Vocab Boxes

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dongqiao 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. I learned about the factors in selecting the appropriate vocabulary to teach students. I never thought much about how appropriate it would be to the task or the student. I need to think more about the teachability of vocab. I teach so many different ages of students that I forget that a student in elementary school won't always have the same vocab knowledge as a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yiting 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. This lesson focused on teaching vocab and grammar. I learned techniques for teaching vocab words and what they should know about the vocab word. First, we should engage, study, then activate. I learned good techniques on how to teach new language structures.Lastly, I learned that the boomerang and patchwork type lesson is thought to be the most effective for teaching...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas One of the things of the English language that can make English hard to get to grips with. Vocabulary knowledge is highly correlated with reading comprehension and reading achievement. Vocabulary is required for students to achieve cognitive academic language proficiency. All good reasons to make sure that your vocabulary teaching is interesting, useful and effective. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Thao N. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Make it interesting: this is often the hardest part of teaching vocab. We often use the flashcards (FCs) for teaching vocab to young learners. So we can use these techniques for vocabulary teaching: FCs activities (game/fun...  [Read more]

  Place of articulation deals with the placement of the vocal organs when producing a sound. Before we can cover the particulars of places of articulation, we'll need to take a look at the various vocal organs and their locations. Moving from the front to the back we'd begin with our lips. We can use both lips in order to create a sound or we can use one of our lips with one of our rows of teeth, usually the top, in order to produce another sound. We also have other sounds, which use both of the rows of teeth. Further back we have what's called the alveolar ridge. That's the bit of the mouth that may get burnt when we're eating a pizza that's a bit too hot and the cheese burns just behind there our top two teeth. That again is the hard bit just behind our top teeth, called the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Liangcheng 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. We must up our game as ESL teachers in the 21st century – both figuratively and literally. I use games to engage students and promote learning in my classroom for a wide range of learning objectives. Below is a short list of icebreaker games that I regularly use in my classroom, and I will discuss the learning target(s) that each game aims to facilitate and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Beijiazao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Datong 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 have taught in kindergarten and in primary school. In addition, during this time what I have learned is that kids master the most from the vocabulary. Vocabulary is the easiest way to prepare kids for the future. It is very important we teach students vocabulary every lesson. While, there is no way that they know all the vocabularies with meanings. With my...  [Read more]

Linda Dunsmore Alumni Experiences We must up our game as ESL teachers in the 21st century – both figuratively and literally. I use games to engage students and promote learning in my classroom for a wide range of learning objectives. Below is a short list of icebreaker games that I regularly use in my classroom, and I will discuss the learning target(s) that each game aims to facilitate and deliver as well as the context in which the game is used. Since I work with high school age and adult students, the games are geared for English Language Learners in these age groups. As learning communities become more globalized and data give more information on how people learn, one major challenge I find with gamifying learning in the ESL classroom is making the games that I use more culturally...  [Read more]

  The next example of a game that we can adapt very easily for classroom use is the game of Jeopardy and in this particular game, what we can do is to have a set of levels for our questions, I'd say one through five, where one is going to be the easiest example and five is going to be the most difficult and then, in each of these sets of boxes, we can have various grammar points, such as tenses, perhaps modals, vocabulary and maybe even conditionals. So what the students can do is they can pick a particular topic first of all and within that topic, they can pick the level of the question that they want and then we can have a set of cards that have been created to fit into these slots and we can ask them that question at that level. So, a very simple adaptation of the game jeopardy...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xigebi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Tacheng Diqu? 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 difficult, but the presentation of the material was clear and concise, especially the boxes and tables containing the sentences structures and irregular verbs. This unit allowed me to mentally organize the four present tenses, and I therefore felt less intimidated by the consideration of these grammar points. I also appreciated the use case scenarios,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Shimen Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Quzhou 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 how to go about teaching a new language to students who will not be familiar with all the nuances of English. I learned about the factors to consider when selecting the vocabulary and grammatical structures for a course, and how to go about presenting these concepts to students. I also learned exactly what about the vocab and grammar is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tacheng-diqu? Are you interested in teaching English in Tacheng-diqu? 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 was difficult, but the presentation of the material was clear and concise, especially the boxes and tables containing the sentences structures and irregular verbs Through this unit, I learned more about the form, the usage as well as the signals to use some important tenses in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Cixishi Linchang? 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. Unit Seven was very useful in planning future lessons. I found it encouraging to learn that students receptive vocabulary is usually much larger than their productive vocabulary, as well as the factors of difficulty/ease for teaching new vocab items to students. Unit Seven was very useful in planning future lessons. I found it encouraging to learn that...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Cixishinongkenchang? 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. Unit Seven was very useful in planning future lessons. I found it encouraging to learn that students receptive vocabulary is usually much larger than their productive vocabulary is, as well as the factors of difficulty/ease for teaching new vocab items to students. I feel better equipped after each lesson! Unit Seven was very useful in planning future...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Longshan 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. This lesson was helpful for introducing the different areas of language that will need to be covered in lessons. While I have in the past focused heavily on vocab and grammer, function is also something that the students need direction on. This allows them to determine when is the best time to use the language they've learned. This lesson was helpful for...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dajiahe 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. Unit Seven was very useful in planning future lessons. I found it encouraging to learn that students receptive vocabulary is usually much larger than their productive vocabulary is, as well as the factors of difficulty/ease for teaching new vocab items to students. I feel better equipped after each lesson and cant wait to start! Unit Seven was very useful in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xinxing Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Lishui 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 unit 7 I have started to learn what should be taught and in which order I feel I will best be able to teach it. I am starting to develop ideas about which styles of teaching I am most fond of as well as starting to build my own plans using some of the game ideas in this unit. This unit has given me some key points not to skip over for example what students need to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tongka Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Changdu Shi — Qamdo, Chambo? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In this unit, specific teaching methods and theories were introduced. Since I am currently learning a foreign language I took some time to reflect on these methods and how my teachers use them in my classes. I found that more 'activate' sessions really help me learn new vocab and grammar. However, I also learned different methods are available and I...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qianxiang 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. Unit five goes over the vocabulary, grammar and functions involved with teaching a lesson to students. This lesson starts with an intro statement of what students need to do with new language. These students must be exposed to it, understand its meaning, understand how its constructed, and be able to practise and produce it. Grammar and vocabulary are used to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Fucun 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. I learned in this unit how to choose what vocabulary and what grammar structures to teach. This unit also covers examples of what engage, study, and activate activities are good for teaching vocab and grammar. Language functions are also briefly mentioned, and how the lessons should teach when the language is appropriate, such as informal and formal situations. I...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xintangbian Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Quzhou 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 lesson, I learned how to start collecting the basics to form a lesson. I now know what the standard criteria are for choosing vocabulary and grammar in a general sense. Also, I saw how the ESA types of plans can be incorporated with this concept, the patchwork ESA plan is one that I am becoming more familiar and comfortable with. Also, I learned the value...  [Read more]

