Classroom Reading Ideas

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Ganchang 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 “how to teach… ?’’ is very complicated, because it’s not as simply one question, rather one needs to approach this topic by thinking about many questions (Who to teach? When to teach? What to teach? For what reason to teach? Who is a teacher?, etc). Esl students after learning the alphabet, reading, spelling and word combinations begin to...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas A leader must read to expand his scope of knowledge, to keep abreast of what is happening in his field of expertise and around the world. Reading stimulates one's thinking and processing. Before we develop a child in his leadership ability, we must develop something more foundational – the love for reading. As an educator, I believe reading develops inquisitiveness, which in turn, develops the interest to engage, hence build confidence, even at a young age. And in the process, to nurture the child towards leadership ability. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Katherine C. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. 'Opening the world of adventure and imagination from a book set...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Kou 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. If you are a young learners’ English teacher students aged 6-10, what kind of course material you should choose for your class? The answer to this question can be very important to those tutors who have to choose the course material by themselves and are not provided by the school. In this article I will share my knowledge and experience about two course materials I...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Matiwan 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. Being able to listen and read is an indispensable part of being a fluent user of the English language. I have been teaching Business English since 1993 and know that the primary tasks of my students are acquiring exposure to the English-speaking business environment, immersing themselves in anglophone culture and being able to comprehend complex ideas in their...  [Read more]

Mark Crocker Alumni Experiences Being able to listen and read is an indispensable part of being a fluent user of the English language. I have been teaching business English since 1993 and know that the primary tasks of my students are acquiring exposure to the English-speaking business environment, immersing themselves in anglophone culture and being able to comprehend complex ideas in their professional fields through different media. As broadband Internet connection becomes ever more pervasive, students are switching from printed information sources to video and text content available online. Learners’ increasing demands represent an even greater challenge for me as an EFL tutor. The question then becomes, how do I tackle this challenge in my everyday teaching practice? This post...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Minsheng 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. Sharing stories forms an intrinsic part of what it means to be human, and it’s important for a child’s healthy development and future success that he or she learns how to partake through reading from a young age. However, it’s easy for the rules and restrictions of the classroom, as well as the demands on attention that modern life brings, to take the joy out...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhua 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. Teaching is a creative enterprise and creating your own materials is very satisfying. There are many positive reasons for a teacher to create their own materials. Purposely created materials are inexpensive, tailored to specific grammar and language topics, adaptable for different language levels, specific expansions on the course resources, culturally sensitive and...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas There are four basic skills in any language: receptive skills – reading and listening, and productive skills – speaking and writing. Usually, when we learn a new language, we tend to access our learning process and result by checking how our productive skills are and forget that before we can the product, we need to receive first. Data says that the production of every 100 words in writing needs a receipt of 1000 words in reading which means to be able to produce anything, one must get as much as 10 times receipt. Similarly in listening and speaking. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Josephine L. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. However, if we compare the...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Children are the future, our future, the generation that will take the world, and all it encompasses the next age of the world; whatever that may be. Children are the future. This phrase is repeated all around the world, in different countries, continents, and even across the vast array of cultures that exist on planet Earth. One would be hard-pressed to find any one person who would disagree with this statement. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Nisaa S. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. What, then, do we do about this? We educate them, we teach them all we know, share all the knowledge and information that we have accumulated in our lifetimes with the future...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jiakehe Muchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Aba Zangzu Qiangzu 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. Since Business English is a specific course, any skills need to be taught in a certain context. Activities should be directly linked to what the student will actually use the language for. The student’s time is very valuable, not only because they are usually paying for the course themselves, but BE courses tend to be shorter in length....  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Reading is important. It is an important tool that aids in language acquisition whether the language is native or foreign. Unfortunately, it is sometimes neglected, especially as the students move up in their studies. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Wesley J. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Having been raised without television until I was in junior high school, I would read books, magazines, and the Sunday newspaper. At an early age, my first card was the library card. I could borrow many books. I would often borrow fifteen to twenty books every two weeks in addition to the four books I could borrow from my school library. At home, my mother provided science...