Can I Become A Teacher At 50

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Nanxin Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jining 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 teaching English for more than three years. My first Teaching experience was in my home country. Here I had to teach huge groups of students. I think my average class size was about 50 students at a time. I went through mi initial training and all of it was just about how to teach students in groups. I had never gotten any training or experiences a one on...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chahanwusu 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. zdgasnstnUnit reflection: Write a brief overview of the content of this unit and what you feel that you have learnt from it. If stating an opinion you will need to give reasons. This section is not graded but may be part of a sample of work reviewed by the course moderator and therefore should be clear and concise, relevant to the unit,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zengjia Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Guangyuan 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 unit was about how to adapt to cultural differences when teacher in a Foreign Country. There is a need to do some research about the Country before teaching. All the informations necessary can be found in various website on teaching English in foreign country. During the interview or before starting to teach, certain questions should be ask in order to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wangjia Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Guangyuan 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 very enjoyable and rewarding unit. I appreciate the information on 'Cultural Issues" as well as the websites given in the unit. The information on finding employment was helpful, as well as the cover letter example. The 50 questions to ask during the interview was very informative. Resources were fantastic. I very enjoyable and rewarding unit. I appreciate...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Simeng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Meishan 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. Write a brief overview of the content of this unit and what you feel that you have learnt from it. If stating an opinion you will need to give reasons. This section is not graded but may be part of a sample of work reviewed by the course moderator and therefore should be clear and concise, relevant to the unit, professional in nature and a minimum of 50 words. This...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dama Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ganzi Zangzu Zizhizhou — Garze? 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 recognize that this chapter is very much a review from the main course's unit on lesson planning and I found going through this test to be much more intuitive than before. I like to think that's a positive sign that shows I'm retaining the content well. Either that, or it's evidence of the fact that I've been adding more lesson-planning time to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Taer Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xining Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Teaching English has never come to my mind. Math is my favorite subject when I am a student. From what I observed and a common thinking in my country if you are good in Math, you are definitely poor in English and vice versa. All of my job experience deals with Finance such as a bank and a money transfer company. This has given me doubt if I should go and try to become...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Longfeng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Guangyuan 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’ve gained an important information relating potential cultural issues that we should be sensitive about (behavioral manners, speech, gestures to be avoided in the classroom as well as outside school, comments). The sections about finding employment and 50 questions to be used as a guide for what information to be obtained before going to teach...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lingyuan 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 it’s core, the same teaching principles and skills must be required and initiated for teaching one student or a group of 30 students. However, the key difference is time. An academic hour is 50 minutes, take 5 minutes warm up and five minutes cool down, and this leaves 40 minutes for a class of 30 students. If one was to speak directly with every student,...  [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]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shimen 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. In this day and age, we have access to the world from the tips of our fingers. Through the integration of the internet, humanity has been connected like it's never seen before in history. As globalization continues and English dominates as the business standard for the world's commerce. This has indeed made learning the English language a very lucrative skill to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shengtuo Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Dongying 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 chosen 220 hour advanced certificate in TEFL(Teaching English as a Foreign Language). In this, 120 hour TEFL along with one 50 hours of CTBE (Certificate in Teaching Business English) and one 50 hours of CTEYL (Certificate in Teaching English to Young Learners) is included. I had a very great experience learning from this course as it provided me with...  [Read more]

