Gain a TEFL Qualification For Life & Teach English in Thailand

1. Introduction
   

A TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) course is your gateway to working around the world. With English becoming the 'global language', trained TEFL practitioners are in high demand, in primary and secondary schools, colleges, universities and private language schools from Thailand to Tanzania.

An internationally recognised and accredited TEFL/TESOL course is included as part of your teaching program package. This course will provide you with the skills needed to start your new career as an English teacher. You'll learn how to plan lessons, how to engage your class, tips for keeping discipline, and ideas for teaching grammar, vocabulary, speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Most of all, you'll gain the confidence to walk into a roomful of expectant faces and not run out again screaming! Our TEFL/TESOL course is very practical in nature. Modules cover a wide variety of teaching techniques and strategies with a strong emphasis on using the communicative approach to language teaching.

This TEFL/TESOL course is designed for native speakers with or without previous teaching experience who want to gain a qualification in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). It serves as an excellent complimentary course for those interested in gaining a PGCE or teaching diploma as well as a passport for those who just want to take a year out.

1. Accreditation
   

Internationally Recognised TEFL/TESOL Certificate

All successful graduates receive a certificate that is both internationally recognised and accepted by the Thai Ministry of Education, Ministry of Labour and the Department of Employment.

TEFL/TESOL courses typically can last anything from one day to one month. You can do an intensive weekend course, an evening introductory class, or an online course at your own pace. Most employers however will expect you to have done some actual teaching practice in front of real students, all of which is included in our TEFL programs.

1. Course Overview
   

1. 120 Hour - TEFL/TESOL Course
   

Our internationally accredited TEFL certificate courses are designed for those with or without any previous teaching experience who wish to gain practical experience in the methods of Teaching English as a Foreign Language providing you with the perfect platform from which to begin your new career teaching English in Thailand or anywhere in the world!

This TEFL course is very intensive as it contains a great deal of content in the first week. However, If you approach the course with the right attitude and do your homework, you wont have any problems. You will enjoy a fun high impact TEFL course and you will gain an internationally recognised qualification for life!

The school director has arranged the course schedule so that you will have most of your weekends free to relax and explore the local area. Classes run from Monday to Friday from 9-6pm. Although weekends and evenings are usually free you may have some teaching practice or homework assignments to complete.

1. Course Benefits
   

1. ✓ You have the opportunity to make a positive difference in the lives of people in Thailand and around the world
   

2. ✓ You immerse yourself in a foreign culture in a way no tourist could ever dream of!
   

3. ✓ You get a guaranteed job placement as part of your Premium Plus package giving you a generous monthly salary and a return on your program investment in around 3 months
   

4. ✓ You receive FREE lifetime membership to our Job Club which will help you find a teaching job anywhere around the world, for many years to come
   

5. ✓  You earn a higher salary than other less qualified teachers
   

6. ✓ You learn how to teach all levels giving you multiple skills and employment options
   

7. ✓  You receive around 6 hours of observed teaching practice to help build your confidence in the classroom, some of which is teaching in a local school, monastery or government office You earn money while travelling
   

8. ✓ You can learn a new language
   

9. ✓ You gain valuable work experience
   

10. ✓ You improve your resume
    

11. ✓ You develop your confidence
    

12. ✓ You make international friends
    

13. ✓ You take a break from the 'rat-race'- anytime you wish from now on
    

14. ✓ You gain an internationally recognised TEFL certificate that allows you to work in many countries around the world - for life!
    

1. Course Syllabus
   

Please note that the course syllabus may vary in each location and this page acts only as a general guide.

All TEFL courses run over a 4 week period except for our Koh Samui TEFL course which is split between a 40 hour online module and two weeks onsite.

