Tefl Course Notes

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Business English skills are important for professional development, as they ensure that people are well equipped for the Business English world. According to Unit 2: Teaching and Learning students will gain knowledge of when Business English is used and what type of activities it is used in. This will prepare them for the future. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Emma M. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Listening and reading and two productive skills; speaking and writing are used within Business English. According to Unit 2: Teaching Themes two examples of listening skills are; meetings and telephoning. In meetings, information about the company will be provided,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Honglong Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ganzi Zangzu Zizhizhou — Garze? 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. Once again I am dissatisfied with the notes tha be given. They don’t cover Engaged and Practice method and less about Lesson plan. I hope you will make more note regarding this topic especially materials. The contain of the notes is good but too simple for new comers like me and for the test. Once again I am dissatisfied with the notes tha...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas To learn a language, most people would consider it important to understand the structure or rules that govern that language, if one is going to communicate effectively. Grammar can be viewed as the set of rules governing language. Online resources such as Cambridge Dictionary (n.d.), have referred to grammar as being “the study or use of the rules, about how words change their form and combine with other words to make sentences”. While this definition might clarify the meaning of the word, it falls short in terms of justifying the importance of grammar, especially about teaching English as a foreign language. When one teaches English one might have students whose first language is completely different in structure to English. To give depth to this...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Nianzhang 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. Lesson planning is when a teacher mixes coursework, lessons, and materials with the Engage, Study, Activate teaching method to create an outline for each class period. When a teacher creates a lesson plan, it should not include every single word he or she will say during class, or be so sporadic that there is no path, but rather should be a lightly detailed guide...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas One of the most important traits a teacher can bring into the classroom is confidence. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary Confidence is “a feeling or consciousness of one’s powers or reliance on one’s circumstances” and “ faith or belief that one will act in a right, the proper, or efficient way”. When a teacher is confident in the classroom it will help create a more relaxed and trusting environment. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Sarah Z. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. I have found that when I am confident in what I am teaching I am more flexible in the classroom to be able to truly meet my student's needs by trying new and different...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Huangdun 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. Computers have caught the world by storm. They are used everywhere. Even the easiest tasks are done by computers nowadays. Computers, in fact, do make our lives easier. One does not have to tire oneself by thinking, remembering or doing calculations. However, there is also a drawback to this: namely the human aspect. People, nowadays, prefer spending their leisure...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chaoshui 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. I’m sure there are many teachers don’t prefer using a lesson plan. But also there are some teachers know the importance of the plan. The first time I saw a lesson plan, I was going to secondary school. Although I was having one to one flute lessons with my flute teacher, she was always coming with her lesson plans to the classroom. I was a student and it was so...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences A resource I found invaluable for this essay was the website Cyborlink (2019a), a reference provided in the TEFL Young Learners course (ITTT, 2019). The TEFL course (Unit 6) discusses how cultural considerations are important when teaching abroad. This includes cultural sensitivity when interacting with the young learners themselves, as well as in interacting with parents and school staff (administration/teachers). This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate David B. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Cyborlink is aimed at a more general audience of people doing business in other cultures, though of course has implications for TEFL teachers. One aspect of the site that I...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences It was not until I was looking at the list of possible topics for this Summative Task that I realized how much I had learned from the two ITTT courses that I have just completed. After giving some more thought to the courses and the topic I have selected above, I will try to summarize the benefits for me, and I predict for others to follow. Four thoughts or broad categories of the benefits of the courses come to mind that I will discuss below. They are not in any particular order as I believe it is the combination of all of them that will produce the most future personal returns for me. I believe now that what I have learned from these courses will help me in my work, whether or not I am teaching English in a foreign country. This post was written by...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Pangguang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xi'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. Business English skills are important for professional development, as they ensure that people are well equipped for the Business English world. According to Unit 2: Teaching and Learning students will gain the knowledge of when Business English is used and what type of activities it is used in. This will prepare them for the future. The two receptive skills;...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Guanyinsi 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. Evaluation and Testing Introduction To begin with, our experiences both as students and teachers everywhere have shown that many teachers at all levels of the educational system take evaluation and testing for granted and therefore tend to be very casual in their attitudes in setting and marking examinations. It should be noted that examination and evaluation...  [Read more]

  Our next consideration is going to be how we actually group our students. There are perhaps three types of grouping arrangements that we can consider and within those we'll have a look at the potential positive and negatives of those particular arrangements. So firstly, what arrangements can we use? We could arrange our group as a whole class so all of their activities will be done as a whole class. They could be working as individuals and the final grouping arrangement we'll consider is that of small groups or indeed the use of pair work. So for each of these types of arrangements what are the potential positive and negatives with that type of arrangement? For the whole class certainly one of the main positive features is that it gives that class a sense of belonging. Secondly...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Kangcheng 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. The BEST Thing I have learned from my TEFL/TESOL Course is … how important a Teacher’s attitude is when teaching a class. It was through reading and watching the two video’s from course module UNIT 10- Video Lesson that I learn’t the importance of a teacher’s attitude and how it ultimately impacts the learning of the students in the classroom. While...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas A Lesson plan has many important attributes which most definitely will assist the teacher in teaching (even though there have been theories about lesson planning arguing that it might not be flexible for the students). There is no doubt that coming to class prepared is essential whether with a lesson plan or without. It is very helpful for inexperienced teachers especially those who may lack direction. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Amelie R. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. There are three functions for writing a lesson plan; an aid to planning, a working document, and a record. Visually writing down the expectation and achievement planned for the students can aid...  [Read more]

