Ita Japanese

The Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET) is a government backed scheme that has been operating for over 30 years. Every year around 5,000 foreign nationals are placed into schools right across Japan with the intention of raising the language skills of young people. Unlike many similar programs in other countries, the JET Program also has a strong focus on cultural exchange between participants and the local population. Competition for places on the program is generally very tough as successful applicants receive a competitive salary and a range of extra benefits. The program is open to college graduates up to the age of 40, although its status as primarily a youth culture exchange means that recent graduates have a greater chance of success. The main criteria required is a minimum...  [Read more]

Japan has been a popular destination amongst English language teachers for many years due to its widespread job opportunities, good salaries and fascinating culture. Whilst there are other countries in the region where the cost of living may be lower and the wages a little higher, nowhere provides such an incredible mix of modern development and ancient traditions as you will find in this extraordinary country. If you are looking for excitement and adventure, look no further than Japan. In order to work legally you will need to be eligible for a work visa. The good news is the criteria is not as tough as many other countries as you simply need to possess a degree in any subject. The only other qualifications you need are a fluency in the English language, a professional approach and a...  [Read more]

  The JET Program is a recruitment scheme that places foreigners into Japanese schools in order to improve language abilities and to promote international relations. The program is primarily aimed at young college graduates who have a desire to experience living and working in this fascinating and unique country.  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Cost All 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: Pronunciation_ProblemsEffective pronunciation is critical to any oral conversation activity inside the classroom and conversations outside the class, yet as noted in “Unit 13 Teaching Pronunciation and Phonology” of the International TEFL and TESOL Training course, phonics is one of the most neglected aspects of english language instruction. Every student learning english faces different difficulties in pronunciation, especially depending on his or her nationality and background. japanese...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Location Accelerated 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: L.H. - U.S.A. said: Problems for Learners in japanWith the expanding use on english as a global language, Japan has been one of the most enthusiastic nations to jump onto the english-learning bandwagon. However, the scores of japanese students on international exams are some of the worst in the world ("New York Times"). Experts attribute this phenomenon to the japanese language, education system and culture. One obstacle japanese learners face when embarking on their english-learning journey is the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TEFL Abroad 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: J. B. - Japan said: Problems for learners in japanMany times, inexperienced Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs) for english in Japan face difficulties in and out of class because no one gives them a warning that says, “Hey, here are the problems that japanese learners have to deal with when studying english.” The most apparent problem for japanese learners is the Romanized alphabet and english pronunciation. Most students have trouble transitioning from japanese characters (hiragana, katakana, and kanji) to romanji,...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Lesson Locations 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: L.B. - Portugal said: Problems for learners in japanIn the following article I describe some problems for native japanese learners of english. The natures of the presented problems are linguistic and cultural. Through interview of native japanese students, I discovered that the japanese find it hard to speak only english in classes due to their poor english levels, and even more advanced students with good grammar knowledge have the same problem as well. According to the most recent TOEFL (Test of english...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TEFL Good 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.K. - Japan said: Pronunciation problems for english language learners in japanProper pronunciation is one of the fundamental aspects of developing a new language skill. In the case of japanese learners of english (JLE), Ohata (2004) states that we must understand the phonological differences between japanese and english to best understand the difficulties for JLE. Through this paper we will examine the structure of phonemes, vowels, consonants, syllable types, rhythm and intonation to clarify how a learner will develop...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TEFL Course Company 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.C. - Canada said: Pronunciations problems inIn recent years, english has become a required part of the japanese curriculum, similar to science, math, and social studies. By the time most japanese students have graduate from high school they have spent upwards of ten years studying english. Yet, most of these children cannot tell the difference between words like sing and thing or light and right. Many of these problems are blamed on the simplicity of the japanese sound system in comparison to the english...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Wisconsin? Are you interested in teaching English in Johnson, Wisconsin? Check out our opportunities in Johnson, 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 was about common problems and techniques to deal with these. One of the problems discussed that I do run into is use of the native language in class. As I teach in a Japanese high...  [Read more]