Our TEFL/TESOL Courses are Divided Into Six Main Key Areas:

1. Teaching Techniques

1. Introduction & warmers
   

2. Classroom discipline
   

3. Classroom management
   

4. Elicitation techniques
   

5. Using the blackboard
   

6. Grammar structure
   

7. How it feels learning a foreign language
   

8. Concept checking
   

9. Practice activities
   

10. Student practice
    

11. Drama and role play
    

12. Pronunciation
    

13. Teaching and Assessment of Integrated Skills:
    - Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
    

14. How to teach grammar
    

15. Error correction
    

16. Teaching practice & feedback
    

17. Creating Materials
    

18. Evaluation and Testing
    

19. Written Exam & Presentation
    

2. Foreign Language Experience

You will receive some Thai language training to let you experience what it's like being a language student, and how this might direct your own teaching. This will also equip you with enough Thai to get by each day living in Thailand.

This section of the course will also help to prepare you for life in a foreign culture. It also assists you by allowing them to experience the problems your future students will encounter. This compulsory section of the course enables you to obtain a Teacher Permit from the Ministry of Education. (Not included for CELTA Courses)

3. Teaching Practice

The most fundamental area of any TEFL/TESOL course and the main reason why other TEFL programs do not measure up.

You will teach real students of English and put into practice the skills learnt on the course. You will conduct up to 6 hours of teaching practice covering elementary to advanced level students as well as one-to-one tutoring. You will also observe around 2-3 hours studying other teachers in action. Course trainers will guide you through the process of planning, preparation, delivery and reflection, and will provide you with constructive feedback on your performance.

4. Language Awareness

Even native speakers of English will surely have forgotten the grammar they learned at school. You will learn how to answer any questions or situations that may arise in a class.

a) Grammar. Covers word classes, simple sentence elements, complex sentences and clauses, verb time and tense, aspect and conditionals and modals, phrasal’s and voice.

b) Phonology. Covers phonemics, word stress and intonation, sentence stress and intonation, rhythm and intonation, and connected speech.

5. Student Profile

Trainees work with individual students on rapport-building, error analysis and correction and addressing individual student needs. Three meetings with the student are required including transcription and error analysis of audio and written samples, culminating in a 20-minute session observed by a trainer.

6. Examination/Presentation

Trainees sit a written examination and make a presentation of a prepared class. Many other courses will limit your observed classes due to the large number of trainees they take on. Having so many trainees and so few students it is physically impossible for all their trainees to receive 6 hours. With a maximum of 12 trainees in our courses, you will have plenty time to prepare for the practicalities of the classroom and allow you to overcome those first-time 'nerves' in a controlled environment with the professional support of your tutor.

1. Your Trainers
   

Our TEFL trainers are highly qualified and very experienced in teacher training and language training. They are all full-time employees and most have been with us for several years. Being fully trained professionals with many years experience of EFL classroom teaching, our trainers are both authoritative and informed. The training procedure for our trainers is extremely rigourous. Not only are the trainers expected to have post-Diploma teaching experience, they are also required to have related industry experience in more than one country.

1. Course Assessment
   

All our trainees pass the course - we will not let you fail, even if it means taking the course all over again! Our trainers will spend extra time with you as necessary and coach you in any areas that you are weak. Our goal is that you succeed.

1. ✦ Teaching Practice - 50%
   

2. ✦ Material Compilation - 20%
   

3. ✦ Lesson Observation Journal - 10%
   

4. ✦ Written Test - 20%
   

The Thailand iTEFL program is certified to meet international standards and we are considered by many to be a front-runner in the field of TEFL program development in Thailand. Our TEFL training courses have been approved by Thai Ministry of Education and are accredited by iTEFL.

1. What Is TEFL/CELTA/TESOL?
   

TEFL = Teaching English as a Foreign Language - Is the name of the industry which encompass two major certificates, the Cambridge CELTA (Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults) and the Trinity College CertTESOL or equivalent. An internationally recognised TEFL course must include at least 6 hours of observed teaching practice and 100 hours classroom time.

TESOL = Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages - A more modern term which encompasses both TEFL & TESL. All of the above are used interchangeably in practice worldwide, they all mean virtually the same. This term refers to the certificate you will receive on most TEFL courses which focuses on a more practical communicative approach to teaching.

CELTA = Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults - A more in-depth and very intensive TESOL course where the qualification awarded by Cambridge ESOL, part of the University of Cambridge. Very heavy on Grammar, theory & linguistics.