Teach English Literature Abroad

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Readers are for sure leaders, not just merely for the fact of reading, but for the thinking process that comes with reading. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Gentiana H. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. As an individual, I love reading. I love the smell of the book paper, the tiny letters and turning another page is something that I enjoy deeply. However, I didn't become an avid reader by chance. I become a reader because I was born in a family where reading was a natural thing. My father was a university professor and was reading all the time. My mother, an accounting expert, used to read laws and regulations to ensure that her work respecting the law. Also...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jiedian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yuncheng 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. Ever since being a young child, there was always the fascination of reading, and books. Having being born in the country, with no television, radio limited to a half-hour radio serial per day, an era where personal computers, notebooks and iPads where only a dream of a fact of fantasy, walking past a bookshelf suddenly unveiled a myriad of secrets, an unexpected...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Readers are for sure leaders, not just merely for the fact of reading, but for the thinking process that comes with reading. As an individual, I love reading. I love the smell of the book paper. The tiny letters and turning another page is something that I enjoy deeply. However, I didn't become an avid reader by chance. I become a reader because I was born in a family where reading was a natural thing. My father was a university professor and was reading all the time. My mother, an accounting expert, used to read laws and regulations to ensure that her work is respecting the law. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Gentiana H. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhuge 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 productive skills can be one of the most challenging things to do as an English as a second language teacher. Students of all types and backgrounds tend to be a little shy when it comes to presenting their new language skills. That makes teaching these skills properly all the more important. When teaching productive skills, it's vital to teach them in a way...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Fang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Weinan 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. While English isn’t the most spoken language on earth, it is the language that is spoken in most places in the world. This is what designates English as a Global Language. If you want to study Neurosurgery at Stanford University, you’ll have to know English. You have a startup company in France, that’s going to revolutionize the smartphone industry. If you want to...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Reading is one of the key elements for all English learners. By reading authentic stories and books, not only do we learn reading and understanding the text we are working with, but we also expand our vocabulary by discovering new authentic words you wouldn't be able to find in your course books, and more importantly, you can see it in context which makes it easier to remember and use those words and structures in the future. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Julia P. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. It's important to know which stories to choose based on your student's age and English level. Younger learners would find illustrated books with short stories for children...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tianwang 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. As an English teacher of a secondary level, there is one question that would keep me thinking and asking myself. It is that one question - Why complete a TEFL course? I have had years of experiences teaching the English subject regarding literature, figures of speech, the technical aspect of the academic English which are the structure of sentences, different tenses,...  [Read more]

Jon ITTT Alumni Experiences As a secondary English teacher, there is one question that I kept asking myself “Why complete a TEFL course?” I have had years of experience teaching English literature, figures of speech, the technical aspect of academic English which are the structure of sentences, different tenses, etc. However, Teaching English as a Foreign Language is different from teaching academic English subject. Completing a TEFL course made me realized that it is better for students to learn faster and understand better on how students will be able to communicate to the outside world using the English language. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Jasmin E. It is essential to complete a TEFL course so as to understand the methodology being used which is the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huanggang 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. People around the world use a lot of languages and every language has its own distinctiveness. Each language has its own grammar rules for sentence structures and of some languages, it is quite complex. There are languages spoken by millions of persons and some are spoken by just only a few hundreds of person. English is the third most-spoken native language in the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Liyuan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yuncheng 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 quick Google search defines culture as: “the ideas, customs and social behaviour of a particular people or society” (2019). It then becomes imperative to discuss that in a vastly globalizing world, which or rather whose culture do we propagate in the classroom atmosphere? As educators, we are often caught off-guard in multilingual and multicultural classrooms,...  [Read more]

