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Roles a Teacher has to Possess to Help Students Love English - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
"A man doesn't learn to understand anything unless he loves it" Goethe
Accessor
Observer
Role model
Guide
Participant
Assistant and motivator
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The role of the teacher is very important in our lives. A good teacher provides us with knowledge, motivation, and encouragement while creating interest in his subject. He cares about his students and demonstrates patience. An experienced teacher knows what role or roles to take during his lesson. The most important role is the role of an organizer. The teacher instructs the class through daily activities. He may also split students into pairs for role-playing or encourage mill drill exercise, where students come to each other, ask... [Read more]
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Alistair thinks the in-class course in Phuket is a life-changing experience. He thinks the course is fast-paced and keeps you on track of reaching your goal of becoming a certified EFL teacher. He thinks the value for money is great due to the amazing support and assistance he has received during the course. He also greatly enjoys life in Thailand and is thinking of staying there to pursue a teaching career in English as a Foreign Language. He feels like he has gained enough experience during his training to live abroad and teach English worldwide.
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Can I teach English in Spain without a degree? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
The good news is, while many schools prefer candidates with degrees, the high demand for English teachers in Spain means there are still opportunities for those without one. However, it is crucial to have a recognized TEFL certification, especially if you are not degree-holding. With a TEFL in hand, major towns and cities across Spain often present numerous teaching vacancies year-round.
Do I need a university degree to teach English in Spain?
What are the requirements for teaching English in Spain?
Can I get a visa to teach English in Spain?
Who are the main employers of English teachers in Spain?
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The Principles of Encouraging Students for a Better ESL Performance - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Any action performed by living beings is supported by a motive. In humans, we are driven by motivators unique to each one of us; without this motivation, our goals and desires remain unaccomplished. There are different types of motivators both internal and external that of which directly impact second language acquisition in the classroom. In this setting both parents and teachers alike play a pivotal role in motivating students, thus enabling their success in second language learning. This essay will outline how motivation, both intrinsic and extrinsic, affects students in the language learning classroom and how a teacher may establish motivation in students.
What is Motivation?
Internal Will
External Will
Teachers' Responsibilities
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Ways to Encourage ESL Students to Learn English - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
To be able to answer this question, we need to think about what is the meaning of motivation. So motivation is the force that drives us to achieve our goals.
What Does Students' Progress Depend on?
Motivation
Student-Teacher Relationships
Evaluation and Assessment
Parents Role
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3 Reasons Why Lesson Plan Will Make Your Teaching Less Stressful and Frustrating - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Lesson planning has always been the backbone of my lessons. I believe that to be successful in anything you need to plan, especially with projects or goals that are complex and time-consuming. As a teacher, I want to do everything I can to give my students every advantage possible, and that requires preparation and planning. Lesson planning is an essential part of teaching in a classroom and is the key to being an effective educator.
What can a lesson plan give you?
1. Achieve your goals
2. Visualize your lesson
3. Deepen students' experience
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The Components of an Effective Lesson Plan - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
A lesson plan is a series of instructions written by the teacher on how to cover his lessonIt is also a working document to refer to during the lesson ad a record of the class content useful for future lessons or for other teachers.
Structure
Teaching Materials
More Things to Consider
Anticipated Problems
Interaction
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An effective lesson plan should be flexible and open to change. How a lesson plan is written depends upon the teacher. It's complicated because it doesn't exist the perfect way to write a lesson plan. It can be formal following a specific pattern or written in the form of notes but simplicity is essential.
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Increasing Teacher’s Confidence - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
For a class to be interesting and beneficial to both the teacher and the students, quite a lot of things have to be taken into consideration. Smooth sailing of the classes and success of the students in acquiring the English language can largely be attributed to the teacher's character and/or behavior. The confidence of a teacher has great meaning as it gives birth to students' confidence in learning English.
What is Confidence?
Ways to Work On Confidence
Self-Education
Setting Up Goals
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The Principles of Classroom Motivation - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
As human beings, motivation is one of the most important components to succeed ultimately, anything. If an individual is not motivated, the likelihood to succeed merely diminishes. This pertains to a person's personal life, academic life, and professional life. Motivation is the root of success, and this is why motivating the students in an ESL classroom holds such importance. To motivate students, the teacher must determine the student's intrinsic goals and desires, help students define their goals, create a positive and friendly climate, and encourage each student.
Challenges of learning a second language
Rapport building
Feedback
The importance of volunteer work
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What Drives Students in the Classroom - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
How can a teacher motivate an EFL classroom? Motivation is a major part of learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL). There is more to motivation in the classroom than knowing English is a useful language to learn.
