What To Teach First When Teaching English

1. Introduction 2. About ITTT 3. Our TEFL and TESOL Training Programs 4. Why Choose ITTT Welcome to the world of TEFL and TESOL training with ITTT! Whether you are a seasoned educator looking to expand your skillset or someone considering a career change, our courses are designed to provide you with the knowledge and confidence needed to teach English as a foreign language. With a focus on practical teaching skills and real-world experience, ITTT offers a comprehensive range of certification programs to suit your needs. ITTT (International TEFL and TESOL Training) is a leading provider of accredited TEFL and TESOL courses. With over 25 years of experience in the field, we have trained thousands of teachers who have gone on to have successful careers around the globe. Our courses are...  [Read more]

1. Introduction to ITTT 2. TEFL and TESOL Training Programs 3. Benefits of Studying with ITTT 4. How to Enroll in an ITTT Course ITTT (International TEFL and TESOL Training) is a leading provider of online and in-class TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) and TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) certification programs. With over 20 years of experience in the field, ITTT has trained thousands of teachers who have gone on to have successful careers teaching English around the world. ITTT offers a wide range of TEFL and TESOL training programs to suit every individual's needs and preferences. Whether you are looking to teach English abroad or online, ITTT has a course for you. From introductory courses for beginners to advanced courses for experienced teachers...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chunzai 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. Hi,my name is ngan.My full name is Huynh thi kim ngan. the first thing i want to talk about the Telso course ,this is the perfect way and method i can help myself to improve my skill in teaching. grammar course _ grammar course is really clearly and detail. i can control and rewiev and drill my grammar skill to help my students can use it in their topic ,in their...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Guanyuan Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Ankang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Teaching job is one of the valuable and exciting jobs. Apparently, it looks easy, but you will be able to find it is practically not. You need to study hard in order to teach someone. Otherwise, you will have no idea what you should do, what you teach, and how to react. Especially, teaching English as a non-native speaker is a big challenge in many aspects. I have...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Mengshui Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zibo Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. When I began my teaching career at California State University, Chico, I was struck with the truth: I knew the material; I was a SME (Subject Matter Expert). I did not know how to teach what I knew. I did not want to become one of those professors/teachers who made learning more challenging than necessary. Thus, I began to understand the role of teacher and more...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Lifu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Dazhou Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This section seeks to introduce basic primary education learning theory and apply that to produce effective teaching methodology. The premise is built on language learning theory, and general stages of learning. It seems that this course follows constructivism with influences of cognitive developmentalism. The weak points of this section are that in the field of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Pizhuang Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zaozhuang 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. Just like being nervous before an exam or a test is common to every students, I believe that at some point in a student's life, there must also be a period of time he/she cannot get along with others. And as much as we want the students to resolve and grow up by themselves over this matter, often times, they are not capable to. So, it is basically up to us as the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhongbao Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Meishan 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. Unit1 For teacher, I learned a lot about something basic but so important in teaching. How to be a good teacher, not just care about teaching but also more care about the learning of students. There are so many roles of the teacher which includes manager. organizer, assessor, prompter, participant, tutor, facilitator, model, Monitor. It’s very important that a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yangchu 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 a new language can be incredibly challenging. To even attempt to learn a language that is not one’s mother tongue takes both incredible courage and humility, especially when the language is English. As a teacher of English, stress must be expected and prepared for in order to keep students feeling encouraged and wanting to try. These are my tips for doing...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas When entering the realm of teaching, lesson planning is a very beneficial skill to have. Lesson planning is done in many different ways; many educators create their format over the years that cater to their teaching styles. However, the typical lesson planning methodologies include ESA (Engage, Study, Activate) and PPP (Presentation, Practice, Production). For this task, we will be diving into the ESA methodology. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Gabrielle R. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The first stage of the ESA format is ‘Engage’. In this stage of the lesson, the focus should be on getting your students as interested and engaged as possible. This ensures...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chengjia 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. I am Teacher Beverly, an online English tutor. I'm going to share very useful tips for teaching online. My first tip is TPR. I'm going to give some tips and how to do it. I will also share the varieties of TPR that online tutors can use in their class and some examples. TPR means Total Physical Response. It is the coordination of your language and your physical...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Fengcun Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Weinan 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. Introduction The Collins English Dictionary defines someone’s first language as the language that they first learned and speak best. The dictionary emphasizes the use of first language especially when that ‘someone’ involved speaks other languages. The Cambridge dictionary defines first language much similarly to the Collins English dictionary as being the the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in BahuZhen? 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. Nowadays, many people try to learn foreign language because of different reasons. It is really difficult to learn second language. Therefore, people who want to learn a new language must be directed well. As there are different must be learned things and many skills are required, teachers need to be extra careful about these issues. In language acquisition, there are two...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zouwu Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Zaozhuang Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. In the teaching field, it is important to learn the students first. There are no same students. Everyone is different and unique. Therefore, teaching students with different learning abilities or levels can be a tough one. However, it is also important to learn ways on how to handle them respectively. We, teachers, need to learn and differentiate their learning...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Zhuangshang 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. Many people around the world may have asked themselves this question. What is the difference between learning the first language compared to the second? There are many theories on this topic that will be discussed in the following paragraphs. The first topic is relating to the acquisition of the first language which is learnt through necessity. The first...  [Read more]

