazhou-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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| The unit discusses, four major groups of learning and developmental theories This unit was, again, a bit lackluster; especially so when, such as some of the classroom arrangement questions, don't appear in the text Overall, different aged student have to be taught differently Overall,...  [Read more]

Linda Dunsmore Alumni Experiences I might not have realized it before since I was busy studying and just trying to achieve my short term goals but I believe that my mother has been an inspiration for me to become a teacher. I could remember seeing kids at home being taught by my mom and she used pictures to identify certain shapes and animals. My mom was a regular housewife then. She taught only for fun and to make my brother and I be more engaged in learning things with the company of our friends, our playmates. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Marie M. I remember how I strived hard to be able to be the best in my class when I was in elementary school. My mom would always prepare review lessons for me before my periodical tests. I was always the top 1 in my...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lingkou 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. Majority of the kids turning 5 years old attend the kindergarten for two years in preparation for the primary school. Some kids enter the kindergarten earlier at the age of four. This actually varies according to the state. In China, most kindergartens combine childcare with teaching so that the children will develop physically, morally, intellectually and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chengwen Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yushu 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. I have been teaching some capacity since I was 13 years old. My first teaching experience comes from martial arts. I was spending many hours everyday in the dojo and my instructor asked me to be the person to lead warm ups and teach kata to the newer students. I have been actively teaching martial arts for the past 30 years. After I completed high...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Having completed my Bachelor of Arts in Drama, I started my international teaching career straight out of university. What was meant to be a gap year opportunity of traveling and earning money has become a professional career in education spanning over ten years in more than five different countries. What was once a means to an end, has become a passion and a calling. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Desmond K. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The first time I became aware of the ESL job market was in my third year of university when one of the alumni from the Drama department returned from a year of teaching in South Korea. At first, I didn’t think much of it,...  [Read more]

Linda Dunsmore Destinations TEFL Information Are you planning on quitting the 9-to-5 and embark on an adventure of traveling the world? The following 10 women have done exactly that. Most of them got their TEFL certificate and are teaching English abroad, while others started out teaching and are now full-time travelers. Here are 10 female travel bloggers you should be following! Jessica from @curiositytrav is from San Diego and has visited 40 countries so far. After studying International Business at San Diego State University, she also studied in Buenos Aires. After her experience in South America, she moved on to teaching English through the EPIK program in South Korea for two years and backpacked around Asia for 5 months after her contract was over. She then moved to Madrid and...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences I have been fortunate enough to have taught English in South Africa to Zulu speaking learners and for the past six years to Chinese students. The ability to acquire the language differs greatly between the two. There are multiple reasons for this which I will briefly discuss. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Tania C. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The students in China have a much longer school day than those in South Africa, however, they have fewer English lessons. Students receive a total of eight forty-minute lessons per week solely focused on English. Drama lessons are also taught in English, but it is only one 40 minute lesson per week. Social studies are...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Baiguo Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chengdu 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 is someone who shares information, knowledge and virtues to people. The TEFL definition of a good teacher is one that really cares about teaching, but cares even more about the learning of the students. A good teacher is kind, patient, has a good mastery of his subjects and has a good rapport and interaction with the class. There are a couple of roles...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Over the years I have pondered whether or not to try and teach English as a career. Watching countless online videos and reading travel blogs of 'wandering teachers' and articles on sites such as ' Dave's ESL Café, I sort of got mixed emotions about ESL teachers. That is of course until I took the chance and became one myself. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Leon G. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. In the two years of being a teacher I have certainly learned a lot, I've experienced extreme highs and extreme lows in a country where basic English is a rare find. With no prior experience or knowledge of how to educate, my first few weeks were tough, to say the...  [Read more]

