Esl Pre K Activities

1. Introduction 2. Benefits of ESL Activities 3. Types of ESL Activities 4. How ITTT Can Help Engaging ESL activities are an essential component of any successful English as a Second Language (ESL) program. These activities not only make learning fun and interactive but also help students improve their language skills in a practical and meaningful way. At ITTT (International TEFL and TESOL Training), we offer a wide range of resources and support to help ESL teachers create dynamic and engaging activities for their students. There are numerous benefits to incorporating engaging ESL activities into your lesson plans. First and foremost, these activities help to keep students motivated and interested in learning English. By making lessons interactive and fun, students are more likely to stay...  [Read more]

  So speaking activities will come in many different forms but we can generalize them into three basic types. Control activities tend to be used in the study phase and here, the teacher will be helping the students in terms of what they need to say and how they go about saying it. So, there's a high level of structure within a controlled activity. A guided activity has slightly less structure than this and it can be used in either the study or the activate stages themselves. The final type of activity or class of activity is called creative activity and this one would be used in the activation phase. In a creative activity, we're giving a scenario or a very small amount of structure and we're asking the students to actually create their own answers to this particular question....  [Read more]

1. Introduction to ESL Teaching Resources for China 2. Benefits of Using ESL Teaching Resources 3. Types of ESL Teaching Resources 4. How ITTT Can Help with ESL Teaching Resources Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) in China can be a rewarding experience, but it also comes with its challenges. One of the key factors in ensuring a successful ESL teaching experience is having access to high-quality teaching resources. These resources can help teachers engage their students, create interactive lessons, and promote language learning in a fun and effective way. ITTT (International TEFL and TESOL Training) offers a range of ESL teaching resources specifically designed for teachers in China. There are numerous benefits to using ESL teaching resources in the classroom. Firstly, these...  [Read more]

1. Introduction 2. Benefits of ESL Resources in Loja 3. ITTT's ESL Resources in Loja 4. How to Access ITTT's ESL Resources As the demand for English as a Second Language (ESL) education continues to grow worldwide, access to quality ESL resources is more important than ever. In Loja, Ecuador, both educators and learners are seeking effective tools to improve English language proficiency. International TEFL and TESOL Training (ITTT) offers a range of ESL resources tailored to meet the needs of individuals in Loja and beyond. Access to ESL resources in Loja provides numerous benefits to both educators and learners. For educators, these resources offer support in lesson planning, curriculum development, and teaching strategies. They can enhance classroom activities and engage students more...  [Read more]

1. Introduction 2. Benefits of Using ESL Teaching Resources 3. Types of ESL Teaching Resources 4. How ITTT Can Help with ESL Teaching Resources Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) can be a rewarding experience, but it also comes with its challenges. One of the key factors in successful ESL teaching is having access to quality resources and materials. These resources not only help educators create engaging lessons but also support students in their language learning journey. In this guide, we will explore the benefits of using ESL teaching resources, the different types available, and how ITTT (International TEFL and TESOL Training) can assist educators in finding the right resources. Utilizing ESL teaching resources can significantly enhance the learning experience for both...  [Read more]

Are you looking for ESL teaching resources for virtual classrooms? Look no further! ITTT (International TEFL and TESOL Training) offers a wide range of resources to help you enhance your online English teaching skills. From lesson plans to activities, our resources are designed to make your virtual classroom engaging and effective. 1. Introduction to ITTT 2. ESL Teaching Resources for Virtual Classrooms 3. Benefits of Using ITTT Resources 4. How to Access ITTT Resources ITTT (International TEFL and TESOL Training) is a leading provider of online TEFL and TESOL courses. With over 25 years of experience in the industry, we have helped thousands of teachers around the world achieve their teaching goals. Our mission is to provide high-quality training and resources to educators looking to make...  [Read more]

  Throughout section on the teaching of productive skills and the teaching of receptive skills our activate activities will usually involve some form of game and our final consideration here will be the use of games in the classroom. We can start with a definition of what we actually mean by a game and it basically has three components. A game is an activity that has rules it should have for its purpose in the classroom a teaching point and by nature to the fact that it's a game it should also include an element of fun. So that will be our working definition for a game that we're going to use in the classroom. There are many different types of games and they range between the competitive and those will require cooperation and there are all sorts of games that involve both of these...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Beiwudang 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. For my summative task I have chosen the topic of ‘Lesson Planning’. A lesson plan is a detailed step-by-step guide that outlines the teacher's objectives for what the students will accomplish during the course of the lesson and how they will learn it. Creating a lesson plan involves setting goals, developing activities, and determining the materials that you...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Mali Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Liangshan Yizu 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. In this unit 1 I have learnt the different roles and quality of a teacher. If a teacher stands in front of the class than he is a manager, if he is organizing activities, giving instructions, or providing feedback than he is an organizer, if a teacher gets involved in the class to even up the numbers or bring some more life into the class than he is a...  [Read more]

