Student Centered Teaching

Mark Crocker Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Teaching and learning are processes that go hand in hand with one another. Effective teachers are able to inspire and engage students with a desire to learn. They must be able to impart their abilities of learning into students in various ways. Through my personal teaching experiences, I firmly believe in establishing high, yet attainable expectations, creating a curriculum that is student centered, and providing real life experiences for students to help them grasp the concepts taught in the lesson. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Sarah N. Effective classroom management is more than being a strict or authoritative figure, it requires a structured learning environment in which certain behaviors are promoted and...  [Read more]

  Wieslaw form Poland took the 120-hour online TESOL course with tutor support and videos. In his TESOL review video, Wieslaw tells us he is currently teaching kindergarten students in Nanjing, China. He found the material in the course clear and well put together covering several different topics including classroom management, teaching different age groups, grammar and lesson planning. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. Hi, is was a interesting class. I...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yangan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Chengdu 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 is about the differences in teaching and learning in terms of two very distinc groups of students based on age and level. Group one being composed of five to nine years old and group two being composed of nice to thirteen years old. Then it goes into the methadologies within the scope of teaching and learning. First being maturation theory in which simply...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Suji 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. Teaching and learning are processes that go hand in hand with one another. Effective teachers are able to inspire and engage students with a desire to learn. They must be able to impart their abilities of learning into students in various ways. Through my personal teaching experiences, I firmly believe in establishing high, yet attainable expectations, creating a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Baliguan 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. Motivating students is a crucial priority of teaching. Since student motivation is important, teachers should bear in mind some effective ways to get their students excited learning. Even the teacher has students who do not have sufficient enthusiasm for learning, it is possible to make learning fun and inspire them to reach their full potential of learning. Every...  [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 Kaga 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 shows each method in a particular way of how to teach, approach and demonstrate in class. Either methodology focusing on student centered or teacher centered is not a good balance of teaching students in class. Therefore, it would be very important for teacher to choose the right methodology for the lesson depending on different level of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dongli 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. Why do we need to plan our lessons? Wouldn´t it be much easier to improvise? We are teachers; we know what we are doing. We also might say that planning a lesson is time consuming, and do we really want to spend our free time working? Moreover, classes might be more fixed and rigid and maybe they will be more teacher centered. We might get too used to planning and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shennong 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. Saba Shakoor Topic: The Best Things I’ve Learned In this TEFL Course I have been a teacher with 51 Talk for 3 three years now and to improve my career and teaching skills I have learned some things in this TEFL Course that will help me brush up my skills in teaching. Though I have been a teacher’s aid before, as well as a bright student who used to tutor others...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yongshou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Meishan 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 Unit 1 approached the importance and main roles of a good teacher, which include roles that involve the personality of a good teacher and the relationship with the students. The first image that comes to the mind of a teacher is that of a teacher standing in front of the students in the classroom, giving explanations, but throughout the unit, it is possible to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hedian 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. Rapport occurs when meaningful relationships have been established between people or groups of people. It means that those involved in the relationship have come to a mutual understanding of some sort. Rapport in the classroom means that teacher and students have effectively managed to create a meaningful and respectful learning environment, where they learn from...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Luomu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Leshan 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 course centered around the topics of teachers and learners. It listed a number of essential qualities that make good teachers, and explained the multiple roles teachers take on within the classroom. I then learned of the different characteristics of good learners, as well as a multitude of things to consider when teaching such as a students previous learning...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jietou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Rizhao 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 groups Teaching has traditionally been done in a room full of students where one teacher does all the talking, this is known as a teacher centered approach but recently many teachers have moved away from this approach and adopted a more student centered approach which is often whats preferred when teaching groups. Student centered teaching is valuable because...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Puan 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. During this unit, I learned about three more language learning and behavior theories: constructivist, maturationist, and environmentalist. The best way to arrange a classroom to best encourage a student centered classroom is the semi-circle arrangement. Also, learning the appropriate roles that a teacher takes on in the classroom: instructor, facilitator, mentor,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Baiba 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. The unit discusses, four major groups of learning and developmental theories. Maturation theory states we are pre-programmed, a natural sequence of events, regardless of any other stimuli. Environmental theory, states our behavior is a reaction to our surroundings. Constructivism says, we construct our own settings in which learning can take place. The unit also,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Youwang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Baoshan 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 learnt that eye contact should be avoided during an activity which is not teacher centered thus an activity where the focus is on fluency or the students are working in pairs. And also if you stand, you will able to see by all students and this helps the teacher to move around the class and to ensure effective control. i learnt that eye contact should be...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Baohua 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. Unit 3 dealt extensively with Theories, Methods and Techniques used in the classroom by teachers when teaching English, this is their way of helping students learn. It was interesting to realize that a teacher requires the implementation of creative and innovative teaching methods and techniques in order to meet their students individual needs. It was also amazing to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xuefang 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. There is no doubt that it is the Information Age people are currently living in. And it is cannot be ignored that online education is one of the fastest growing teaching and learning methods in recent years due to different reasons and needs, which takes the advantages of Internet, and save both teachers' and learners' time and energy that have been spent on the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Baishui 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 focus of this portion was the four past tenses: past simple, past continuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous. Discussion centered on the formation of each tense's affirmative, negative and question forms. How the tense is used was also explained. There was also discussion on common errors that students might make. The focus of this portion was the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dongping 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. Learning English as a second (third, fourth, etc.) language is very difficult for most people. Learning the receptive skills - reading and listening, and the productive skills - writing and speaking, requires the understanding of a complex system that requires considerable effort. It is very easy for ESL students to become discouraged due to difficulty of learning...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Longtai 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. There are several methodologies that can be used teaching EFL. There’s no way to say which one is the best since that is highly correlated with several factors, such as teacher’s personality, student’s culture and needs. The Presentation, Practice and Production (PPP) method consists of: presentation of the new language is made by the teacher, practice will...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Rizhao-shi? Are you interested in teaching English in Rizhao-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| Now a days we live in a world where the society, especially, the young learners take advice from anyone that speaks out of their phones Motivating Students One of the most difficult aspects of becoming As an EFL teacher is learning how to motivate the students who are de motivated, not...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Heshi 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. When we look back at the history of language teaching, and the different methods that used to be employed, there is an obvious move towards student- centred learning. It is important to keep students engaged and active throughout the lesson. The best way to do this is by planning classes that excite their interest and encourage communication. The focus in the classroom...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wamiao 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. One student to one teacher is considered one to one teaching. Teaching one to one can have many advantages for the student and teacher. It can also have disadvantages too. A main advantage of teaching one to one is that the student does not need to share time with others. This allows the student to participate in all areas of the activity. The student has the teachers...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Baima Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changdu Shi — Qamdo, Chambo? 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 teacher should know where he will observe as a monitor or where he will correct. But firstly he should know the differences between mistakes and errors.The students will learn a target language easily according to ESA methods.Especially young groups will like it..The teacher should not focus on grammar translation method.For young groups teacher...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wolong Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Aba Zangzu Qiangzu 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. Motivation has been defined by various educationist and psychologist. Romando 2007, defined Motivation as an internal drive that activates behavior and gives it direction. Gardner 1985, in defining motivation argues that four elements needs to be present for a student to be considered motivated: a goal, desire to achieve the goal, positive...  [Read more]

