Liam Riley

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Liao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Wenzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In this unit, I understood how to use the E.S.A technique in teaching language. I was introduced to techniques on how to teach grammatical structures. a typical ESA lesson plan template was presented thereby increasing the knowledge on how to teach grammar as required. I also learned how to introduce a grammar lesson to class as there are certain things that need to be...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Guang'an Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In this unit, i've learned about what a good teacher is. A good teacher must be kind, patient, motivational, having good knowledge content, is able to find out the weaknesses of the students and correct them. Next was the roles of the teacher. He/she must act like a model, manager, organizer, facilitator, tutor, guide, observer etc in different aspects. Next topic was...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas One of the repeating themes of this TEFL course has been the games a classroom may participate in, and the many variants of games appropriate for the learning of English. Examples are hangman, crossword puzzles, word jumbles, 20 questions, and many more to mention. The games can often serve very specific purposes, which were perhaps not the original intentions for the games, however within the classroom they can perfectly fit into their role. Tongue-twisters are an excellent choice when practising pronunciations on students in the fluency stage of the lesson, as it allows them to make mistakes without the fear of embarrassment from failure (as failure is almost certain for everybody, at least once), and forces them to apply the words quickly without much...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Pingcheng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jincheng 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. Whether teaching a class that is large or small, a teacher will face certain challenges that are unique to each class. While larger classes may be harder to manage because of their size, smaller ones can present challenges too. Sometimes in a smaller class the teacher can go through the material too fast. However, when teaching English, there is always more to...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas The productive skills have been the two criteria that determine one’s language proficiency. To be more realistic in life, if someone is going to enter into his dream job or college, then the recruitment team or admission commission would carefully make a selection depending on one’s productive skill. For instance, they will read a pool of submitted CVs and take interviews from the applicants. Thus, the learners are essential for developing these skills speedy not only in schools but also in everyday lives. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate bilguun s. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Firstly, stacking papers on the walls in rooms of your house is a useful technique...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shuangchi 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. Flashcards can be great tools for eliciting vocabulary, but teachers should not overlook the numerous other uses for these great tools. Flashcard games can add excitement to young learners’ class. The following activities are aimed to drill the vocabulary in the second study phase of the lesson, after the elicitation of vocabulary. The liar game is a flashcard...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Raijmond W. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The liar game is a flashcard activity that can be used to drill vocabulary. This activity is ideal for vocabulary that a teacher is introducing as the activity involves repeating after the teacher. For this activity, the teacher should clap twice, point to a flashcard and say the vocabulary word. If the word and the flashcard match, students should clap twice and repeat the word. If the word does not match the flashcard, students should make an X with their arms and stay silent. This activity allows teachers to drill the correct pronunciation of the target vocabulary. It also presents an...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Flashcards can be great tools for eliciting vocabulary, but teachers should not overlook the numerous other uses for these great tools. Flashcard games can add excitement to young learners’ classes. The following activities are aimed to drill the vocabulary in the second study phase of the lesson, after the elicitation of vocabulary. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Kiyomi Ann H. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The liar game is a flashcard activity that can be used to drill vocabulary. This activity is ideal for vocabulary that a teacher is introducing as the activity involves repeating after the teacher. For this activity, the teacher should clap twice, point to a...  [Read more]