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Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Using flashcards is a learning method brings such a playful ambiance to the teaching process. In general, I have learned that the more fun you have during an activity, regardless of which field you are learning, the bigger the possibility of taking something from it is. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Elisabeth A. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The key to all this is that you don't think about learning or think about that you are working. When we are put in a setting where we are being 'forced' to learn, the brain is very good at creating blocks in your head that keeps you from learning. When you play/have fun - many of these blocks get overrun without even giving...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Taipingqiao 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. I learned new ways on how to teach the concept of the language that they are trying to learn and how to teach it in a way that is fun and easy to memorize and pick up. I learned new ways on how to teach the concept of the language that they are trying to learn and how to teach it in a way that is fun and easy to memorize and pick up.  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Who doesn’t love a story? Stories are universal. Stories connect us all. Stories also transcend caste, creed, color, and age. From the beginning of time, to-date the medium may have changed but stories engage us with others because it is easy to see ourselves reflected in them and understand the message conveyed easily. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Shaimuna C. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Teaching English using stories can be very effective in class. As an English teacher, I have used stories for classroom activities from Year 1 to 6 at the primary school level. The different age groups need diverse styles. Below are some of the activities that have worked...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Songs are very popular in classes for young learners. Children need frequent changes in activities to stimulate their curiosity. Songs are fun and offer a nice way to warm up students and spend out their high-level energy. But songs are likewise an effective way to teach new vocabularies and sentences, improve speaking fluency and develop students’ artistic abilities. Often teachers make use of videos downloaded at YouTube or another online platform, but they can also reproduce songs in a micro-system or even sing or play the song with a guitar or another instrument. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Gabriel C. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. When deciding which...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tashui 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. I learned new ways on how to teach the concept of the language that they are trying to learn and how to teach it in a way that is fun and easy to memorize and pick up. I really enjoyed picking out new games and activities for my future class to learn and really grasp the concept of English. I learned new ways on how to teach the concept of the language that they...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hepu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ningbo 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. This chapter talks about how to teach new language in the classroom. It tells you how to pick vocab, and understand which vocabulary will be more readily recognizable to the students. These factors can be things such as the words similarity to the student’s mother tongue, pronunciation, and spelling. This chapter also addresses how to introduce new grammar structures....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in LianghuZhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shaoxing 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 new vocabulary and new grammar structures is very important. The teacher must particularly choose the technique to teach new materials. It is very important to combine games, role-plays and other creative tasks to engage and activate students. The students must be willing to pick up new knowledge and master new grammatical structures. Teaching new...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Puyuan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jiaxing 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 seven taught me how to pick vocabulary, grammatical structures, and language functions properly based on the level of the students. The unit also taught me which type of ESA structure goes best with each of the three parts of this unit. The unit showed me how grammar, vocabulary, and functions of a language need to be balanced in order for the student to learn...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gulebage Zhen? 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. It is a real challenge for teachers to pick out the best way of teaching. Teaching as well as communication itself are synthesis of many complicated factors. That is why methods, techniques and approaches that have been already created should be known and mastered practically. Teacher´s choosing the proper approach in a particular situation, accurate...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Fule Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Qujing 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 four aspects of the past tense correlate with the four aspects of the present tense. Past tenses might be easier for students to grasp if they already understand the principles from the present tense. Highlighting the forms of each tense can be helpful for students to pick out key words to ensure that they are using the proper tense for what is being communicated....  [Read more]

Linda Dunsmore Teaching Ideas It’s Black History Month! Now, Black History often falls short in EFL classrooms but if you are able to include it into your EFL curriculum abroad (and you should!) here is an important reason to do so: You get to focus on the amazing culture, history, and contributions of Black people, something a lot of EFL students would never otherwise learn. Hold a class meeting to introduce the topic and explain why a month of Black History is needed and brainstorm some famous Black people the students know. This is also a great time to read aloud “Our People” by Angela Shelf Medearis. In this book, a father is telling his daughter about the history of their people - how they were kings and queens and invented amazing things. Looking at picture books and reading...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in HefuZhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Huzhou 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. This unit gives me more information the usage and formation of the Past Simple tense in English grammar. It is highly used to refer to actions accomplished and finished in defined periods in the past that are over. Reviewing the rules is not enough to make I use it properly. I think pick it up in my reading, and more importantly, use it in my writing, the better I will...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in WanfuZhen? 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. This unit has helped me to understand usage and type of materials the more. It laid emphasis on the need to write lesson plan before a lesson is presented. the plans are to be developed in such a way that any other teacher can pick up the plan and teach. In this unit, there's also need for the teacher to support young learners to be exposed to internet where they may...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wenhua 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. I have learned some methodologies and techniques in this unit. Some of them are inspiring. but i do find it difficult applying ESA when teaching some students who are just reluctant to talk. And the whole process will just be SSSSS.....I really don't think it's my fault. My students are all adults. I tried my best to pick their interest, but in vain. I n that case, I...