Teaching Through Film

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Nowadays educators and CEOs are doubtful about the efficiency of the current educational contents and system. The question which keeps us alert about our performance as teachers is “Are we preparing our students to face the working demands of the century?” This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Laura A. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. It has become evident that new abilities should be developed in the classroom-adaptability to be able to fit in new, probably unknown or unimaginable situations, creativity, and innovation, and collaborative work among others, involving the use of the social media, on-line easy access to information, thus changing the role of the teacher...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Changgou 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. It's daunting. You walk into a group of students and they are all looking at you expectantly. It's the first day -- and you have signed up for this. You are a beginning teacher, but somehow you have to convince them that you know what you are doing. While I haven't yet taught my first ESL class, I have had the privilege of teaching --for the first time -- a group of...  [Read more]

Laura Payne Destinations Tokyo is a dream city for many people who aspire to live abroad. It is modern yet traditional, and a vibrant culture of food, fashion, and popular media among other things ensures that it has something for everyone. For all its excitement, however, Tokyo is only one part of Japan as a whole. Each area of the island nation holds a distinct culture of its own, offering a myriad of experiences for travelers. Luckily, those who teach English in Japan have easy access to the country's major airports and extensive bullet train lines, meaning they can access almost anywhere else in Japan within a few hours. While living in Tokyo make the most of your experience abroad, and try checking out some of these must-see destinations. For centuries, Hakone has attracted...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qiao 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 Teachers we know that one of the most difficult phase of teaching is dealing with the students learning struggles especially if we are in a foreign country and our students dont have have familiar accent and grammer familarities. Thats why we must arrange all useful materials. Fistly, we have to know the differences of that culture in which we are involving teaching...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas “We say Yes more than No. We remain curious and stay open to others’ ideas. We learn by doing. By following an idea. By experimenting with our hands. By taking risks. By trying, struggling and failing forward fast. - City Studio Vancouver Manifesto” This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Rachel S. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. My teaching experience comes from a background in the visual arts. I have worked as a teacher's assistant for visual artists and designers who facilitate collaborative social practice projects for youth and young adults. Social practice is a theory that attempts to link practice, and context with social situations. When integrated into an...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Majiabian 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. In this summative task be describing the best ting ive learned from my TEFL/TESOL course. Firstly I would like to state that the lesson planning learning was the best part of this course for me. For this task I will include the methods of planning that I have learned about in this course such as materials, songs and movement,and also a short lesson plan I have came...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Changlu 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. No songs in reading or classroom discussion sound right. Some teachers eliminate songs from school except in music class, believing in hearing a pin drop for learning. That is more like a traditional school. Nowadays, numerous teachers vote on songs in their classrooms. They employ songs for brain breaker, warmer or background music to achieve seamless transition or...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Learning a new language is very important in human life. Interesting in learning a language different from the mother tongue contributes to the acquisition of new language skills, as well as a range of other skills, such as educational and pedagogical skills, so many peoples have sought to learn new languages ​​that differ Many of the countries in the world have taught another language in their school and university curricula to become a second language besides the official language spoken within the country. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Razan A. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. English is one of the most widely spoken international languages ​​because...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas This year, teaching English online has become the standard mode of work for many teachers. Thus, online educational platforms have become an essential tool for many teachers. As long as teaching English online continue to be more and more competitive, it is an absolute must to become proficient in presenting and selling yourself to your prospective clients. This blog post will talk about how to create the perfect online teaching introduction video to stand out on any online teaching platform. Before you jump at filming an intro video, thoroughly look through the teaching platform of your choice and try to get a feel for who the target audience is. For example, on Italki, the majority of students are adults looking for...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hutou 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. New technology can play an important role in and out of the classroom. Its' use can reduce teacher talk time, encourage student discussion, aid in attention and motivation to learn the language. This category can encompass any piece of technology that can aid in language learning. Video, audio recordings, cameras,, Interactive white boards, projectors, computers, the...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Every language has its own rules and way of speaking. People that share a common language are united not only by the way they communicate but also in cultural experiences. Using language, whether it is sign language or spoken language, helps individuals experience the world differently. Teaching slang and idioms are an integral part of learning any language. For students learning slang and idioms is an extension of language learning, it offers a way to communicate better and it helps students experience the world through the native speaker lens. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Marie L. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. For starters, an ESL classroom, students learn...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences In this summative task, I'll describe the best thing I've learned from my TEFL/TESOL course. Firstly I would like to state that the lesson planning learning was the best part of this course for me. For this task, I will include the methods of planning that I have learned about in this course such as materials, songs and movement, and also a short lesson plan I have come up with myself. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Lorna A. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The best part throughout this course I have learned how important lesson planning can be and how being organized and prepared for a lesson is. Disorganization can cause multiple problems in class such as...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yongping 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. As a teacher – and it does not matter if you teach kids, toddler, teenagers or adults – you have to think about a wide range of things: the content of your classes, class troubles and discipline, the evolution of your students skills, time management in terms of your classes and in terms of the content development in a period of time, students assessment,...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Online English teachers are divided into two groups. The first group is online ESL teachers that work for an education company. The second group is online ESL teachers who freelance. I will explain the two types of teaching materials, authentic and created materials, and how materials are incorporated in teaching English online to students. The focus of this article will be young learners as that is my personal career goal. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Dora E. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The first group of teaching materials is authentic materials. Authentic materials are defined as “anything a native speaker would hear or read can be described as authentic...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Sihaishan Linchang? Are you interested in teaching English in Wenzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The unit talks about the vocabulary. It talks about the meaning of the word, how to use it and its pronunciation. you can teach using a role playing, gap fill activity, story building there for the student will be engage-study - activate structure. The unit talks about the vocabulary. It talks about the meaning of the word, how to use it and its...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huangyadong Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changzhi 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. Our EFL elementary group consists of many students up to twenty with a wide age range starting from sixteen-year-old teenagers to sixty-year-old all with the same purpose, to learn English. We can categorize them into two groups of teenagers and adults. Although their educational backgrounds vary, most of them have some English background from their schools....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Sanshui 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. Overall, it is critical to ensure the class is behaving and under control. Authentic and non-authentic materials are the opposite. Lesson plans are an overall outline for the class. They are used for fill in teachers and teachers that want a clear outline of the lesson they are conducting. There are different activities conducted by teachers for each phase of the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Changhe 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 lesson has help solidify some of the actions I must take as a teacher of students learning a new language. These actions include but are not limited to; play games, bring props, group work, fill in the blanks, ect. It helped me realize what kind of words I should be looking for and what would be achievable depending on the student previous exposure to the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yuxin 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. This unit concentrates on vocabulary and grammar. Here we see four main factors to be followed by the learners. The learners must be exposed to the language, understand its meaning and how its constructed and be able ro practice facts. The beauty of a language depends on grammar,which acts like the base and vocabulary comes in to sopport. Grammar and vocabulary makes...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Siqian ShezuZhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Wenzhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The unit talks about the vocabulary. It talks about the meaning of the word, how to use it and its pronunciation. you can teach using a role playing, gap fill activity, story building there for the student will be engage-study - activate structure. Student should understand the meaning, how to use, spelling and pronunciation of the word. there are various way to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Weizi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Guangyuan 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 last unit, Professional development. I don't have much to say to summarise it, because this unit is more for getting advice than for learning something new. But I won't say it's not a useful one. Thank you for all the websites you gave for job searching and so on. As for the final test, in my opinion, the last two questions are in there just to fill some space:...  [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]

