Casey Walsh

  This video covers special cases in reported speech that do not follow the typical pattern. This video is specifically aimed at teaching reported speech in an ESL setting. 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 lesson gave me a great refresher on conditional phrases and some ideas on how to teach them to non-English speakers. I love this TEFL course because it is not only giving me reminders and ideas of how to teach English, but also how to teach...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Learning difficulties means difficulty in learning but its not globalized. most kids get cold feet in the course of learning a new thing or a new language, some become shy, while some are not motivated or have confidence. I have been around kids for years and I can say that I understand them in some cases or scenarios.when we are working with kids that are shy, less motivated or lack confidence we should use materials that will help to solve that problem, same goes for an adult. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Chilotam O. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. There are cases of learning disorders like Dyslexia which means difficulty in reading or interpretation of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chaihudian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zaozhuang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Since we should appraise students, we should punish them as well. I do not believe that the decision whether or not to punish is up to us. Therefore, discipline is a key to success for both teachers and students. Thus, once we deal with a bad conduct case, there are strategies to use to overcome it. The main purpose behind a code of conduct is to make things...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas ‘You can only give what you have’, so the adage by Leo Buscaglia says, likewise the holy lore brings it out as well to emphasize the truth in it. This is true when it comes to teaching. The teacher can rightly or wrongly offer what he/she has or has not. In a class setting, the teacher is often expected to be in the frontline at all times by the learners. The various activities that are geared towards helping the learners achieve their goals or dreams in an institution of learning all depend on the input of the teacher or properly called the role of the teacher. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate David K. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The teacher has to be aware...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tiewang 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. Learning difficulties means difficulty in learning but its not globalized.most kids get a cold feet in the course of learning a new thing or a new language,some become shy,while some are not motivated or have confidence.I have been around kids for years and i can say that i understand them in some cases or scenarios.when we are working with kids that are shy, less...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Managing a class is a huge topic to talk about: in a nutshell, it 's focused on the teacher's duty to organize a classroom properly, maintaining discipline and setting the tone. The teacher must be able to inspire confidence, shaping a relaxing atmosphere among students, irrespective of his/her teaching style and personality; furthermore, an essential point implies the teacher's capability to pay attention to the variations of activities and situations and be able to modify his/her role according to that. In other words, being a good teacher requires a high awareness about the role to “play” (when being an assessor, prompter, facilitator, tutor, participant, observer, model, manager, and organizer) to optimize students' learning process and keep a...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas A gifted American educator has said, ‘motivation is the key to turn hopeless, hostile students into eager and ambitious achievers. It is useless to teach when students are not motivated. One can only have the information processed and digested in a stand of filtered out when their mind is open when they believe in themselves that they can do it. And if the ways of motivation are rightly chosen, if it’s carried out by a driving, dedicated and patient teacher, gradually, and often quite swiftly, the gap in-betweens will be filled, and the learning begins. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Iris S. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Let’s take an in-depth look at how...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Guaier 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. To become a teacher of a topic, one must first become a student of it; only by studying the contents can someone regurgitate it to others. As a recently graduated university student, I’ve been on the receiving end of said regurgitation for many years. I believe having this perspective of a student has both its advantages and disadvantages in the process of...  [Read more]

Federico Riva Alumni Experiences “Engage-Study-Activate” also known as ESA - is an effective teaching model designed by Jeremy Harmer. This methodology means, that for the best involvement of students in a learning process, the conditions of the lesson should be flexible and divided for different activities. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Dmitrii Z. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. “Engage” phase is a sequence, where the teacher tries to give an interest in a new topic by implication of different games related to the lesson. Such a beginning gives the “warm” for the next phase of the lesson. “Study” phase is focused on the construction of the language that revealed through...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xunzhen 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. Class management is mainly how the class is set up and controlled by the teacher through out a lesson for effective learning. Every teacher has a process of handling their classes in order to have an effective lesson. Most lessons really rely on the way the class is managed in order to ensure that students learn what they are supposed to. Whatever the topic may be....  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences The contrast between primary language acquisition and second language learning interests professional linguists, language pedagogues, and ordinary students alike. To say that the processes are distinct and involve very different learning processes, as well as even altogether different spheres of the brain is an understatement: these are indeed different functions (Limacher, Ute “Language Acquisition Versus Language Learning” ). This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Brett M. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Notwithstanding insights offered by modern neurolinguistics, which are numerous in explaining the striking differences between the process of first language...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas The accelerated growth of English as a global language has made people from all around the world realize how important this one is nowadays, even in our everyday life we find English words and content wherever we look, technology, movies, tv, business, and internet are only some of them. Therefore, people from different nationalities around the globe, show a lot of interest in learning the English language. This time we are going to focus on Latin and Hispanic students and the challenges that these Spanish speakers encounter when learning English. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Dayana M. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. People assume that the term Spanish speaker is...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences The ability to speak more than one language broadens a person’s worldview, from job opportunities to the ability to relate with people from different cultures. It is no secret that learning English as a foreign language has become popular across many non-English speaking countries and Russia is no different. The English language has slowly been incorporated into the Russian educational system and many English language learning centers have been established all over the country. As much as most Russians are motivated enough to learn English, it is not as easy as one would hope due to dissimilarities between the two language systems especially the lettering systems, cases, pronunciations, and other factors. This post was written by our TEFL...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Mazhuang Zhen? 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. A teacher is someone who provides knowledge and improves the skills of her students. A teacher must first and foremost be passionate about her role so that her students are in turn motivated to learn from her. She must have good knowledge on the subject she is teaching and show kindness and compassion when sharing that knowledge with her students. A teacher is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhanglou 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. No matter how well-prepared you are going into the classroom as an EFL/ESL teacher, it is inevitable that challenging situations and conflicts will at some point arise. In the classroom there are many different variables at play due to the variety of student personalities, cultures and backgrounds. Even working with the same group of students can feel quite...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas During the grammar lessons of learning English, the aspect of tenses is inevitable. Tenses could be passed, present or future which could further be broken up into simple past, simple present or future continuous just to highlight a few. The past tense is important because it gives one some background information about an event when such an event is assessed. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate David K. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Testing is a process that can be done using a particular scale say for example having figures with ranges of 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent). It is a process of administering the test on the learner to obtain a quantitative representation of a...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Over the years, most parents who are regarded as ‘working parents’ because they work long hour jobs and those who do not have full-time jobs but other engagements, have seemingly left their children’s education in the hands of teachers. However, this should not be the case as parents need to work hand in hand with teachers to ensure the overall good performance of their children. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Kaboyaone K. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. During my high school years, I got to experience first-hand, the positive impact of parents being involved in their child’s schoolwork the school work student’s grades as well as the overall...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Boping 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 four different skills in a language are divided into two groups: -the receptive skills of listening and reading -the productive skills of speaking and writing We may find that foreign students would prefer to concentrate on certain skills and maybe feel that writing is not that important for their needs. However, we have seen throughout this course that all...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Kaolao 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. 1.Stress students get when they learn English, some do's and don'ts for English teachers: In teaching process, there are times when we are in situations of facing some student getting stress. We should not just ignore those, but have to face the reasons to solve. Why shouldn't we just leave them alone and do not interfere in those? Basically, because stress, even if...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiadingjia Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yantai 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. What is the best way to motivate the student? This is a question that every teacher asks himself from time to time. The answer lies in the individual features of each student, in typical differences of classes, and also in personal qualities of the teacher. First of all, I would like to note that motivation is the creation of a favorable environment for the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Maji 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. Difference between Teaching a Group of Students and Individually By: Hina Imran The teacher and students have a special bond among each other. However the nature of this relationship varies once a single teacher deals with a single students or a single teacher deals with multiple students or a group of students, especially if we keep in our mind that teacher’s job is...  [Read more]

