ITTT TEFL Course in Bangkok

Super friendly Team from ITTT Center, very helpful and always there when you need them. Course was nicely design and I really liked the online option to do it at my own pace/time. Learned a lot and great quality of support materials afterwards to help in the teaching career. Once I have the chance I'll do the additional course with a specialization on how to teach online as my goal is to teach young learners online. I did some live teaching in Thailand and the course really helped me in preparation of classes and teaching materials. Thank you ITTT, highly recommend.

It was only 4 short weeks, but I don’t think ever learned so much in so little time. This TEFL course was intensive, but it was engaging and fun throughout. We were guided each step of the way.

For me, the heart and soul of the training part of the program were the observed teaching practices. But before we even stepped into a classroom, we had to learn how to formulate a professional lesson plan. That included defining learner objectives, teacher aims, and complete lesson procedure under the ESA methodology, which we were taught beforehand.

And before I was given feedback for the trainers, I was asked to complete a self-evaluation form. After that, I got detailed feedback on my teaching session. That’s was a key component in the development of my teaching skills.

I was always given a challenge for my next class—in areas the trainers thought I still needed to work on. The bottom line is that I’m now ready to step into any classroom and successfully teach English.

Equally good was the superb help Vantage provided on securing me a teaching position. They have a separate “Jobs Coach” trainer who sat with me and we created my own individual Power Resume and cover letter. The class was coached on interviewing skills and then we had access into Vantage’s network of schools and recruiting services.

All of us had interviews arrange the last week of the course and I accepted a great teaching job with a week of graduation. I also watch the Jobs Coach help alums who already completed their first year of teaching but wanted assistance in new job placements.

If you want a career in teaching—and access to some of the best teaching positions in Thailand—this is your team.

It was only 4 short weeks, but I don’t think ever learned so much in so little time. This TEFL course was intensive, but it was engaging and fun throughout. We were guided each step of the way.

For me, the heart and soul of the training part of the program were the observed teaching practices. But before we even stepped into a classroom, we had to learn how to formulate an effective and professional lesson plan. That included defining learner objectives, teacher aims, and complete lesson procedure under the ESA methodology, which we were taught beforehand.

And before I was given feedback for the trainers, I was asked to complete a self-evaluation form. After that, I got detailed feedback on my teaching session. That’s was a key component in the development of my teaching skills.

I was always given a challenge for my next class—in areas the trainers thought I still needed to work on. The bottom line is that I’m now ready to step into any classroom and successfully teach English.

Equally good was the superb help Vantage provided on securing me a teaching position. They have a separate “Jobs Coach” trainer who sat with me and we created my own individual Power Resume and cover letter. The class was coached on interviewing skills and then we had access into Vantage’s network of schools and recruiting services.

All of us had interviews arrange the last week of the course and I accepted a great teaching job with a week of graduation. I also watch the Jobs Coach help alums who already completed their first year of teaching but wanted assistance in new job placements.

If you want a career in teaching—and access to some of the best teaching positions in Thailand—this is your team.

I was working full time so I couldn’t take the time off to do a month long course. Instead, I did iTTT’s Combined Course, where you do the book online and then you do your actual teaching practices in a real classroom.

The first part is the online completion of 20 units of the course curriculum as well as doing one lesson plan.

I then traveled to Thailand to do my observed teaching practices over a ten-day period at iTTT’s Bangkok center in the north of the city. This is where I taught in front of non-English speaking students in a real classroom setting. Importantly I got detailed feedback from Vantage’s trainers for each session I taught.
Each of my six teaching practices had to be on a different language topic. That meant I had to formulate a separate language plan for each practice session. Afterward, I got invaluable feedback on before I stepped into the classroom. While I did have to get on approved in the online portion of the Combined Course, it was getting this six approved by Vantage that really honed my talents.

This part of my course—the practicum—was invaluable. While I had a lot of knowledge from doing the course book online, it was really the real teaching where I developed the skills I needed to be successful in a classroom. It was a big help in that Thai students are great to teach as they are attentive and are very polite.

I just wish that I had the time to do the In-Class Course rather than the Combined Course version. After sitting in on some of the center’s lessons—and insights the trainer gave us which wasn't in the book, I realized what I missed by doing only the book on my own.

Overall a really great and fun experience. I highly recommend this course.

The courses at ITTT gave me a new vision because before I took them,I assumed everything was too simple for anyone to understand.I only began seeing how wrong I was after taking the course at ITTT. I came to be sensitive to the fact that learning a new language can be challenging and if the teacher wasn't kind and patient,it would lead to discouragement and overall surrender on the part of the student.I began making my lessons more fun,and learned new ways of explaining a concept to bring it to the level of the learner.In the process of breaking information down to it's very basic application,I learned more than I expected.Needless to say,my employers are impressed!