Anna Domiczek Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas In the education world, the potential and value of using stories and storytelling techniques have always been known and recognized, especially in the context of teaching younger students. Recently, more and more EFL teachers of young learners are integrating carefully selected children’s literature stories to teach English. Children’s literature is such a significant part of English language literature - using it for teaching English can be a very motivating tool for young learners. Stories chosen from children’s literature provide an excellent resource to develop a variety of language and learning activities, and the carefully selected materials can be appealing not only linguistically but also cognitively, socially, and culturally....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gaojiacun 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. English as a Global Language It is without a doubt that English has become the global language of the world. English has shown itself to be a comparatively easy language to learn at a basic level and simplistic enough to use in a variety of settings such as a business meeting or a casual dinner of friends. English is a clear, concise language as a whole. This ease...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shahe 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. Slang and idiom are used in a majority of casual conversations, and create connections between people in those shared phrases. Often, slang and idiomatic phrases are specific to a certain country or region, and they contribute to creating a similar culture or understanding in that region. Language is constantly evolving and changing, just like people, and...  [Read more]

Regan McAllister TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Here are some easy and effective ways how to keep English fun by diversifying your EFL lessons. Shirin Sophy Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas The study stage, when the teaching is actually done, is the second phase of a straight-arrow ESA lesson plan. What needs to be taught in this stage depends on the course content and the source the teacher is expected to cover through a specific period. Zareena Younis Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas What does teaching mean to you? Do you have a great passion for it? This post is to all the great teachers out there making a difference in their students' lives. Federico Riva TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Are you a new ESL teacher or thinking of becoming one?...  [Read more]

Regan McAllister TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Here are some easy and effective ways how to keep English fun by diversifying your EFL lessons. Shirin Sophy Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas The study stage, when the teaching is actually done, is the second phase of a straight-arrow ESA lesson plan. What needs to be taught in this stage depends on the course content and the source the teacher is expected to cover through a specific period. Zareena Younis Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas What does teaching mean to you? Do you have a great passion for it? This post is to all the great teachers out there making a difference in their students' lives. Federico Riva TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Are you a new ESL teacher or thinking of becoming one?...  [Read more]

Shirin Sophy Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas The study stage, when the teaching is actually done, is the second phase of a straight-arrow ESA lesson plan. What needs to be taught in this stage depends on the course content and the source the teacher is expected to cover through a specific period. Zareena Younis Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas What does teaching mean to you? Do you have a great passion for it? This post is to all the great teachers out there making a difference in their students' lives. Shirin Sophy TEFL Information Teaching Ideas When it comes to student engagement, there is a wide variety of tools a teacher can take to the class in order to keep the students attracted and focused all through the lesson. Federico Riva TEFL Information Alumni...  [Read more]

