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Trainees will be given detailed handbooks for the following areas of the course: These high quality materials are the basis for the input sessions and will provide the trainees with valuable reference resources. Although the center provides course handbooks and materials for the course you will need two A4 folders which should be organised as follows: These logs form a record of the course and will be checked during moderation. Your own notes file During input sessions you will receive numerous handouts and may want to take your own notes as well. We suggest dividing the file under the following headings:  [Read more]

  The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is a system designed by the council of Europe to provide a standardized method of comparing levels of language proficiency represented by the different examinations and assessments throughout Europe and other areas. The system can be used in conjunction with any European language and divides proficiency into six separate levels. Each level of the framework has a description of the abilities needed to achieve that level in speaking, reading, writing and listening skills. The CEFR system is becoming widely known as the European standard for evaluating an individual’s language proficiency. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gongxing 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. I feel like this unit had a lot of holes where individual research was needed. The previous unit was not a problem for me since additional research regarded material I was already familiar with/was easily accessible. However, this unit was very problematic when it came to the test, specifically questions four and five. Question four asks for which (one) EFL band...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hechuan 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. Andrew Rubio June 27th, 2019 Basics of Lesson Planning In the classroom, it is debated by many professionals on whether teachers should plan their lessons or not. As a result of this controversial topic, this essay is going to highlight the benefits of lesson planning, as well as the drawbacks from creating an overly planned and structured classroom setting....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhongtan Zhen? 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. In this unit I learned there is a 5 level scale of testing: Starter, Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate and Upper-intermediate. Compared to the Common European Framework (CEF) levels, this would translate as follows: A1 Breakthrough (Starter), A2 Waystage (Elementary), B1 Threshold (pre-intermediate and intermediate levels) and B2 Vantage (upper...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Puji Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Qingdao Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Doing new things is hard. This can be described as the ultimate understatement, but it rings so true. The fear of failure and disappointment and knowing that what you do as a teacher will impact others can be enough pressure to stop anyone from even trying to become a teacher. So how can this anxiety be overcome? What basic skills can be implemented and how can you...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiawa 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. Language is a medium of communication that helps to express our feelings, desires, and queries to the world around us. The ability to use language distinguishes humans from other animals and when we know a language, we can speak and be understood by others who know that language. Effective communication requires an understanding and recognition of the connection...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Fengshuling Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hangzhou 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. Tense has general characteristics and its various uses in referencing present, past, and future time. As has been previously covered, tense is not a generic term for time in language nor is it the only time element with which linguists are concerned. Instead it is one of five universal attributes of language used to convey time information. The other attributes...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shihezi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shihezi, Aral, Tumxuk & Wujiaqu? 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 lesson is really one of the hardest section so far I encountered. It is really confusing. Student beginners really have to pay attention on the activities, otherwise we will get lost most of the time. Tense has general characteristics and its various uses in referencing present, past, and future time. As has been previously covered,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Guanqiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Mianyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This lesson covers the dynamics of the teacher and learner and their abilities, motivations, and levels. It's important to have a solid base understanding and reference to the different aspects of the teacher and learner. As a teacher I can reference the "Qualities of a good Teacher" to self evaluate as well as reference the "Qualities and motivators" of a good...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In the current climate of the US, many other countries that are moving to a more liberal culture are becoming more attractive. One does not become a teacher for the money, but for the experience of working with young people or new learners. It is quite a rewarding career if one is open to trying new things, not being rich, and able to adapt to new situations. There is a lot to consider when leaving one’s home country for another to teach. The idea of leaving behind everything for a new place can be scary. In researching teaching in Taiwan, there are several things one needs to consider such as the language and the culture of Taiwan. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate erik s. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Liyuan 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. A quick Google search defines culture as: “the ideas, customs and social behaviour of a particular people or society” (2019). It then becomes imperative to discuss that in a vastly globalizing world, which or rather whose culture do we propagate in the classroom atmosphere? As educators, we are often caught off-guard in multilingual and multicultural classrooms,...  [Read more]

