Authentic English

Yes, the opportunity to learn a new language is one of the highlights of teaching English abroad for many people. It?s a well known fact that being fully immersed in a foreign culture and continually surrounded by the language is the best way to learn it quickly. During your time teaching in a particular country you will inevitably have daily opportunities to practice and develop your new language skills. While you will probably pick up a certain amount of the language in your day to day life, you should also find that local language courses are available at more affordable rates than in your home country. Another benefit is that the language you will be exposed to on a daily basis will be the real language used by local speakers rather than what you might learn from a textbook. By...  [Read more]

  As mentioned earlier, to form this tense, we have to use a special form of the verb. Technically it's called the past participle form with irregular verbs. Of course these past participle forms change quite a bit from its base form of the verb. Here are a few examples 'go' moves to 'gone', 'be' moves to 'been', 'write' to 'written', 'speak' to 'spoken' and 'read'. Although very confusing for the non-native speaker, doesn't change its spelling, but does change its pronunciation, resulting in 'read' going to 'read'. 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...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Iraq? Are you interested in teaching English in Kadhimiya, Iraq? Check out our opportunities in Kadhimiya, 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 materials. It helps me to understand what authentic material is , and the advantage of using authentic material. Also, I get to know some disadvantage of using a course...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Italy? Are you interested in teaching English in Milan, Italy? Check out our opportunities in Milan, 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! Reading materials are divided into 2 groups : authentic materials and created materials. Authentic materials are programs, magazines, newspapers, songs, poems, brochures, menus, films. Authentic materials...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Brazil? Are you interested in teaching English in Manaus, Brazil? Check out our opportunities in Manaus, 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 material explained the significance of authentic books and created book as a supplementary or aiding material in teaching students. The authentic book helped the students gain confidence and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Pakistan? Are you interested in teaching English in Sukkur, Pakistan? Check out our opportunities in Sukkur, 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 course books and lesson materials. i learned that course books are a very emotive issue for many teachers. i also learned about authentic and non authentic material...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Brazil? Are you interested in teaching English in Nova Friburgo, Brazil? Check out our opportunities in Nova Friburgo, 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 highlighted different types of coursebooks and lesson materials that can be used in an ESL classroom. Authentic materials, created materials and textbooks were all covered and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Canada? Are you interested in teaching English in Coquitlam, Canada? Check out our opportunities in Coquitlam, 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 9 evaluates the use of course books and lesson materials. I was able to identify the two groups, authentic and created materials, which course materials can be divided into. Authentic...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Iran? Are you interested in teaching English in Tabriz, Iran? Check out our opportunities in Tabriz, 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 very interesting and I learn the usefulness of different created materials, and the difference between authentic materials and created materials. In as much as created materials are not as...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in China? Are you interested in teaching English in Leling, China? Check out our opportunities in Leling, 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 9 compares and contrasts the pros and cons of providing instruction with authentic and inauthentic materials. Authentic materials—i.e. a Rotten Tomatoes Review of the movie Deadpool2, an American...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in China? Are you interested in teaching English in Dangyang, China? Check out our opportunities in Dangyang, 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! Course books are usually an integral part of teaching, whether teachers like them or not. Using a course book has pros and cons; it’s important for teachers to use their course book to their...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Philippines? Are you interested in teaching English in Talisay City Cebu, Philippines? Check out our opportunities in Talisay City Cebu, 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 discussed coursebooks and lesson materials. Authentic learning materials are anything a native speaker might read, watch or listen to (e.g. radio, television...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Canada? Are you interested in teaching English in Victoria, Canada? Check out our opportunities in Victoria, 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 learned about coursebooks and lesson materials: how and when to properly use them. There are two types of materials: authentic and created. Some advantages of using authentic...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Japan? Are you interested in teaching English in Daito, Japan? Check out our opportunities in Daito, 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 14 was about what teaching materials there are and what are their advantages and disadvantages. In teaching we can use authentic materials, which are great because they are real, more interesting,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Somalia? Are you interested in teaching English in Kismayo, Somalia? Check out our opportunities in Kismayo, 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 helped to develop a sense of authentic materials and course books. In my opinion, a course book would be a helpful addition to my classroom; I only use authentic materials and student...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in China? Are you interested in teaching English in Jinzhong, China? Check out our opportunities in Jinzhong, 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 advantages and disadvantages of authentic and created course work, the best is a compromise of the two though teachers don't always get to choose. Use authentic materials as examples and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Peru? Are you interested in teaching English in Huanuco, Peru? Check out our opportunities in Huanuco, 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've learned that it is important to not only use a course book but to also supplement it with authentic or created materials. This helps students to better understand a lesson as the authentic or created...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Libya? Are you interested in teaching English in Benghazi, Libya? Check out our opportunities in Benghazi, 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 taught me the difference between authentic and inauthentic materials, and the advantages and disadvantages of each in ESL lessons. It has made me think about how authentic materials can...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Hungary? Are you interested in teaching English in Budapest, Hungary? Check out our opportunities in Budapest, 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 taught me the significant differences between the different types of materials. Previously I did not know that there was a difference between authentic and created materials. While I have...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Spain? Are you interested in teaching English in Burgos, Spain? Check out our opportunities in Burgos, 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 discussed the usage of coursebooks and other materials. While coursebooks are encouraged, created and authentic materials are recommended to be used in conjunction with them. Authentic...  [Read more]