Teaching Syllabus

1. Introduction to TESOL Online Course 2. Course Curriculum Overview 3. Module 1: Introduction to Teaching English as a Second Language 4. Module 2: Language Acquisition and Learning Theories Welcome to the TESOL online course provided by ITTT (International TEFL and TESOL Training). Our comprehensive program is designed to equip you with the necessary skills and knowledge to teach English as a Second Language effectively. Whether you are a seasoned educator looking to expand your teaching expertise or a newcomer to the field, our course caters to individuals at all levels of experience. The TESOL online course covers a wide range of topics essential for teaching English to non-native speakers. From language acquisition theories to practical classroom management techniques, each module is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shuanghou 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. First of all, let us think about the meaning of the word “syllabus”. I suppose we should consider the purpose, scope, application and specificity. More precise, it means how much of the information should be included, who should do that and what for. The syllabus should be a part of the general plan and considered in the context of an educational program. So the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tangyi 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. Syllabus design is one of the most important thing while developing a course. My present summative work will be focusing on syllabus design for business English. In order to formulate a syllabus, a lot of factors have to be kept in mind. These include the purpose of course, present proficiency of the students in language, the field in which the students specialize...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jicun 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. A teacher can be assigned to different teaching environments. It can be a state school or private institution, and the location may or may not provide a syllabus. As a teacher it can be up to you to design and develop a syllabus appropriate for the age group you are teaching. There are a few steps to take before during and after the course. A level test is used to...  [Read more]

Mark Crocker Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Syllabus design is one of the most important parts of developing a business English course. In order to formulate a syllabus, a lot of factors have to be kept in mind. These include the purpose of the course, the language proficiency of the students, the field in which the students specialize, as well as the aims, goals and objectives that you intend to achieve by the end of the course. The syllabus design should represent a logical step by step process to take the students from their present level of proficiency to their desired level. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Hina I. Your course syllabus could take various forms. It could be a ‘structural syllabus’ which is also known as a grammatical syllabus, a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lianghe 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. The syllabus of a course is the frame of what the course is. It tells the students and the teacher what is being taught in the course as well as in what order it is being taught. This is especially true in language learning, as different types of syllabi will indicate what is being learned. There are many types of syllabi for language learning. Depending on the focus...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chengwuxianjiunǚji 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. A successful syllabus will form a common reference point that will set the stage for learning throughout the course and forms a contract between the teacher and students. In the case of having older students it will be important for them to have easy access to the course Syllabus, this can be done by either handing out hard copies at the Introduction Class...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tianxing 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. In this unit is about course development and consist in: - Level testing and needs analysis: - Level testing; - Level descriptions ( Starter, Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate, Upper-intermediate) - Needs analysis; - Limiting factors: - Employer; - Time constraints; - Resources; - Cultural issues; - Students. - Syllabus design: - The structural syllabus; -...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Haixizhoumohechu Muchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Haixi Mengguzu Zangzu 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. Introduction The purpose of this work is to make a summary explaining the Syllabus design. First of all let’s note that there are several theories on how should a syllabus be designed. So there are different types of syllabuses. In this summative task we will study six (06) of them. Let’s also note that the syllabuses could be put...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Although courses may vary in length, subject matter, level, or approach, a systematic process, a syllabus is essential to plan and structure a course to achieve instructional goals effectively. Teachers will need to design, modify, revise or evaluate a syllabus or rethink and re-examine their syllabi throughout their career. Being a systematic process, syllabus design follows a set of steps and requirements, as outlined in the following paragraphs. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Soundous D. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Before starting the syllabus design, teachers need to collect some information to help them in this process....  [Read more]

