TESOL / TEFL Courses in Madrid, Spain

International House Madrid:
International House Madrid (IH Madrid) in Spain offers a range of TEFL / TESOL teacher training qualifications for students from all over the world. We offer a Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) course, a Cambridge DELTA (Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults) course and a Young Learner Certificate course for students who wish to teach English as a second language to children and teenagers. IH Madrid has over 20 years of experience in ESL teacher training.

International House Madrid offers the following TEFL / TESOL teacher training programs:

CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) Course:
The CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) course is the original 'TEFL' course. The CELTA provides initial training leading to a Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults. It is intended for those without previous experience who wish to enter the profession and for teachers with no previous training in this field. Success in the Certificate has enabled many candidates to obtain their first teaching position: the course is highly regarded by employers as providing sound initial training and a strong basis from which to develop as a teacher of English.

Course Content:
- Language Analysis and Awareness
- The Learner, The Teacher and the Teaching/Learning Context
- Planning for Effective Teaching
- Classroom Management Skills
- Teaching Procedures and Techniques
- Resources and Materials
- Professional Development
- Classroom Observation
- Teaching Practice

The Cambridge Modular DELTA (Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults) Course:
Following a comprehensive review of Delta, Cambridge ESOL has introduced a revised syllabus comprising three modules:

• Module One focuses on the background to teaching and learning
• Module Two focuses on developing professional practice
• Module Three focuses on a specialist option (e.g. Young Learners, ESP, 1-1)

Module One:
Understanding Language Skills for Teaching (20 credits)

This module looks at the theories behind how people learn languages and how they are taught

Units:
- Theoretical perspectives on language acquisition and language learning
- Different approaches and methodologies including current developments
- Language systems and learners’ linguistic problems
- Language skills and learner’s problems
- Knowledge of resources, materials and reference sources
- Key concepts and terminology related to assessment

Assessment:
Module One is assessed via a written examination.

Module Two:
Developing Professional Practice (20 credits)

This module looks at the theory and practice of teaching and the different ways that environment, society and cultural affect the way that it works.

Units:
- working with language learners in a variety of learning contexts
- preparation for teaching learners of English
- evaluation, selection and use of resources and materials for teaching purposes
- managing and supporting learning
- evaluation of lesson preparation and teaching
- observation and evaluation of other teachers’ lessons
- professionalism and professional development

Assessment:
Module Two is assessed via a portfolio of coursework, including observed lessons, background written assignments, and an externally-assessed lesson observation

Module Three: Extending practice and English language teaching specialisation (20 credits)

Units:
- a chosen specialist area
- curriculum and syllabus design principles
- evaluation, selection and use of resources and materials for teaching purposes
- different types of syllabus
- approaches to needs analysis
- course design and evaluation
- assessment of learners

Assessment:
Module Three is assessed via an extended written assignment.

IH Madrid Young Learner Certificate Course:
This course is designed for teachers who have either limited experience of teaching young learners or need to develop their current skills to teaching different ages or levels of children in different situations.