Tesl Express:
Conveniently located in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, TESL Express Training Center offers comprehensive daytime or evening TESL courses that provide current or future teachers with the tools and experience they need to build a rewarding career in teaching English. Evening classes are completed in three months and daytime intensive classes are available in either a three-week or six-week plan. The knowledge and training you gain while earning your certificate from TESL express Training Center will get you started on the path to an adventurous life teaching English in exotic locales around the world.
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TESL Express offers one of the quickest and most thorough TESL training programs around. The complete course includes 60 hours of interactive student-centered classroom instruction and 12 hours of teaching practicum. Classroom time is divided between lecture, discussion, video observation of lessons given by professional teachers, and occasional field trips and computer lab work. The small size of our classes-between 8 and 15 students-ensures an excellent student-teacher ratio.
Course Outline
- Teacher and Student: Characteristics and Needs
In this introductory class, students set their own goals for the course.
- Elements of Effective Instruction
Students learn about the psychology of learning, linguistic needs, and the socio-cultural aspects of language.
- Prevalent Pedagogies in Language Instruction
Reviews current teaching methods and techniques.
- Teaching and Integrating Skills
Students explore the terminology and paradigms of instruction for essential aspects of learning English: pronunciation, reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar.
- Modifying Instruction for Individual and Group Needs
Discusses how to tailor lessons to specific students or group situations.
- Classroom Management
Students learn principles of physical space and troubleshoot motivational issues.
- Lesson Plans, Curricula, and Materials
Examines how to evaluate and use resources well, and how to develop effective lesson plans.
- Ongoing Assessment of Students and Self
Discusses methods of measuring students' progress and proficiency.
- CALL and Other Technology
Focuses on the use of computer-assisted language learning (CALL).
- Issues of Ethics and Professionalism
Students discuss potential ethical problems in the classroom.
- First Day and Beyond
Offers practical Do's and Don'ts for new teachers.
- Ongoing Development and Resources
This class wrap-up includes job search tips and tools.
- Teaching Practicum (Optional)
Twelve hours of class observation, assisting, and teaching in an ESL/EFL classroom.
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