Teacher Training
We offer both TEFL/TESOL & LCCIIQ courses.
TEFL / TESOL
Course and Teaching Business English Course
Live in places that you have dreamt of visiting, become part of a community and learn as much as you teach!
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 LCCIIQ – 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 TEFL\TESOL
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….
TEFL\TESOL dates for 2011:
- 21 November to 15 December 2011
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 ‘ideal’? Or are we at a stage that is officially “post-method”?
Lesson Planning and Classroom management in “communicative” lessons
Planning lessons at all levels, including 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.
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 20 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.
Course Cost
- Cost: R 7 500.00
- Deposit: R 4 000.00
- Balance: R 3 500.00 due at the start of the course.
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 R4000.00 (deducted from the course fee), is required to confirm your acceptance of it. The balance (R3500) is due at the start of the course.
Contact Jane Diesel (jdiesel@inlingua.co.za) if you have any questions about the course.
LCCIIQ – Teaching Business English Course
Teach Business English with confidence and skill. Write the exam and gain an internationally
recognised certificate, validated by the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry Examination Board – and now offered in Cape Town by inlingua Language Training Centre.
This intensive, 40-hour course is designed primarily for EFL teachers with little or no experience of training in or for a Business environment.
However, it will also give practising BE trainers exposure to current theory and many practical ideas and techniques.
It combines input, discussion and workshop sessions – and everyone is expected to share experiences and ideas. You will be encouraged to reflect on your own teaching practice and implement new teaching strategies.
There is a pre-course task and reading list to help you focus on the areas under discussion.
Modules deal with three specific areas:
- Professional skills
- Methodology
- General business practice
The course is run full-time. Part-time on request for a minimum of 6 trainees.
Full-time courses last two weeks, Monday-Friday, 09h00 – 17h30, with the exam on the following Saturday morning.
LCCIIQ dates for 2011:
- 14 to 18 March 2011
- 18 to 22 July 2011
- 17 to 21 October 2011
Part-time courses are run over 6 weeks, from 15h30-18h30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The exam is on the following Saturday morning.
Course outline
LCCIIQ
London Chamber of Commerce and industry Examination Board
First Certificate in Teaching Business English Syllabus
Professional skills
- Needs analysis
- Syllabus design
- Planning training sessions
- The client approach
- Feedback and evaluation
Methodology
- Different approaches to language teaching
- Classroom management
- Trainees can demonstrate knowledge of:
- Teaching Business English materials
- Selecting/designing materials appropriate to specific client needs
- Evaluating and exploiting published and authentic materials
Basic business concepts and practices
Trainees can demonstrate broad knowledge/understanding of business issues and awareness of up-to-date/current business-related language and terminology
- Basic business communication and stages of a deal
- Importance of social English in business
- Basic written forms
- Giving presentations and participating in conferences, meetings, negotiations
- Basic corporate structures
- Basic marketing principles
- Basic financial terms
- Basic technology and activities in research and development
- Basic terminology and activities in QA and production
- Familiarity with general business documents and terminology
- Business English exams
- Preparing clients for the Cambridge BEC or LCCIIQ exams
The FCTBE exam
Study skills and learner training, preparation and exam papers
It will be challenging course, demanding 100% commitment and participation – but providing the opportunity to learn, share and reflect on business English training skills.
Course Cost
- Cost: R 3 000.00 + LCCIIQ Exam Fee
- Payment: Full payment should be made with registration at least 4 weeks before the start of the course (LCCIIQ cut-off for registration).
- Cancellation: inlingua Course: Notification more than 1 month before the start of the course – full course refund less bank charges. Notification 1 month to the start of the course – an administration fee of R500 will be charged. Notification 2 weeks before the start of the course, R1000 will be charged.
- No refunds will be given once the course has started.
- No refund can be given for the *GBP 60 exam fee, as that goes to LCCIIQ
*Subject to change. Please confirm at the time of booking.
Contact Jane Diesel on 4190494 or jdiesel@inlingua.co.za for further details
