International Teacher Training Organization:
ITTO -International Teacher Training Organization- is part of a network of teacher training and language institutes dedicated to providing high quality, highly practical TEFL / TESL / TESOL certificate courses where participants develop their teaching skills through a combination of morning input sessions and afternoon teaching practices, (10-hrs. minimum - six are the international standard -, fully observed, constructively critiqued and graded by our trainers).
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The course follows an immersion method where trainees develop their teaching skills and knowledge of grammar through a combination of morning input sessions and evening practical teaching. During
input sessions students are engaged in the class by frequently breaking into small groups to create teaching materials and practice teaching techniques.
During teaching practice, trainee teachers put into practice the skills and methodology learned during the input sessions. Trainees teach genuine EFL students following an official curriculum, the latter is extremely important, since many other training centers around the world recruit volunteers for trainees' teaching practices. All teaching practices are fully observed by our trainers. Feedback is given and suggestions are made regarding the areas of teaching that could be improved. The emphasis is on continual assessment and participants are expected to address the issues raised from previous feedback in their future lessons.
The course is divided into six areas:
Classroom Management
Topics covered include:
- The role of the teacher with regard for promoting effective learning
- To consider ways in which we can maximize student interaction in the classroom
- Effective strategies for Classroom Management in relation to eye contact, gesture, voice, student grouping, pre-lesson preparation, rapport with students, using the board, behavior management
- Skills needed in the presentation of materials: the board, the flip chart, prepared cards
- Maintaining discipline
- Giving instructions
Teaching Skills
This is a highly practical element of the course where trainees consider:
- The essential ingredients of a well planned lesson
- The relationship between language structure and vocabulary
- Strategies for teaching vocabulary
- Effective strategies for correcting students mistakes
- Specific issues concerned with teaching beginners
- Ways to introduce and use a variety of language games
- Ideas for oral communicative language learning activities
- Ways to present a methodological model for teaching receptive skills (listening and reading)
- Ways to present a methodological model for teaching productive skills (writing and speaking)
- Models for introducing new language structures (grammar)
- Specific issues involved in teaching Business English
- The principles underpinning good assessment
Language Awareness
This section of the course aims to consolidate trainee's knowledge of the English grammar system and provides practical ideas as to how it can be taught.
Phonology
Focuses on areas such as stress, intonation, rhythm and the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Unknown Language
Trainees are put into the position of language students and will be taught an unknown foreign language class. This gives trainees an opportunity to view lessons as a student and note techniques used by the teacher when teaching beginners.
Teaching Practice
The most practical and important element of the course. Trainees teach genuine EFL students following an official curriculum, the latter is extremely important, since many other training centers around the world recruit volunteers for trainees' teaching practices. All teaching practices 10-hrs. minimum, (six are the international standard), fully observed, constructively critiqued and graded by our trainers. The emphasis is on progression and trainees are expected to address issues raised during feedback.
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