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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 Maketang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huangnan 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. Between 2017 and 2018 after I had graduated with a bachelor’s degree in German and English, I moved to Vienna, Austria to become a English teaching assistant through the Fulbright group. I was placed at two schools in Lower Austria, and taught around 14-15 classes each week for 50 minute periods. Going into the situation, I honestly felt under...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tangzang 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. Upon completing the teaching english as a foreign language (TEFL) for business English (BE), I have chosen to write about the best things I’ve learned from my TEFL/TESOL course, within business English. In my opinion, the best things I’ve learned would have to be the section that covered ESA (engage, study, activate), including boomerang and patchwork lessons,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dengzhuang 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. I was born and raised in Albania, a small, but charming country situated in the Western Balkans, in Southeast Europe. As a result of one of the harshest communist regimes in Europe, which lasted for almost 50 years, the place was almost completely isolated from the rest of the world. After the collapse of the regime in 1990, democracy came, and Albania had to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Sang 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. American vs British English From the time of the American revolution and onward, there has been a distinctive trend for American English and British English dialects to move away from each other. Whether taught in American English or British English, most people of either type will have little trouble understanding each other. Unlike the many dialects of China,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zaolin 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. Upon completing the teaching english as a foreign language (TEFL) for young learners (YL), I have chosen to write about the best things I’ve learned from my TEFL/TESOL course, related to young learners. In my opinion, the best things I’ve learned would have to be the section that covered course development, including ESA (engage, study, activate),...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Linyi-shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Linyi-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| I Nowadays, many people try to learn foreign language because of different reasons Professor John Sinclair said, “Learners would do well to learn the common words of the English language very thoroughly , because they carry the main patterns of the English language”, his statement follows...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhenlong Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Bazhong 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 whether teachers should punish students for bad behavior has been asked and discussed many times. And yet, there has never been an universal answer to that controversial question. I believe that there are different factors that need to be taken into consideration when looking at that issue. First of all, the word “punishment” has a bad connotation...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Fa 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 teaching in South Africa for 23 years before me and my husband decided to move to China and gain international experience. There are a lot of problems for learners in South African schools. In this task I will touch on a few important factors, but there are many more. 1. Language. One of the biggest problems for learners in South Africa is language. The fact...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Sanshilipu 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. Teaching a group of students can be challenging for new teachers. It can also be rewarding and in the long term be beneficial for the teacher. It provides opportunity to be creative in managing different classes. Experienced teachers know how to use the classroom dynamics when teaching groups. There are many nuances between teaching a student individually and...  [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 Lizhuang 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. Introduction Malaysia is located in South East Asia which occupy parts of the Malay Peninsula and some part of the Borneo Island.These two lands are separated by the South China Sea It was once colonized by the British from the 18th century until it gained its independence in 1957 as the Federation of Malaya and later on formed Malaysia with joining of the North...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chishui Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Weinan 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 I learned from the CTBE course, teaching business English always involves one-to-one mode. Imagine there is a student who is a high profile business person in China. He needs to learn English for his own Business work and he prefers one-to-one lessons. Then, what traits should an EFL teacher have in order to get this teaching job? In this essay, I would like to...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences From the time of the American revolution and onward, there has been a distinctive trend for American English and British English dialects to move away from each other. Whether taught in American English or British English, most people of either type will have little trouble understanding each other. Unlike the many dialects of China, English is a pretty ubiquitous language across the board, with a spattering of unique regional words. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Jeffrey G. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The 2 most prominent English dialects were intertwined throughout their collective histories because the British were a colonizer of the empty lands of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Bǎilin Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Linyi 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. Professor John Sinclair said, “Learners would do well to learn the common words of the English language very thoroughly , because they carry the main patterns of the English language”, his statement follows on from the fact that the top 200 words of the English language, makes up 50 % of all written and spoken words found in same. Vocabulary is the acquiring of...  [Read more]

Linda Dunsmore Alumni Experiences Between 2017 and 2018 after I had graduated with a bachelor’s degree in German and English, I moved to Vienna, Austria to become an English teaching assistant through the Fulbright group. I was placed at two schools in Lower Austria and taught around 14-15 classes each week for 50 minute periods. Going into the situation, I honestly felt underprepared and confused as to what I was supposed to teach and how. The program attempted to orientate the teaching assistants, but in reality, there was much I did not know. After completing my TEFL certification course, I can now see many techniques that I was using either knowingly or unknowingly, and many which I could have been using. A course such as this one before I started teaching would have been of great...  [Read more]

Anastasiya Akpinar TEFL Information Alumni Experiences For the last 50 years, English has become one of the most widely spoken languages worldwide. Nowadays, almost all spheres of our daily life are strongly connected to this language. We use English in business, tourism, education, and entertainment. With globalization trends and technology development, we cannot imagine even one day passing without using English. So the need to learn English as a foreign language increases all around the world every day. Many people start English language courses and use different educational applications and try to find schools that provide the best foreign language study methods for their children. Turkey is a big country where different cultures are merged together. It is a mix of authentic...  [Read more]