  In this TEFL review video trainee Amy talks about her experiences with TEFL in China. Regardless of the course or the course location ITTT offers quality, professional training and you will be given the skills and tools you need to begin your exciting career teaching English abroad. 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 unit covered evaluation and testing. It went over the different types of tests—placement, progress, diagnostic, and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Maan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Nanchong 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 Parts of speech How to properly create sentences with -Nouns Nouns are usefull in our sentences for naming things, nouns can be common/proper/compound/abstract/collective. When nouns are used it is worth note to the student that some nouns can not be used as a plural as they are of unquantifiable amounts i.e music can not be refered to as musics. these types of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chaohe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Luzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. After learning this unit, I have gained a better understanding of the roles of teachers and learners in the classroom and the differences of traits between adults and young learners. Also, I have gotten a clearer view of the Common European Framework of Reference and further understood the can-do-statement of various learners. After learning this unit, I have...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhanghua 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 provides a lot of useful information for those who want to teach to different parts of the world. The website links for job searching and the reference materials and other teaching materials websites links provided are awesome. Thank you very much. This unit provides a lot of useful information for those who want to teach to different parts of the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Mimou 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. Him how are you? It was good to gain some insight into the course ahead and also to have better clarity and understanding of what is considered to be a young learner. To have a quick reference point now to find what I am looking for and for tips on what I should be working towards is very useful, as were the long list of acronyms. Thanks. Cheers, Pete Him how are...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Baizhang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hangzhou 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. Tenses are always tricky, the chapter dealt with them in a simple concise manner and rules such as the verb form of "to be" and the "ing" form of the verb always being characteristic of continuous forms are very useful. This chapter will certainly be valuable reference to consult before teaching past tenses. Tenses are always tricky, the chapter dealt with them...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gaodian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yibin 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. Learnt quite well on parts of speech. Explanations are very clear and questions are on point. The usage of different parts of speech in to real life sentences is extremely important. It shows practical, less complicated usage of words in a sentence which can be useful in future reference when teaching. Learnt quite well on parts of speech. Explanations are very...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Baijiang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hangzhou 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. Tenses are always tricky, the chapter dealt with them in a simple concise manner and rules such as the verb form of "to be" and "ing always being characteristic of continuous forms are very useful. This chapter will certainly be valuable reference to consult before teaching past tenses. Tenses are always tricky, the chapter dealt with them in a simple concise...  [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 Yijing Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yangquan 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. Classroom management is one very important aspect of a teacher's overall professional responsibility. There are many methods of doing so and these methods are mirrored by an equal number of reasons as to why it is of great significance. To what degree effective classroom management techniques are or are not learned and practiced by the teacher will have a tangible...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Banqiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hangzhou 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 focuses on the past tenses. the past tense relates to past time periods. I have been enlightened on the fact that most of the errors and mistakes we make with the usage of this term arise from the use of did and did not for questions and negatives and the use of irregular verbs. It is also important to note that the past continuous should always require...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in XingfuZhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Mianyang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The unit introduces to me about English grammar. It gives us all of the most commonly needed areas and more complete grammar reference tools, so we may get through some of grammar units more quickly. The unit gives us the basic sentence form and how to build on that. It certainly makes life easier in teaching of English grammar knowlege. The unit introduces to me...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jiale Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yibin 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 unit comprehensively presents basic grammatical terms and parts of speech, making it useful for teachers, who want to expand their knowledge further. It also stresses the importance of knowing grammar and the ability to teach it for students above kindergarten level. I liked the detailed explanations of different parts of speech, which I can later use as a reference...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhangwang 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 provides a lot of useful information for those who want to teach to different parts of the world. The advice and suggestions questions that a person should consider during the job interviews are excellent. The website links for job searching tools, the reference materials and other teaching materials websites links provided are awesome. I have gained...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wenjing Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Pu'er 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 feel I learnt critical differences about past tenses. I recognise more clearly that the system and structure of past tenses is quite similiar to present tenses. The notion of past time periods and how subtle changes in wording dramatically changes rhe meaning. Further reference to regular and irregular verbs was useful. The was another useful unit in gaining more...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Liduan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yibin 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. Grammar is one of the most feared aspect in learning a language, and English grammar is no exception to this. From this chapter, I learned that it is very essential for English teachers to be aware of the basic grammatical concepts focusing more on the most commonly needed areas in teaching such as parts of speech. Being grammatically aware makes you more competitive...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jixing Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Suining 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 is about main Introduction to Grammar - Parts of Speech. We may use perfectly the grammar in our natural, everyday speech, but we never ask ourselves what we are using or why we are using it. If you start teaching career you face the grammar part. I notice that grammar is the most basic part of teaching. If I make grammatical mistake, so will my students....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wanchang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhaotong 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 past tense section taught me the usages and specific sentence structures of each tense. For example, I learned that past perfect form included had or had not. Knowing this form will be useful when teaching it to students because they too can identify tenses based on the forms. Additionally, I appreciated the list of irregular verbs. As someone who studied...  [Read more]