ITTT TEFL Course in China

I took the 4 week TEFL Course in Zhuhai in May 2012. The course was very well organized and the staff went above and beyond to make sure all students had what they needed. Jenny and Brad are both very knowledgeable and they worked to make sure the course material was well understood. The practical portion of the course contained 8 teaching lessons which were insightful and fun. Highly recommended!

This course was equally challenging and useful for my future teaching in China subsequently. During the course, Brad and Jenny got through a fantastic amount of theory, and later: real time practise, even though I had had no prior experience.

The lessons you teach in real schools are critically evaluated and excellent constructive feedback is given to help you improve. My confidence in a teaching environment, the ability to think creatively and get into the minds of the students took a sharp rise during the latter stages of the course.

If you come here to Zhuhai, you will work hard, make your own flashcards, write your lessons, teach large classes, teach small classes, laugh, cry and have an invigorating experience. I might add that Zhuhai is an extremely pleasant, clean and fun town to be in, with Macau literally on its border. You will probably meet ex-course students of Brad and Jenny in the excellent cheap bar next to the school at the end of the day, who are as welcoming and friendly as them.

Brad has a wealth of useful experience under his belt and Jenny is incredibly charming, intelligent, professional and lovely. We all went for a meal together at the end of the course, which was delightful.

I have found that the variety of schools and different aged children that I taught during this course, prepared me well for classes I encountered outside. There were no surprises. You'll teach students of all ages and learn a lot about yourself.

I took this course in Feburary 2012. We had a small class of on four so we had plenty of one and one time with the trainers Brad and Jenny. They are both excellent providing critical feedback to all of the practical aspects of the course.

The course itself can be quite demanding with a lot of new information threw at you every day and having to crest lesson plans from scratch without much to go on. However if you plan to teach English in China this is invaluable training as the school you may end up at may have few or no resources to work with so you will be we'll prepared to deal with the situation.

I really enjoyed the classroom teaching during the course. The schools that we went to were very welcoming and for the most part the students were willing to learn what we had prepared to teach them.

I have been teaching in China now for over a year and a half and have used many of the techniques and some of the lesson plans that were presented to us during this course.

I'd highly recommend anyone interested in doing a TEFL to go to Zhuhai! Brand and Jenny will set you off to a great start teaching in China!

John.

I took the course in Zhuhai in July 2013. Our group of 10 was cheerful and supportive, and I could witness the blooming of meaningful personal relationships. That came in handy, considering that the course is not easy and you will find yourself busy preparing classes and taking in new information for most of the month. Four of the trainees were Chinese, three american and the other three, including me, were non-native English speakers from abroad. Accommodation, located about 10 minutes walk from the school, was reasonable, if not great, and not too expensive.

Each of us taught 6 supervised classes during the course, mostly preparing our own materials from scratch. The single greatest feature of the course is the quality of the feedback provided by Brad and Jenny, the trainers, after each supervised class - it's detailed, sincere, and directed at the heart of the issues that make or break a teacher in the class environment.

Another great feature is the approachability of the trainers, who were happy to take us on off-school programs and help out with day-to-day complications.