TEFL / TESOL Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

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The English teacher-training programme includes
The Certificate in TEFL/TESOL
Specialist Certificate in Teaching Business English
The Business English course leads to an exam validated by the LCCIEB – London Chamber of Commerce and Industry Examination Board and an excellent qualification to have if you teach Business English.

Travel the world teaching English! English is the international ‘lingua franca’ of those in business, education, computers and tourism - which means huge opportunities to teach it worldwide. Combine TEFL with previous qualifications and teach in that field (E.g. medicine, law or commerce), or start with this certificate and specialise (Business English or Teaching Young Learners) or do a Diploma or MA.

The inlingua Certificate in TEFLTESOL The aim of the course is to give trainees the practical skills that are vital in foreign- or second-language classrooms anywhere in the world - and a theoretical base from which to work. It is an intensive and demanding 120-hr, full-time programme - but it enables you to teach almost anywhere - Spain, Italy, Thailand, Nepal, China, Brazil, Russia, Greece, Peru….

Entry requirements
Trainees should be competent, first-language speakers of English, have a degree – or be working towards one, good communication skills and be over twenty years old.
Others are accepted at inlingua’s discretion.
All applicants are interviewed and submit an initial assessment.

Course content
Language awareness
English as a global language - and an introduction to some of the grammar that EFL teachers need to know.

Learner/Teacher roles
Teaching ESL/EFL to adults - Learner expectations and different teaching styles.

Methods and approaches -
Grammar-translation; Audio-lingual; the Communicative approach – is one the ‘ideal’?

Classroom management in “communicative” lessons
Lesson planning, teaching beginners and/or literacy, discipline, testing, daily duties and teaching strategies.

Introduction to language skills
Teaching listening-, speaking-, reading- and writing- skills and how to develop students’ English to meet their different needs.

Presentation, practice and correction of new language
Introducing new work, making repetition relevant and how to see making mistakes as progress.

Teaching materials and resources
Making them work - and how to evaluate textbooks and adapt or design specific materials needed.

Games, songs and drama techniques
Using them to make learning fun - and relevant.

ESP and EAP study-skills; TOEFL/Cambridge Exams
Teaching English for Specific Purposes: Business, Law or Medicine; or Academic Purposes (Education); International examinations in English Proficiency.

Teaching practice and observation
Micro-teaching/lesson observation live and on video, to see TEFL/TESOL in action.
Plus - 20 hours of teaching practice at inlingua during the four weeks of the course.

Teacher development and employment options
A Diploma, MA or a specialist certificate in ESP - Business English or Teaching Young Learners?
Working!
Language schools worldwide and what to expect. A look at some posts and how to apply.

Assessment
This is continuous and based on participation in lectures, on written assignments and teaching practice.

Certificate
Successful participants are awarded an inlingua certificate which specifies grades and areas dealt with on the course. Work within the inlingua group or for other language centres.

Books
A manual of course notes is provided but trainees are encouraged to buy a grammar reference book. Options will be discussed at the start of the course and copies will be available at inlingua.

Course trainers
All the lecturers and tutors involved are qualified and experienced TEFL teachers and/or teacher-trainers.

Jane Diesel has an MA in TESOL (teacher education and EAP learner-training). She has run TEFL/TESOL courses for 15 years for teacher-training centres, schools and missions organisations in South Africa and Russia.

Jennifer Gietzmann has a Cambridge DELTA (Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults) and has extensive training experience in general, business and academic English and Cambridge exam preparation courses in South Africa and Korea.

The next step - the start of an international career?
Contact Joanne (jlucas@inlingua.co.za) for a registration form and initial assessment worksheet.

Return them and you will be contacted for an interview. Once you have been offered a place on a TEFL course, a deposit of R3000.00 (deducted from the course fee), is required to confirm your acceptance of it. The balance (R3300) is due at the start of the course.

Contact Jane Diesel (jdiesel@inlingua.co.za) if you have any questions about the course.