Linda Dunsmore Teaching Ideas So you’ve got your TEFL certificate in hand and landed your dream teaching job abroad. Once you’re at the school, it’s time to prep for your classes. More often than not, teachers are expected to create their own course syllabi for their different classes. Here is our guide to writing your first TEFL syllabus. This post was written by our ITTT graduate Zirui P. The syllabus of a course is the frame of what the course is. It tells the students and the teacher what is being taught in the course as well as in what order it is being taught. This is especially true in language learning, as different types of syllabi will indicate what is being learned. There are many types of syllabi for language learning. Depending on the focus of the course, the syllabus...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Teaching business English presents teachers with a degree of freedom that is perhaps not enjoyed by those teaching in, for example, State Schools that have curriculums set by the education arm of Government or other international organizations. Some teachers may relish having the opportunity to design their syllabus while for others it may be something rather daunting. Regardless, gaining experience in the field of syllabus design will likely prove invaluable for a teacher in their personal career development. Several considerations are required when designing a syllabus for a course in Business English and these will be discussed throughout this essay along with the methods and resources necessary for their implementation. The essay will address both...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Luohe 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. A syllabus is a document that contains information about a class. Re/designing a course? If, so probably likely took part in a conversation regarding course syllabus. Conversations that the course has to have a syllabus designed in advance will be one of the first few things reviewed by students. Course description explains the course and a summary. Course materials a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Taihe 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. A teacher may find that in some educational institutes a syllabus for his/her class will be provided by the state or private school, but where this is not available then a syllabus needs to be designed and implemented. There are many theories as to what design is best and some of these are either structural, functional-notional, learner-led, or situational syllabus, the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dazhou-shi? 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| This unit helped to establish more guidelines for how to organize classes and also show different learning strategies for different age groups Unit 2 outlines some of the most well-known learning and developmental theories; some of the more important research findings about language...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhongtan 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. In this unit I learned there is a 5 level scale of testing: Starter, Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate and Upper-intermediate. Compared to the Common European Framework (CEF) levels, this would translate as follows: A1 Breakthrough (Starter), A2 Waystage (Elementary), B1 Threshold (pre-intermediate and intermediate levels) and B2 Vantage (upper...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Weijia 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. This unit was about developing the course and syllabus. The first class should be used for a level test to show the ability of the students to use the language. The use of a graded test is necessary. A need Analysis will help to find out the previous learning experience of the students, what they will use english language for and what they feel they need and want to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiaba 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. To teacher young learners teacher needs to prepared the syllabus also needs to give the revision in the long-term syllabus, before start the lesson for the student, also need to check the level of the student and prepare right material in different group. Teacher needs to see the factors of the teaching institution or school and improvise it. The assessment of the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Liyi 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. The most important task that befalls any educator is crafting a syllabus for his or her students. After all, even in the event that an educator has been given a guideline concerning the topics that need to be covered during an educator’s time with their students there is still work to be done. It is the educator alone who will decide exactly how these topics will be...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tiancheng 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. In this unit, I learnt that there are 6 levels in CEF which are a1 breakthrough, a2 waystage, b1 threshold, b2 vantage, levels c1 and c2. I did not know about this system so the unit really gave me some useful information. I did not know much about syllabus design and now I can easily prepare a syllabus. In this unit, I learnt that there are 6 levels in CEF...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Laozhai Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Jining 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 I began my examination of syllabus design I found it instructive to peruse definitions of the word syllabus. The different definitions contained a similar thread of thought that a syllabus is an outline of the subjects in a course of study and is for those either taking or teaching the course. These definitions are in line with the Latin root which means list....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zaohuli 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. In the existing literature on language education, the terms CURRICULUM and SYLLABUS are sometimes used interchangeably, sometimes differentiated, and sometimes misused and misunderstood. Rodger (1989:26, cited in Richards, 2001:39) makes a distinction between a syllabus and a curriculum. According to Rodgers, syllabi (or syllabuses), which prescribe the content to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Renshi 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. In this unit I learned about Course Development, Level Testing and Needs Analysis (before the start of the class, there needs to be a Needs Analysis to understand if the particular student is suitable for that particular level), also learned the Syllabus Design (how to create an appropriate Syllabus) In this unit I learned about Course Development, Level Testing...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shiti 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. in this unit, i have learnt more about different types of tests and the difference among them. there are diagnostic, placement, aptitude, proficiency and progress tests. In each syllabus there should be a revision and a progress test important for evaluation of the syllabus, efficacy of the teaching and general objectives. Teachers should also do he needs analysis in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qujiang 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. In this unit the content included the purpose of and when to give examinations. It also included course evaluations, the types of assignments, and how to use limiting factors, level testing and needs analysis to design a syllabus. I feel that I have learned a lot about the reasons behind different assessments and examination and how to effectively utilize them in the...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas English is the widely used language in the world that used as an official language in a majority of countries, as the main business language and as a universal language for education and tourism. Based on their interests and responsibilities people decide what type of English they should learn and try to find the most suitable course for their personal goals. From another perspective, as English teachers, our obligation is to create a course that consists of materials that help students to reach their goals and allow us to present English in a structured and the most appropriate way. As a result, the problem of syllabus design that meets students' expectations appears. The main aim of this essay is to define what syllabus design is and how to design the...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas The Business English Teacher needs to consider how to structure and develop a course for students. Because students in a Business English setting are working professionals, they typically will have specific needs and learning objectives that a teacher will have to cater to. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Jan S. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Knowing how to structure and develop an ESL class for adult, Business-English students involves first finding out what motivates the students to learn English, and also what their English ability is upon entering the course. This involves two steps that can be undertaken simultaneously. First, the teacher must administer some...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tuanba 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. In this unit, it talks about how to set a syllabus. we should test students'levels and analyze students' needs. There are five levels related to the EFL banding scales which are Starter, Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate, Upper-Intermediate. There are many different theories as to what a syllabus should be designed around: the Structural syllabus(based on...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Damatou Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Dongying 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. Designing the syllabus of a course is one of the greatest challenges a teacher has to face and undertake way in advance to the actual implementation of the said syllabus – and before the actual beginning of any language course. When a teacher starts to plan a syllabus, he/she may not even have an exact, clear and set idea of what is expected of him/her and the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hanwang 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. This was a rather lengthy session on course structure in terms of syllabus, level testing, needs analysis, an overview of different types of tests and their uses, a description of common ranking systems for fluency and ideas of how to use your resources and teaching environment along with the progress your students are making to modify your syllabus. This was a...  [Read more]