TEFL Lemon began in 2014 as an ESL blog on the WeChat platform in China, quickly becoming the biggest ESL blog on WeChat. TEFL Lemon provided English teachers with ELT articles to read and share, as well as free ESL lesson ideas, ESL games and fun speaking activities which TEFL teachers could use in their classes. English teachers in China could also download free ESL flashcards on a variety of themes. Following their success on the WeChat platform, in 2018, TEFL Lemon decided to build their own website to offer their ESL Flashcard Games for Kids, ESL Warmers, ESL games and speaking activities for teens and adults for free to TEFL teachers around the world. You can visit their website here. Not only do TEFL Lemon offer teachers brilliant ESL games and teaching ideas, but they also have...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shimen Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Linyi Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Teaching aids and equipment are absolutely essential parts of the classroom environment and lesson execution. They create an element of entertainment, diversify the teaching, and engage the students in a different way than a sole teacher with a blackboard can. We play audio recordings to practice listening skills, and find online resources for a broader selection of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Nilong 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. Lesson planning is important in the classroom as it helps teachers to create a logical and structured sequence for each lesson. When a teacher is pre-planning a lesson it is important first to understand what the focus of the lesson will be and the learning objectives of the students. A teacher will also require a pre-plan of what will be used within a lesson. For...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Guanzhuang 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. Summative task Troubleshooting TEFL The most common problems that teacher can encounter in the classroom and way of dealing with them. 1.First Lessons New teaching position, teacher can face with a number of new classes for the first time. These classes are vital for the teacher to establish rapport with the student’s classes can divide into two categories. New...  [Read more]

