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English Learning Problems For Chinese Native Speakers and Solutions - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Most teachers come to China to teach English with only a general idea about Chinese culture and language which they should have to deal with as soon as they arrive in China. The reason I chose this topic is that I am fluent in Chinese and have experienced Chinese culture in all its facets for over than seven years. But let's not beat around the bush and get down to the nitty-gritty.
Shyness/lack of confidence:
Grammar issues:
Pronunciation issues:
Th: /s/ instead of /th/
V: /w/ instead of /v/ (mostly with southern Chinese)
Lt: /t/ instead of /lt/
Intonation:
Lack of learning structure:
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TEFL Lemon is a one-stop solution for TEFL teachers - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
TEFL Lemon began in 2014 as an ESL blog on the WeChat platform in China, quickly becoming the biggest ESL blog on WeChat. TEFL Lemon provided English teachers with ELT articles to read and share, as well as free ESL lesson ideas, ESL games and fun speaking activities which TEFL teachers could use in their classes. English teachers in China could also download free ESL flashcards on a variety of themes.
Following their success on the WeChat platform, in 2018, TEFL Lemon decided to build their own website to offer their ESL Flashcard Games for Kids, ESL Warmers, ESL games and speaking activities for teens and adults for free to TEFL teachers around the world. You can visit their website here.
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Problems of First Lessons and How to Overcome Them - TEFL Blog
Linda Dunsmore
Alumni Experiences
Challenges are inevitable especially if you want to be successful at what you do and teaching EFL is not devoid of them. In fact, teaching English as a Foreign Language can be very much exciting but also very challenging as it comes with lots of problems. Among these problems are what to do for the first lessons and how to get students motivated for the EFL course. These problems like many others have solutions and this essay seeks to highlight the problems and provide some practical solutions to them.
First impressions are the most lasting
Overcoming this issue
Getting your students motivated
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ProgressMe - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
ProgressMe is an interactive linguistic platform for online education providing solutions for private online classes, language marathons, and schools with support for more than 140 languages. We bring together more than 50,000 language teachers around the world and help improve the quality of online learning every day.
ProgressMe allows teach online using: - Virtual Classrooms; - Course Constructor; - Integrated Video communication system; - Automatic check of students' answers; - Personal accounts for each user with their own schedule; - Full synchronization with the student; - Library of interactive materials; - Blended learning mode; - ProgressMe Academy with educational content.
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China's Ban on Private ESL Tutoring: What You Need To Know - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
hello hi welcome to another live session my name is linda from i t t t and as you can see today we're going to talk about china's ban on private esl tutoring everything you need to know what we know so far there's still a lot of ambiguity but i've done a lot of research i talked to a lot of people so hopefully i'll be able to tell you something you might not know yet and give a little bit of clarity into this topic but uh disclaimer you know things change all the time and there's still like i said a lot of ambiguity around this whole topic a lot of even experts aren't sure yet how everything is going to be implemented how it's going to look like in the future so just i want to say that up front and ittttt this is also not something that we have control over or we are particularly like... [Read more]
OTP - Observed Teaching Practice Course - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
ITTT has been providing high-quality in-class and online TEFL/TESOL courses for nearly two decades. We are constantly striving to provide the best courses for our students to meet the demands of the TEFL/TESOL industry. With this in mind we have developed our online Observed Teaching Practice (OTP) course. The ITTT OTP course is mainly aimed at qualified teachers who require a practical teaching component to their certification but are unable to attend a training centre in person due to geographical or time constraints.
Uniquely all elements of the course can be completed remotely without the need of any specialised technology. Participants complete several study tasks before planning, teaching and recording a series of actual lessons. Course work is submitted online which is then... [Read more]
What are the best books for teaching ESL? - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ TEFL FAQs
The realm of ESL teaching books is expansive, with renowned publishers offering a plethora of resources. Generally, ESL teaching materials can be categorized into:
These categories encompass a range of tools, from structured lesson plans to interactive activities, essential for any ESL educator.
Book Series
Teaching Theory Books
Activity Resources
There are a number of well known book series. These are specifically written for the ESL teaching market and are generally set at the five levels most often taught. These levels are Starter or Beginner, Elementary, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, and Upper-Intermediate.
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TEFL Other Latin America - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ English Language Instructor 1
Date posted:2024-04-17 | Writer: TransPerfect | Email: [email protected]
TransPerfect Language & Cultural Training is part of the TransPerfect solutions, the world’s largest language service and technology solutions provider for global businesses with offices in more than 100 cities around the globe.
Position details
TransPerfect is currently looking for an English language trainer to join our pool of English trainers and take part in a face to face general ESL program . As an English language trainer with TransPerfect, you can expect to deliver language classes to our clients from a variety of sectors and cultural backgrounds.