Kavinna Batra Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Technology is something that is coming strong! Teachers need to incorporate technology besides from online resources. Teachers can use trusted online resources and different applications to keep students more engaged and to enhance the traditional ways of teaching. Online assessments, grading software, and virtual lesson plans can help teachers save a lot of time. There is a range of tools that can be used in a classroom to support student learning, ranging from traditional to high-tech options. For instance, index cards, posters, whiteboard, audience response systems (e.g. clicker technology), 3D printing, Google collaboration tools, and wikis. Instructors have become experts with their favorite classroom applications and are getting more...  [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]

  So, for the study phase what we're going to do is to show them the idea of the cartoon strip. In the cartoon strip what there's going to be are some people with speech bubbles and this is going to represent where dialogue will appear and in the bottom, there are these rectangular boxes, where there will be descriptive things happening. So, it will explain the actual situation that these people are in. So, we get across the idea, first of all, that these are speech and these are for description and we can then show them a blank one of these cartoon strips and try to elicit from our students what could possibly the people be saying and in what actual situation are they in, in order for them to say that. Once we've gone through that, we can move on to our first study activity and in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hubin 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. It is very important for the teachers to adopt as many ways as possible to let students to practice English in class. I believe the success of this teaching strategy is due mainly to the fact that the learners can choose what they want to read, listen to, watch, and talk about in class. Personally , I suggest and have tried the following ways to do the practice. Free...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Pingshui Zhen? 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. When teaching a new language there are a few things to consider. The age and ability of the students, teachability of the chosen vocubulary, the frequency of use, and how it relates to the chosen task. One example could be planning a party for a few friends. To engage you would decide how many people will hopefully attend, what kinds of snacks and beverages would...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas In the modern classroom, teachers need to be flexible with technology and digital materials to help students achieve better results. With the ideas on using social media below, you can diversify your lessons and engage students even more effectively. For this activity, you need to create a public page for your class on a social media platform (Facebook/Twitter/other platform). Encourage your students to write posts about something they are currently learning for their families to read. For example, cultures and traditions in different countries, sports, hobbies, music, etc. Ask them to accompany their posts with nice classroom pictures. Create a classroom blog and ask students to contribute to it. Let them repost from the blog to their social media and...  [Read more]

Amanda Stern Alumni Experiences Globalization has been changing our world. Once foreign cultures have become more and more familiar, and some even hit the global mainstream, such as Bollywood film and the recent wave of K-pop. One thing aiding in bridging this gap would be the rise of interest in bilingualism and multilingualism. Many children are in education systems where a second language is mandatory to study from a young age. For example, In Canada, my home country, French is taught in the Anglophone provinces from grade 4 (about 10 years of age). In Japan, my current address, the English curriculum is changing, and now students will begin learning from 三年生 sannensei, about 9 years of age. Of course, many more curriculums of multitudes of languages exist, but what all of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Wubao 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. Base on Unit 3, I've learnt lots of useful knowledge about some common methodologies and good techniques which bring out the best result in teaching. Thanks to these above descriptions, I can be more flexible to plan many interesting lessons to help the students study more effectively as they can. With the brilliant method 'ESA' by Jeremy Harmer, it gives many benefits...  [Read more]