Teaching English Abroad Interview Questions

The worldwide market for teaching English abroad covers dozens of countries and many types of employer. In some situations it is normal to complete the recruitment process before leaving home, including an interview conducted via Skype or phone. However, in many of the most popular destinations employers prefer to recruit their teachers via face-to-face interviews on the school premises. While each interviewer will have their own criteria for choosing the right candidate, there are a few simple steps you can follow to give yourself the best chance of securing the job. It is said that it only takes seven seconds to form a first impression, so it is vitally important that you get the basics right to avoid blowing the interview before it has even got going. Rule number one is simple:...  [Read more]

Job interviews are notorious for causing anxiety, but if you know what to expect and you prepare accordingly you should find they are not as bad as you are expecting. The essential nature of any interview is to show that you are confident in your teaching ability, keen to get started, and able to fit into the existing workforce. By doing some research and planning in advance, you should be able to demonstrate all of this and land the job on the spot. The worldwide market for teaching English abroad covers dozens of countries and many types of employer. In some situations it is normal to complete the recruitment process before leaving home, including an interview conducted via Skype or phone. However, in many of the most popular destinations employers prefer to recruit their teachers...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Organisations Accredited 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: M. W. - U.S.A. said: Business EnglishI originally decided to take this course as a means of ultimately teaching business english. Most of the students that I tutor one-on-one are grad students from Taiwan or China. They all wish to hone their english skills while they are in school to sharpen their edge in getting jobs here in America after their graduation. Many of the tutees I practice conversational english with eventually wish to work up to business english so that we can practice resume...  [Read more]

Being interviewed for a TEFL related position is much like any other interview situation; it can be an intimidating prospect. However, if you do your homework and prepare for some general questions in advance, you can remove a great deal of worry from the whole process. Unfortunately you cannot predict exactly how any interview will unfold but most will include a similar range of questions that are aimed at assessing your suitability for joining the existing workforce. The employer will certainly want to form an impression of who you are as a person, so expect questions such as: What do you like to do in your spare time? What are your strengths and weaknesses? Where do you see yourself in five years? If the job is outside of your home country you can also expect some questions...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Indiana? Are you interested in teaching English in New Lenox, Indiana? Check out our opportunities in New Lenox, 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! Students answer questions based on the interview. Students read out their biographies and other students guess who it is. Pre-teach any vocabulary from the interview which could be...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Michigan? Are you interested in teaching English in Almira, Michigan? Check out our opportunities in Almira, 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 conditionals and reported speech i learnt different expressions and their levels. there are five conditional level in expression like zero conditional,first conditional,second...  [Read more]

  Being interviewed for a TEFL related position is much like any other interview situation; it can be an intimidating prospect. However, if you do your homework and prepare for some general questions in advance, you can remove a great deal of worry from the whole process. Unfortunately you cannot predict exactly how any interview will unfold but most will include a similar range of questions that are aimed at assessing your suitability for joining the existing workforce. So what questions should you expect to be asked? The employer will certainly want to form an impression of who you are as a person, so expect questions such as: What do you like to do in your spare time? What are your strengths and weaknesses? Where do you see yourself in five years? If the job is outside of your...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Michigan? Are you interested in teaching English in Romulus, Michigan? Check out our opportunities in Romulus, 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 CV writing which had me look back at my CV to see if I needed to revise it. It gave helpful websites and information to think about when getting a job. It also listed some very...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Michigan? Are you interested in teaching English in Morrice, Michigan? Check out our opportunities in Morrice, 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 chapter we learn more about past tense. Past tense like present tense are of four types. Simple past tense: To Simple past tense in affirmative form we add -ed or -d to the base form of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Oklahoma? Are you interested in teaching English in Osage, Oklahoma? Check out our opportunities in Osage, 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 the five main conditionals. Some useful teaching ideas shared in this unit were: splitting sentences so students can match the beginning and end of the sentence,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Delaware? Are you interested in teaching English in Marker Estates, Delaware? Check out our opportunities in Marker Estates, 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 overviewed the types of tests or assessments that a teacher might give to students as well as explained the external tests that EFL students might have to take after the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Pennsylvania? Are you interested in teaching English in Akron, Pennsylvania? Check out our opportunities in Akron, 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 six gives an overview of the system and and structure of past tenses. There are certain similarities to present (and future) tenses in usage and emerging. E.g. all continuous forms use...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Iowa? Are you interested in teaching English in Clear Lake, Iowa? Check out our opportunities in Clear Lake, 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! What I think that I have learned in unit 16 about conditionals and reported speech is that conditionals are sentences containing ‘if’ or similar expressions such as ‘when’, which refer to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Delaware? Are you interested in teaching English in Highland Woods, Delaware? Check out our opportunities in Highland Woods, 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 unit 11 we learned about teaching and receptive skills, such as reading and listening, speaking and writing, and minor parts of each. Such as reading alone contains smaller skills...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Idaho? Are you interested in teaching English in Cascade, Idaho? Check out our opportunities in Cascade, 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 an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Japan, I have never produced test material for my students. ALTs are usually just tasked with editing and marking tests that Japanese Teacher of English (JTEs)...  [Read more]

