Course Details

4-WEEK RESIDENTIAL TEFL CERTIFICATE

Anglo Centres TEFL's 4-Week residential TEFL/TESOL course is both intensive and demanding. Within just four weeks you will learn about the methods and practice of teaching, observe experienced teachers, and even have an opportunity to teach real students. The result of this course is that you will graduate with the knowledge and professionalism that will place you a step ahead of your competition.

Due to the intensive nature of the course, we expect all of our students to fully dedicate their time and attention to their studies. A majority of your days will be consumed by your class work. For this reason we highly recommend that you limit your plans for tourism until after the course. After all, with a TEFL/TESOL certification in just four weeks, you will have your ticket to experiencing the world in no time.

COMBINED ONLINE-PLUS-RESIDENTIAL-BLOCK COURSE

The combined version of the course allows you to keep your present commitments while completing the course. It covers exactly the same topics as the 4-week intensive course and in the same depth. First students complete the online part of the course from home. This allows them to study at their own pace and in their own time. Next, each student picks a 7-10 day spell in which to do the teaching practice phase.

COURSE CONTENTS

Our TEFL course involves over 150 hours of coursework, including at least six hours of hands-on teaching practice with real foreign language students. Classroom hours will primarily focus on ELT methodology and teaching practice. All of our classes take a hands-on, fun orientated approach to learning. Instead of teaching from a textbook, we learn together through interactive, fun workshops. You will also be given opportunities to observe experienced teachers using the skills you have learned in a real classroom setting. In the end, you too will be given an opportunity to apply your newly acquired knowledge to teaching English to real students in a real classroom.

Our syllabus covers the following topics: learning and learner styles, classroom management and teacher language, grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, teaching models and lesson planning, course materials evaluation, tests in TEFL, teaching reading, listening, writing and speaking in the General English, Business English and Young Learners classroom..

TEACHING PRACTICE

Your day will typically begin with input sessions in the morning and early afternoon, followed by teaching practice sessions and observations. During these practice sessions you will learn from your peers. Our practice sessions are based on the workshop model of learning where, after the session, the students offer each other constructive criticism and reflections on what they learned.

For your Teaching Practice you will be teaching real adult learners of General and Business English and also Young Learners. This makes our couses unique in the market and that's why at course completion you will be awared an 'Advanced' TEFL Certificate. This experience will enable you to teach English effectively in a range of different learning contexts making you a very attractive candidate for a variety of teaching positions.

LEARNING FROM OWN EXPERIENCE

As a bonus, part of your TEFL/TESOL training will involve becoming a foreign language learner yourself. Anglo Centres TEFL believes the best way to understand the learning process is to step into the shoes of the individuals you will be teaching. All of our students will take a three-lesson course in a language unknown to them. This part of the course is often described as being “an eye-opener” that gives you first-hand understanding of learner needs and allows you to understand how your EFL/ESL students will feel.

EVALUATION

Your progress will be continually evaluated. There are no exams. As you continue to improve in your teaching abilities your grade will continue to evolve to reflect your professional growth. Final grades are based on where you are at the end of your 4-week training and are given as either A+, A, B+, B or C.

QUALIFICATIONS

When you successfully complete our 4-week course you will be awarded your Advanced Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). However, your real award will not be a mere piece of paper. Your award will be your possession of the skills, experience and confidence to go out anywhere in the world and successfully teach other learners the English language. At Anglo Centres TEFL, you graduate with more than just a certification to teach, you graduate as a professional educator.

After completing the course you have the option of taking the internationally-recognised Cambridge ESOL Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT). This course incorporates full preparation for this exam in the course fees. This does not include exam fees which need to be paid directly to the examination centre. Exams can be taken at any of the examination centres that Cambridge ESOL has worldwide.

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JOB PLACEMENT PROGRAM

All our students and graduates can benefit from our Job Placement and Lifetime Job Guidance Program. Whilst no organisation can guarantee you a job at the end of your course, at Anglo Centres TEFL we work with you all along until you have found the job you are looking for, wherever that may be.

During your course we advise you on the best career path, job opportunities and put you in touch with prospective employers in the country of your choice. We even prepare you for job interviews so you stay ahead of your competition. This continues long after you graduate with us and for as long as you need us. We won't stop until we have found the right job for you.

TEACH WITH ANGLO CENTRES AFTER YOUR COURSE

If you would like to stay, live and teach in Tarragona you have the opportunity to stay and work for Anglo Centres. We recruit new teachers every year for our Adult, Young Learner and Business English courses. Priority is given to our graduates so you may well end up teaching at one of our centres!