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• Prepare lesson plans and deliver effective training
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How to Control Yourself in Front of Students with Challenging Behavior - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Today I would like to summative the topic " How to control yourself in front of students with challenging behaviors?" I choose this topic because, in my opinion, this can be one of the most critical things which can happen in the classroom and the short- and long term damage can be irreparable and you can easily have lost the respect and joy of the students to participate in your class. It can also cause a career-damaging impact in your life and you may also lose the joy at teaching if you are not prepared for this situation.
Keep in Contact with Parents
Set Your Rules
Ask for Help
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My Experience of Teaching One Student and a Group in France - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
Teaching is a very rewarding experience when you have enthusiastic and motivated students, regardless of teaching one student or a group of students. However, in my opinion, only very young learners seem to have the enthusiasm teachers crave for.
Conversation practice
Student personality
Mix of abilities and interests
Teaching bigger classrooms
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Key Factors to Increase Confidence in The Classroom - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
I will never forget my first day in front of a class of students, and especially the night before the first lesson. I did not sleep much and spent the night planning and organizing every single detail, I remember even training the "teacher face" in front of the mirror. The morning the crucial moment arrives, and I find myself in front of sixty eyes looking at me and waiting. There are probably stress and expectations from both sides. It is at this precise moment we do not want to misstep, and want to start the lesson confidently. The confidence is a quality expected from an adult in the position to lead a group of students, but is it indispensable? How important is confidence in the classroom? Should we practice to increase our confidence as a teacher?... [Read more]
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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Helping Spanish Native Speakers to Get Motivated and Confident to Participate in EFL Lessons - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Alumni Experiences
To finish the TEFL course, I would like to write on a topic that worries many EFL high school teachers in Spain: the lack of motivation, improvement, and participation of their students in the classroom. This is a topic that was widely discussed during my MA in Foreign Language Teaching. For this reason, I would like to take this opportunity to do some further research on this since I believe it's a topic of ultimate importance to all EFL teachers working in Spain. I will discuss how to solve this issue through the use of IT created to facilitate school exchanges.
National Statistics
Reasons of the Problem
Student Exchange Program
Need of New Teaching Methods
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Tefl reviews - Tesol Tefl Reviews Video Testimonial Salah - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Salah completed his TEFL course at the training centre in Egypt and then completed his Certificate in Teaching Business English online. In this TEFL review, he explains how working as an English language instructor has made him really appreciate the materials and knowledge he received while studying with ITTT.
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 - Tesol Tefl Reviews Video Testimonial Oksana - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
This TEFL review video was recorded by ITTT graduate Oksana. Oksana is currently teaching English in China to adults and children. Having already completed her TEFL certification course with ITTT, Oksana is now looking forward to taking the online Certificate in Teaching Business English.
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 - Teaching English Esl Efl Tips/conditionals Overview - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
This video is a review of the conditionals in the English language. We take a look at the zero conditional, first conditional, second conditional, third conditional and mixed conditional. This video is specifically aimed at teaching the conditionals 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 Efl - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
"In this video, our OTP trainee Richard warms up with his students by speaking about going to the gym and keeping fit. It's important to get your students thinking and talking in English before starting with the actual lesson of the class. 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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Improx Training Academy - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
ImproX Training Academy has Tie-up with some of the best companies both locally and Internationally and also has a Very Good Placement Team, so that each and every Trainee will receive an Opportunity to enter the working class value chain.
We are a student centered institution that seeks to educate, empower and entertain academic minds! Whilst finding creative solutions to eradicate the scarcity of access to Education in our communities.
Tertiary education must be accessible to all students in all walks of life!
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How to Help Children Become a Strong Reader - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
As language acquisition through immersion goes, reading is positively amazing. Where movies may help with attitude and tone, reading allows us to see the words, form visual connections between them, and familiarise ourselves with spelling, punctuation, and structure. The best results, of course, are seen in readers who do it for pleasure, and for whom the point of reading is not simply to be done with it. How, then, do we get our children to read for fun when most of them seem to dread it?
Step One: Drop mandatory/standardized reading
Step Two: Make it social
Step Three: Accept differences
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Tefl reviews - English Grammar Future Simple Structure Tesol Online - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
In this online TESOL course video the trainer covers the structure of the future simple tense. The basic structure is as follows: Positive: Subject + will + base verb Negative: Subject + will + not + base verb Question: Will + subject + base verb? As noted in the video 'will' can be replaced by other modals to express varying degrees of certainty. For suggestions and more formal situations we can substitute 'will' for 'shall'. For more information about this and other future forms see our other videos on the future tenses. If you are interested in teaching English abroad and studying TESOL online visit our website at the link above. We have a number of online TESOL Courses and studying TESOL online is not only a convenient way to earn your teaching qualification but also a... [Read more]
The Basics of Planning and Reviewing a Lesson - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
The lesson plan functions as a roadmap for the teacher, providing an organized framework for the planning, preparation, and execution of the lesson and serving as a record of what has been completed. It should not be a detailed script, but rather a guide that allows for flexibility and adaptation in the classroom. The plan is a living document that may continue to be refined and enhanced after execution, incorporating lessons learned.