Federico Riva TEFL Information Alumni Experiences When considering General English exams there are a number of organizations or companies that offer these types of exams. Perhaps the most well-known is the Cambridge suite of examinations. ### Watch the video about this topic Within the Cambridge suite there are five different examinations at five different levels. The entry level examination for the Cambridge suite is known as the Key English Test and it's often known by its acronym KET. This is actually an entry level examination and both this and the next level of test are really used to show that people are ready for the third level of the Cambridge test suite. Moving on from the key English test, the second level is known by the name PET and that stands for the preliminary English...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xianggou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Linyi Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Teaching receptive as well as productive skills is an essential part of an EFL course. Students should be able to comprehend speech as well as to produce speech in English language so that they would be able to fulfil their communication needs. Realising that there are realistic communication needs that we are fulfilling when we interact in another language is an...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhugan 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. Lesson planning is crucial to any lesson; weather it’s a private session or a group class. It gives an overview of what you would like to teach and helps to keep you on track and not lack direction. I like how the course teaches you the merits of flexibility within structure. I can lean toward rigidity but this course taught me to plan ahead as an overall guide...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shuzhang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changzhi 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. Children are precious gift from above. In its supernatural form, they are regarded as angels, miracles and the cute little ones. They go forth running around, playing and roaming endlessly. They are adorable and wonderful carefree beings! We all go through being a child. Each one of us has a unique childhood experience. We evolve and develop differently but a lot...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yudu 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. “The best thing I’ve learned from my TEFL course” is the amount of preparation that goes into lesson planning. Usually I am mocked by my friends and colleagues because of the amount of organization I like to do before any medium to large sized task. Now I can say my love of planning and organizational skills will finally be put to good use. Lesson planning is...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Every English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher desires to successfully teach their students how to proficiently speak, understand, and use the English language. English is a very complex language, and teaching it presents many challenges. Because of this, an ESL teacher must be willing and able to take on various roles throughout the teaching of a lesson. During a typical ESL lesson, a teacher will have some, or all, of the following roles: a manager or controller, an organizer, an observer, an assessor, a prompter, a participant, and a resource or facilitator. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Jennifer N. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Firstly, every ESL teacher...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Fengcheng 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. The school in which I’ll be teaching English as a Foreign Language will be unique compared to the vast majority of high schools in China. My school’s curriculum will not be based upon test-prep for the Chinese college entrance exam, so none of my students will be permitted to go to Chinese universities. Instead, my school will function as a prep school for...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Mashi 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. Definitely, flashcards are great tools to teach the vocabulary in all levels, however some teachers may consider them as one of the most boring ways to teach and study. Personally, I think flashcards are most effective way to use for ESL classrooms. Especially in young learners’ classrooms they are most effective item to introduce new vocabulary and drill familiar...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas When it comes to teaching a lot of teachers are set in their ways, especially if this has been their career for a while, but over the years we have learned that teachers need to be flexible with their methods because there is a wide range of learning abilities in every classroom. Each child has their own learning styles and the way we approach a lesson should be tailored too, hopefully, to meet the needs of every child in the room. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Alexandra M. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Teaching children with varying learning abilities means adapting and providing curriculum and course activities that have been purposefully planned to create the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Changshan 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. There are two Receptive language skills; Reading and Listening. English speaker’s use both of these are used for the same two purposes, for entertainment, or to help us to achieve a particular goal. Reading and listening is not just as simple as opening your eyes or ears, each student will have different problems areas to target and understanding the received...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas The purpose of flashcards is rather simple and mundane; we use flashcards to introduce and review vocabulary or concepts. My first language teacher said, “The only way to learn a foreign language is repetition, repetition, repetition.” Can’t argue with that. Unfortunately, it can be really… repetitious and boring. But, if you watch children playing, they’ll show you how to make it fun. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Thuy N. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Here is my list of 41 Flash Card Activities. If you have an activity, not on this list, leave me a comment below! I’d love to hear how you use flashcards in your classes! When putting together...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lingqian 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. I have been teaching ESL classes professionally for two years. In addition to this experience, I have several years of experience as a volunteer teacher/mentor with ESL students. Through my experiences, I have learned that importance of establishing immediate rapport in the classroom. In this short summative task, I will talk about why it is vital to establish...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wangtuan 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. My formal classroom experience before teaching EYL students online in private lessons, which began just five weeks ago, was in the college classroom, where I taught English composition, and eventually grammar, to developmental and regular adult students of widely varying skill levels, ranging in age from 17 to 70. Many of them were new to the daunting expectations...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Outdoor games and activities can be motivating and fun for English language learners. According to my research, there are many different activities that teachers can use to practice and develop students’ English language skills. Outdoor learning has many benefits: Students can be highly motivated and energized by being outside. When a class has become boring or the students disinterested, going outside can help students return to the classroom refreshed and more focused than before. Furthermore, being in the new surroundings opens up unique, memorable ways to teach English in the great outdoors. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Krista W. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences I have been an English teacher in China for roughly 3 years, one of the biggest challenges I face every day is the look I get from the children when they see me for the first time. I stand out a mile away (blonde hair and blue eyes) so they are either very eager to speak to me or they are petrified. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Jeanne H. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. As a training school teacher, we have to do a lot of recruiting demos and then brand new students will come and watch this demo and decide if they enjoy our school, the teachers and the course books that we use. The majority of the students have no English background what so ever, so we are...  [Read more]

Mark Crocker Teaching Ideas Image by Alice Bolden via Writix Of all the language skills that are taught in the ESL classroom, teaching writing skills is often seen as one of the least popular. Some teachers consider these lessons to be a bit boring, hard to evaluate and somewhat limited in what you can incorporate into them. However, this doesn’t have to be the case as teaching writing skills to your ESL students can actually be interesting, fun and productive. Take a look at these ideas for spicing up your English writing skills lessons. One of the most common reasons why writing lessons are sometimes seen as boring is that many teachers stick to a traditional approach that rigidly focuses on structure, grammar, and punctuation. While these are an important part of the writing...  [Read more]

1. Introduction 2. What is Alexandria ESL? 3. Benefits of Alexandria ESL Programs 4. How to Get Started with Alexandria ESL Welcome to Alexandria ESL, a leading provider of English as a Second Language (ESL) programs for students of all ages and backgrounds. Our programs are designed to help individuals improve their English language skills, build confidence, and achieve their academic and professional goals. Whether you are a beginner looking to learn the basics or an advanced student aiming to refine your language fluency, Alexandria ESL has a program tailored to meet your needs. Alexandria ESL offers a wide range of ESL programs, including general English courses, business English, exam preparation, and specialized courses for specific industries. Our experienced instructors are...  [Read more]