Linda Dunsmore Alumni Experiences The majority of children turning 5 years old attend kindergarten for two years in preparation for primary school. Some kids enter kindergarten earlier at the age of only four. This actually varies according from state to state and also from country to country. In China, most kindergartens combine childcare with teaching so that the children will develop physically, morally, and intellectually in a harmonious way to get ready for their formal school education. A good environment is assured for the kids to have a conducive place to learn actively. Teaching English in China can be overwhelming considering that English teachers are also assigned to teach kids as young as one year old or even younger. Chinese parents prioritize the education of their...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Diaoyuan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Deyang 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 already an extensive nine-years of experience in teaching English to learners that their age range between 11 and 15 years, I found it interesting to compare the testing matter regarding earlier ages, for instance, 7 to 11 years young learners. Thus, lacking experience in teaching young learners of early age starting from year seven has helped me satisfy my...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wuguanyi 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. I have been working as an Emirates Airlines flight attendant for over 6 years. In order to be accepted you need to first pass multiple group exercises, a written exam and a two on one interview. If you are successful, the company will notify you in six weeks. There are always over a thousand people applying but they only accept a very small number. Two years ago I...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Caowang 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. As the mother of a 3 year old son, born in Spain to British parents, I have found that singing the same song in both English and Spanish has helped my son become bilingual. Provided it is done in a fun and interesting way, James appears to retain information much quicker when presented to him in song form. For example, we sing the days of the week, first in English...  [Read more]

Federico Riva TEFL Information Teaching Ideas Hi my name is Linda from ITTT, international TEFL and TESOL Training and I'm back again today for another live session. If you can hear me and see me please let me know as I'm trying out a new mic today so if that is working well it would be good to know. So please leave a quick comment to say hi and where you're watching from. I have been living in South Korea for five and a half years, so for me right now it's 10:00 a.m. Friday morning. Let me know where you are tuning in from and what time it is where you are. We can get started on today's topic which is the best government programs for teaching English abroad. If you're interested in teaching English abroad then you should definitely keep watching as there's a lot of good stuff coming...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in CuiyuehuZhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chengdu 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 like to start my essay with the presumption that Russian learners are not successful with English Language because of two reasons, such as subjective and objective. These factors have a serious impact on the study of English language. I do estimate false learning technique, lack of good teachers and lack of best methodology, absence of real interaction with...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Readers are for sure leaders, not just merely for the fact of reading, but for the thinking process that comes with reading. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Gentiana H. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. As an individual, I love reading. I love the smell of the book paper, the tiny letters and turning another page is something that I enjoy deeply. However, I didn't become an avid reader by chance. I become a reader because I was born in a family where reading was a natural thing. My father was a university professor and was reading all the time. My mother, an accounting expert, used to read laws and regulations to ensure that her work respecting the law. Also...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qingchengshan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chengdu 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 is an introduction to the training course of teaching English to young learners. This unit is an overview of what the course content consists of, and it also includes the further possibilities on professional development. The teacher must be highly trained and effective in the classroom to such impressionable minds professionalism is key. To develop...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jinhe 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. I was in confusion upon choosing what title should I put to my final summative test. I came up with two options; The best thing I've learned from my TEFL/TESOL course and Personal teaching experience. As I was reflecting about the first topic, I realized the learning I gained is too broad. I cannot just pin point only one as the best thing I learned. Everything was...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Changfeng 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. PERSONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE When I started teaching English 25 years ago, I honestly did not know what I was doing. I naively assumed that it was enough to know the language myself. But soon I came to understand, that there was definitely more to teaching. Different needs and motives of students My first student ever was brought to me at the tender age of eight...  [Read more]

Federico Riva Destinations TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Hello everybody, Liza here and I'm super happy to welcome you to this ITTT live session. It's a bit of an unusual time to meet because my sessions are usually on Tuesdays and today is Saturday. Anyway, I'm super happy that you could make it. Today's session is going to be slightly different because we are going to talk with my good friend about teaching in China. I know that many people are interested in this topic, so stay tuned because in a moment he will join me to talk about working in China and stuff like that. If you guys have any questions, feel free to ask them via the comment section. As for the timing for today, we are going to talk for around 60 minutes. I hope that we will be able to discuss all of the main...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dachaidan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Haixi Mengguzu 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. Problems for Learners in a Country of your Choice Despite being one of the world's most developed nations, Japan lacks English fluency. According to the Education Testing Service, which administers English proficiency exams, out of the 30 Asian countries that took TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) exams in 2015, Japan ranked fifth...  [Read more]