Interesting Topics For Teenage Discussion

To make your TESOL classes more engaging for teenagers, you can incorporate a variety of interactive activities that cater to their interests and learning styles. Teenagers can often be a challenging group to teach due to their short attention spans and desire for autonomy. By implementing the following strategies, you can create a dynamic and engaging learning environment that motivates teenagers to participate and learn effectively. Firstly, consider using technology in your lessons. Teenagers are digital natives and are often more receptive to learning through technology. You can utilize educational apps, online games, videos, and interactive websites to supplement your lessons and make them more engaging. Incorporating technology not only captures their interest but also enhances their...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Algeria? Are you interested in teaching English in Medea, Algeria? Check out our opportunities in Medea, 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 equipment to help make lessons more interesting and effective: -White/Blk board and Interactive whiteboard(IWB)-essential info highlighted, diff colors for language points -Overhead...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Democratic Republic of the Congo? Are you interested in teaching English in Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo? Check out our opportunities in Mbandaka, 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 has been yet another interesting unit, I find it challenging and exciting to create materials for the students because as much as you have to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Peru? Are you interested in teaching English in Trujillo, Peru? Check out our opportunities in Trujillo, 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 speaking and writing skills and the various methods in which to teach them. Both skills are used to accomplish the task of communication but are taught in different ways....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Taiwan? Are you interested in teaching English in Taipei, Taiwan? Check out our opportunities in Taipei, 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! Many different teaching aids can be used to help the teacher and make lessons more interesting for students. The following are the most common equipment and teacher's aids used in the classroom. 1) The...  [Read more]

  In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word "jinni". This word describes an entity or a spirit in Muslim beliefs that can take human or animal form and influence human with supernatural powers. The word came into the English language from the Arabic word "jinn?" that can also mean demon. 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. Strategies for Effective Lesson Planning A lesson plan is the instructor?s road map of what students need to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Djibouti? Are you interested in teaching English in Djibouti, Djibouti? Check out our opportunities in Djibouti, 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 that it is not important to have a course book in the first lesson, the first lesson's purpose is to know your student, check their level and be able to plan for future lessons. This...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in China? Are you interested in teaching English in Kaili, China? Check out our opportunities in Kaili, 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 will be useful in all of my lesson planning. The content is mostly intuitive, but I enjoyed the idea of where to pitch the lesson difficulty and of pre-teaching difficult vocabulary. To what...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Russia? Are you interested in teaching English in Dzerzhinsk, Russia? Check out our opportunities in Dzerzhinsk, 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 was in college, I was originally a speech pathology major and we had many classes on the topic of the four basic skills in every language: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Due to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Philippines? Are you interested in teaching English in Cabuyao City, Philippines? Check out our opportunities in Cabuyao 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! Unit 14 discussed about the proper choosing of coursebooks and lesson materials, this is very important in creating an interesting, productive and successful classroom discussion....  [Read more]

  Whereas stress is typically concerned with one individual word, intonation is generally concerned with the variation in volume and pitch throughout an entire sentence. Intonation carries the message of a sentence. It's particularly important when questioning or agreeing, disagreeing and confirming statements. It's also very important when expressing emotions and feelings. The normal pattern for intonation is the rise-fall. Few examples would be ?I haven't seen him for a week,? or a simple word as ?okay?. With the falling intonation, we?re indicating that we're finished speaking. Again, ?I haven't seen him for a week? and ?okay?. A few more examples would be ?I'll see you at six then,? or a question of information ?How do you spell rough?? These are straightforward statements that...  [Read more]

  This video focuses on the difference between the usage of "bring" and "take". These two words often cause confusion, especailly for English learners. It is important to consider the direction in order to determine which word to use. The word "bring" describes the movement of something toward a specified location, such as in this sentence: Can you bring some snacks to the party tonight? The word "take" on the other hand generally describes the movement of something away from a location, such as here: Do you want to take any leftovers home? As you can see, it's quite easy to determine the correct word to use in a sentence when considering the direction you are referring to. Below you can read feedback from an ITTT graduate regarding one section of their online TEFL certification...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Ireland? Are you interested in teaching English in Limerick, Ireland? Check out our opportunities in Limerick, 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 9 we read about course books and lesson materials. It's very interesting to understand the different types of materials and how much impact it has on the lesson and class. We learn about...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in India? Are you interested in teaching English in Kothagudem, India? Check out our opportunities in Kothagudem, 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! books and materials are very important when you start to teach in new school or start to work in new program. For some teachers is very hard to find some good ideas for teaching some topics, so if...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Indonesia? Are you interested in teaching English in Padang, Indonesia? Check out our opportunities in Padang, 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 gives a good example of how to select materials for different levels of students. Also it shows how important receptive skills are. Regarding to their types the teacher can emphasize...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Pakistan? Are you interested in teaching English in Dadu, Pakistan? Check out our opportunities in Dadu, 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 focus on conditionals is interesting and helpful as I've never encountered these kinds of detailed explanations in English grammar as studied by a Native speaker, which I am. I also found the...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Argentina? Are you interested in teaching English in Posadas, Argentina? Check out our opportunities in Posadas, 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! Coursebooks and materials are important and usefulness for both teachers and students. Coursebooks must be usually used in every lesson and materials are supplement for the class. Coursebooks...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Democratic Republic of the Congo? Are you interested in teaching English in Mbuji Mayi, Democratic Republic of the Congo? Check out our opportunities in Mbuji Mayi, 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 students level or understanding after a unit or lesson is important so the teacher can find gap and plan accordingly, if she/he...  [Read more]

  In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word mirage. This word refers to an optical illusion such as the appearance of water in a desert. This word comes from the French 'se mirer' meaning ‘be reflected'. 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. Evaluating students is an important part of the teaching proces. There are various methods that can be used to evaluate students and these are usually classified in the following categories:...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in China? Are you interested in teaching English in Liling, China? Check out our opportunities in Liling, 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 taught me the lesson of there being four distinct groups of basic learning skills. These are the receptive skills, which are reading and listening, and the productive skills, which are writing...  [Read more]