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The Feeling Circle - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This feeling circle is perfect for ESL learners to expand their vocabulary and learn new ways to express themselves.
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What are your plans for Christmas? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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Here is a fun Christmas activity to practice the structure BE GOING TO positive and negative to express future plans on the theme of Christmas.
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Likes and Dislikes with Fruits - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This is a fun worksheet for your ESL students to learn to express likes and dislikes for certain fruits.
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Expressing Likes and Dislikes - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This is a fun ESL likes and dislikes activity to help you teach your students how to express preferences, likes, dislikes and favorites.
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How Technology Has Changed Our Lives - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This is a productive activity for speaking and writing skills, based on cartoons that express through humorous pictures how technology has changed our lives.
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Opinion Writing: Candy Canes or Kisses? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
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This Christmas themed writing prompt encourages your EFL students to express their opinion and offer reasons that support their opinion.
Hve your students choose between candy canes or kisses. Make sure all students complete the writing prompt and add one or several reasons why they prefer one over the other.
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The Importance of English Grammar - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
In my opinion, Grammar plays an important role in English Learning and Teaching, because Grammar is the heart of any language. Learning English is the same as building a house and its grammar acts as a foundation and frame. Knowledge of English grammar helps us in the correction of mistakes and improvement of writing work. A person cannot learn a foreign language accurately only through a process of unconscious assimilation.
Grammar and Linguistics
1. The formal grammar helps us speak correctly in English:
2. Grammar helps us communicate correctly:
3. Grammar helps us improve communication skills:
4. Writing and speaking in formal grammar will increase the value of personal branding.
5. Correct grammar gives many benefits in applying for a job:
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The Utmost Importance of Phonetics and Phonology - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Speech has been used to communicate and express many things since the dawn of man. When we look at wildlife, we can see a pattern in a speech similar to human communication. To truly understand science speech, we must look deeper at the concept of communication.
Why Speech is Important?
Word Stress
Speech and Communication
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14 Course Books to Improve Your Business English Classes - TEFL Blog
Jon ITTT
TEFL Information
Business English falls under the umbrella of English for Specific Purposes (ESP), and is an area of English language teaching that focuses on the language students need in order to function in an international business setting. It is a popular sector for qualified TEFL teachers to work in and one that can be financially rewarding. Students taking business English classes will generally already have a reasonable level of English language ability and course books tend to be aimed at pre-intermediate level students and above but there are books aimed at lower level students.
Oxford University Press
Cambridge University Press
Pearson/Longman
Macmillan
Collins ELT
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What's included in the TEFL course cost? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
When evaluating the cost of a TEFL course, it is important to know what is included in the fee. At ITTT, our TEFL course prices transparently cover all necessary components for your training. Unlike some providers, the advertised price on our website includes all essential resources, examination fees, and the cost of your certification. You won't encounter any hidden charges. Simply put, our fee ensures you have everything you need to successfully complete your training and receive your TEFL certificate.
What is included in an online TEFL course?
What is included in an in-class TEFL course?
Are there any extra fees I might need to pay?
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Tefl reviews - Tesol Tefl Reviews Video Testimonial Chethan - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Like many of ITTT's students Chethan had been teaching for some time before taking his online course. In this TESOL review video, Chethan describes how through taking the course he was able to learn new teaching techniques and adapt his approach to improve his English classes.
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.
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Tefl reviews - Zouhaier Efl - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Zouhaier just completed his 120-hour online TEFL certification. He enjoyed working closely with his tutor who guided him along the way. He also recommends this course to anyone wanting to teach abroad or enhance their professional portfolio in teaching.
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.
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Tefl reviews - Tefl Video Idioms/elbow Room - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
The idiom "elbow room" refers to having enough room to move in or having the ability to act freely, for example: The concert was so crowded that there was hardly any elbow room at all. This means, there were so many people at the concert that you could barely move.
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Tefl reviews - Teaching English Esl Efl Tips/first Conditional - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
The first conditional is used for likely results of possible future situations, as well as promises, threats, warnings or back-up plans. This video is specifically aimed at teaching the first conditional in an ESL setting.
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.
