Esl Young Learners

  The next category we are looking at in our series on teaching special groups in ESL are young learners. We consider students aged 2 to 16 young learners. Find out the positives, negatives and tips when teaching young learners in this video. 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. This has definetly taken the rust off my knowledge of grammar and it's implimentation within speech. Very refreshing! The biggest hurdle for myself was simply just taking my...  [Read more]

  There are some general Do's and Don'ts that need to be considered when teaching young learners. Watch this video to get more insight into teaching this special group of learners. 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. Phonetics are such an important part that is overlooked so much! I realized how much I need to learn and practice it, I learned the types of stress, intonation, how every single part of your body, all the way from gestures to postures...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Michigan? Are you interested in teaching English in Parchment, Michigan? Check out our opportunities in Parchment, 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 1 consisted of the importance in both role and relationship of teachers and learners. A 'good teacher' should be fair, have an extensive knowledge of the subject, and should motivate the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in North Dakota? Are you interested in teaching English in Zeeland, North Dakota? Check out our opportunities in Zeeland, 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! There are five kinds of learners identified in the unit; the absolute learner, the false beginner, the adult learner, the young learner, and the learner without Roman Alphabet. It is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in New York? Are you interested in teaching English in Clinton, New York? Check out our opportunities in Clinton, 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! 1. I have learnt about the qualities that makes a good teacher, and how the teacher must switch between the roles depending on the activities she has for students. 2. Qualities of a good learner...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Nebraska? Are you interested in teaching English in Davenport, Nebraska? Check out our opportunities in Davenport, 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, they key notes to reflect here is the teaching environment. That is to say the relationship between the teacher and his enviroment which is the classroom, the students. A good...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TEFL Recognition 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.Z. - Australia said: Teaching EFL in a KindergartenWhether through english immersion or separate language lessons, english as a Foreign Language (EFL) is a growing field in kindergartens around the world, with native speakers increasingly being employed in such roles. While some people believe that teaching kindergarten students a foreign language puts too much pressure on them and may interfere with their native language skills, many researchers have highlighted the benefits of children learning foreign...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Alabama? Are you interested in teaching English in Gorham's Bluff, Alabama? Check out our opportunities in Gorham's Bluff, 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! English teachers who wish to teach young learners must be aware of the challenges and difficulties they may encounter, and prepare accordingly.Teaching young learners demands a great...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in New Hampshire? Are you interested in teaching English in Sutton, New Hampshire? Check out our opportunities in Sutton, 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 the different types of special groups that an ESL instructor might teach. In general these groups are beginners, individuals (one-to-one), young learners, business...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Oregon? Are you interested in teaching English in Detroit, Oregon? Check out our opportunities in Detroit, 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 described the different levels of ESL learners, the different roles teachers play, and the way that different teaching styles affect students' abilities to participate fully in class. I...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Michigan? Are you interested in teaching English in Orient, Michigan? Check out our opportunities in Orient, 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 learnt what qualities define a good teacher and a good student. Apart from being a kind and patient person who loves teaching and who can motivate students by being lively and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Iowa? Are you interested in teaching English in Clare, Iowa? Check out our opportunities in Clare, 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 covers the different types of teaching settings an ESL teachers may encounter. There are the beginner courses; these fall into five categories: the young learner, the adult learner, the true...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Pennsylvania? Are you interested in teaching English in Wilson, Pennsylvania? Check out our opportunities in Wilson, 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 have learned the general guidelines that a teacher should follow in class as well as those he or she hopes to find in their students (the teacher's role and the student's...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Alabama? Are you interested in teaching English in Magnolia Springs, Alabama? Check out our opportunities in Magnolia Springs, 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 1 is about course introduction for teaching English to young learners. Young learners define from age 5-13 years old. They have different cognitive process than adults. ...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Delaware? Are you interested in teaching English in Villa Monterey, Delaware? Check out our opportunities in Villa Monterey, 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 overviewed the different stages of a beginners class and talked about the differences between a young learner class and an adult class. For example, a student in an adult...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Louisiana? Are you interested in teaching English in Montpelier, Louisiana? Check out our opportunities in Montpelier, 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 19 presents different special groups of students that an ESL teacher will likely come across with at some point (like young learners or business oriented learners). Besides a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Nevada? Are you interested in teaching English in Silver Peak, Nevada? Check out our opportunities in Silver Peak, 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! It was enlightening to learn about various roles that a teacher takes on. Alternating between several roles certainly keeps the ESL classroom lively and I would definitely like to experiment...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Maine? Are you interested in teaching English in Millinocket, Maine? Check out our opportunities in Millinocket, 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 lesson discussed the various types of classes, students, and needs that an ESL teacher may encounter in a class that the teacher has been assigned to teach. It detailed the differences...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Pennsylvania? Are you interested in teaching English in Ellport, Pennsylvania? Check out our opportunities in Ellport, 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 touched on the different types of classes one might find as an ESL teacher. The two that most stuck out to me were YLs and Business english. Both of those are things I feel are...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Georgia? Are you interested in teaching English in Griffin, Georgia? Check out our opportunities in Griffin, 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 different kinds of groups of learners that should be extremely taken in account by ESL teachers have been described all over this unit. It integrates a vast amount of informations...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Michigan? Are you interested in teaching English in Venice, Michigan? Check out our opportunities in Venice, 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 reflection, has prepared the teacher for the 5 different types of ESL students, and we have learn't the different methodologies required to teach each of these students, we see a major...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Missouri? Are you interested in teaching English in Clarksdale, Missouri? Check out our opportunities in Clarksdale, 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! My mother was a professional speech pathologist for around 40 years. Growing up I was exposed to a lot of these components from a very young age. It's refreshing and satisfying to review the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Get 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.S. - Canda said: Teaching EFL in a KindergartenKindergarten is an essential transition in children’s schooling. It is the official step between pre-school and kids starting in the official school which makes teaching Kindergarten an extremely rewarding and important job. “Kids at this age are eager to learn and they absorb new material like a sponge! Everything is new to them, they are curious about learning and exploring the world around them, including a new language – especially english which is considered...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in North Dakota? Are you interested in teaching English in Crary, North Dakota? Check out our opportunities in Crary, 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 19 is about teaching special groups. What I have learnt in this unit is different types of English learning groups. They are: 1. Young learners The idea of teaching young learners may fill...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Massachusetts? Are you interested in teaching English in Westminster, Massachusetts? Check out our opportunities in Westminster, 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 the Equipment and Teaching aid as well as the processs in which a Teacher should use in transferring knowledge to the learner, I learnt most teachers prefers a...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Louisiana? Are you interested in teaching English in Center Point, Louisiana? Check out our opportunities in Center Point, 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! Within the teaching of English as a Second Language (Esl) there are various types of groups that teachers need to be aware of in order to properly teach each group, with their needs and...  [Read more]

