Esl Teaching Materials

1. Introduction 2. Benefits of Using ESL Teaching Materials 3. Types of ESL Teaching Materials Available Online 4. How to Use ESL Teaching Materials Effectively In today's digital age, the internet has become a treasure trove of resources for ESL teachers looking to enhance their teaching materials. With just a few clicks, educators can access a wide range of resources to supplement their lesson plans and engage students in meaningful learning experiences. Using ESL teaching materials available online comes with a multitude of benefits. Firstly, these resources can help make lessons more interactive and engaging for students, keeping them interested and motivated to learn. Additionally, online materials can provide teachers with fresh ideas and perspectives to incorporate into their...  [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]

1. Introduction to ESL Classroom Resources 2. Benefits of Using ESL Classroom Resources 3. Types of ESL Classroom Resources Offered by ITTT 4. How to Access ESL Classroom Resources from ITTT When it comes to teaching English as a second language (ESL), having access to quality classroom resources is essential for creating engaging and effective lessons. ITTT (International TEFL and TESOL Training) offers a wide range of ESL classroom resources designed to support teachers in delivering dynamic and interactive lessons to their students. Whether you are a seasoned ESL instructor or new to the field, ITTT's resources can help enhance your teaching practices and ensure student success. Using ESL classroom resources from ITTT can provide numerous benefits for both teachers and students. These...  [Read more]

1. Introduction to ITTT 2. TEFL and TESOL Training Programs 3. ESL Resources and Materials 4. Benefits of ITTT's Services ITTT (International TEFL and TESOL Training) is a leading provider of TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) and TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) certification programs. With over 25 years of experience in the field, ITTT offers a wide range of courses to suit the needs of aspiring English teachers worldwide. Our programs are designed to provide participants with the skills and knowledge necessary to excel in the ESL classroom. ITTT offers a variety of TEFL and TESOL training programs, including online courses, in-class courses, and combined courses. Our online courses are flexible and can be completed at your own pace from anywhere in the...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas When I think of materials in terms of English Second Language (ESL) teaching, I think of a broad range of items, from worksheets to pictures, flashcards to figurines, exercises, tests, and so on. To put 'materials' more in perspective, these are materials needed to deliver an ESL course. I have created course material and training material since 1995, firstly for training artisans in development projects in South Africa, and later from 2001 to 2006 in Wales, training Voluntary Sector groups. For one employer, I created a 'Behavioural Based Safety' course for North Sea Safety Standby Vessels (Offshore operations), which included four booklets, tests, e-learning, and one-to-one sessions to check to understand. Creating...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Online English teachers are divided into two groups. The first group is online ESL teachers that work for an education company. The second group is online ESL teachers who freelance. I will explain the two types of teaching materials, authentic and created materials, and how materials are incorporated in teaching English online to students. The focus of this article will be young learners as that is my personal career goal. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Dora E. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The first group of teaching materials is authentic materials. Authentic materials are defined as “anything a native speaker would hear or read can be described as authentic...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Most if not all courses make use of materials, regardless of the topic being taught. In ESL courses materials are crucial to the learning processes from the beginning to the end of a student’s education in English. Whether the materials used are authentic, non-authentic, realia, or media, they aid the students by testing, reinforcing, and improving the learner’s knowledge. Course materials also provide learners with a reference other than the instructor in the case of dictionaries and other reference materials. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Ryan R. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The term “course materials” refers to anything used to aid the instructor in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Beizhouzhuang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shuozhou 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 we know course materials are a huge part of any ESL class. They provide the teacher and the students with a sense of security. Preparing a good collection of course materials can be a challenge, especially for less experienced teacher. They can be time and energy consuming but, they should be prepared nonetheless. Many aspects should be considered when...  [Read more]

Laura Payne Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Authentic materials are media that native speakers of a language encounter in their everyday lives, which are not specifically created for language students. TV programs, newspaper articles, books, songs, YouTube videos, and more all fall under this term. Incorporating authentic materials into ESL classrooms has numerous merits, but the high language level required to understand these materials often causes teachers to rarely or never include them in classes below an intermediate language level. However, the difficulty of language in authentic materials does not necessarily mean that they have no place in lower-level classes. With some research, planning, and creativity, any teacher can expose their students to authentic materials. Here are...  [Read more]