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Tefl reviews - Warm Up If I Won The Lottery - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
"In this video, our OTP trainee Richard elicits the topic of his class by asking his students what they would buy if they won the lottery. ITTT's Observed Teaching Practice courses (OTP) are ideal for teachers wanting to improve their teaching skills remotely from anywhere in the world."
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.
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Vocabulary as the Main Part of ESL Learning - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Vocabulary represents one of the most important skills necessary for teaching and learning a foreign language. It is the basis for the development of all the other skills like Reading comprehension, Listening comprehension, speaking, writing, and pronunciation. Vocabulary is the main tool for students to use English effectively. When he/she is confronted with a native English Speaker, when watching a movie or when listening to a favorite song, when reading a text or when writing a letter to a friend, students will always need to operate with words.
WHY IS VOCABULARY IMPORTANT?
TECHNIQUES FOR MEMORIZING VOCABULARY:
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Tefl reviews - Tesol Tefl Reviews Video Testimonial Amy - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
In this TESOL review video, graduate Amy from South Africa tells us how she took two online courses with ITTT; the 120-hour course with videos and tutor support and the course in teaching English to young learners. After completing the courses Amy accepted an English teaching position in Korea.
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.
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How does the combined TEFL course work? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
The Combined TEFL course blends online learning with in-person sessions. Initially, students delve into the theory topics online. Following this, they join hands-on teaching practice sessions at one of our designated training centers. This structure not only offers flexibility for those with time constraints but also allows direct interaction with our expert teacher trainers.
Is the combined TEFL course as good as the 4-week in-class TEFL course?
If I choose the combined TEFL course, will I still receive a full TEFL certificate?
How does the online section of the combined TEFL course work?
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Do I have to finish the online section before I attend the in-class section?
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Building Confidence: Empowering Learners for Success - TEFL Blog
Federico Riva
TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas
What could be more important for learners than building confidence at a young age? Teachers play a crucial role in helping students develop lasting confidence. Active learning allows students to try new things, accomplish tasks, and boost their energy and self-assurance. By providing opportunities for independent exploration and growth, language learning becomes a platform for building confidence, especially in young and flexible learners.
Appreciation as a Confidence Booster
Challenging Confidence through Language Usage
Individual Approaches to Confidence Building
A Nurturing Atmosphere for Confidence
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3 Strategies For Motivating Young Learners - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
What motivates young students to learn a new language? That's the question many teachers have when teaching English as a Second Language (ESL). Many children learn English because their parents or teachers dictate it, not necessarily by choice. Additionally, often there is no immediate real-world application of English outside the classroom (Noamen, 2009). For many students, the thirty to sixty minutes in class may be the only language exposure they'll have. It is therefore critical for ESL teachers to motivate students to learn English by creating a communicative learning environment where students engage in real language experiences and by utilizing a variety of fun and purposeful activities to get students involved in the learning process.... [Read more]
Why Japanese Students Struggle with Communicating in English - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
During my stay in Japan, Japanese people often told me how they can't communicate in English despite studying the language for six or more years in school. In Japan, students in junior and senior high learn English grammar and vocabulary in compulsory formal English classes. English is also taught in elementary school as foreign language activities. Yet despite spending several hours in English classes, many Japanese people graduate high school with poor English communication skills.
Education system
Class culture
Learning goals
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Tefl reviews - English Grammar Future Perfect Structure Teaching English Abroad - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
This video from one of ITTT's online TEFL courses looks at the structure of the future perfect tense. Positive: Subject + will + have + past participle I will have finished... Negative: Subject + will + not + have + past participle I will not (won't) have finished ... Question: Will + subject + have + past participle? Will you have finished ...? More and more people see teaching English abroad as great way to learn new skills and gain valuable experience in an international setting before returning home and embarking on their career. Alternatively, others see teaching English as an opportunity to change direction in their career and to try something new. Either way, anyone looking to start teaching English abroad will need to be appropriately qualified. Have a look at the link... [Read more]
Tefl reviews - Overview Of All English Tenses Present Tenses Present Perfect Usages - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
The main function for the present perfect tense is to relate something in the past to the present. We can do so in a number of ways. First, we have indefinite past actions. 'I have been to Italy twice'. We're not concerned with when it happened, we just simply want to say that it has happened in the past. It's a fact of something I have done in the past but yet it's still true in the present. Unfinished past actions: 'I have lived here for three years'. I started living here in the past and it's still true now. With this usage, you will typically see time expressions. Finally, we have past actions with present results. I have lost my keys. It's implied that I still haven't found them. I lost them in the past. I don't have them now. I've lost my keys.
