ttt International TEFL and TESOL Training120-hour Course ne TESOL Train {77000 xpi © 20 ean TEFL an TESL ing Aight ever Welcome to the International TEFL and TESOL ‘Training (TTT) online TEFL course. ‘The purpose of this first units to provide an overview of and an introduction to the course. You wil find full details ofthe course contents as well as information on how the course is organized, how to complete it ‘successfully and how to proceed through the course. ‘The ITTT course is unique for an online course as it enables graduates to receive ongoing career support and teacher development long after completion and provides an opportunity to see ‘real’ lessons through ur online videos. We believe that you will find this course of great benefit as you embark upon a career in TEFL. ‘Thank you once again for choosing international TEFL and TESOL Training,Course Aims This course aims to provide a solid introduction to the world of TEFL. Upon completion of the course, graduates should have acquired a good working knowledge of the English grammatical and phonology systems as well as an awareness of the skills and techniques required for successful language teaching. While the course is both theoretical and knowledge- based, we also give participants the maximum, ‘opportunity to reflect on the course content, and on. the processes of learning and teaching a foreign language. We have tried to make this course as practical as possible with the help of the video, butas with most things practice makes perfect. We recommend that while studying the course you try to arrange to observe experienced teachers at a local language school. You may even get an opportunity to act as the teacher's assistant or to give a supervised lesson yourself! Maybe you have some friends that are not native speakers of English who you could practice on. The more practice you can get atthe start of your teachingcareer the better. Ideally, you might want to give one or two supervised lessons yourself, and receive feedback from an experienced teacher afterwards. If you are ever able to video record one of your lessons, we would be happy tolookatitand give you our comments. After you have successfully completed the course, you will also be given details of how you could attend: fone of our training centers where a trainer would watch you teach several lessons to local students of English, and offer constructive feedbackafterwards.. ne TESOL Train {77000 xpi © 20 ean TEFL an TESL ing Aight everCourse Content This course provides details of the techniques and skils required by teachers of English as a forelgn language in the classroom. This 120-hour course consists of twenty units, carefully chosen and organized to ensure a gradual, build up of knowledge whilst not overloadingstudents, with too much information at any one time. These units allow you to work through the course at a pace that sults your requirements. The final component of the course is a short essay-writing task of between 500and 1,000 words. The course units a Unit. Teachers and Learners Unit2 Parts of Speech Unit3 Theories, Methods and Techniques Unit 4 Present Tenses UnitS Managing Classes Unit6 Past Tenses Unit 7 Teaching New Language Unit& Future Tenses Unit9 Lesson Planning Unit 10. Video Lessons Unit 14. Teaching Receptive Skills Unit 12 Teaching Productive Skills Unit 13 Teaching Pronunciation & Phonology Unit 14. Course Books and Lesson Materials Unit 15. Evaluation and Testing Unit 18 Conditionals & Reported Speech Unit 17 Equipment and Teaching Aids Unit 18 Modals, Phrasal Verbs and Passive Voice Unit 19 Teaching Special Groups Unit 20 Troubleshooting ‘Summative task ‘Supplementary units: Practical teaching tips Job application advice How to construct a CV/résumé Interview questions and answers Useful web links an TESOL Matin 1000 core 2011 aon TEL TEL Ting Me eadHow the course works The course has been designed to allow for maximum flexibility. You can work at a pace that suits you, as long as you complete the course within six months of receiving your login details. The time remaining will ‘always be displayed at the top of each page. In order to get the maximum benefit from the course we recommend working on one unit per day. This will allow you to complete the course in under three weeks and will also give you time to understand and. digest the lesson fully before continuing. However, if you wish to work through the course more quickly, or slowly, the choice is yours. Our online courses are designed to be as user-friendly 2s possible. To move comfortably through the course, simply follow these straightforward steps for each unit: Dworttougn ne materia forte rst unit unt you feel you have fully absorbed all the Information provided, Qonce you are ready you can then check your ‘understanding ofthe subjects covered by completing the end-of-unittask sheetthat accompanies the unit. Barter completing te task set you should lok on the test tab nthe rd br atthe top of your conta panel which wil take you to the multiple choice \ Sssessmenttortheunt. A rinen you are happy that you nave answered al the uestions to