Mark Crocker Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas Teaching multiple tenses might sound frightening as teaching a single tense can sometimes be a challenge on its own. However, while it might seem difficult the first time you try it, it isn’t as daunting as you would think. When teaching more than one tense at a time there are two main factors to consider: which tenses to teach together and what language level you are teaching. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Ferenc M. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. The general rule is that basic tenses are for lower level students and harder ones are for intermediates and above. Despite this, many higher level students still need a quick review on basic tenses as...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Nixia 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. Unit 5 was a fun lesson to go through. The only suggestion I would have would be to slightly change the verbiage for Task 3 and Test questions 2-6. Task 3 had the teacher first think of the game, then the teaching point. Test questions 2-6 also listed the game first, then had teachers select the teaching point. It would reinforce the correct...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Chisha 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. We naturally feel nervous when doing something new. Our confidence can dip even further when that something new involves a foreign language. I will tackle three questions related to students here in Japan. First, what can we do to create an environment in which students feel confident speaking in English? Second, how can we help students stop being afraid of English...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences In this course, there were many ideas presented about the best way to teach English as a foreign language, from lesson planning to the activities, to the way the lesson is structured. All of these things were discussed, keeping in mind that learning a 2nd language is very different from the way we learn our first language. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Rebekah P. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. When a person is learning their first language, it is not taught, as it is in a classroom. It is acquired through total immersion. This is the language that is spoken at home, and usually outside the home as well. This makes for an excellent learning environment. The...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Xiaomenjia 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. In order to understand how stressful conditions can be overcome in the classroom environment, it is better to first know what these stressful conditions are. Although the presence of these conditions is inevitable, in normal conditions, prevention is better than cure. In my opinion, stressful situations in classroom are created in two ways. First, the stresses and...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas Learning a new language can be incredibly challenging. To even attempt to learn a language that is not one’s mother tongue takes both incredible courage and humility, especially when the language is English. As a teacher of English, stress must be expected and prepared for in order to keep students feeling encouraged and wanting to try. These are my tips for doing just that. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate AmyJoy G. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. First, make sure that students know you care about them by building rapport with them as they begin the class. With this, it’s helpful to see that other’s aren’t perfect so that I can also have space to make...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yingli Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Heze Shi? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Teaching multiple tenses might sound frightening; sometimes a sole tense already can be a challenge but two are even more. However seems difficult for the first time but not as much as you would think. In the following essay I will explain and show some examples. As a matter of fact, in this case we can talk about two main factors: which tenses are we talking about and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Qianwei 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. Having previously been a small business owner, I began teaching an English conversation class as a volunteer at my local library just over two years ago to fulfill a community service requirement for my degree program. The experience of teaching English as a second language has been so personally rewarding that I am now pursuing it as a career change. Being in the...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences I am an EFL teacher in a kindergarten in Japan. I have two years of experience teaching English in kindergarten. It is only a 30 minutes session every day. In my first week, I made a lesson plan for them that is good for one month. I was surprised that they didn’t get the lesson, memorized it or even pronounce it properly. Then the lesson plan I had to prepare last for about 3 to 4 months. I find it hard teaching English as a foreign language to my students even though I am only teaching them the basic vocabularies and some nursery rhymes. But their curiosity in the English language and their eagerness to talk with a foreigner in school helps me to find my style in teaching them the language. Before that, I don’t have any experience or training...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Dakuang 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. Education as one of the most important elements of social life begins with our families. Our first teachers are our parents and siblings. They teach us how to walk, how to speak, how to eat and many other basic but so important things to start a life. Then the time comes and we start to go to school. But the education at home from our families and their support for...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Teaching Ideas I am a non-native English teacher, currently living and working in China. Honestly, I was hired by my first school, when I had no experience of teaching English. In my first training center, the absolute majority of students were preschoolers or students of a primary school and I also had a part-time job in the kindergarten. At first, it was hard for me to understand what attracts kids to learn English at such an early age and what motivates them to come to our center twice a week and what keeps them interested. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Oleg P. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. With time, I understood that there are two essential things in teaching preschoolers...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences L1 language refers to students’ first language or native language while L2 language refers to the language they are learning in particular. Hence, L1 has a ‘natural’ environment for the students to learn while for L2, the environment has to be ‘built’ and requires certain ways of catching up. Specifically, they are different from the following perspectives. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Yixun C. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT. students are born in the L1 environment where people around are talking and learning in L1; but there may be little or no L2 sign in the environment where they grew up. Students may approach L2 the first time in school. almost...  [Read more]

Elizaveta Pachina Alumni Experiences Nowadays, English is becoming popular due to advanced technology and more people receiving higher education. That Goods, capital, services, people and even knowledge travels around the world make a common and standard language necessary. English is an ideal one. However, when people do business, they still talk most. A standard or conceivable accent is the first step towards a successful deal. This passage aims at emphasizing the importance of pronunciation in teaching business English. Generally speaking, teaching pronunciation specifically is good for students learning and career development. It is also good for teachers to earn more popularity as well as the long-term trust of students. This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Mishi Zhen? Are you interested in teaching English in Liangshan Yizu Zizhizhou? Check out ITTT’s online and in-class courses, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English ONLINE or abroad! ITTT offers a wide variety of Online TEFL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. The students always come first. While their motivations, skill levels, and life experiences all play into how they decide to interact with a lesson, ideally all students should be equally involved in any lesson. Students from different regions require different cultural sensitivities. Also, students of different ages demand different considerations, such...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified and teach in Yunyang 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. To be a great teacher is always my dream. In order to gain more experience of teaching, I started to teach my foreign teachers' Mandarin when I was a freshman in university. After I graduated, I chose to work as a teacher without any hesitation because I love the English language and I really enjoy teaching. So far, it has been for about 11 years. I have taught so...  [Read more]