Importance of Motivation
Ways to Motivate
Types of Motivation
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Students should be motivated to attend and pay attention in the classroom. Each student should be constantly reminded of their own, personal reason to learn English. Finally, the best motivation comes from... [Read more]
3 Ways to Overcome Stressful Situations in The Classroom
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
A classroom is a place where most individuals engage in attaining new information and interacting with others for a particular purpose. Stress, one of the major causes of various illnesses, can arise from both the teacher and the students within the classroom. Often times, when the stress level rises, the level of interest in the task ahead is usually reduced and the task remains undone or the individual simply quits. This end result can, however, be avoided as the purpose for learning in to eventually gain a greater understanding of the information being taught. The essay will, therefore, focus on ways to overcome stressful situations in a classroom.
1. Setting Goals
2. Create a Fun Atmosphere
3. Speak Your Heart Out
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What Are The Qualities that Make ESL Teachers Good? - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
I would like to start by first explaining what means to teach, which by a vague definition is to cause the student to learn and acquire the knowledge that is taught in the classroom to meet all the objectives that are previously set by the institution and by the teacher. In other words, the process of teaching is formulated and organized in such a psychological and educational way for both the learner and the teacher to be able to attain some prearranged goals.
Teaching Profession
Teacher's Uniqueness
Are there Good Teachers?
English as a Subject
Learning Types
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5 Challenges of Teaching EFL to Kindergarten Level Students - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
This post was written by our TEFL certification graduate Susan W. Please note that this blog post might not necessarily represent the beliefs or opinions of ITTT.
1. Self-introduction
2. Reasons for practicing as an EFL Teacher
3. Ways in which EFL will guide me achieve my goals
4. Games and activities in the classroom
5. Planning my New Lesson
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I am Susan and I'm 40 years female from Kenya and I have graduated with a bachelor's degree in Art in Education. I have been teaching young learners in Kenya for two years and I was invited to teach English in southern China and I am ready for the new challenge teaching abroad.
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Key Responsibilities of a Teacher in a TEFL Classroom - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
The roles of an English teacher in a TEFL classroom are varied and depend largely on the stage of the lesson and the situations that may arise, both planned and unplanned. Many people see the teacher as the main source of information and an example of the English language. This, in a sense, is the primary role of a teacher; however, in order to fulfill the ultimate goal a teacher has, they must create a productive atmosphere in the class and a good, working relationship with their students.
Learning trajectory
Lesson flow
Role model
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9 Fun Ways to Teach Kids the Value of Money - TEFL Blog
Luciana Campos
Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas
Teaching kids the importance of saving money and the value of a dime is a crucial life lesson that can help them become responsible adults. Since this journey will take place over the course of several years, the ability to be patient and persistent is crucial. To start, parents may show their children how to be responsible with money by doing the same and making it fun and exciting for them.
Reward That Comes At A Later Date
Gaining Familiarity with the Savings Idea
Highlighting the significance of one's work and material belongings
Instructing Youth in the Art of Responsible Financial Management
Helpful Links for Teaching Kids About Money
Starting at the beginning
The Role of Online Gamification
Last Remarks
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Top 5 ESL Teacher Strategies for Your Online Classes - TEFL Blog
Federico Riva
TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas
In this blog post, we will look at five strategies you can use t boost your effectiveness within the class and also as a general way of increasing your online business. Ideas covered include the use of gamification and individualization.
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Gamification
Individualization
Charting your course
Strategies of content delivery
Narrowing down your niche
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The Dependence of Teaching on Students Motivation - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
A highly motivated student is one who is goal-oriented, driven by passion and focused. He/she does things from the bottom of the heart. Motivation can be viewed as an internal impulse that brings us to complete an action. Without motivation, there is no action. Motivation is what moves or inspires the learner to achieve set objectives. It's the motor that drives the student to achieve pedagogical objectives. Hence it's an essential tool to equip students with, so that whatever they do it effectively and with perfection.
Behavior and Motivation
Efforts and Motivation
Get to Know Your Students
Get Your Students Involved
Vary Your Activities
Choose The Best Strategy
Find Perfect Materials
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Motivating All Groups of Students - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
In my experience of teaching in an institution in South Korea, I have found one of the most vital elements to my students succeeding, is to establish a positive and comfortable environment in my classroom. To do so, it is essential that my students be highly motivated. In the following paragraphs, my aim is to show why motivating students is so important and to give examples of some of the most effective ways to do so.
Teacher's Nightmare
My Experience
Reward System
Motivating Older Learners
Motivating Falling Behind Students
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Transforming Lives: Unveiling the Profound Impact of a Teacher's Role - TEFL Blog
Federico Riva
TEFL Information Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas
The role of the teacher has experienced many shifts throughout the history of education. In a general sense, teachers in the past were more looked upon as glorified babysitters than educators. It was completely normal and acceptable for teachers in the past to follow a set lesson plan for all students. They would not try to accommodate specific individual student needs, and if students were to fall behind, it was just seen as that student was not smart enough to keep up with the class. Nowadays, the role of teachers has shifted towards adaptable teaching as well as nurturing healthy relationships with students in order to help them find success.
