American English Differences

  There are many differences between teaching English in Asia and teaching English in Latin America, including the typical method of recruitment, how much you can earn and save during your stay, and the type of atmosphere to expect in the classroom.  [Read more]

Asia and Latin America are two of the most popular regions for teaching English abroad. Both have a strong demand for English language instruction, and there are always plenty of employers ready to take on experienced and newly qualified teachers in a wide variety of countries. If you are undecided on which destination would suit you best, take a look at the following points as they might help you to make an informed choice. In general, most people who head to Latin America will find that they can live comfortably on their earnings, but are unlikely to save much (if anything at all) of their monthly salary. Paying rent and other bills, socializing, and exploring the region should be affordable for most, but if you have debts to pay off or need to save to fund further travel, it may not...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Flexible TEFL Centers and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: S.N. - U.S.A. said: British vs American EnglishLearners of english will inevitably adopt the english which their teachers are familiar with. The teacher may either use British or American english to teach their students. There are some differences between that two that could confuse students. The main difference between British and American english is in word choice, vocabulary, and spelling. Here, I will speak of some of the differences between the two. One of the differences is in how particular words...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Cost Teaching TEFL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: S.B. - U.S.A. said: British english vs American EnglishWhich one is the champion in the ultimate battle royal for english teaching supremacy? Could it be Britain or is it America? Most people would pick British english because the language originally was spoken in the United Kingdom. Others would say that there are more native english speakers in the united states than in the United Kingdom. (American vs British english: Basic Differences and Influences of Change) Still others believe that the American...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TEFL Prices and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: M.V. - U.S.A. said: TEFL Paper DialectHow is a culture defined? What defines cultural differences and country borders? One of the most important aspects of culture is language. One must learn the language of another people to truly be immersed and understand their culture. Within one language however, different cultures can exist and are manifested through regional slang or regional dialects. As an American, I feel most comfortable discussing regional dialects from my country, but by not mentioning British,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TEFL Residential Courses and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: N.J. - U.S.A. said: British vs American EnglishThis topic interests me as with the aim of teaching ESOL, is there a better english to use or does it not matter, and a blend of both should be taught? Having travelled and taught in both the United Kingdom and north america, I am well versed in recognising the main differences in speech and spelling between the two regions. As Oscar Wilde once wrote; “We really have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, the language" (The...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TEFL Registered and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: N.B. - Spain said: British vs American EnglishCurrently in the teaching english industry there is a great for some issue, or debate about teaching British english vs. American english. Many have the misconception that British and American english have the same grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary or that technically speaking British english vice versa is better since it is considered to be more correct english, however this is not the case. One of the most obvious differences between American and British english is...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about School TEFL International and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: E. M. - France said: British english vs. American EnglishThe differences between British and American english run much deeper than the accent of their speakers. Although these differences do not usually pose a significant problem for native speakers of either dialect, they are numerous and confusing enough to present a challenge to both students and teachers in ESL/EFL settings. Potentially the most problematic difference between British english and American english lies in the use of different...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Best TEFL Course and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: R. H. - U.S.A. said: British english vs American EnglishYou say either and I say either. You say neither and I say neither. Either! Either! Neither! Neither! Let’s call the whole thing off. The joke only works in this song when hearing Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong singing it. The tune is about a couple who cannot make their relationship work because, among other reasons, one of them pronounces the word either as “ee-ther” and the other says “ahy-ther”. Silly? Yes, but relationships can...  [Read more]

