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With 150 hours of material, this online programme is designed to help you learn the skills you need to teach English as a foreign language (with no previous experience required!) over 12 months. Made up of ten comprehensive modules to master, you'll learn everything from grammar and lesson planning to how to teach children, managing classrooms and more. With online guides and exercises, the only thing you need is enthusiasm! Plus, you’ll get a TEFL globally recognised certificate at the end.!
Syllabus
Module 1
- Forum
- What are TEFL and TESL
- Teaching different age groups
- Why age does matter
- Young learners, adolescents and adult learners
- Teaching different levels
- Principles of adult learning
- Methodologies
- The Communicative Approach
- Video: Communicative competence
- Multiple Intelligences
- Video: Multiple intelligences
- Self-study /Revise
- Extra resources
- Quiz
- Module 2
- Forum
- Theories of Language
- The role of grammar in CLT
- Fluency vs. Accuracy
- The role of error in language development
- The four skills: reading, writing, speaking, listening
- Video: integrating skills
- The role of the learner
- Video: contextualizing language
- The role of motivation
- Learner centredness and learning strategies
- Interaction in the CLT classroom
- Group work – cooperative learning
- Video: Pair work and group work
- The role of the TEFL teacher
- Material in CLT
- ELT coursebooks
- Sample lesson plan
- Extra resources
- Self-study
- Quiz
- Module 3
- Forum
- Lesson planning
- Stages in a lesson
- What are warmers
- Lesson plan format
- Video: Lesson planning (4 stages)
- Techniques in grammar presentation
- Guided- discovery presentations
- Video: Using authentic material when teaching
- Ensuring understanding
- Planning your board work
- Tips for using your board
- Consolidation
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Self-study
- Extra resources
- Quiz
- Module 4
- Forum
- What is speaking
- Speaking strategies
- Functional language
- Planning a speaking lesson
- The role of the teacher
- Students and speaking
- Building student´s confidence
- Practical ideas to get them talking
- Controlled/semi-controlled activities
- Fluency speaking activities
- Putting it into practice
- Speaking: sample lesson plan
- Pronunciation
- Activities for teaching pronunciation
- Rhymes, poetry and chants
- Dialogue drills
- Role plays
- Drama in the classroom
- Video: using drama in the classroom
- Self-study
- Extra resources
- Module 5
- Forum
- Listening – an overview
- Using video in the classroom
- Using technology in the classroom
- What are listening skills
- Practical ideas for teaching listening
- Planning a listening lesson plan
- Pre, while and post-listening activities
- The role of the teacher
- Using music in the classroom
- Follow up activities
- Video: integrating four skills
- Using video in the classroom
- Using tablets in the classroom
- Using computers and the internet
- Using mobile phones in the classroom
- Technology in the classroom
- Sample lesson plan listening
- Zero technology in the classroom
- Additional resources
- Module 6
- Forum
- Reading and vocabulary
- Teaching reading
- What is reading
- Extensive and intensive reading
- Reading skills and strategies
- Skimming and scanning
- Strategies for teaching reading
- The role of the teacher
- Teaching vocabulary
- General advice for teaching vocabulary
- Vocabulary teaching strategies
- Using dictionaries
- Follow-up activities
- Sample lesson plans
- Video: Demonstration video teaching vocab.
- Extra resources
- Module Quiz
- Module 7
- Forum
- What is writing
- Why teach writing to learners of English
- What is involved in writing
- Follow – up activities
- Approaches to teaching writing
- Practical ideas for teaching writing
- Strategies for teaching writing
- The role of the teacher
- Building the writing habit
- General ideas for integrated skills writing tasks
- The writing process
- Putting it into practice
- Sample lesson plan
- Error correction
- Techniques for oral correction
- Praising
- Assessment and evaluation
- Summative and formative assessment
- Testing
- Extra-resources
- Module 8
- Forum
- Classroom management – an overview
- Dealing with discipline issues
- Being prepared and organised
- Communicating your expectations
- What problems to expect
- How to handle problems
- Managing large classes
- Video: Managing large classes
- Self – study
- Extra resources
- Module Quiz
- Module 8 – Classroom management assignment
- Module 9
- Teaching Specific Groups
- English for Specific Purposes (ESP)
- What is ESP
- Designing an ESP course
- Needs Analysis
- How to use data
- Teaching Business English
- Differences between Business English and General English
- Video: Business English lesson
- Private classes and one-to-one teaching
- Teaching Children – Introduction
- Strategies for teaching Children
- Teaching 4 - 12 years old
- Video: Learning Strategies
- Teaching children
- CLIL – Content Language Integrated Learning
- Video: CLIL
- EAP – English
- Self-study
- Extra resources
- Job Placement
- Module 10
- How to get the most out of this module
- Video: teaching tips 1
- Video: teaching tips 2
- Write your own lesson
- Lesson plan assignment
- Lesson plan formats
- Final exam
- Getting your certificate
- Job Placement
