Oxford Seminars:
Established in 1992, Oxford Seminars promotes excellence, professionalism and affordability in our TESOL/TESL Certification Course. The Oxford Seminars course is designed for anyone who is interested in an exciting career teaching English in an international setting. The material is devised for those who have no hands on teaching experience, as well as licensed teachers who want to teach English abroad, and other trained professionals looking to make a career change.
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Our well organized and challenging, intensive 60-hour TESOL/TESL Certification Course is held on university campuses across Canada and select US cities; to ensure that our students can easily attend all classes, and that they are being taught in a professional and appropriate learning environment. We also offer the opportunity to specialize your certificate, earning up to 220 hours of certification.
Additionally our courses are kept to a minimum size to ensure a low student to instructor ratio, as in class interaction and ongoing participation is the focus of our TESOL/TESL Certification Course.
Course Content
Second Language Acquisition
Introduction to second language learning; characteristics of a good language learner; contrastive analysis and error correction; teaching approaches; special consideration for teaching children, adolescents and adults.
Classroom Practicalities
Planning and Managing the ESL Classroom- warm-ups; planning guidelines; initial language assessment; lesson planning elements; lesson plan templates; classroom management/discipline; teaching across proficiency levels.
Teaching Listening
Myths about listening; strategies to enhance listening ability; sources of listening material (DVD’s/songs/videos); suggested exercises; evaluating listening comprehension; listening for tags and key words.
Teaching Speaking
Focus on oral/aural English competencies; speaking for social interaction; following and giving directions. Other forms of speaking skills targeted include: pronunciation, pace, stress, sounds and accents.
Teaching Reading
Choosing and using appropriate ESL reading materials (such as children’s picture books); pre-reading and post-reading strategies and skills.
Teaching Structure and Writing
Teaching context-appropriate writing styles; the place of formal grammar teaching; review of grammatical structures; communicative grammar practice; categories of classroom writing; writing at different levels.
Integrating the Four Skills
Theoretical background: approaches to teaching the four skills (content –based teaching; task –based teaching; theme-based teaching); overview of approaches for integration.
Materials in the Classroom
Textbook assessment; visual aides (pictures, flashcards, charts, realia); technology (audio, video, computers); drama and role-plays; games.
Job Search Skills and Practicum
How to write a TESOL/TEFL resume and cover letter, interview tips, negotiating a contract, culture shock, what to expect of your first week teaching, a practice teaching component and a detailed critique and evaluation.
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