TESOL TEFL Reviews - Video Testimonial - Louisa

Louisa is from New York, USA, and has a passion for teaching. Since she had traveled to South America before, she decided to take the four-week in-class TEFL/TESOL course in Buenos Aires. In her TEFL review video she shares her experience at the center. She enjoyed her time in Argentina and learned a lot regarding lesson planning, teaching methods and classroom management. She enjoyed working with her trainer

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.

As the last unit, I think this one covers some of the common mishaps that can happen in a classroom. I specifically think that the section on establishing rapport was important. As a graduate student, I've found that the only way a teacher can initiate a trusting and comfortable discussion is to have the students respect and connect with them.This unit was about conditionals and reported speech, which is important because that's what happens when you relate what someone else said in a different situation and people need to know how to express what happened in previous conversations. This can be hard because verbs and time markers changed, which is what this unit focused on the most.