Federico Riva Teaching Ideas Throughout this course, my favorite units have been the ones that teach us how to lead an effective lesson and have a fun classroom environment. I love all the suggestions and teaching ideas they give, and it excites me to think about using those for my future lessons. For that reason, I chose the topic of five activities with flashcards. This essay will be a perfect opportunity for me to delve further into my favorite part of this class and plan some fun things to do. When I move abroad I plan on teaching young children, mainly kindergarten-aged, so my five activities will be geared towards young learners. They need way more energy, fun, and excitement in their lessons than teenage or adult learners because their attention spans are so short, so I tried to...  [Read more]

  And now we have our nasal sounds. There are three nasal sounds and basically the pattern of air that's moving out of our vocal tract has to do with two big instances and that is a closure in the vocal tract. Except aside from the plosives and affricates, what we have is air escaping through our nasal cavity. These sounds include ?m?, ?n? and ?ng?. We're moving from the front of the mouth to the back of the mouth. First with the M sound or the ?m?, we're closing both lips and the air is escaping through the nasal passage ?m?. Next we have our N sound or our ?n? sound. There, the closure is inside the mouth but our tongue is closing up near our alveolar ridge and the air is escaping through the nose. Again that's ?n?. Finally we have our NG sound and the closure there is happening...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Phonology involves studying how sounds are organized in a language to create meaning. It differs in every language as sounds are organized to create words, which are then organized in sentences. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Jane M. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Phonetics involves understanding how sounds are physically made, what part of the vocal tract is used, and how air is used to produce sounds. It enables teachers to analyze how sounds are made which helps teachers to assist students in grasping new and or difficult sounds and help students with the production of these sounds. Specifically, when teaching English as a foreign language, a teacher can...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Thom P. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Lesson Objectives: Students will practice recognizing homophones and practice the correct, indefinite, and zero articles. Summary of tasks/actions Warm-Up: Vocabulary Review (10 minutes) Tell students that they will play a game to review some of the words that they talked about last week. Divide the class into two teams. One person from each team stands at the back of the room, and one person from each stands by the board. Divide the board into four parts. Label each piece the following: nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Explain to students that the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tongpu Zhen? 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. I found the example of furniture vocal useful in terms of sample activities and work to do at each Engage, Study and Activate stage. It's common knowledge that grammatical structures may be written differently than they are spoken but I would not have considered this in terms of teaching new grammar. I was not previously aware of the term 'functions' before. I...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chongyi 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. Today I would like to share my 5 most used flash card based games and activities that I find very efficient, engaging and fun to use in classes. I am a Kindergarten ELA instructor and teach beginner learners within the age group of 4 to 7 year olds. Flash cards are mostly used when I am reinforcing the materials taught in class. They are based on, vocabulary words,...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas What outdoor activities can help to teach English? I would like to say that there are plenty of outdoor activities that are effective to teach English. However, many teachers prefer indoor activities rather than outdoor, as they think that it might distract the students. Nonetheless, outdoor activities can increase their motivation for learning. Also, it helps to decrease their stress level, as they do not have to stay in the classroom as usual. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Sarosh Z. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The teacher should take the students to park or garden, where they can absorb the freshness of the season and the beauty of nature that surrounds...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lingbei 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. This unit teaching the best methods when it comes to introducing vocab, grammatical structures, and language functions. With each part the chapter hit on importance aspects of each that the student should understand. For instance with grammatical structures, it is important the student know the meaning, use, forms/patterns, and spoke/written form. This unit also...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Hepu 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 chapter talks about how to teach new language in the classroom. It tells you how to pick vocab, and understand which vocabulary will be more readily recognizable to the students. These factors can be things such as the words similarity to the student’s mother tongue, pronunciation, and spelling. This chapter also addresses how to introduce new grammar structures....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Tianyuan 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. I am starting to see how important classroom order is. I can see it with my own classes and it is key to have reptition and and structure in order for the students to feel comfortable and know what to expect.I generally tend to go with the boomerang technique when teaching grammer and vocab. I like to engage briefly, then activate with new words using flashcards,...  [Read more]