How Long Are Tefl Courses

  Once you have completed your chosen TEFL course and have that all important certificate in your hand, you can seriously start to plan the next stage of your adventure. Thanks to the sustained demand for English language teachers right across the world there are plenty of countries to choose from, each with its own unique set of attractions. But how long will you have to commit for when you sign the job contract? Europe The most common contract in European schools is for an academic year that generally runs from September to June. The great thing here is you will have a couple of months off during the summer break to travel or earn some extra cash working with private students or at a summer camp. Summer language camps are very popular across much of Europe and usually run for 4...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Russia Nefteyugansk and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit focuses on teaching receptive skills: reading and listening. It explains how readers and listeners use special skills when reading and listening: these include scanning, skimming, predicting, deducting from the context and understanding detailed information. The unit then moves on to the problems that may be encountered when teaching these skills and how they can be overcome: things to consider when planning a reading or listening lessons are the language that is used (i.e. the...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs India Mehsana and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This section has many good techniques for managing a class depending on the many variables that may be faced such as size, diversity, level of English, age etc. From simple actions of the teacher such as providing eye contact, gestures, voice control and using the students' names throughout the class, these techniques can go a long way to establishing rapport with the students, maintaining discipline and providing a helpful environment to learn. The classroom arrangement and grouping are also...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Japan Ueda and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit provides information on how to teach \"special groups\" of English learners, which in this case refers to beginners, children, and English for Specific Purposes (like business English). It suggest techniques that work for students based on their motivation and ability. For example, children are more likely to have high energy levels but a short attention span, so it's important to be able to provide a dynamic atmosphere that has lots of short energetic activities, rather than long...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Russia Tyumen and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: The previous units in this course have done an amazing job training me to prepare a days worth of class activities. However, this was the first unit which really taught me how to tests the students knowledge. One of the hardest things for teachers is trying to figure out how much information your students are retaining. Progress tests and an initial placement tests seem like great assets to a language classroom. that way your can plan based on tested skill level and track how students are improving...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification China Zhaodong and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit outlined various components that a lesson plan (or a sequence of lesson plans) can have and detailed what some of the purposes and advantages of lesson planning are. Additionally, unit 9 included samples for a lesson plan, a self-evaluation form, and example activities/worksheets. While I learned about the benefits of lesson planning and various ways one can lesson plan from this unit, it also explained that a lesson plan can simply be notes jotted down, that there is not...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification George Town Malaysia and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit covered the different special groups a teacher may encounter such as absolute beginners or people who are required to learn a very specific subset of English... the unit explained how to plan a lesson for these groups and how to adapt to their unique needs. Although it may seem daunting at first i think that as long as the teacher is well prepared everything should go smoothly.Unit nine focuses on planning lessons. It highlights on the importance of planning and keeping a...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Greeley Iowa and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: In Unit 5, the following content was covered: case studies, frameworking (input>process>output), Speech Act Theory, the use of computers in the classroom, and the implementation of games to use during lessons. The unit gave plenty of examples of business-based ESA lessons, and also examples of lesson materials. In addition, I learned that you must choose a lesson point before choosing a game to introduce, which now makes sense to me. When I first saw Monopoly as one of the games used, I thought...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Spain Palma De Mallorca and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: Language teaching has many methods, and I believe that each teacher should find their own balance of using them. One thing I noticed is that there is a dividing point between using methods that mimic the environment of how children learn, i.e. audio-lingualism, the silent way, lexical approach, and other methods that make adaptations for the adult, using PPP, or grammar-translation, both which require more organization. I think the most effective thing I learned about was the ESA method. I...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Jobs Homyel Belarus and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: This unit covered the five types of conditional sentences and reported sentences. There are a lot of rules and differing situations involved with both. Before students could tackle these, they would have to have a decent understanding of time tenses. I would definitely break these down into multiple lessons that build on each other. The pronoun examples shown in the reported sentences section would be a difficult for lower level learners. As long as they already have a grasp of context, it could be...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Certification Xianyang China and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: I tend to get a bit aflutter when imagining how my first lesson will go as an English teacher. Looking back at all the units for this course I realize that there's a lot of things you have to remember to take into account when teaching kids. This unit definitely helps to see how a first lesson on the first day of the job should be like and that establishing a good rapport with students is vital to helping kids learn.Some people are good at lesson plans and make them look easy. Others take...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Navarino Wisconsin and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: said: As I am an older teacher, it is good to see the long list of available teaching materials now available. Most particularly I an an avid user of the computer and realize its potential for learning. I do feel as suggested in Unit #17 that use of Computers should not be overused. There are side effects, such as that suggested of students becoming uncommunicative. I will refer to this Unit often for the wide and vast variety of websites available for use in learning environments. I am a strong...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Dali and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: R.D. - Spain said: Yikes, this was a long unit. Or perhaps it just seemed long because so much of the material was new to me. The unit covered common intonation and stress patterns in English and how to teach them, as well as everything there is to know about phonemes: articulation categories, how and where they are pronounced, how to read them, and of course, how to teach them. I didn't do much with intonation when I taught in Japan, but when I did, I actually ended up doing some of the same things that this unit...  [Read more]

  This video is part of our series on the past tenses in English. In this video, we take a look at the past continuous tense and how it is formed and used. This tense is used to indicate that a certain action was in progress at a particular time in the past. 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. In this unit I have learnt it is important to build rapport and get to know your students a little before jumping straight into a heavy learning class. A...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about Getting Your TESOL and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: E.A. - Australia said: I have learned a lot about the english language that I never really learnt at school, or have long since forgotten, in the process of doing this course. I am a flute teacher, which is a practical subject, so I have never done lesson plans before. This was something which was a big learning curve for me. The lesson plans certainly do make you think about what you are going to cover in the class and what your objectives and long term goals are. I have also learnt a lot of practical tips to...  [Read more]

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Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Lima and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: A.P. – Russia said: Unit 4 is about Present Tenses. If you use the Present Simple you think something is permanent. This means we often use the Present Simple to talk about general and scientific facts, our routines or habits, to give definitions and to describe things. The Present Continues(Progressive) means the action is happening now (or around now), is unfinished, or temporary. We use it to talk about trends and changes, or about situations happening now that are different from normal. Some verbs cannot be used...  [Read more]

Check out tefl tesol about TESOL Changyi and apply today to be certified to teach English abroad. You could also be interested in: This is how our TEFL graduates feel they have gained from their course, and how they plan to put into action what they learned: J.L. - Netherlands said: SIMPLE PRESENT Form: Base form of the verb: I/we/you/they do. Base form of the verb + s/es: he/she/it does. The verb BE: I am; he/she/it is; we/you/they are. Habitual, regular action in the present. Adverbs of frequency: usually; regularly; every day; every week; every year; often; frequently; sometimes; occasionally; seldom; rarely; never (i.e., zero regularity); always (i.e., regularly, usually); on Fridays; on weekends PRESENT CONTINUOUS Form: BE + present participle (I am doing;...  [Read more]