GV Career Training Centre, Vancouver:
Global Village Career Training Centre offer TEFL / TESOL certification courses in the heart of the cosmopolitan Yaletown District of Vancouver, BC, Canada. We are affiliated with Global Village English Centre - an English language school in Vancouver offering English courses to students from around the world. We offer full-time, intensive TESOL diploma courses which are primarily designed for intermediate / advanced ESL students who want to teach English as a second language in their home countries in classroom settings.
8 week / 160-hour GV TESOL Diploma + Cambridge Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT):
This full-time, intensive program is primarily designed for Intermediate - Advanced ESL learners interested in teaching English to adult learners in classroom settings in their own country. The program includes interactive methodology sessions, observation opportunities, peer teaching, and a supervised practicum (teacher practice) with low-level adult ESL learners under the guidance of highly experienced Cambridge-certified teacher trainers. The program also includes preparation for the University of Cambridge Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT).
Successful participants will receive a GV TESOL Diploma as well as University of Cambridge TKT certification.
Minimum English Level: IELTS 5.0; TOEFL 490; TOEIC 550
Sample Timetable:
Week 1: Classroom Management / Video Observation
Week 2: Teaching, Reading, Listening / Teaching Practicum / TKT Practice
Week 3: Teaching, Writing, Speaking / Teaching Practicum / TKT Practice
Week 4: Teaching Vocabulary / Teaching Practicum / TKT Practicum
Week 5: Teaching Grammar, Functions / Teaching Practicum / TKT Practice
Week 6: Teaching Phonology / Teaching Practicum / TKT Practice
Week 7: ESL Resources, Video, Games etc / Teaching Practicum / TKT Practice
Week 8: Reviewing Methodologies, Peer Presentations, Graduations / Teaching Practicum / TKT Practice
10 week / 210-hour GV TESOL Diploma with a 2-week Young Learners (YL) Extension:
This 10-week intensive program is primarily designed for Intermediate / Advanced ESL learners interested in teaching English to adult learners and / or young learners in their own country in classroom settings. The course includes methodology sessions and a practicum (teaching practice). The Young Learners Module is a teacher training course that provides participants with the basic knowledge and skills needed to teach ESL to children. Successful participants will receive a GV TESOL with Young Learners Extension Diploma as well as University of Cambridge TKT Certification.
Minimum English Level: IELTS 5.0; TOEFL 490; TOEIC 550
Sample Timetable:
Week 1: Classroom Management / Video Observation
Week 2: Teaching, Reading, Listening / Teaching Practicum / TKT Practice
Week 3: Teaching, Writing, Speaking / Teaching Practicum / TKT Practice
Week 4: Teaching Vocabulary / Teaching Practicum / TKT Practicum
Week 5: Teaching Grammar, Functions / Teaching Practicum / TKT Practice
Week 6: Teaching Phonology / Teaching Practicum / TKT Practice
Week 7: ESL Resources, Video, Games etc / Teaching Practicum / TKT Practice
Week 8: Reviewing Methodologies, Peer Presentations, Graduations / Teaching Practicum / TKT Practice
Week 9: Young learner needs, motivation, learning styles; Methodology 1; Classroom management 1; Observation & analysis
Week 10: Classroom management 2; Methodology 2; Teaching Skills; Lesson Planning