When it comes to accents we all have one no matter where in the world we were brought up. Most of us are familiar with the basic differences between British and American accents, but what about accents from Australia and New Zealand, Canada and South Africa? And within each of these countries there are dozens of regional accents, just to complicate things further. So, we all have an accent, but is it a problem when teaching English as a foreign language? The first thing to remember is that there is no right or wrong accent when it comes to teaching and learning English. When teaching it is fine to speak naturally, just be sure that you always speak clearly and that all your instructions are fully understood by the whole class. Whether there is one accent that is better to teach than others...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Indiana? Are you interested in teaching English in Valier, Indiana? Check out our opportunities in Valier, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! This was an interesting unit as well. I didn't even think about fact that I have to teach the differences of American English and British English. Of course I knew theres a lot of important differences...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about College Celta TEFL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: R.K. - Germany said: english as a global language There are over 400 million native english speakers and over 700 million people speak english as a foreign language. It is one of the mostly widely written and spoken languages worldwide. english is the mostly widely learned second language in school. Many countries begin english lessons very early with children. english is used in business worldwide and it is also one of the 6 official languages of the UN. As the world becomes more globalized english is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Wyoming? Are you interested in teaching English in Sinclair, Wyoming? Check out our opportunities in Sinclair, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! This Unit helped me to clearly understand the differences between American and British testing system. I also got the basic idea of how the placement test should be conducted. Tests are not for...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Vermont? Are you interested in teaching English in Bridgewater, Vermont? Check out our opportunities in Bridgewater, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! The unit explained the importance of productive skills, which are speaking and writing. In many ways, writing is deemed to be more difficult than speaking, since it requires a greater degree...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about International TEFL Certificate and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: K.W. - Spain said: British english v American english“He’s a swell guy…??!! I’m really sorry but I can’t help you, Yukichan.” “But you plomised to help me with my Ingrish, Kebinsan…” Yukichan replied reproachfully. “I know I did and I would still like to help you…but I can’t …you see, this is American english.,,and it’s…. different!” So went the conversation between me and my assistant in an office in tokyo, japan in 1989. My assistant had just read out the sentence...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Michigan? Are you interested in teaching English in Marshall, Michigan? Check out our opportunities in Marshall, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! This unit describes the types of teachers and learners that one can encounter in the classroom. It gives examples of what good teachers and learners are like and what motivates them. The unit...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in New Mexico? Are you interested in teaching English in Edgewater, New Mexico? Check out our opportunities in Edgewater, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! I appreciate the approach to the receptive learning process. It is interesting to note the differences in British and American English. I have learned this from my own teaching experience...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in South Carolina? Are you interested in teaching English in Wellford, South Carolina? Check out our opportunities in Wellford, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! Learned or learnt? I had to look up the history of these two words and figure out for myself which sounded more natural or acceptable. What I discovered of course is that both words...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Michigan? Are you interested in teaching English in Middletown, Michigan? Check out our opportunities in Middletown, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! Accuracy activities are usually part of the study phase and focuses on producing the correct language. Fluency activities are usually part of the activate phase and focuses on allowing the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Indiana? Are you interested in teaching English in Matherville, Indiana? Check out our opportunities in Matherville, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! Some of this unit seemed overly general, while other portions seemed to be a bit too specific, particularly as it relates to the course developers' ideas about structure for classroom...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Pennsylvania? Are you interested in teaching English in Southwest Greensburg, Pennsylvania? Check out our opportunities in Southwest Greensburg, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! Overall this unit discussed the relationship between students and teachers, and demarcated: the various levels of English language learners as defined by European...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Texas? Are you interested in teaching English in Nocona, Texas? Check out our opportunities in Nocona, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! UNIT 6 – PAST TENSES As with the unit on present tenses, this unit covered a lot of familiar knowledge for me, but it was still nice to have a concise and clear overview to check any gaps in knowledge....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Minnesota? Are you interested in teaching English in Wolverton, Minnesota? Check out our opportunities in Wolverton, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! In this unit I want to address the differences in text books that I may be using. I don't know what they use in Asia but in Argentina and in Spain they seem to like the Cambridge KETA books....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Utah? Are you interested in teaching English in American Fork, Utah? Check out our opportunities in American Fork, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! The first unit gave me the overview of some real – life qualities and roles of the “good” teacher and students. Moreover, there was an explanation of the behavioral difference between...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Oklahoma? Are you interested in teaching English in Calera, Oklahoma? Check out our opportunities in Calera, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! This unit covered evaluation and testing. I learned about different kinds of testing such as placement, progress and achievement tests. Progress tests should measure all four areas of learning;...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Alaska? Are you interested in teaching English in Savoonga, Alaska? Check out our opportunities in Savoonga, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! This unit, is about teaching pronunciation and phonology, which seems to be one of the hardest topic in teaching. Besides that there is difference between British and American, the fact is that the...  [Read more]

  In this video, we explain the difference between the usage of "capital" and "capitol". These two terms are often confused due to their similar spelling and pronunciation. The word ?capital? is used to refer to a capital letter, a city that serves as a center of government and also wealth in the form of money or property. A good example sentence would be: In American schools, the capital letter "A" means your work was at least 90% correct. This sentence uses 'capital' to refer to a capitalized letter, 'A' in this case. Tokyo is the capital of Japan. In this example, capital refers to the capital city of Japan. The business did not have enough capital to buy the new building. Here, capital means money or wealth. "Capitol" spelled with an ?o? on the other hand refers to the actual...  [Read more]

Acronyms are widely used within the English language teaching world and EFL is one of the most common. English as a Foreign Language is typically used to describe any scenario where English is being taught or learned in a country where English is not the main language. In this situation most students are learning English as part of their school studies, in order to travel overseas, or as a hobby, and they rarely get to use it outside of their lessons. An example of EFL would be an American teaching English to Italians in Rome. While EFL stands for English as a Foreign Language, ESL stands for English as a Second Language. In practice these two acronyms are regularly used interchangeably when talking about English teaching, however, there is a genuine difference between the two that you...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Texas? Are you interested in teaching English in Olmos Park, Texas? Check out our opportunities in Olmos Park, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! The way TEFL teaches how a classroom should be managed is something I agree with and how I imagine a good teacher would behave. I would like to know more about cultural differences on that matter...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in New York? Are you interested in teaching English in Newburgh, New York? Check out our opportunities in Newburgh, Become certified to Teach English as a Foreign Language and start teaching English in your community or abroad! Teflonline.net offers a wide variety of Online TESOL Courses and a great number of opportunities for English Teachers and for Teachers of English as a Second Language. Here Below you can check out the feedback (for one of our units) of one of the 16.000 students that last year took an online course with ITTT! I have learned about the different nuances of meaning of the future tenses; although I feel some of the uses are British and are not so common in the U.S. For example, the use of the future...  [Read more]