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Jon ITTT Alumni Experiences To begin with, our experiences both as students and teachers everywhere have shown that many teachers at all levels of the educational system take evaluation and testing for granted and therefore tend to be very casual in their attitudes in setting and marking examinations. It should be noted that examination and evaluation form an integral part of the educational process as a whole and benefit both the teacher and the student. The term “evaluation” is often used as though it were synonymous with testing. A test simply refers to a particular situation set up for the purpose of making an assessment. In order words, the term test is an instrument of measurement of educational parameters, usually related to attainment. This post was written by our TEFL...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhaidian 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. One of the best ways a teacher can prepare for class, is by developing a lesson plan. Personally, I feel that establishing a positive, confident, and effective learning space is highly based on the classroom organization. Creating a lesson plan can make sure that all three things listed above can be achieved. In the following paragraphs, I will dive into specific...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Especially for an inexperienced teacher, connecting with students may be a source of concern or anxiety. After all, establishing rapport in any setting, personal or professional, is foundational to building productive relationships. Conversely, a lack of rapport can lead to miscommunications, distrust, and a lack of motivation, outcomes which are detrimental and difficult to overcome for teachers and students alike. The question of how to build necessary rapport is further complicated by the varied types of learners with whom teachers interact, particularly for teachers who may be responsible for instructing children, young adults, and business professionals alike. Fortunately, the answer can be sought out, regardless of the type of learner, through the...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences For the past two months, I've been locked in on my computer studying the TEFL course. It has been a great experience, and as a teacher, it has given men clarity on several things I didn't have clarity on before. As a person who is already teaching English in a private language school, I can say that the TEFL course has boosted my teaching skills and confidence. The course provided me with valuable tips on teacher conduct and how to get students involved in classes. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Ngonidzashe M. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The best thing I've learned from the course is the ESA methodology I started implementing and using in...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Any teacher, new or experienced, might find there are times when he or she lacks confidence in the classroom. Maybe there is a brand-new class of students, human error has caused a fall in confidence, or the teacher is faced with a new topic. Whatever the reason, all teachers have an important job to do, and nervousness must be overcome. While teaching can be a daunting task at times, there are two key ways that a teacher’s confidence can be bolstered and held high: preparation, and experience. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Haley B. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Confidence in the classroom is not only important for a teacher’s mental health and teaching...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gucheng 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. There are different kinds of teachers and every single teacher might use a different way how to increase his/her confidence in the classroom. Let's speak about any English teachers at any kind of school. Firstly, I would like to divide all those teachers into three levels. Teachers in the first level are total beginners with teaching experience below 1 year. Into...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xianzhixiacun Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Hetian Diqu — Hotan? 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. So far the course is going well, I am happy with my progress. I have not contacted my tutor and aim to do so soon. I enjoy the format of the online course as being able to take it at my own pace has given me time to take a lot of notes and reflect on my progress more specifically So far the course is going well, I am happy with my progress. I have...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhoucheng Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Xianyang 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 lesson plan is a series of instructions written by the teacher on how to cover his lesson It is also a working document to refer to during the lesson ad a record of the class content useful for future lessons or for other teachers. An effective lesson plan should be flexible and open to change How a lesson plan is written depends upon the teacher. It's...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas The lesson plan is a structure of the course that you will give to your students, a clear guide as to what you want to achieve and how you are going to do it. A good lesson plan generally consists of learner objectives, personal aims, language points, procedure, phase, and interaction, etc. It is of great importance because it can help teachers to have confidence in class, make the class go more smoothly and help to improve the course. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Yanfen G. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Firstly, it can help teachers be full of confidence in class. As is well known to everyone, people will easily get nervous and at a loss, if we are not well...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dayang 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. At the time I achieved my teaching degree in Virginia (USA), I was not only still young in age, but was also very young at heart. I had much in common with the grade level of students I was teaching, interests in music, television, movies, and social activities. This unfortunately created an environment where as a teacher I was thought of too much as a friend or...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yongan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Nanchong 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 has really brought back my school days as I reviewed all these topics once more. I can reminisce on how hard this was in the past only because I can now understand every aspect in the parts of speech clearly. Undoubtedly a comprehensive course and I've taken many notes for my constant development moving forward as I know I will need them for my classes. ...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xipu 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. The second unit of this course was about teaching and learning. That was great to know about learning and developing theories although they were given in a general aspect, but i have found out more by myself. I found it interesting the last part of the unit "Maturation", because it contains valuable notes about what should be included in the lesson for 5-9 and 9-13...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Teaching skills can be summarized in four key concepts: communication, critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration. Of course, when describing these skills we aren’t just talking about teaching English but these skills can be used to prepare students in order to be able to express and communicate themselves independently and with groups in a globalized world as well as being capable to be adaptive, flexible and think creatively. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Jorge P. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. This might go beyond the basics of the English language classroom but teachers are not just teaching a language or a subject but the base to the student’s...  [Read more]

Complete an application form for any one of our TEFL courses and receive a free Introduction to TEFL ebook. The free ebook covers the basics of teaching English overseas. The application process is free, simple and quick to complete and does not commit you in any way. Sign up for a four-week in-class TEFL course before the end of certain months and receive a specialized online course or diploma course free of charge. These additional courses can be taken upon completion of our four-week in-class course or the in-class component of a combined course. You can choose one of the following course options: Diploma in TESOL: 250-hour, research based course, for those wishing to gain an advanced qualification that will enhance and improve your teaching knowledge. Certificate in Teaching Business...  [Read more]

  In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word choir. This word is used as a noun and describes a group of singers, often part of church services, that perform in public. Synonyms for choir often include singers or chorus. The word originates from the Latin word chorus. 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 was very helpful in building on the lessons I have already learned in the general TEFL teaching course, and helping me to gain a...  [Read more]