  In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word hidebound. This word refers to an unwillingness to change because of a tradition. Some synonyms for hidebound include conservative, conventional and reactionary. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification course. Each of our online courses is broken down into concise units that focus on specific areas of English language teaching. This convenient, highly structured design means that you can quickly get to grips with each section before moving onto the next. This unit correlated with what I learned in my Early Childhood Education degree. This unit gave a variety of ways to arrange a classroom as well as how to use your body language and voice to build...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jisuo Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zaozhuang 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 classroom can be a daunting environment for a teacher. They have been placed as the responsible leader of a classroom, and it is their duty to ensure that the students leave with something. Specifically, in an ESOL classroom, teachers feel that there is a lot of pressure to not fail the students. To assuage this anxiety, teachers must find security in their...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wennan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Tai'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. The difference between teaching one to one and groups What are some of the difference between teaching individuals and groups? •A teacher would either teach one of the two; one to one or group of students. With one to one clients you as the teacher is able to focus more on the student for he/she is just one and in return the student would get all of the attention....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhongdu 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. IN THIS UNIT I'VE LEARNT ABOUT THE VARIOUS METHODOLOGIES USED BY THE TEACHER. GRAMMAR-TRANSLATION, AUDIO-LINGUALISM, PRESENTATION PRACTICE AND PRODUCTION, TASK BASED, COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING, COMMUNITY LANGUAGE LEARNING, LEXICAL APPROACH, SUGGESTOPEDIA AND SILENT WAY ARE THE VARIOUS METHODOLOGIES WHICH I'VE LEARNT. I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT COMMUNITY AND...  [Read more]