  So how do we actually make best use of the course book? Well, just a couple of factors that you need to keep into consideration when using these types of material, use the course book to help you create a balanced lesson in terms of the range of skills that are being taught and the actual types of material within that the grammar or vocabulary. Secondly, don't use it all the time, particularly with things like activities, we can create our own materials and we can tailor those materials much more specifically to the actual class that we're teaching. As very often the actual creations in the book are very general, we can make our own materials much more specific. The third thing you need to be aware of is that you can't always rely 100% on the information that's presented in those...  [Read more]

Federico Riva TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Two classifications of ESL materials are Authentic and Non-Authentic (or created). What is the difference between what are called authentic and created materials? Authentic materials as the name implies are actual materials that are created for any reason outside of the classroom. Examples of authentic materials would be things like, newspapers; those are generated for the general public and they're certainly not generated for the use in the classroom. However they can be used within the classroom. Other examples would be things like songs and poems and even things such as brochures and magazines and indeed menus from restaurants. So these are materials that can be used within the classroom, but they have not been created...  [Read more]

Mark Crocker Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas It is said that textbooks are either embraced or feared by a teacher. Attitudes aside, a textbook is often used as core material for the classroom in carrying out the syllabus. After the selection or assignment of a textbook, the teacher’s next task is to figure out how to effectively use it. The common ways of adapting a textbook to suit a specific class include omission, replacement, adaptation and supplementation, with the latter two being the most effective. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Katrina T. The first way a teacher can adapt the textbook is through omission, that is, either through cutting out a whole activity, lesson, or parts of it. Omission is mainly used to exclude irrelevant material that is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Nanshan 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. Unit 4 looks at materials available to ESL teachers and how to use them. There are two types of materials: authentic materials are materials that are actually used in the English-speaking community, and non-authentic materials are materials that are altered or created for a learning environment. As much as possible, non-authentic materials should be as close to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Deyang-shi? 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| In this materials unit, I learned about some of the pros and cons of authentic and unauthentic teaching materials in the classroom This unit we covered materials used in classrooms, this included the use of authentic vs non-authentic materials, the lesson plan itself, course books, the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Cigou 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. An especially appropriate theme for teaching business English is Computer Aided Language Learning (CALL). Business students are most likely already familiar with using computers and particularly the Internet. The Internet can provide a teacher with an enormous array of teaching resources from non-authentic and authentic materials to lesson plans and ideas. The...  [Read more]

Linda Dunsmore Teaching Ideas Business students are most likely already familiar with using computers and particularly the Internet for learning English. The Internet can provide a teacher with an enormous array of teaching resources from non-authentic and authentic materials to lesson plans and ideas. Here are 7 great resources for teaching business English at no cost to the teacher! This post was written by our ITTT graduate Shannon S. This is a website that features hundreds of free online non-authentic teaching materials such as vocabulary exercises, grammar quizzes, listening comprehension videos, and reading comprehension articles. The materials are related to such business areas as accounting, sales and marketing, project management, interviews, information technology (IT), and...  [Read more]

