Tesol Teacher Training Certificate

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The aim of this program is to train good, practical classroom teachers who have command of the basic procedural skills used in giving all the types of lessons according to the EFL/ESL/ESOL methodology. Also developed is the teacher’s ability to devise lessons and evaluate published materials with specific reference to the learners’ language problems. In view of this, the course is essentially participatory in nature and Teaching Practice forms a major component

ANALYSIS & METHODOLOGY

The course includes thorough analysis of the English language, grammar and parts of speech, with an emphasis on form, functions and phonology. The structure and usage of language are examined with careful reference to foreign students and anticipated teaching problems. The trainees are taught how to estimate probable length of teaching time and also a logical teaching order. Contexts are examined with a view to relevancy, usefulness and cultural sensitivity.

LEARNING OUTCOME

• Lesson planning
• Staging a lesson: presentation/practice/production
• Communicative skills, teaching speaking, teaching grammar, teaching vocabulary, teaching pronunciation
• Drills and dialogues, error analysis and correction
• Course books
• Alternative methodologies, drama techniques/role-play/music
• Individualized learning
• Listening comprehension, reading comprehension, guided writing
• Class management
• Business English
• Testing in ESL/EFL/ESOL, one-to-one teaching
• International job market
• Using multimedia in language teaching