What's The Most Hard Language To Learn

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiazhang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Tai'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. Being an instructor for students who don’t speak English as their first language has been very rewarding for me. I have been a culinary educator for the past five years in the United States. I thought culinary Arts because I have an undergrad degree in Culinary Arts Management. It was in this position as a culinary teacher to high school that I learned that I love...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yushan 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. With so much information available to us through the use of books, the internet and other people we have a world full of endless knowledge so it’s vital to learn efficiently. I believe motivation plays one of the most important roles in a students ability to learn so learning techniques should help students stay motivated as well as helping them learn quickly,...  [Read more]

  Hannah took ITTT’s 120-hour online TEFL course without tutor support. In her TEFL review video she gives a brief overview of her experience on the course. During the course she studied classroom management, grammar, lesson planning among other topics. Although she struggled with the final project the feedback she received was good and Hannah highly recommends the course. 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. I feel that lesson plans are quite hard to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Ganhe 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. Education today revolves more around encouraging the student to awaken their confidence，curiosity and desire to learn. A number of teaching techniques have emerged due to this change in education . In my point of view the following teaching skills are essential to language teaching . In coping with a foreign language, confidence plays a very large part. Students need...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Kangyi 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. I am Sarah, I am from China and now working as an English teacher in Beijing, China. I have been teaching for ten years after I graduated, kind of experienced, however I still learn a lot from ITTT EFL course. In this course, I learnt something which I have already known but haven’t formatted in my mind. It’s really useful to learn something like teaching...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Today, learning English seems like a good way for all people to enhance a piece of knowledge not only inside but also in other countries worldwide. Most people tend to learn English which is a major social necessity. Especially, students learning a new language from the young ages are pretty hard for them; consequently, it causes an increasing number of students who are under more pressure to absorb this subject in both school and home. In this essay, the possible solutions to tackle this problem will be discussed in detail. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Nhai N. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. To begin with, teaching techniques should be created to be more...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Have you ever considered living and experiencing a different culture? If the answer is yes, teaching is a good way to achieve your goal. Teaching can be hard and challenging but also very rewarding to watch your students improve. This is why taking a TEFL course is important for several reasons including the following: methods for teaching younger students, methods for teaching students who require different approaches to learning, and methods for keeping students under control in the classroom during an English lesson. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Taylor E. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. First, I learned that teaching 5th graders English in Hainan, China...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dazhai Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Bazhong 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. Some people would say that they have been learning English for more than a decade, they have studied very hard and received ver good English scores when they are at school, but when they need to talk to native English speakers, they realize that they can't speak English fluently and say it correctly, but find little kids who don't know that much grammar can speak...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Learning English may be stressful for students and adults, as well. The reasons may be different. In this essay, I will try to examine the possible causes of why learning English can be stressful especially for young learners. I will try to propose some suggestions that in my opinion may work. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Maxim D. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Probably, the lack of experience of a new language learning can be the number 1 reason for stress for young learners in English learning. For many ESL students, English is the first foreign language that they try to learn and it can bring up a lot of stress. They don't know what's that, how they are going...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Learning English may be stressful for students and adults, as well. The reasons may be different. In this essay, I will try to examine the possible causes of why learning English can be stressful especially for young learners. I will try to propose some suggestions that in my opinion may work. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Maxim D. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Probably, the lack of experience of a new language learning can be the number 1 reason for stress for young learners in English learning. For many ESL students, English is the first foreign language that they try to learn and it can bring up a lot of stress. They don't know what's that, how they are going...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Sanchahe Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Shangluo 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 task, I will be talking about my personal experience of teaching languages (both English and Spanish) to Japanese people, in Japan. Japanese is known to be a very difficult, challenging language, with 3 different alphabets and a very unique grammar structure. Besides the special characteristics that separates the Japanese language from other languages such...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Education today revolves more around encouraging the student to awaken their confidence, curiosity and desire to learn. A number of teaching techniques have emerged due to this change in education. In my point of view, the following teaching skills are essential to language teaching. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Rong L. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. In coping with a foreign language, confidence plays a very large part. Students need to feel that they will be able to apply what they have learned in the classroom to real life and be able to tackle many different situations in a foreign language in a foreign country. It is up to the teacher to give the students...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Gejia Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Weihai Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Of the integrated skills that an English learner must learn, listening is very important for fluency. While all integrated skills are important, listening can be overlooked in its importance because of how difficult it is to teach. Some teachers decide to overlook its importance because of the difficulty, but that is not right. The difficulty shows how important it is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jinhaozhuang 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. There are many factors that can influence the way you feel about learning or even engaging into new worlds (languages), they are following and I will categorize them into 5 groups. As we ascend further into discussion about each and every one of them i must warn you that this is my perspective of seeing things as i feel them. Number one : "Fear" This...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Binhai 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. When teaching students most of the time we mainly focus on just teaching them the language and having them pass some tests and that is how we measure if they have learnt well or not. In reality it is a bit different though. Knowing how to read, speak or write a language does not necessarily translate to the student excelling in the language. There is another often...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yangdian 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. I would like to start my essay by expressing how much I have learned and enjoyed going through all those unites. From personal experience, I was once a student, studying French as a second language, so that’s why I could relate to a lot of the topics and unites (non grammar ones) covered in this course, especially the ones talking about the different challenges a...  [Read more]

