English Teacher Teaching Methods

1. Introduction to ITTT 2. Benefits of ESL Courses 3. ESL Courses in Hong Kong 4. How ITTT Can Help You International TEFL and TESOL Training (ITTT) is a leading provider of online courses for English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers. With a focus on practical training and affordable certification, ITTT offers a range of courses designed to meet the needs of aspiring ESL teachers worldwide. Whether you are looking to teach English abroad or online, ITTT has the resources and expertise to help you succeed in your teaching career. Enrolling in an ESL course can open up a world of opportunities for educators and students alike. By gaining a certification in teaching English as a foreign language, you can enhance your teaching skills, boost your resume, and increase your earning potential....  [Read more]

1. Introduction 2. Benefits of Online TEFL Courses 3. Interactive Teaching Methods 4. About ITTT Are you looking to start a career in teaching English as a foreign language? Look no further than ITTT (International TEFL and TESOL Training) for top-notch online TEFL courses. Our courses are designed to provide you with the necessary skills and knowledge to become a successful English teacher, whether you are a beginner or an experienced educator looking to enhance your teaching abilities. Online TEFL courses offer a convenient and flexible way to obtain your TEFL certification from anywhere in the world. With ITTT, you can study at your own pace and schedule, allowing you to balance your studies with other commitments. Our courses are fully accredited and recognized worldwide, ensuring that...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lutou 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. A method of teaching contains the techniques used by teachers to impart knowledge to students. These strategies are determined partly on the subjects to be taught and partly by the nature of the learner. In this task, I will give some examples of different teaching methodologies, compare these techniques, and explain why it is important that teachers, mostly who are...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Bingtuan Yibawu Tuan? Are you interested in teaching English in Aletai Dìqu — Altay? 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 we examined the various methodologies that can be used in teaching English. We also examined the question of mistakes, feedback and corrections. There are many methods to teaching English and they all have their advantages and disadvantages. However, the one that encompasses the best advantages for teaching is the ESA method. This...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hushan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Weihai Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. As teachers, it’s important to understand the pros and cons of the various teaching methods available. Which methods we use will ultimately depend on the class, the level of language and how students respond to your teaching style. This paper will compare the differences between two popular methods, Presentation, Practice, and Presentation, versus the Translation...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas There are a lot of teaching methods. Some of them are more popular, some of them less. But the theme of this summative task is about efficiency, not about the most interesting or the most popular method. So, is drilling an effective teaching method? If we want to ask this question, first, we need to consider the following question: “What is drilling?”. After this, we can discuss the pros and cons of this method. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Dmitry S. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. In short, drilling is a classroom technique that used to practice a new language. In common sense, it involves modeling a word by the teacher and the learners repeating it. But our...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jianshe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zigong 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 class, it mainly introduces the theories, methods and techniques. Especially, some useful teaching methods like the Classical Method, which is the most popular method around the 17th used by scholars to translate ancient Greek and Latin texts into their native language. Besides, the Direct Method, it is also called the Natural Method, which tells us that if...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xixinzhuang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Luliang 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. Through the TEFL course, what struck me most was the ESA learning methodology. I have decided to do my summative task on this subject. Teaching English as a foreign language is something that is very complex. It needs to be driven in a certain way for students to be implicated in order to learn without difficulties. James Harmour has developed a methodology...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wujing 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. While the audio-lingualism method for teaching second language learners has largely fallen out of use, it is still used occasionally, even in the current day (I am speaking from personal experience with the university I attended for a beginning language course, which used an audio-lingual approach based on the textbook, "Japanese: The Spoken Language" published by...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Laodong Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ziyang 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 understood from this unit that throughout the years there have been several approaches, methods and techniques about teaching English. Back to 17th century, first we called 'The Classical Method' in other words 'Grammar Translation Method' which based on translating Greek and Latin to the nature language. Then it followed many other methods such as...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chengguan 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. The Engage, Study and Activate methodology, also known as ESA method, is one of the most popular strategies in teaching English. This method put great emphasis on flexibility, making the students learn language effectively. For the teachers to successfully plan a lesson using an ESA model, they must be knowledgeable about its elements and how it is presented. There...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huzhu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zigong 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've leant a lot in unit three. In this part, it mainly talked about the theories, methods and techniques of teaching. I learnt the following method of teaching: the classical method, audio-lingualism, the silent way, suggestopedia, TPR , ESA and so on. Each method has its own positive factors and negative factors. Which one will the you use, it depends on your...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Kueerqisi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Aletai Dìqu — Altay? 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 about Theories, methods and techniques. We have leanrt some methdologies of learning from the 17th century. The first ils ''the classical method'', unatural, with grammar translation. Then comes the direct method created by Gouin(1880 and Belitz(1990). This last one leads to some others metholgies such as Audiolingualism, Suggestopedia,...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas A method of teaching contains the techniques used by teachers to impart knowledge to students. These strategies are determined partly on the subjects to be taught and partly by the nature of the learner. In this task, I will give some examples of different teaching methodologies, compare these techniques, and explain why it is important that teachers, mostly who are teaching in a foreign country should know these methods. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Nathalie L. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. One of the most effective methods of teaching is ESA (Engage, Study, and Activate); this teaching method allows your student to be exposed to the English language; having...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shuidao Nongchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Akesu Diqu — Aksu? 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 sheds the lights on the various theories, methods and techniques of teaching English as well as covering the uses,cons and pros of each one of them. Here is a brief explanation of some of these methodologies; The classical method (also known as the grammar-translation method) is a traditional technique which focuses on the translation of...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Gary H. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Entering into an early years unit at any school is like entering another time zone. The classroom has an atmosphere unlike other classes and can best be described as an assault on the senses. The room is divided into different areas including role-play, messy play, building and construction, reading, writing and craft corners, all for the children to discover and explore. Colorful pictures and drawings of various topics, number, and letter sequences cover the walls, it is loud with sounds of continuous chatter, laughter, and shrieks of excitement as the young children learn through activities...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Heguan 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. The structure of a class is formed primarily based off of the teacher’s personality and characteristics that influence the preferences to certain methods of teaching. There are numerous strategies of teaching that each have their own merits and faults. What methods are effective will depend upon the teacher’s ability to apply these methods as well as the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Caocun 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. My Summative Task (89. The best thing I've learned from my TEFL/TESOL course) The best thing I have learned from my TEFL/TESOL course is the ESA method. I discovered this method in Lesson 2 of our course which, for me, is one of the best and useful lesson in the whole course, it is very informative, and the longer lesson in our course. In my previous experience, I had...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huangbao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Tongchuan 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. Comparative Teaching Methodologies There are several different methodologies used by Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). I was not aware of many of these methodologies before taking this course. Among the many methods mentioned in this course are Grammar translation; Audio-lingual; Presentation, practice, production; Task based; Communicative; the...  [Read more]