Acronyms are an essential tool used in all professions and technical writing. They are powerful tools to reduce word content. However without knowing what the acronym stands for, they can form a barrier to understanding. In the ESL (English as a Second Language) teaching world there is certainly no shortage of acronyms. Here we look at a few and one in particular, TEFL. Some useful teaching acronyms are: ELT: English Language Teaching. This is a general term for teaching English and applies to the teaching of English to both native and non-native English speakers. ELL: English Language Learner. This is a general term for anyone learning English and applies to learners of English who are native or non-native English speakers. ESL: English as a Second Language: This relates to the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Illinois? Are you interested in teaching English in Hamilton, Illinois? Check out our opportunities in Hamilton, 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! Teaching special groups requires different skills and different teaching strategies. Each group has characteristic, needs and interests that an ESL Teacher should look into if ever assigned to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Nebraska? Are you interested in teaching English in Gretna, Nebraska? Check out our opportunities in Gretna, 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, my takeaways are that it is important to assess myself as a teacher/instructor. It is vital to be passionate about teaching the language but to be more passionate about how my students...  [Read more]

Native English speakers teaching English abroad can find themselves working in a wide range of schools, institutes, academies, colleges, universities, camps and other settings. The most numerous opportunities, particularly in Europe and Latin America, are generally found in private language schools. State-run schools also offer a high number of teaching positions, particularly across Asian countries. A significant percentage of all ESL teaching jobs are located in language schools that are privately owned by individuals or independent companies. These can range in size from a single room school with one teacher, to large chains spread across several countries. Many of these private schools provide general English instruction to all ages and abilities, while some may specialize in...  [Read more]