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Longba Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Dehong Daizu Jingpozu 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. The one thing that really popped out at me was the one where the teacher says the name after the question. I never thought of how the kids would stop paying attention if I say someone else's name. This makes me think of when I was in elementary school and my teacher had a cup of popsicle sticks with our names on it. She would ask a question and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Changlianggou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xinzhou 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 benefits of a child learning a foreign language at a young age. Outmost is that the first 3-5 years of life are considered the best time for children to learn a second language, and it can be as easy as acquiring knowledge of their first language (Vos, 2008) Also, second language acquisition is tightly link to increase performance in areas of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Sanjing Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xinzhou 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 several benefits to incorporating the use of flash cards into the classroom. The following activities I will be discussing are for young learners from the ages of 5 to 9 years of age. They can be of use in any part of the ESA teaching method. Not only are they ideal for the ‘activity’ part of the method, but eliciting words and studying vocabulary or...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yanqiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ya'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 learned the basics of sentence structure, and possible variations within the structure; the rules which apply to these sentence's structures; different classifications of each word that makes up a sentence, and also how these classifications relate to one another. I learned (also from my own experience) that the finer points of grammar are not something...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Renhe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Suining 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 chapter I reviewed how certain words fill different types of grammatical functions, as well as how they are used to compose sentence structure. Understanding grammar will help students be able to pick apart sentences to better understand them, as well as help them compose their own message when speaking or writing in English. This lesson also highlighted the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tatirang 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. Learning all the different teaching methods I would strongly pick these four to use: Audio lingualism - Presentation Practice and Production - Commutative language teaching - the lexical approach. Of course this would depend on the level of the students abilities. Learning different ways to Engage-Study-Activate. Elicitation and getting the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhoushan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jinhua 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 I was young, in elementary school , I used to have a notebook where I wrote new vocabulary. This helped me learn a lot of knew English words. Most of my teachers only taught what was in the books which was basic material. From magazines, newspaper and tv shows, students can get a lot of exposure to new words and thus expand their vocabulary. I believe the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xinpu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ningbo 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 have learned that when it comes to teaching new vocabulary, students rely on the similarities it has to their own language, the similarity to the English words they already know, spelling and pronunciation, and its appropriacy. In order for students to understand new vocabulary, it is best to pick words that are similar to ones they know, or words that...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tieliu 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. From unit one I feel I have learned how to assess where a learner falls in terms of proficiency. I have also learned that there is a fine balance on how much a teacher should provide to the students and how much they should encourage them towards the answer on their own. There is always going to be students that desire to learn more and it is imperative...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Luojiang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Dazhou 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. Having knowledge of the learning and developmental theories helps me to know the reason behind why we craft some of the classroom activities the way it is. For children to acquire L2, it is important to help them learn it in a meaningful context and not in an abstract way. We should immerse the children as much as possible in the environment, so that they pick up...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Anbian 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. This unit extensively covers the structure and use of English grammar. It is particularly useful as many English speakers are not specifically taught these rules, but simply pick them up as they grow and learn English by observation and practice. While some of it is likely common knowledge to educated speakers (nouns, verbs, adjectives etc.), there were certainly parts...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Baodian 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. I think of myself as having been fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to learn other languages at a young age. I was taught French in primary school and at home I learned or acquired Spanish. At school, I remember my language teacher being very text book oriented and she focused and followed the book to the “T”. I picked up easy on the grammar because I...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Bahe 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. I am currently studying a TEFL course to become and English teacher but the truth is that I already am a teacher but not of English. I am a qualified PADI Staff Instructor. This involves me teaching and certifying students from basic entry level scuba diving all the way up to assistant instructor. I can and have taught during a Instructor Development Course (IDC) but...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xunzhen Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xinzhou 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. Class management is mainly how the class is set up and controlled by the teacher through out a lesson for effective learning. Every teacher has a process of handling their classes in order to have an effective lesson. Most lessons really rely on the way the class is managed in order to ensure that students learn what they are supposed to. Whatever the topic may be....  [Read more]

  The next example of a game that we can adapt very easily for classroom use is the game of Jeopardy and in this particular game, what we can do is to have a set of levels for our questions, I'd say one through five, where one is going to be the easiest example and five is going to be the most difficult and then, in each of these sets of boxes, we can have various grammar points, such as tenses, perhaps modals, vocabulary and maybe even conditionals. So what the students can do is they can pick a particular topic first of all and within that topic, they can pick the level of the question that they want and then we can have a set of cards that have been created to fit into these slots and we can ask them that question at that level. So, a very simple adaptation of the game jeopardy...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Nabang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Dehong Daizu Jingpozu 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. The different possibilities for arranging students and varying activities (individual, pairs, groups, whole class)will round out the learning experience and provide more opportunities for the students to participate actively. Some students will do better in the traditional class rows or in pairs, others in groups,but by using a variety of...  [Read more]