What does a TEFL course teach you?
A TEFL certificate is your passport to a satisfying career teaching English as a foreign language.
TEFL certification allows you to travel all over the world as a TEFL teacher, and previous students have taught English as a foreign language to learners in such fascinating locations as Costa Rica, Vietnam, Japan, the Middle East and South America.
If classroom teaching jobs abroad are not for you, you can still use your qualification to teach English in the UK or as a TEFL online teacher working from wherever you choose.
Our flexible online TEFL courses offer a widely recognised qualification, complete with course content that provides you with all the tools you need for teaching English to speakers of other languages.
Our online TEFL courses
We offer a range of online TEFL courses, from a TEFL-certified course that includes a Level 5 qualification to shorter courses that will give you a quick start as a TEFL teacher.
In an online learning environment, you will learn how to develop strategies to engage all types of English learners, create lesson plans and devise exciting learning materials.
English language learners have a variety of motivations and need to acquire foreign language skills for various reasons. Our comprehensive courses offer modules to allow you to teach English language skills to the whole range, from young learners to business professionals.
English as a foreign language course content
Your TEFL certification course will encompass a range of modules that cover all aspects of teaching English as a foreign language and allow you to develop into an excellent language teacher.
These will include;
Teaching skills
To teach effectively, you need to behave like a teacher so that students understand both your role and theirs, as well as the boundaries in the classroom.
This module contains lessons on how to claim your role as a teacher, including using effective eye contact and managing student expectations and behaviour.
Classroom Management
This module covers all issues related to the classroom and your student’s experience.
In a physical classroom, this will include using a board, creating displays, and arranging seating to best facilitate learning.
This module also teaches essential skills that you will need both in a classroom and as an online TEFL teacher. These skills include monitoring students during class time, assessing understanding, and creating effective learning resources.
Grammar basics
Most students of English as a foreign language want to learn standard British English, so correct grammar is crucial. If English is your native language, the grammar rules you use may have been absorbed rather than taught formally, and you may use regional variations without realising. Non-native speakers usually learn English grammar but may need a refresher course.
Our Grammar Basics module will teach you the main grammatical structures of standard English and how to model them for your students, helping them use these structures correctly.
Our module Verb Tenses will expand on the use of past, present, future, and other verb structures.
Lesson planning
Effective lesson planning is crucial to a successful lesson, and this module will teach you all the planning skills and teaching methodologies required.
When teaching abroad, many classrooms include students at various learning levels and with different learning styles. This module will teach you how to identify learning styles and devise lessons that are accessible to all your students, regardless of their language level.
You will also learn how to set SMART objectives for your lesson to ensure your students achieve their learning goals.
Teaching reading
Reading is one of the four skills required by non-native speakers to master English – listening, reading, writing, and speaking.
This module introduces you to methodologies for teaching reading and provides suggestions for reading exercises and activities suitable for students of all ages.
Teaching listening
Listening is another of the four skills required by language learners, and this module highlights the importance of active listening and demonstrates how to utilise listening activities effectively for students of all ages.
Teaching writing
A good knowledge of English punctuation and accurate spelling is essential for second language learners. The teaching writing module introduces strategies for teaching spelling and punctuation in different kinds of writing. It also includes details on how to use various methods for both young learners and adults.
Teaching speaking
The teaching speaking module teaches the elements of phonology that you will need when teaching your students to pronounce English correctly.
It also discusses strategies such as communicative language teaching and other ways to encourage learners to speak confidently.
Other modules
Our various online TEFL courses encompass a range of modules, including Teaching Young Learners, Uses of Technology in the Classroom, and Teaching Business English.
Next steps
You can visit our website to find out more about our online TEFL courses. We are confident that you will find an online course to kick-start your career as a teacher of English as a foreign language.
If you have any questions, you can chat with us or fill out an online form here.