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas One of the most challenging contradictions I had to face as a high school language and literature teacher in Germany was the principle that each child should have equal opportunity when, sadly, the inequality often starts long before high school, and that as a teacher, you should give every student the chance to achieve excellent performances when, in reality, the latter also depends on factors outside of the classroom. In conversations with parents, I often pointed out specific deficiencies in their child's essays as I was taught to. I made suggestions on how to improve them, hoping in vain that next time, the student would get a much better grade. I knew but was never going to tell the parents that in only four hours...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Kindergarten students are those who are typically around the age of five. From birth till five, they would have developed their sensory and speaking abilities in their mother tongue with decent fluency. Children at this age have a strong potential to gain a lot of information. They would know about 1000-2000 words by this time. At this age, they are formally introduced to reading and writing skills, group work, independent thinking, and sharing practice. Teaching children at this age can be quite challenging and fun. Vocabulary is one of the strongest predictors when it comes to speaking capacity. So, by carefully incorporating study into play we can enrich their speaking abilities. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Manickalakshmi...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Among my most cherished childhood memories takes me back to the moment when it was time to choose a new book to get lost in before bedtime. I was lucky enough to have a bookshelf in front of which I would sit and, I thought, let the book choose me. Sometimes the calling was immediate; sometimes it took longer. I picked up random books, read the back, and smelled them; sometimes I read the first page, anything I needed to do until I found the perfect connection. Reading was one of my favorite moments of the day. Most of the time, the book I picked would be so perfect for the moment in my life that it would take all my attention the next morning. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Ana L. Please note that this blog post might not...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Reading is one of the receptive skills with the other one being a listening skill. According to some scholars, the acquisition of language is believed to be a natural way of acquiring knowledge and learning is that acquired in the classroom. However, for this summative task, I am treating the two the same. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Onias M. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Based on this definition, language acquisition is mostly done through listening as explained by how our children get to know their native language. The motivation they have to speak their native language is because their parents, who happen to be their role models, will be uttering some...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Reading is one of the two receptive language skills that might seem easier to teach. When learning to read in a foreign language, a student doesn't have to deal with accents or pronunciation problems, as it often happens with speaking and listening. What's more, learning reading skills does not necessarily imply high teacher participation and can generally be done independently. Much as with writing, it might seem tempting to relegate most of reading to homework, especially in one-to-one teaching. The easier way isn't always the best one, and paying enough attention to this aspect of English during one's lessons offers many benefits. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Vasilii P. Please note that...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Even in the first language, it can be difficult to get children reading. There are many reasons they may turn their nose up at a book. In some way, I think most of those reasons can be boiled down to boredom. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Bailey N. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. I have the privilege of remembering my journey to reading. When I was very young, my parents would read simple books to me, and I would enjoy looking at the pictures. I would enjoy the way they sounded especially when they rhymed. I remember the moment it clicked in kindergarten when I was so excited to understand the correlation between the words (“the cat bats the ball”) and the...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Margaret Fuller has justly said, “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” Remarkable leaders have countless exceptional habits - one of them, is reading. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Snehal A. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Just like any other muscle in the body, the brain requires exercise to keep it strong and healthy, so the phrase “use it or lose it” is particularly apt when it comes to your mind. The more knowledge you have, the better-equipped you are to tackle any challenge you’ll ever face. Good readers excel at life, conversely those that can’t read end up in dire circumstances. “Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers. I love...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Taitou 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. Due to the large variety of books available learners should be able to find books that interest them, this can motivate them to learn new words from like football or pop culture content yet have a familiar feel to it. Such content is widely available on the internet, it could be as simple as reading your favorite magazine in a different language. For beginners this...  [Read more]

Zainab Sadriwala Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Exposure to a language is of prime importance if one intends to excel in it. Like every language, English needs to be practiced in all its integrated skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Vocabulary has always been among a key component of language learning that teachers rely on. The following are 6 great ideas for developing vocabulary in English learners. Students should keep a journal for noting down every new word they learn during the day. It's also a good approach to add example sentences for every new word so that the student knows how to apply it in various contexts. Then, this list of new words should be put into practice by students at the end of the week to ensure proper use and understanding. There is no...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Fears of declining reading rates have long plagued the United States. In 2007, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) released To Read or Not To Read: A Question of National Consequence, a report showing that reading rates for all demographic factors had declined. The report shed light on the potentially devastating effects that such a decline may have: this was not about mourning the loss of book sales, but about reading’s impact on citizens’ abilities to comprehend written material, improve their socioeconomic standing, and maintain a successful career. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Veronica B. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. What the study suggests,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qingtou 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. In education the word material refers to an idea or information that is made on a task which you need for an activity during teaching. They can be used in any level at any stage of the lesson plan as reading, writing, speaking, and listening activities. As an example worksheet is an material to practise the language. In addition other examples are visual aids such...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Teaching is a creative enterprise and creating your materials is very satisfying. There are many positive reasons for a teacher to create their materials. Purposely created materials are inexpensive, tailored to specific grammar and language topics, adaptable for different language levels, specific expansions on the course resources, culturally sensitive and correct. From my perspective, among the most important reasons for creating your materials are that it adds a personal touch to your class, and it enables you to have a sense of ownership in the curriculum. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Cindy N. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The Internet is an enormous...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our recent TEFL graduate shares their ideas on outdoor activities. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our recent TEFL graduate shares their ideas for teaching reading. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our recent TEFL graduate shares their thoughts on the importance of creating a course syllabus for effective ESL teaching. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our recent TEFL graduate shares their flashcard games ideas. Linda Dunsmore Teaching Ideas Teaching vocabulary is an integral part of every ESL class. There are many ways teachers can introduce new vocabulary to their students that aren’t dull and boring and actually peak the students’ interest and get them...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our recent TEFL graduate shares their ideas on outdoor activities. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our recent TEFL graduate shares their ideas for teaching reading. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our recent TEFL graduate shares their thoughts on the importance of creating a course syllabus for effective ESL teaching. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our recent TEFL graduate shares their flashcard games ideas. Linda Dunsmore Teaching Ideas Teaching vocabulary is an integral part of every ESL class. There are many ways teachers can introduce new vocabulary to their students that aren’t dull and boring and actually peak the students’ interest and get them...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas This blog post is devoted to flashcards in the classroom. Our TEFL graduate shares their ideas. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this article, our TEFL graduate shares their knowledge on teaching skills. Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences This blog post is devoted to the problem of classroom management as a part of learning experience. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas This blog post contains information on grammar and its importance in language learning. Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences In this blog post, our TEFL graduate shares their thoughts on advantages and disadvantages of English as a global language. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas This article is devoted to such important part of teaching as management and...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas This blog post is devoted to flashcards in the classroom. Our TEFL graduate shares their ideas. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this article, our TEFL graduate shares their knowledge on teaching skills. Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences This blog post is devoted to the problem of classroom management as a part of learning experience. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas This blog post contains information on grammar and its importance in language learning. Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences In this blog post, our TEFL graduate shares their thoughts on advantages and disadvantages of English as a global language. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas This article is devoted to such important part of teaching as management and...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences This blog post contains information on the most common problems faced by Russian English learners. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Teaching reading can be daunting. In this blog post, our TEFL alumna shares their effective ideas on teaching reading. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, you will find ideas on the most effective activities for teaching receptive skills. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas This blog post was written by our TEFL graduate who shares their thoughts on teaching beginners. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this article, our TEFL graduate shares their thoughts on the teaching qualities needed in an ESL classroom. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Motivation in the classroom has great...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences This blog post contains information on the most common problems faced by Russian English learners. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Teaching reading can be daunting. In this blog post, our TEFL alumna shares their effective ideas on teaching reading. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, you will find ideas on the most effective activities for teaching receptive skills. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas This blog post was written by our TEFL graduate who shares their thoughts on teaching beginners. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this article, our TEFL graduate shares their thoughts on the teaching qualities needed in an ESL classroom. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Motivation in the classroom has great...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas This blog post is devoted to the problem of managing and organizing an ESL classroom. Our TEFL graduate shares their strategies and suggestions. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas This blog post overviews teaching skills from a different perspective. Our TEFL graduate shares their thoughts. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this blog post, our TEFL graduate shares their thoughts on teaching of native and non-native educators. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Reading is an extremely difficult and important thing to teach in the ESL classroom. Our TEFL graduate shares their thoughts. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In this article, our TEFL graduate explains how to adjust ESA method to teaching reading. Elizaveta Pachina Teaching...  [Read more]