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TEFL Course Certificate: DHL Shipment - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Although every course graduate will have their TEFL certificate sent in the post as soon as they have completed all sections of their course, we cannot guarantee how long the delivery might take to different destinations. For most people this is not a problem, but if you are on a tight schedule and really want that certificate in your hand as soon as possible, we can arrange an express delivery option via DHL. This optional extra is available for a small fee to any location across the world. For most of our course graduates this extra expense is not necessary, but if you need to prove your qualification to a potential employer or government office and don’t want to wait, it could be money well spent. Alternatively, a temporary electronic copy of your TEFL certificate might be... [Read more]
The Many Roles of English in Global Society - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Language is the primary medium of human social interaction, and interaction is the mean through which social relations are conducted and maintained. It is a vital commodity in a globalized world (Block and Cameron, 2002). Everyone needs and uses language as a means of communication and to express their needs in various aspects of life. So, as the community of the world, people need language to be used as a means of communication. Why do we need an international or global language? Why has it become a global language?
English development
Business world
Culture
Education
Technology
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TEFL TESOL Courses - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Nobody likes small print as it can catch you unawares and cost you additional money that you had not bargained for. At ITTT we do away with all that nonsense and show you the full cost of every online TEFL certification course in plain sight, right on our website. Whichever online course you choose, you can rest assured that the advertised course fee is all you will have to pay as we have no hidden costs to worry about. The course fee advertised will include everything you need to complete your training and get you ready to start teaching English wherever you choose. The advertised fee for our online TEFL courses includes all the written materials and video access that is relevant to your course, as well as the high-quality certificate that you receive once you have completed... [Read more]
Tefl reviews - Overview Of All English Tenses Present Tenses Overview Present Continuous - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Our second example sentence 'I am playing football at the moment.' is the present continuous tense. This has a different structure as the subject 'I', the verb 'to be' in the present tense 'am', 'is' or 'are' plus the verb with an '?ing' on the end. So here: 'I am playing football at the moment.' Whereas the present simple tense is used to talk about habits routines and facts, the present continuous tense is used to talk about actions in progress at the time of speaking or around the time of speaking. Our third example sentence is the present perfect: 'I have played football twice this week.' Here, the structure is the subject 'I', auxiliary verb 'have' or 'has' plus the past participle. The past participle is usually formed just by adding '-ed'- on to the end of the base form of... [Read more]
Tefl reviews - Productive Receptive Skills/activate Phase Speaking - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
The final stage of the lesson will be the activate and the activate phase is going to form the main speaking activity within the lesson. So, it's very very important that here, we do a good demonstration of what it is that we're expecting them to do, that we elicit the type of target language we're expecting them to produce from the activity. So, one way we could go around it is to, firstly, form pairs. Each pair is going to be given a card and onto that card they're going to write the country and a month. What the teacher can then do, just to add a little bit of spice to it, is to collect all of the cards and shuffle them around and then redistribute them to the pairs so that they get a card that doesn't have their country or their month on it. What they're then going to do is to... [Read more]
How Can Knowledge of First Language Acquisition Aid Successful Second Language Acquisition? - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Successful acquisition of a first language (otherwise known as an L1) has almost a 100% success rate. Aside from a few people that are unable to read or write everyone can communicate fluently in their L1. Successful acquisition of a second language, however, does not occur nearly as often. Why is this so and can anything be learned from first language learning to improve second language fluency.
Variations in the English Language Form
Language Acquisition Process
Second Language Acquisition Process
Teaching Ways
Children and Language Acquisition
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6 Steps for Effective Troubleshooting in a TEFL Classroom - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
When relevant to teaching English as a second language. There are some common problems happened in classes, this phenomenon is normal and it should be understood by qualified teachers, teachers should accept this challenge and be well-prepared. How can we handle the trouble arisen in classes correctly and successfully? This is what we will discuss below.
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Problem Awareness
1. Relationship between teachers and students
2. Students' Language Level and Learning Ability
3. Class Size
4. English as the Main Source of Communication
5. Students' Motivation
6. Language Environment
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