This is one of the most frequently asked questions we receive from trainees before, during and after every TEFL certification course, it is also one of the hardest to answer. There are many factors that influence how long it takes to secure an English language teaching job, but the good news is that the vast majority of our graduates do land a teaching position after successfully completing their course. One of the biggest factors is where you choose to work, as the demand for teachers varies greatly from region to region and country to country. China has such a huge demand that there are often not enough candidates to fill the available positions. This is particularly good news for newly qualified teachers as you will have little trouble securing a job at any time of the year. Other...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in New York? Are you interested in teaching English in Johnstown, New York? Check out our opportunities in Johnstown, 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 4 covered the four present tenses; the present simple, present continuous, present perfect and present perfect continuous. The Unit dealt with the different types of forms, usage, mistakes...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in New Mexico? Are you interested in teaching English in Cimarron, New Mexico? Check out our opportunities in Cimarron, 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! Placement tests These tests are designed to enable teachers to place new students into the correct class according to their language ability. Most schools conduct this type of testing by...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Mississippi? Are you interested in teaching English in Ashland, Mississippi? Check out our opportunities in Ashland, 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! Different issues can arise with different groups. Keeping things clear and simple and at the level of the students can help with many issues. when dealing with large groups doing lots of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in KwaZulu Natal? Are you interested in teaching English in Cato Ridge, KwaZulu Natal? Check out our opportunities in Cato Ridge, 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! Placemant test usually use in order to arrange student into the suitable class language level. Most placement test include questions grammar and vocabulary and interview....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Alabama? Are you interested in teaching English in Barnett's Crossroads, Alabama? Check out our opportunities in Barnett's Crossroads, 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 technicalities of teaching English in different countries. It began with the cultural issues that every new teacher should be aware of when teaching in...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Oregon? Are you interested in teaching English in Nesika Beach, Oregon? Check out our opportunities in Nesika Beach, 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 quite challenging to understand the differences between the uses of the different present forms, mainly present perfect and present perfect continuous. I feel I am still...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Pennsylvania? Are you interested in teaching English in Millville, Pennsylvania? Check out our opportunities in Millville, 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! For the students reading and listening are very important .Some reasons for the reading and listening ,There are for a purpose or for entertainment.So we can desgin ENGAGE part by this...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about University 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: T.K. - Greece said: Teaching english through drama Teaching english in a conventional way helps students with their writing skills or producing sentences grammatically accurate but does not offer them the confidence of using the language in a communicative way, involving feelings, ideas, and/or emotions. Teaching english through drama is an alternative way, which gives a different meaning to the language production. The learners through this approach enhance their linguistic abilities, as they are...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in New Mexico? Are you interested in teaching English in Agua Fria, New Mexico? Check out our opportunities in Agua Fria, 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 the four different forms of the present tense. They are the present simple, the present continuous, the present perfect, and the present perfect continuous. ...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Connecticut? Are you interested in teaching English in Woodbury, Connecticut? Check out our opportunities in Woodbury, 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! We can notice that in daily life, people are using many tenses to use conditional without thinking but here, in this unit, we are making the distinction between each of them... There is...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in KwaZulu Natal? Are you interested in teaching English in Howick, KwaZulu Natal? Check out our opportunities in Howick, 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 begins with a reminder to be culturally sensitive while teaching abroad. It then lists a handful of ways to find a teaching position. From my own experience, I agree that...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Michigan? Are you interested in teaching English in Minden City, Michigan? Check out our opportunities in Minden City, 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 learnt Present tense and its four types; Present Simple, Present Continuous (Progressive), Present Perfect and Present Perfect Continuous. I learnt about the affirmative, negative and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Kansas? Are you interested in teaching English in Waterville, Kansas? Check out our opportunities in Waterville, 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 again deals with grammar, namely, conditionals and reported speech. Conditionals are sentences that refer to past, present and future possibilities, and contain ‘if’ or ‘when’....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Indiana? Are you interested in teaching English in Mount Auburn, Indiana? Check out our opportunities in Mount Auburn, 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 is another grammar unit with a focus on conditionals and reported speech. A. Conditionals Conditionals are sentences containing ‘if’ which refer to past, present or future...  [Read more]