Estefany Garduño TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas When you hear about English lessons, the first thing that comes into your mind is probably lessons taken from a book, answer lesson sheets, and talking in pairs applying a small group of vocabulary, and that’s all. Let’s change the game by giving a higher immersion of English to your ESL students without going to an English-speaking country to obtain more vocabulary, pronunciation, and speaking practice. Being immersed in English is the way of “forcing” oneself to use the language, hearing how others use it, thinking in English to give answers in English, stopping trying to translate all the time from English to the native language, and applying the real-world language skills. The key to English Immersion is...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Motivation provides learners with an aim and direction to follow. According to Gardner motivation is the combination of attempt and desire to obtain the aim of learning the language and favorable attitudes toward learning the language. If students are motivated they will be excited about learning and willing to work hard. Motivation, both intrinsic and extrinsic, is a key factor in the success of students in all stages of their education, and teachers can play an important role in providing and encouraging that motivation in their students. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Saritha B. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The seating arrangement of the students: A change in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xinglong 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. First I would like to start by saying that I´m a non-native speaker ESL Teacher. I have studied English as a second language since I was in grammar school, and at 19 years old I took a 120 hour local Teaching Training Course. I have taken several English courses since then, and even lived in Philadelphia, USA for one year and in London, UK for 6 months in order...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shawo Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Heze Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Katrina Trask It is said that textbooks are either embraced or feared by a teacher. Attitudes aside, a textbook is often used as core material for the classroom in carrying out the syllabus. After the selection or assignment of a textbook, the teacher’s next task is to figure out how to effectively use it. The common uses of the text include omission, replacement,...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Different classes have different requirements for appropriate teaching materials. These requirements are influenced by several factors, such as the skill level of the class, their age, ability, their native language they speak, and the unique problems native speakers of that language have when learning English. Cultural factors also need to be taken into account. Course material could become problematic in a classroom if they deal with family relationships or gender in a way that particular culture of a country or the students may find inappropriate. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Joshua W. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Ability is an obvious factor in course...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gujun Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Baoji 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 many interactive tools that can be used during teaching to enhance a lesson and keep students engaged. There are also a few tools that are a teacher’s lifeline during a lesson. Course materials that range from props and pictures of vocabulary words, to simple worksheets and lesson plans are integral to teaching a good lesson. They can provide basic aid to a...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Grammar, the key element to all languages, is, by all means, the first thing which everyone must have a clear understanding of before acquiring such language. From parts of speech to sentence structure, the complexity of grammar doesn’t seem to have a sign of decrease as ESL students’ vocabulary range increases. In all respects, the fundamental problem to all learners who treat English as a second language is that they never take it as a first language but try to understand the meaning behind every word with the aid of their mother tongue, their first language. In this essay, I would like to focus on one of the smallest parts of grammar - syntax as the starting point, to shed some light on how teachers can teach English more effectively. This post...  [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]

Linda Dunsmore Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas There are many interactive tools that can be used during teaching to enhance a lesson and keep students engaged. There are also a few tools that are a teacher’s lifeline during a lesson. Course materials that range from props and pictures of vocabulary words to simple worksheets and lesson plans are integral to teaching a good lesson. They can provide basic aid to a teacher or help keep the students’ attention. But, when overused or used during the wrong times, course materials can become problematic and disadvantageous. Different things that a teacher brings to a lesson can make or break an ESL lesson. This post was written by our ITTT graduate Emma H. There are some course materials that are all but necessary for an ESL teacher. A...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In the ESL classroom, the importance of lesson planning cannot be stressed enough. There are, however, certain advantages to building flexible activities into a traditional Engage, Study and Activate, or ESA, lesson plan, particularly from a Communicative Language Teaching approach. In the case of ESL classrooms in English-speaking countries, such as the United States, it is essential to allow both flexibility and structured study time so that students may continue to increase their use of the new language once they leave the classroom. Also, the advantage of teaching ESL in an English- speaking country is that students can draw upon knowledge simply by living in that particular country. This advantage can be captured and utilized in lesson planning by...  [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]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lancheng 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. When one looks up books on teaching skills for teaching English as a Second Language (ESL), many options will appear, showing the depth of research that has gone into the importance of teaching skills. In fact, more than half of the ITTT 120-hour TESOL course modules are dedicated to teaching skills such as classroom management and lesson planning rather than...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dazhangjia Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Liaocheng Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. I began teaching ESL with only a brief 30-minute class and a referral to online materials created by past volunteers. We were taught to track the number of new vs. ongoing students in our classes. It was up to us to come up with the topic, materials, and to advertise the classes to the residents. It was recommended that we use the same materials that we were...  [Read more]

1. Introduction 2. Benefits of ESL Certification 3. Course Overview 4. How to Get Certified with ITTT Are you passionate about teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) and looking to take your career to the next level? Look no further! ITTT (International TEFL and TESOL Training) offers a comprehensive ESL certification course with interactive modules designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to excel in the field of English language teaching. Earning an ESL certification from ITTT can open up a world of opportunities for you. Whether you are a seasoned educator looking to enhance your teaching skills or someone new to the field of ESL, our certification course can help you stand out in a competitive job market. With an ESL certification from ITTT, you can increase your...  [Read more]