How To Teach English Speaking

Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) or Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) has become a popular career choice for many individuals seeking to work and travel abroad. One common concern for aspiring English teachers is whether they can teach in countries where they do not speak the local language. The good news is that it is possible to teach English in non-English speaking countries with a TESOL certificate, even if you do not speak the local language fluently. Having a TESOL certificate provides you with the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively teach English to non-native speakers, regardless of the language spoken in the country where you are teaching. TESOL programs cover a wide range of topics, including language acquisition theories, lesson...  [Read more]

Teaching English abroad can be a rewarding experience, and yes, it is possible to teach English in a foreign country without knowing the local language. In fact, many programs specifically look for native or fluent English speakers who do not speak the local language to create an immersive English learning environment for students. Here are some key points to consider if you are thinking about teaching English abroad without knowing the local language: Firstly, many schools and language institutes in non-English speaking countries actually prefer hiring English teachers who do not speak the local language. This is because it forces both the teacher and the students to communicate solely in English, creating a more immersive language learning experience. Additionally, as an English teacher,...  [Read more]

  In this episode, we cover the pronunciation of the word "huckster". This word has to meanings an can either refer to someone who sells or advertises something in an aggressive and dishonest manner or to a person who creates promotions for commercial clients, such as for the radio or TV. 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 discussed how to effectively teach the productive skills ? speaking and writin. Writing will require accuracy on...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Guinea? Are you interested in teaching English in Conakry, Guinea? Check out our opportunities in Conakry, 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 8 details the two "Productive" language skills; speaking and writing, discusses the differences between them and how to teach English learners how to improve their English speaking and writing...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in China? Are you interested in teaching English in Xichang, China? Check out our opportunities in Xichang, 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 section dealt with the productive skills (i.e. speaking and writing). In this section we learned that though speaking and writing are both equally important they are taught in different ways. For...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Argentina? Are you interested in teaching English in San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina? Check out our opportunities in San Salvador de Jujuy, 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, after learning how to teach receptive skills, I learnt how to teach productive skills (speaking and writing). They're both an essential part of learning...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Japan? Are you interested in teaching English in Koshigaya, Japan? Check out our opportunities in Koshigaya, 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 have experience in teaching online conversational English and one of the challenges faced is trying to get students interested in improving their writing skills. Writing is perceived as more...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Brazil? Are you interested in teaching English in Joao Pessoa, Brazil? Check out our opportunities in Joao Pessoa, 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 lesson, I learned about how to effectively and successfully teach productive skills, which include speaking and writing. Two factors within productive skills include accuracy and...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Guinea? Are you interested in teaching English in Guinea? Check out our opportunities in this beautiful US state, 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. Check out which city/town you may be more interested in and start your journey| Unit 8 details the two "Productive" language skills; speaking and writing, discusses the differences between them and how to teach English learners how to improve their English speaking and writing sk  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Brazil? Are you interested in teaching English in Barra Mansa, Brazil? Check out our opportunities in Barra Mansa, 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 presents the different ways on how to teach productive skills which include speaking and writing. I have learned that accuracy and fluency are different from each other and that they...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Jordan? Are you interested in teaching English in Russeifa, Jordan? Check out our opportunities in Russeifa, 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 focus of this unit was to cover the two productive skills of speaking and writing. Those two skills give us the possibility to communicate with the world around us. Therefore it is very important...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Japan? Are you interested in teaching English in Kakamigahara, Japan? Check out our opportunities in Kakamigahara, 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 2 productive skills - speaking and writing. When teaching speaking and writing skills, activities are broken down into accuracy or fluency. Accuracy takes place during...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Argentina? Are you interested in teaching English in San Rafael, Argentina? Check out our opportunities in San Rafael, 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 leant the importance of productive skills and how these are equally as important and receptive skills. Productive skills are used to show how the students are progressing...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Japan? Are you interested in teaching English in Chiba, Japan? Check out our opportunities in Chiba, 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 was about teaching receptive skills. There are four basic skills in language. Reading and listening are receptive skills, speaking and writing are productive skills. All four are equally important....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Germany? Are you interested in teaching English in Lubeck, Germany? Check out our opportunities in Lubeck, 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 focused on how to teach the productive skills of writing and speaking. It is important to help students get over the hesitations to participate in class, which come as a result of fear,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Brazil? Are you interested in teaching English in Indaiatuba, Brazil? Check out our opportunities in Indaiatuba, 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 unique in the fact that it was composed of video footage only and not any reading portion. There were two separate videos. The first was an example of how NOT to teach a class,...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Japan? Are you interested in teaching English in Nagaoka, Japan? Check out our opportunities in Nagaoka, 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 discusses the two productive skills of English: speaking and writing. Speaking tends to be more emphasized in the classroom, but being able to write in English is an important skill as well....  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in China? Are you interested in teaching English in Zhaotong, China? Check out our opportunities in Zhaotong, 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 talked about how to teach students the productive skills which included speaking and writing. The productive skills are much difficult than the receptive skills, so teachers need to put more...  [Read more]

  This presentation is going to have a look at the idea of receptive skills and how we can go about teaching receptive skills lessons. There are two receptive skills and they are reading and listening. If we think about first of all, why do we read or listen, then there are probably two main answers to that. Firstly, it could either be for entertainment or it could be for a specific purpose. Within the reading and listening areas there are a number of sub-skills that we can teach our students. Firstly, what we can do is to show different examples of reading. So, let's say, for example, that we have just bought ourselves a new video camera and along with that video camera came a whole book of instructions. In order to find out how to get that camera working, then we would need to...  [Read more]

Do you want to be TEFL or TESOL-certified in Peru? Are you interested in teaching English in Ica, Peru? Check out our opportunities in Ica, 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 discusses how to teach productive skills which are writing and speaking. The two main areas of focus are fluency and accuracy. Fluency applies more to speaking since conversations require more on the...  [Read more]