What Is The Phonetics

TESOL trainees taking our classroom based course will be provided with a course manual that covers the following areas: Our TESOL materials are high quality and will be the basis for the input sessions throughout the course. You will also find the materials a valuable reference for your future career. We will provide you with materials and a course handbook in an A4 folder which should be organized in the following way: This course log book will allow you to keep a record of your progress throughout the course, so should be kept professional in appearance. Your log will be inspected weekly for your own benefit and moderation purposes. You will receive numerous handouts throughout the course and will be required to make notes of your own also. We suggest you make separate files in your...  [Read more]

  There are two issues that need to be stressed when working with the international phonemic alphabet. First is the fact that we are no longer concerned with how a word is traditionally spelled. Additionally we need to stress that we are only concerned with the sounds needed to correctly produce a word. So rather than numerous spellings, which can often be pronounced in different ways, we have one symbol representing one sound. Once we can isolate a sound, rather than juggling various spellings, we can work with our students on how to say that sound. Doing that successfully is related to manner and place of articulation, which will be covered shortly. To get a better understanding of the phonemic alphabet, let's take a look at our chart. In the bottom half of our chart we have our...  [Read more]

  A better way to go about imparting how to make sounds or what sounds are utilized in a word, is this international phonemic alphabet. Now we have as mentioned one symbol being used in all the words which share that same sound. Now once we get a little bit more familiar with our phonemic alphabet we can also show how different our different sounds can be as in this symbol for ?ooh?, this symbol for ?ow? and this symbol for ?uh?. 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...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Netherlands? Are you interested in teaching English in Ede, Netherlands? Check out our opportunities in Ede, 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 13, I learned about phonetics, syllables, and the way we use parts of our body to talk. I found it very interesting that we use so many parts of the body to talk. It isn't just the mouth, but...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in China? Are you interested in teaching English in Dandong, China? Check out our opportunities in Dandong, 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 the English classroom, pronunciation is often forgotten about in favor of other topics. However, language learners are just as concerned about pronunciation as they are about other crucial topics,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Japan? Are you interested in teaching English in Kawachinagano, Japan? Check out our opportunities in Kawachinagano, 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 it teaches how to teach Pronunciation and Phonolgy. Pronunciation takes confidence in the teachers point of view because this is the most neglected part of in the English...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Japan? Are you interested in teaching English in Uji, Japan? Check out our opportunities in Uji, 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 meaning of one sentence can be interpreted into a variety of ways simply depending on which word carries more stress. This unit describes then intricacies of phonetics for the English language. During this...  [Read more]

  http://www.tesolcourse.com Applying for ITTT's combined course is a very easy process. The application form only takes a few minutes to complete and once you have sent it back to us you will receive a response within twelve hours. Your course acceptance email will outline all the details regarding the course. There is a deposit required before you receive your course material. The web site has all the current details. Towards the end of your online course you will need to contact us to confirm when and where you would like to do your observed teaching practice. For further information on the enrollment stages and relevant costs visit our web site or follow the link above. Are you ready to live and teach abroad? Click here and get started today:...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Iran? Are you interested in teaching English in Qom, Iran? Check out our opportunities in Qom, 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 fun. I have taken linguistics 101 back in university and have forgotten how to read phonetic scripts. This unit has definitely been a fun refresher, though I haven't thought of how I can incorporate...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Philippines? Are you interested in teaching English in Cabanatuan City, Philippines? Check out our opportunities in Cabanatuan 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 13 discussed about Pronunciation and Phonology which I agree that most of the time taken for granted in English Language teaching. However in this unit I learned a lot...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in China? Are you interested in teaching English in Nanping, China? Check out our opportunities in Nanping, 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 a lot to take in. I quickly realized I don't have the best ear for the rise and fall of intonation in a sentence and that I needed to work on developing that consciously. The same goes for...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Pakistan? Are you interested in teaching English in Kamoke, Pakistan? Check out our opportunities in Kamoke, 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 on teaching pronunciation and phonetics. It covered the components of intonation and stress,and gave suggested techniques for teaching these. It also introduced the chart of...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Romania? Are you interested in teaching English in Cluj-Napoca, Romania? Check out our opportunities in Cluj-Napoca, 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 think this unit will be the most challenge class for me, maybe is there have quiet of academic nouns. while i was doing the last few of questions, i can't understand it at first, after i...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Japan? Are you interested in teaching English in Isesaki, Japan? Check out our opportunities in Isesaki, 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 stresses on the importance of teaching phonetics to the students. Teachers are encouraged to go out of their way to master phonetics as this is a key to proper pronunciation in English...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Nigeria? Are you interested in teaching English in Abuja, Nigeria? Check out our opportunities in Abuja, 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 unit 13 to be particularly challenging. This was the first time I have come into contact with phonetics and I found it difficult to interpret the symbols. That said, the value of using phonetics...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in India? Are you interested in teaching English in Gwalior, India? Check out our opportunities in Gwalior, 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 Phonetics and phonology as well as strategies for teaching these topics were outlined. Teachers often do not know how to teach this, because it is often a neglected area of study. Students...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in United States? Are you interested in teaching English in Green Bay, United States? Check out our opportunities in Green Bay, 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 addressed Phonetics and Pronunciation. Pronunciation typically doesn't get much attention in TEFL, since Applied Phonetics is rarely taught in schools and Universities and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Ukraine? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhytomyr, Ukraine? Check out our opportunities in Zhytomyr, 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 phonetic alphabet was a very difficult concept to grasp, and though it may be beneficial from an understanding point I don't quite see the practicality of including phonetic learning in the...  [Read more]

TESOL courses vary in length from a few hours over the weekend all the way to the pinnacle of educational certification, which is the doctorate level. Here we will briefly describe the different courses available, their content, and why you may wish to take them. Typical course duration: Five to fifteen hours Typical study components: An overview of TESOL. What a typical 120-hour certification involves. Employment opportunities by country. Introduction to teaching skills and language awareness. Use of certification: Can be used as ‘Continuing Professional Development’ (CPD) credit. Useful to get an idea of what TESOL involves without paying out for a full course. Typical course duration: Forty to sixty hours Typical study components: There are three generally recognized...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Australia? Are you interested in teaching English in Canberra, Australia? Check out our opportunities in Canberra, 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 the definitions of phonology, intonation, and stress, types of intonations and stress and ways to teach them. Moreover, I learned the phonetic alphabet with its phonetic...  [Read more]