Federico Riva Alumni Experiences As an aspiring TEFL teacher, I have to be ready to teach students of all ages. While the language and lesson-planning follow frameworks that stay consistent for all students, the topics I utilize depend on who I am teaching; for example, the ESA lesson plan works for all classrooms, but different students require different engage-phase activities - a game of battleships is better suited for young learners than adults. In this report, I explore the similarities and differences between teaching young and adult learners. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Kevin Y. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. In general, adults seeking to learn English have specific goals in mind; for...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Anren Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Dezhou 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. Troubleshooting is part of the teaching experience A typical ESL lesson always presents problems. But , there are other problems that rise when the teacher has to face particular situations. A good ESL teacher should be capable to diagnose these usual problems, and work to fix them properly Being a new teacher isn’t easy and regardless of how trained and skilled a...  [Read more]

Federico Riva TEFL Information Teaching Ideas Student feedback and correction are an integral part of our teaching methodology. In this blog post, we introduce some general concepts. Many teachers either neglect giving appropriate feedback or they are not sure how to do so. In this blog I'm going to share some opinions and some data so that you can think about it and maybe implement some strategies of giving effective feedback. Our students actually need it and the whole learning process is aimed at getting some feedback. When you start thinking about your feedback and thinking about the whole concept of giving feedback you have to consider what effective feedback actually is. In general, is it correcting all students’ mistakes, or is it just discussing some target language? For...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chaoquan Zhen? 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. It is inarguable that teaching Business English is immensely different from teaching English just as a language for everyday communication. Both carry their own sets of advantages as well as challenges. Teaching business English, for instance, more often than not, include teaching adult learners exclusively, whereas in the other case, the age range of students could...  [Read more]

Laura Payne Destinations Japan is full of vibrant, world-famous cities that many people dream of living and working in. However, when I first decided to become an English teacher in Japan, I never held such a dream. I am an introvert who prefers quiet spaces, and being close to nature is especially important for me. This is why when my goal of teaching English in Japan came true, I was ecstatic that I could find a place to work in the inaka (countryside). Japan's inaka is full of small, rural towns and reasonably-populated, but little-known, cities. My living and working situation is in the latter. Since moving here, my little rural city has been everything I hoped it would be and more. Aside from my personal preferences I've noticed that there are several advantages to living in...  [Read more]

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Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas A student’s journey to learn a new language can be met with a multitude of intimidating aspects. The vocabulary and grammar alone are enough to create a challenge, but add on to that the reading, speaking, and writing components and the challenges can become daunting. With all the difficulties that come with teaching and learning a new language, the last thing that should ever be an area of discomfort or distress should be cultural awareness within the classroom. For the students and teachers alike, the classroom must be a place of tolerance and respect. Cultural awareness should not only guide how the teacher approaches the lessons but should also set the overall tone of the learning environment. This post was written by our TEFL certification...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tangwang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jinan 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. To begin with, I would like to state why I chose this topic. As for a non-native English speaker, I came through experience of learning English language as a foreign language, which has some slight similarities with my native language, but still many things in English seemed to be confusing for me when I was a kid learning it. After gaining some knowledge of it to be...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Since we should appraise students, we should punish them as well. I do not believe that the decision of whether or not to punish is up to us. Therefore, discipline is a key to success for both teachers and students. Thus, once we deal with a bad conduct case, there are strategies to use to overcome it. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Assane D. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The main purpose of a code of conduct is to make things better whenever possible; otherwise, it could not bring positive changes. We exert punishment with regard to a disciplinary code set up by school authorities. Therefore, the decision of establishing that code is out of our control. In...  [Read more]