English For A Specific Purpose

  Our next category in our series of teaching special groups in ESL is English for specific purposes. This video focuses specifically on teaching business English. How is business Enligsh different to general English? Will you be able to teach business English? Find out 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. Unit 9 explains why lesson planning is a great tool to set goals, measure productivity as well as keeping record of what a...  [Read more]

Yes, TESOL teachers can certainly teach English for Specific Purposes (ESP). ESP is a specialized branch of English language teaching that focuses on teaching English in a specific context, such as business, tourism, medicine, or law. TESOL teachers who have the necessary qualifications and experience can adapt their teaching methods and materials to meet the specific needs of students who are studying English for a particular purpose. When teaching ESP, TESOL teachers need to have a deep understanding of the language skills and communication strategies required in the specific field. They should be able to tailor their lessons to the vocabulary, grammar, and communication styles relevant to that particular industry or profession. For example, a TESOL teacher who is teaching English for...  [Read more]

When it comes to teaching English for specific purposes (ESP) through a TESOL course, it is essential to choose a program that offers specialized training in this area. ESP focuses on teaching English tailored to the needs of particular professions or fields, such as business English, medical English, or legal English. One of the best TESOL courses for teaching ESP is the Cambridge TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test) ESP module. This certification is recognized worldwide and provides teachers with the skills and knowledge needed to design effective ESP courses. The TKT ESP module covers topics such as analyzing learners' needs, designing ESP courses, and selecting appropriate materials for ESP classes. Another excellent option is the University of Cambridge's Certificate in Teaching English for...  [Read more]

  Before looking at specific teaching ideas for the present simple tense, let's first look at some considerations for teaching ideas in general. We have to remember that these activities will be used in the activate stage of your lesson. Here, the focus will be on building fluency and using the language in a bit more of a free-flowing way yet still focusing on that class' language point. We also have to consider the appropriacy for a number of factors: timings. Whether the activity will be too short or too long. We want to look at ages making sure that the activity is appropriate for young learners or adult learners. We also have to take into consideration our language levels. Will the activity be appropriate for our starters or our pre-intermediates or our intermediates? Will the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in China? Are you interested in teaching English in Dali, China? Check out our opportunities in Dali, 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 four aspects to every language: speaking, listening, writing, and reading. These are called the four basic skills. These four skills can be divided into two categories: productive skills (speaking...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Russia? Are you interested in teaching English in Yaroslavl, Russia? Check out our opportunities in Yaroslavl, 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! Evaluating the students is an important part of the teacher's job, therefore testing is a vital part of classroom work for the students and the teacher. Different types of tests serve specific...  [Read more]

  The dynamics of classroom interaction is often dictated by the arrangement of the classroom itself and the way in which the classroom is arranged could depend upon a number of factors and they might include things such as the age of the students, so for example we're unlikely to have the same arrangement for adult learners as we would have for young learners. It could also depend upon the actual physical space available. The physical space may determine how we have to arrange our classroom to maximize the opportunity for interaction and so forth. It will also depend on what material is available and by material in this case we're talking about the actual desks and chairs and so on and so forth. Perhaps the final thing we might put here is that it could also depend upon the...  [Read more]

  In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word categorical. This word is used as an adjective and means explicit and direct. It comes from the Greek word kat?goria meaning ‘statement’. 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 was about how to teach the receptive skills, which are reading and listenin. An integrated lesson will include both the receptive skills and also both of the productive skills (writing and speaking), but...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in United States? Are you interested in teaching English in Waco, United States? Check out our opportunities in Waco, 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 talked about the various groups an English teacher might be called upon to teach. These groups include beginners, individual students and specific purpose groups as in for...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in United States? Are you interested in teaching English in Cambridge, United States? Check out our opportunities in Cambridge, 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 teaching beginners, teaching individual students, teaching children, teaching adults, and teaching monolingual or multilingual classes. Teaching each...  [Read more]

  Throughout section on the teaching of productive skills and the teaching of receptive skills our activate activities will usually involve some form of game and our final consideration here will be the use of games in the classroom. We can start with a definition of what we actually mean by a game and it basically has three components. A game is an activity that has rules it should have for its purpose in the classroom a teaching point and by nature to the fact that it's a game it should also include an element of fun. So that will be our working definition for a game that we're going to use in the classroom. There are many different types of games and they range between the competitive and those will require cooperation and there are all sorts of games that involve both of these...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Japan? Are you interested in teaching English in Yamagata, Japan? Check out our opportunities in Yamagata, 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! Receptive skills are reading and listening. Productive skills include speaking and writing. Reading for a purpose allows readers to achieve an aim or goal (ex, directions). Reading can also be for...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in United Kingdom? Are you interested in teaching English in Gloucester, United Kingdom? Check out our opportunities in Gloucester, 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 have a more in-depth view of the various types of classes we may come in contact with while teaching, such as: teaching beginners, , individual students,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Egypt? Are you interested in teaching English in Kafr Dawar, Egypt? Check out our opportunities in Kafr Dawar, 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 11 covered the receptive skills of learning a language which are listening and reading. We learned that listening was either for purpose or entertainment. We also learned that there are 5...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Georgia? Are you interested in teaching English in Tbilisi, Georgia? Check out our opportunities in Tbilisi, 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 analyzed the importance of course oops and lesson materials. Which are considered Authentic material, why and when they should be used. Furthermore which are Created material, purpose for...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Brazil? Are you interested in teaching English in Aparecida de Goiania, Brazil? Check out our opportunities in Aparecida de Goiania, 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 deals with the ways in which a teacher may evaluate students’ levels and progress. It examines the different types of tests a teacher may be expected to set for...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Senegal? Are you interested in teaching English in Pikine, Senegal? Check out our opportunities in Pikine, 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 devoted to different ways of evaluating student’s language skills and progress. It examines a wide variety of tests and takes a look at some of the external exams. Here we find the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Venezuela? Are you interested in teaching English in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela? Check out our opportunities in Puerto Cabello, 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! Tests are a great tool to measure students' knowledge. They can help us evaluate if we're achieving our purpose when teaching an specific topic and, of course student can see their...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Brazil? Are you interested in teaching English in Brasilia, Brazil? Check out our opportunities in Brasilia, 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 teaching receptive skills, namely reading and listening. These skills are integral to learning English, as they are essential to understanding vocabulary, grammar, and other...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Indonesia? Are you interested in teaching English in Malang, Indonesia? Check out our opportunities in Malang, 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 provided information on the importance of receptive skills focusing on reading and listening skills. How we read and listen for a purpose (useful information we need to know) or for...  [Read more]