the best of your ability, simply click on the ‘submit’ button at the bottom of the test which will take youtoyour results page. 5 ixcercompltingtnetestyou can then move ontothe restr Click on the ‘instructions’ tab in the red bar atthe top of the online course control panel for more details. After successfully completing the course, you will recelve your letter of recommendation and your 120- hour certificate in the mall. TESOL Traini {77000 xpi © 20 ean TEFL an TESL ing Aight everOnline course tutors Ifyou have chosen the tutored version of the course, you will be able to contact a tutor at any time by clicking on the green tab in the right hand comer of the online system (marked ‘contact a tutor). Your tutor will be available to help you with any questions, you have regarding the course content for the duration of yourstudies. For both the tutored and non-tutored version of the course, you can contact us with questions regarding ‘administration or technical support issues by sending ‘a message via the ‘contact tab in the control panel of the online trainingsystem. Allonline tutors are experienced teacher trainers and, English teachers and communicate with each other regularly to discuss the progress of their course participants. Anotheradvantage of completing the ITTT course with tutor support is the nineteen videos that accompany the course materials. Click on the ‘videos’ tab in the red bar at the top of the control panel to watch an experienced teacher trainer guide you through the units, with a classroom presentation. Ifyou are doing the course without a tutor and at any stage you would like to switch to a course with tutor support, please send us a request via the ‘contact’ tab in the control panel and we will make the necessary arrangements. if TESOL Tra 70%0 yt eta TE. TE ing Mis mandPost Course Job Guidance {77000 xpi © 20 ean TEFL an TESL ing Aight ever ITTT will provide you with every reasonable assistance in finding a TEFL job after you have completed the course. This includes the following support services, which we are happy to provide throughoutyour teaching career: ¢ Resume/CV preparation ¢ Information on likely sources of TEFL vacancies Job guidance counseling # Job search and application ¢ Interview preparation © Access to onlineresources If you have been doing any research on English language teaching, you will have probably come across a variety of ‘acronyms that are commonly used. These are the major terms used but expect to come across many more during, your teaching career! brief explanation follows: TEFL: Teaching English as a Foreign Language. This term is predominantly used when English is being taught in a ‘country where it isn't the native language (for example teaching English to Spanish people in Spain). TESL: Teaching English as a Second Language. This is where English is being taught to non-native speakers of English in a country where itis the native language (for example teachingimmigrants to the UK or USA). TESOL: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. This term theoretically encompasses both of the above. ELT: English Language Teaching. Mainly used by Institutions in the UK. EYL: English for Young Learners. A common term for teachingchildren. ESP: English for Specific Purposes. This refers to teaching specialist and specific areas of English. There are ‘many examples, such as English for International Banking, and Finance, English for Nursing, for Tourism, etc. EAP: — English for Academic Purposes. EAL: English as an Additional Language. This is a term becoming more widely used in the US and the UK, and has asimilarmeaningtoTESL.Recommended Reading 2 {77000 xpi © 20 ean TEFL an TESL ing Aight ever The following books have been found useful by many teachers, during both thelr TEFL course and teaching careers: © Practical English Grammar, A.J. Thomson and AN. Martinet (OUP). ¢¢ English Grammar in Use, Raymond Murphy (CUP). ¢ Practical English Usage, Michael Swan (OUP). ¢ Howto Teach English, Jeremy Harmer (Longman). ¢ More Grammar Games, Rinvolueriand Davis (CUP). Grammar Practice Activities, Penny Ur (CUP). © Grammar Games and Activities, Peter Watcyn-Jones (Penguin). @ The Resourceful English Teacher, Chandler/Stone (Dea). © 1000 Pictures for Teachers to Copy, Andrew Wright (Nelson). Its certainly not essential to have all (or any) of the above. However, we would particularly recommend the books by ‘Swan and Harmer. There are several editions of many of the books above, but fas the fundamental information in them isn't likely to change much, the edition shouldn’treally matter. eens We are avallable to giveyou help and assistance for the first. sixmonths of your teaching career. Ifyou ever encounter any problems in the classroom that you don’t know how to deal, with, Just ask! We can also provide details of further and ‘more advanced qualifications that you may contemplate later oninyourteachingcareer. That's the introduction over! Please remember that all course components must be ‘completed within six months. We wish you the best of luck with the rest ofthe course. Hg TheITTT Administration Team.