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Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas What are the pros and cons of teaching a language to adults and young learners? First of all, let us talk about learner groups. Adults are people 18 years of age and more and young learners are split into three groups: over 13, from 8 to 12, and under 7. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Phuong V. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Obviously, the language is formed not only when we are born but partly during pregnancy. A baby in a womb can listen to sounds outside and when its mother talks to her baby every day, it can also feel touches and sweet words from its mother. The baby starts speaking by listening to and copying whatever its parents, grandparents, and other...  [Read more]

Linda Dunsmore Alumni Experiences As defined through the units of the course and through many linguistic books, pronunciation is to say a word in a language in the correct way. Although the correct pronunciation of words and even the correct intonation in sentences in English, is thought through course books all over the world and thanks to media students are exposed to the natural and correct pronunciation, numerous mistakes are observed inside the classroom and outside. The reasons for the problems in pronunciation might vary depending on the country. I have been teaching English in Turkey for a while and have witnessed many problems with the students which will be explained through this essay. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Beata K. Please note that this...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yijing 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. How to be a good teacher? I am sure many teachers will ask this question.As the old saying goes''A candle lights others and consumes itself". Teacher is a important role of students' almost whole life,what you teach will affect the way of students' thinking. In recent years there has been more emphasis upon 'student-centred'lessons,as opposed to...  [Read more]

Linda Dunsmore Destinations Teaching English abroad is an adventure all by itself but there are some TEFL destinations that really take the cake for adrenaline junkies and adventure seekers. Here’s our list of the best places that won’t leave you bored when you’re not in the classroom. Nicaragua is filled with adventurous places but the city of Leon really wins the crown. Only here, you can balance on a piece of wood and zoom down the side of an active volcano. If that’s not enough, you can end your day at the nearby ocean catching some of the best waves in the Latin American region. Plus, there are plenty of English schools hiring TEFL qualified teachers in Nicaragua and the demand is increasing. Learn more about living and teaching in Nicaragua in our country guide. Also read:...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences I am from the United States and my native language is English. I am currently living in the Philippines, so I have been encountering language issues a lot lately. I have desperately been trying to learn Tagalog, and it is a major challenge. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Gabriel T. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. Along the way, I have had a lot of help from the native Filipinos that I live with and whom I now call my family. I have asked myself, "How did they learn English so well and what difficulties do they still have with English?" Because English has so many contradictions and strange nuances I have decided to do my Summative Task on number 4- Problems...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Ciyao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Tai'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 an ALT (Assistant Language Teacher) in Japan for the last 9 years, I worked in elementary, and junior high schools and it can be a lot of fun and great but also challenging. In the past, to teach English in Japan was a relatively simple affair – as long as you spoke English, you could often expect to get a job. These days, the Japanese education board are...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas “My sweater. I cannot find my sweater. Can you help me look for?” I scratched my head. Sweater? I kicked myself for agreeing to help Rosa in the study hall. Our teacher, Mr. Randall, had told me she was struggling with basic grammar and thought I might be able to help since I had spent a lot of time in Mexico and had a good grasp of both English and Spanish. Now not only did we have to go over the nitty-gritty of grammar, but she also had a lisp or something. Great, as if the grammar wasn’t enough. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Moriah D. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. I shivered and wished for a jacket or at the very least a sweater to fend off the cool...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lǚgezhuang 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. Learning through games has become more common over the years. The traditional academic-oriented learning method of repetitive memorizing is slowly becoming outdated, and most students prefer to learn in a fun and interactive environment. Children of all ages love to play, from the tiny infants to the toddler who sings ABC songs, to primary children who plays...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Jietou 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. Teaching groups Teaching has traditionally been done in a room full of students where one teacher does all the talking, this is known as a teacher centered approach but recently many teachers have moved away from this approach and adopted a more student centered approach which is often whats preferred when teaching groups. Student centered teaching is valuable because...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yinma Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Weifang 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. Building confidence in students is one of teachers’ important tasks. We as teachers have a powerful influence on our students and we can help them feel proud of themselves. When it comes to helping students gain confidence, it’s far beyond preparing students to talk in front of the class. Students who are confident are not only brave to express themselves as well...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences I have a very strong reason why i should complete a TEFL Course. In fact, i am taking 220 hours. Well, the base on my future plans i have the desire to be a tutor online. it's totally out of my line, i was once a registered nurse, i was a fashion designer and even studied Fashion Design at London and Singapore. I owned a wedding shop in the Philippines and catering to different clients worldwide. and fast forward i got married. But, since i tied the knot and settled here at California. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Odessa M. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. everything has changed. I had a hard time looking for the right job for me. I came to a point that i was...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Learning languages is for most of us, not an easy undertaking, mostly because it requires building new frameworks in our brains and lots of practice. Learning English as a second language is not an exception. By now, it’s already well-known the importance of speaking English in a globalized world, and so even governments are making an effort to include it in their education plans. As an example, English is taught in both private and public schools throughout Turkey, but despite all these efforts and adjustments, not a lot of Turkish people can speak English beyond basic sentences and isolated words... so, what’s happening? This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Sergio S. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas When teaching students most of the time we mainly focus on just teaching them the language and having them pass some tests and that is how we measure if they have learned well or not. In reality, it is a bit different though. Knowing how to read, speak or write a language does not necessarily translate to the student excelling in the language. There is another often ignored factor called confidence. Confidence is necessary for success in many parts of life and it is no different when learning. One of the greatest gifts we can give our students is to instill in them a strong sense of confidence. In doing this, we enable them to be higher achievers. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Moses K. Please note that this blog post might not...  [Read more]