The Tefl Academy:
The TEFL Academy offers a 120-hour TEFL certification course in Santiago, Chile to prepare you for the exciting world of teaching English in any country. With a TEFL Academy TEFL certificate you will be guaranteed a job offer upon completion, and you will be ready to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. The course targets areas in applied methodology, language awareness, and teaching pronunciation, and provides you with the opportunity to use all skills in a real classroom setting. Furthermore, by the end of the course, you will have an excellent understanding of other key elements of your new career, which include career and professional development, teaching markets, and, of course, finding the
perfect job for you.
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The TEFL Academy offers a 120-hour TEFL certification course that will prepare you to teach in any situation, in any country.
Course Content
The TEFL Academy course primarily focuses on applied teaching methodology. You will be required to apply the information discussed in the "input sessions", or lessons given to you, in a classroom setting. In the input sessions, an experienced teacher trainer will introduce a number of different methods and approaches. Grammar, phonological, and lexical concepts will be highlighted throughout the course to remind you of how the mechanics and pronunciation of English work.
The TEFL Academy certification course includes the following components and classes:
- Six hours of observed teaching practice
- Three hours' observation of experienced teachers
- Grammar - how to teach past, present and future forms as well as syntax, modal, conditionals etc
- Teaching pronunciation
- Teaching vocabulary
- Metholologies and their applications
- Lesson aims and planning
- Teaching students how to interpret (reading and listening) and how to convey (writing and speaking)
- Error correction
- Teaching young learners
- Business English
- Preparing students for tests such as the TOEFL
- Professional development
- Class management and dynamics
Teaching Practice
A large part of the course consists of teaching foreigners in lesson demonstration classes. These lessons are designed primarily to help the learner communicate more effectively in English. During the course, you will be required to demonstrate that you have the ability to teach speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills, and you will also be required to give at least one lesson on grammatical and lexical components of English.
Planning for and reflecting on your own and others' lessons are crucial components of teaching practice. You will have the opportunity to observe experienced teachers deliver lessons to the same students you will be teaching, and you will have the opportunity to learn from your own and your peers' teaching practice.
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