  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'. 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 unit compares reading and listening skills and discusses the difference...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Tesl 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.H. - U.S.A. said: Problems for Learners in japanIn 2009, I enrolled in my first japanese language course. Over the next year I fell in love with the language, and became an english-language conversation partner with a few of the japanese students in the department. While I was teaching my American students about World History in the mornings, I was learning about a world I had never visited in the afternoons. We taught each other a great number of things, but some stood out more than others, particularly when it...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Idaho? Are you interested in teaching English in American Falls, Idaho? Check out our opportunities in American Falls, 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 has been very useful. Using the information given on auxiliary verbs, I have produced a hand out for my students, which has the usage of each auxiliary verb in Japanese as well as...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Oklahoma? Are you interested in teaching English in Marland, Oklahoma? Check out our opportunities in Marland, 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 learned about various components of the English language in terms of grammar. From the basic structuring of English sentences to some more technical terms like “gerund”, I now...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Idaho? Are you interested in teaching English in Dalton Gardens, Idaho? Check out our opportunities in Dalton Gardens, 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 feel that perfecting the grammar units is essential to becoming an effective teacher. This unit will give me a strong foundation and I'll certainly come back to my notes from this unit....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Idaho? Are you interested in teaching English in Fairfield, Idaho? Check out our opportunities in Fairfield, 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! Prior to this unit, I didn't know the official term for receptive skills and productive skills. I only knew about reading, writing, listening and speaking; I didn't really classify them. Now that I...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Wisconsin? Are you interested in teaching English in Harmony, Wisconsin? Check out our opportunities in Harmony, 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 was about modals, phrasal verbs and the passive voice. It was the last technical grammar unit. Like in many of the other grammar units I learned a lot of rules I didn’t know, and why...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Vermont? Are you interested in teaching English in Fair Haven, Vermont? Check out our opportunities in Fair Haven, 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! When I first started teaching EFL courses in Japan, selecting vocabulary was one of my biggest concerns. In particular, it was difficult to decide what to teach to grades 1-4, where there was...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Pennsylvania? Are you interested in teaching English in Jermyn, Pennsylvania? Check out our opportunities in Jermyn, 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 often have a lot of trouble with students reverting back to using Japanese and I don't really know how to remedy that. I have found some good techniques in this unit. Although I try not to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Kansas? Are you interested in teaching English in Norton, Kansas? Check out our opportunities in Norton, 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 we went over what is a good learner and teacher. Good teachers care about their students learning not just their teaching. Good learners will be willing to try and ask questions when unsure....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Pennsylvania? Are you interested in teaching English in Slaughterville, Pennsylvania? Check out our opportunities in Slaughterville, 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 found this unit interesting because I have some trouble with keeping students engaged in my Japanese classrooms. They often refer back to using Japanese and I can't figure...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Pennsylvania? Are you interested in teaching English in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania? Check out our opportunities in Huntingdon, 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! As a person that learned English very young I am quite on the level of natives where I know how to speak and write the language but I don't know the intricacies of it. I know how to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Michigan? Are you interested in teaching English in Paradise, Michigan? Check out our opportunities in Paradise, 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 focused on the two productive skills: writing and speaking. In Japanese schools, there is a major focus on writing, but not at all creatively. Most of the writing my students have done...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Wisconsin? Are you interested in teaching English in Orienta, Wisconsin? Check out our opportunities in Orienta, 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 was about teaching pronunciation, something I find extremely difficult to do with my students. My third-grade students have a speech contest each year and I coach the students....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Arkansas? Are you interested in teaching English in West Memphis, Arkansas? Check out our opportunities in West Memphis, 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 am currently studying Japanese language and one of the first things they told us was that basically in Japanese there are only 2 tenses - past and present. I was really surprised to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Missouri? Are you interested in teaching English in Wheatland, Missouri? Check out our opportunities in Wheatland, 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! One of the more interesting parts of this unit was that differences that adults and young learners start learning a language. Adults are more likely to compare their native language to the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Vermont? Are you interested in teaching English in South Hero, Vermont? Check out our opportunities in South Hero, 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 currently work in five different elementary and junior high schools in a suburb of Osaka, Japan. All of my schools are in low-income neighborhoods, with many students coming from...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Idaho? Are you interested in teaching English in Ketchum, Idaho? Check out our opportunities in Ketchum, 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 has given me basic frame work for lesson planning focusing on new vocabulary, new grammar and language functions. In my current position as an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Japan, most of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Pennsylvania? Are you interested in teaching English in Wagoner, Pennsylvania? Check out our opportunities in Wagoner, 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 states that all 4 skills are equally important, and while that might be true for overall learning, I think it really depends on the aims of the individual. I'm teaching English,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Connecticut? Are you interested in teaching English in Easton, Connecticut? Check out our opportunities in Easton, 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 16 addressed the formation of conditional sentences and sentences indirectly reporting what someone has said. The rules for both grammars are quite complicated and very flexible depending...  [Read more]