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Thank you for your interest in the Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) certificate program at UC San Diego Extension. This is a very important step whether you are thinking to teach, travel and live abroad, make a career change, or volunteer in your local community. Our TEFL certificate will help to open doors to opportunities in the U.S. and around the globe.

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UC San Diego Extension's Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Professional Certificate program trains teachers to use differentiated teaching methods and special techniques to rapidly increase their students’ proficiency and fluency. There is an emphasis on linguistics and contrastive analysis to increase the teacher’s knowledge of the most advanced nuances in English grammar, usage, style, and meaning. There is also an emphasis on global English and cultural competency in international communication, to increase the English teacher’s effectiveness in training students who are bound for a wide variety of professional and academic uses of English in their own countries, including English-speaking countries, and around the world. The TEFL Professional certificate 27-unit program is comprised of 8 core courses and 3 units of electives:

Core Courses (All courses listed are required for the certificate):
- Advanced Analysis of English Sentence Structure I
- Best Methods in Teaching Listening Skills
- Best Methods in Teaching Pronunciation and Fluency
- Best Methods in Teaching Speaking Skills
- TEFL Practicum: Best Methods in Developing and Delivering Lesson Plans
- Teaching Writing for Academic and Professional Purposes
- Theories and Methods of Language Teaching and Learning
- Theory and Methods of Reading Instruction

Electives (Three units required):
- Advanced Analysis of English Sentence Structure II
- Games for the EFL Classroom
- Introduction to Pronunciation and Fluency for Language Teachers
- Introduction to teaching English as a Foreign Language
- Introduction to Teaching Writing
- Music in the EFL Classroom
- Oral Presentations for Language Teachers
- Teaching Language through Art
- TEYL Focus on the Classroom
- TEYL Focus on the Learner
- TEYL Focus on the Teacher
- Teaching TOEFL Prep Classes: Paper and Internet
- Visual Media in the EFL Classroom

Additional TEFL Programs:
- Summer/Winter Intensive TEFL Professional Certificate
- Special Studies in TEFL
- Teaching English Grammar (TEG)
- Teaching English to the Young Learner (TEYL)
- TEFL Proficiency

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Teach English around the world with our accredited, state-of-the-art 120-hour TEFL/TESOL (online, on-site, or combined) certification programs.

Online specialization courses are also available in teaching business, young learners and TOEFL preparation.

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Over the years, we have successfully established a network of recruiters and schools that enables us to effectively support the employment needs of our graduates for life.

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New York English Academy

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International Language Institute

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• Our 120-hour TESOL / TEFL certification course centers on practice in teaching the four basic language skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing, as well as the sub-skills of pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar.

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