Linda Dunsmore Alumni Experiences The best thing I have learned from my TEFL course is the ESA method. I discovered this method in Lesson 2 of our course which, for me, is one of the best and useful lessons in the whole course. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Horacio A. In my previous experience, I had learned most of the methodologies explained in Lesson 2, but I had never had the chance to know about this method before. ESA stands for Engage-Study-Activate, the three stages or phases of this method. This method was introduced in 1998 by Jeremy Harmer. It is the most dynamic and creative method, suitable to any level. It is an eclectic method, because it combines the best of previous methodologies used in language pedagogy. To make this method more productive,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Payang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Rikaze Shi — Shigatse, Xigaze? 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 teaches me about theories, methods and techniques in teaching English. For many years, we have used many methods. Each method has different advantages and disadvantages. We should take advantage of the positive points to perfect our teaching methods so that student can study with so much joy and absorb the lesson the best. This unit...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Throughout history, several different teaching approaches and methodologies have been tried and tested with some being more popular and effective than others. There are various teaching methods and techniques that are employed to help students learn a new language and this critique explains the advantages/disadvantages and effectiveness of some of the more important approaches. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Thomas C. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The first technique (dominantly used ‘up to the 1960s’) (Lier and Lier, 2001) is the Grammar Translation (or Classical) method based on the translation of words/passages from the ‘students native language’ as...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Teaching English to foreign-speaking students comes with much responsibility, creativity, patience, and kindness. On the opposite end, learning another language is challenging, requires practice and can be frustrating. To make the teaching and learning exchange seamless there are a variety of lesson structures and independent/ group activities available for teachers to implement into classrooms. Although many methods can be used, grammar, vocabulary, reading, listening, writing, and speaking are all important structures taken into consideration as learning the language comfortably and fluently is always the end goal. Throughout this summative task, different methodologies will be paired and compared to find out which one is the best. This post was...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Saerbulake Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Aletai Dìqu — Altay? 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 delved into the different ways there are to teach a second or foreign language. It discussed numerous methods and methodologies as well as making a case for the ESA method. ESA is the Engage, Study, Activate method of teaching a foreign language. It involves more student production and less teacher talking time, while still including...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zihe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zibo 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 learning has seen different phases depending on the methodologies, theories and needs of specific periods. Different currents have privileged different techniques to improve student memorization. This is the case of drilling, greatly used by the audio-lingual method. With the rise of the communicative approach, its efficacy has been questioned. However, many...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yuejiang 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. For this unit, so many teaching methods have been introduced. However, I am confused by these methods, especially, some methods are similar. I think maybe make a comparison between two similar methods would be better for us to understand the methods better. Moreover, I would like to know the level of learners that each method suits. For this unit, so many teaching...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Keketuohai Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Aletai Dìqu — Altay? 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 my point of view all of these methods can be used together in practice. It make sense to combine the methods - use two or three of them - together for better assimilation of the material. ESA method which was put forward by Jeremy Harmer is an example of good combination of several methods. The flexibility of the ESA method gives a large field for...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qigexing Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Bayinguoleng Menggu 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. Teaching method is the standard to ensure good classroom performance. Nowadays, many children who study foreign languages lack the practice of language environment. How to make their children produce the best learning effect in the learning process? As an excellent teacher, we should master many teaching methods. We should adopt reasonable...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yanxia 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. The best thing I have learned from this TEFL course is that teaching methodology is no longer dominated by the framework of translation/grammar-based learning, but newer, more holistic methods are starting to be used by teachers, such as the ESA method. Grammar/translation learning primarily uses the practice of finding equivalents of the students’ language in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tianming 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. Imagine yourself in a country with people who do not speak the same language as you. Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to be around people who you do not understand nor do they understand you? Try to put yourself in the shoes of the many students who move to a country and have to learn a new language. When students arrive at a new country they are...  [Read more]