Shirin Sophy Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas The study stage, when the teaching is actually done, is the second phase of a straight-arrow ESA lesson plan. What needs to be taught in this stage depends on the course content and the source the teacher is expected to cover through a specific period. Zareena Younis Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas What does teaching mean to you? Do you have a great passion for it? This post is to all the great teachers out there making a difference in their students' lives. Shirin Sophy TEFL Information Teaching Ideas When it comes to student engagement, there is a wide variety of tools a teacher can take to the class in order to keep the students attracted and focused all through the lesson. Federico Riva TEFL Information Alumni...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Fengyi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Dali Baizu 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. When I was a child, I wanted to become a teacher. I did not know the reason why I like to be one. I guess it is genetic. For you see, I come from a family of teachers. My mother was a college English Literature teacher, my sister was a high school visual arts teacher, my great grandmother and great grandaunt were teachers (I don’t know exactly what they...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences A foreign language is a sector of linguistics that is region-based and as the name states are foreign to the country or the person. And this entails that language is part of the culture and personality of every person. As each language is unique and meaningful in its way and turn reflects the culture, values, and behavior. No region or country does not have its language, culture, and beliefs. Overall, when learning a foreign language you are learning not only linguistics but their religion, their way of interaction, their mode of transportation or their way of life. And in the world today, English is considered as the universal language of the world because of globalization and in turn is the generalized or common medium in teaching form and common...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Duoba Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xining 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 complete a TEFL course was such an attractive title for my eyes, I was confused first when I saw the task, ninety-nine core topics of teaching, learning and study styles, and it's a shame to say that I'm still new and a beginner in this field, I didn't even start working as an English Teacher, so when I just saw this title it was like the life jacket floating on...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences English as a spoken language has become the international standard for people as a first or second language, whether it be for business, science, or just recreationally. This, of course, means that a lot of people are learning the language as a second language. For anyone who knows English as a native language, you know that it has many difficult learning curves along the way to the true understanding that make for many difficulties in how new learners communicate. This essay will touch on a few examples that people undoubtedly run into when learning English, and why it's so difficult to master. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Kelson l. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chuanzhusi 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. What activities can be used for teaching English online? Unit 17 provides a wealth of different online learning resources that can be used to teach English as a foreign language. It covers seven different categories of provided websites to be used as teaching resources. They are dictionaries, learning, literature and poetry, media, resources,...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Meiheriguli Y. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. First of all, we must understand that the lesson plan is the most important foundation in English teaching. With a sound curriculum plan, perfect teaching can be carried out. Set out the purpose of teaching in the course plan: Also Read: Punishment in the Classroom: Is it Correct or Not? Secondly, we must understand the teaching tasks in the curriculum plan (lesson plan): Before you start the lesson there are several practical things you can do to make sure your lesson goes smoothly. Also Read: How long does a TEFL course take? At the start of your teaching careers, you are probably...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Diaowei 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. Since my early childhood, I’ve been fascinated with the English language and all things related to it. I had my first encounter with English when I was around 6 years old, and I haven’t stopped loving and learning the language ever since! Of course, plenty of challenges presented themselves along the way, and I’m not ashamed to admit that I didn’t achieve...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Laomiao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Yan'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. English as a spoken language has become the international standard for people as a first or second language, whether it be for business, science, or just recreationally. This of course means that a great deal of people are learning the language as a second language. For anyone who knows English as a native language, you know that it has many difficult learning curves...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiachu 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. I am not particularly nervous about living in China for the next year. Although I have never been to Wuhan, China, I had studied abroad in Beijing during my time in university. What makes me nervous about this particular trip is the fact that I will be going to work as a teacher. I had tutored students of all ages since I was in high school. I have had students from...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas G.B. Shaw said, ‘England and America are two countries separated by a common language.’ The common language i.e. English taken by the British to America gradually evolved differently from its root language. Hence, the language spoken in Great Britain became the British English and the language spoken in the United States became American English. It wasn’t just the variation in pronunciation, the vocabulary and spellings for few words also changed. To understand the differences, we should take a look at the roadmap of British and American English. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Kritika T. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The evolution of British English started...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiamen Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jinzhong 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. Maintaining a story time in a child’s daily routine has no cultural boundaries; the universal act of tucking in a child and sending them off to sleep with narratives of princesses and heroes seems to bring comfort to all. Fictional tales are not only great for parents to bond with their children each night, but they can also help teachers encourage their...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gucheng 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. First of all, we must understand that the lesson plan is the most important foundation in English teaching.With a sound curriculum plan, the perfect teaching can be carried out.Set out the purpose of teaching in the course plan: 1.arouse the students interest in learning English, cultivate their intention to learn English, and build their confidence in learning...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas It was my first experience teaching in Taiwan and I was in charge of teaching ESL to 7th-11th graders. I had never taught out of the United States and never considered the possibility that my students wouldn’t understand, what I thought, was simple English. I asked my junior high students to “put on their thinking caps,” to “line up single file,” “to quit fooling around” and that English was as “easy as ABC.” I told my senior high students to “give me a show of hands” and told them if they “studied hard” and “hit the books,” they would “pass with flying colors.” I told my college students I would give them an “A for effort” if they “quit goofing off” and “skipping class” or “playing hooky.” Some nodded...  [Read more]