Building Trust and Mutual Respect
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3 Easy Ways to Motivate Students - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Keeping students motivated to learn can be one of the biggest challenges a teacher may face. Without motivation, the students can become bored and complacent; they may even start to act out and disrupt the class. A few ways a teacher can keep their students motivated are by participating in games and physical activity, reward, and praise, and having a good attitude as a teacher.
1. Use Games and Activities
2. Praise and Reward
3. Have a Positive Attitude
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Tefl reviews - How To Pronounce Pundit - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word pundit. This word is a noun and refers to an expert in a particular field who is often consulted by others. Suitable synonyms for pundit include expert or specialist. The word has found itself into the English language from the Sanskrit word 'pa??ita' meaning ?learned man'.
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Learning Techniques and Educational Assessment - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
In an article that explores the future of Assessment for Learning (AfL), Popham (2006) draws on the difference between the traditional approach known as assessment of learning, which focuses on determining what pupils know for the purposes for grading and reports and Assessment for learning, which focuses on helping 'teachers use assessment, as part of teaching and learning, in ways that will raise pupils' achievement' (Assessment Reform Group, 1999, p. 2).
Learning Styles
Assessment Methods
Research of Assessment Techniques
Successful Strategies
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What is Motivation and How Does it Develop in Students - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Student motivation is a student's desire to participate in the learning process. It is the meaningfulness, value, and benefits that an academic mission has to the learner. It is also defined as a student's drive from within which guides, activates, and continues a behavior over time. It is simply a student's willingness, need, desire, and compulsion to participate in and be successful in the learning process.
What Factors Influence the Development of Students' Motivation?
How Can Motivation be Adopted in School System?
What Can be Done to Help Unmotivated Students?
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How to Build Confidence in Chinese Business Students - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Self-confidence has been seen as a major contributor to a person learning a language. As a teacher and a counselor, I agree with Jack Welch's quote: Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do because then they will act. Confidence exists of three realms: who I am, what I can learn, and what I can do. These are steps that can be taken to help Chinese Business English students improve confidence in these realms.
What is self-confidence?
Who am I?
What can I learn?
What can I do?
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The Role of Diagnostic Tests in an ESL Curriculum - TEFL Blog
Federico Riva
Alumni Experiences Teaching Ideas
This essay will present a 'teleological analysis' of the use of diagnostic tests in ESL curriculums as a means for achieving larger course objectives. Diagnostic tests are usually given to students at the beginning of a class or at periodic intervals after completing course units as a means which provide a critical link in attaining certain larger course objectives in an ESL course. An ESL curriculum has the objective of introducing and familiarizing speakers of an L1 to an L2, with the final goal of enabling each student in the class to attain the highest possible proficiency in the essential four aspects of language proficiency.
The Hierarchy of Means and Ends
Aristotle's Concept of Teleology
The Material Cause
The Formal Cause
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The Point of Using Games in a TEFL Classroom - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Teaching language to children is a rather delicate and complex process that requires a careful approach and patience from the teacher. To make this process more vivid and interesting for children, it is necessary to remember the existence of such an important and very useful tool as games.
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Basis
Motivation
Approach to games
Teaching point
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How Classroom Management Leads to A Positive Learning Environment - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Classroom management refers to how things are generally carried out in the classroom. It deals with ways on how things are supposed to be done. This includes procedures and routines among others. New teachers, however, tend to mistake classroom management and classroom discipline. Whereas classroom management is as stated above, classroom discipline is the specific management of students' behavior. By definitions alone, we can respectively differentiate the two as being the building blocks of any successful lesson and the reactive actions we take to maintain the rules that had been set through known procedures and routines.
Definition
Goals
Teacher's behavior in the classroom
Classroom environment
Student-Teacher relationship
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The Need in a Structured Course to Progress in ESL Teaching - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Many teachers of the English language, both young and old at secondary school level are faced with the uphill task of designing a course structure. They often find designing a progression as a real Herculean task. As a secondary school student, I took English language courses with teachers who in most cases used just the prescribed textbooks page after page.
My Teaching Experience
Course Syllabus Importance
What is Progression and How to Design it?
Example Plan
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Tefl reviews - Tesol Tefl Reviews Video Testimonial Irina - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
In this ITTT TEFL review video Irina from Russia shares her course experiences. Irina was already teaching in her country but decided to complete ITTT's 120 hour online course in order to enhance her work in the classroom and to learn more skills. Thousands of people from all walks of life and from different backgrounds have become graduates of ITTT. Many of our trainees are practicing teachers who decide to complete one of our courses in order to become more effective in the classroom.
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... [Read more]