Basic Class Identification
Learner Objectives
Personal Aim
Language Point
Anticipated Problems and Solutions
Procedure Information
Lesson Review
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Tefl reviews - Tesol Tefl Reviews Video Testimonial Jeff Astle - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Student Jeff describes his experience during his TESOL/TEFL course in Hangzhou, China. In his TEFL review he speaks about the challenging but rewarding course. In addition to its 120 hour in-class TEFL/TESOL course ITTT also offers a number of online courses as well as a combined course. To find out more about our training courses follow the links above.
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 - Tesol Tefl Reviews Video Testimonial Andre - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Andre from Brazil is currently living in Ireland. Andre took the 120-hour online TEFL course with tutor support and videos from ITTT. In this TEFL review video Andre tells us how he was pleasantly surprised with the course. Initially skeptical, he found the course to be well designed, comprehensive and flexible. He admits that the course is challenging but is well worth the effort and he thinks it is great value for money.
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TEFL Norway - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Tefl Job In Norway ann. 2
Date posted:2018-04-17 | Writer: Birralee International School Trondheim | Email: [email protected]
Our school and kindergarten provide an English-speaking education for children aged 4-16 living in Trondheim, central Norway. Throughout its 44 year old history, Birralee has gained a special place in Trondheim as a stable, good quality school, offering excellent education in English. We are located in the heart of Trondheim. Close to the medieval Nidaros Cathedral, NTNU, Sintef and St. Olavs Hospital. We are always on the lookout for qualified supply teachers and assistants to join our team, including the occasional EFL teacher.
WE OFFER:
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TEFL Switzerland - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Job Teaching Young Learners English In Switzerland
Date posted:2018-04-27 | Writer: Wall Street English | Email: [email protected]
The Swiss Learning Group is an educational organisation that has taught languages to more than 10,000 students per year since 1986. Wall Street English is the best known brand of the group, and is present in 28 different countries. Our 8 English language schools in Switzerland are located in city centres, close to railway stations, and therefore easily accessible whatever your means of transportation. We have in immediate opportunity for a TEFL qualified teacher in our Lausanne school close to Lake Geneva.
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Problems for Young English Learners in Public Schools in China - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
Since the opening of China to the Western world, Chinese society and economic prowess have both continued to grow at exponential rates. This has led to its status as a rising power, culturally and economically, and an international power increasingly interconnected with many parts of the globe. As Chinese educational infrastructure tries to match pace with the rapidity of the country's progress, one educational mandate that has persisted in importance over time has been that of English learning for all young learners across the country. The government sees English proficiency as a matter of national economic competitiveness, in fact requiring that English is taught as part of the public school curriculum as preparation for China's 高考 (gaokao),... [Read more]
Tefl reviews - Tefl 120 Hour Course Unit 1 - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
Chantelle is taking a 120-hour online TEFL course with tutor support and videos with ITTT. This is the first of her video diary entries outlining her experience taking the course. Chantelle took the online course because it was better for her to study online than to commit to attending an onsite course. In this video she talks about the first unit of the course. Unit 1 deals with teachers and learners discussing what makes good teachers and learners as well as the types of roles teachers perform in class, motivation levels of different types of learners and the different language levels.
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The Essentials of Parents Roles in Children's’ Education - TEFL Blog
Elizaveta Pachina
Teaching Ideas
The purpose of education is not to raise test scores, but rather to prepare our young ones to be successful in life. It starts from the home where parents are considered as the steering wheel of the vehicle of learning in providing guidance, monitoring, support and setting goals for their children and fostering the achievement of these goals.
First Teachers
Advantages of Parents' Contribution
How Can Parents Benefit?
Are There Any Cons?
Social Influences
Balanced Support
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TEFL Indonesia - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Staff Trainer Yogyakarta ann. 2
Date posted:2024-03-29 | Writer: SoftwareSeni | Email: [email protected]
SoftwareSeni is a Software Development Company based in Yogyakarta & Sydney, Australia. We have been designing and developing phone apps, websites, and mobile experiences. We love solving tough problems – from user experience to design and code.
We build enterprise web-based solutions for clients all over the world, from Australia, Indonesia, Europe, Africa, and America. Our clients are Astra International, Traveloka, Angkasa Pura, Bike Exchange, Downsizing, Red Balloon, Sectara, and many more.
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Tefl reviews - Coursebooks And Materials/dictionaries - ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ITTT
The next item we're going to consider is the use of dictionaries and here perhaps the first thing we should do is to make a distinction between the two main types of dictionary and that distinction is between the monolingual and the bilingual dictionary. In a monolingual dictionary you have a word and its associated meaning and those two are both described for example in English so the word and the description of that word are both given in English. Whereas in a bilingual dictionary that word meaning could often be for example the word given in English and the explanation given in Thai and vice versa. So what can we use a dictionary for? Well, within the dictionary itself obviously we can get things like how words are spelled or the spelling of the word. We can also get the... [Read more]