COURSES - TEFL WIDE/TEFL In-House/TEFL Songkhla

TEFL Courses Outline

 

TEFL WIDE prides itself for producing the best trained TEFL teachers in Thailand. Our course focuses on the practical and theoritical aspects of ESL learning. This course also incorporates Thai culture and Thai language in order to prepare the teachers about Thailand before they start teaching.

Below you find the guidelines of the course that you would be trained on 

Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language 120 hour course programme

Contents

1. Introduction to Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Methodologies; Behaviorism; Audiolingualism; The Natural Way;    Humanistic Approaches

2. Grammar

• Terms and definitions
• Countable and uncountable nouns
• Tenses,
• Verbs; Modal and auxiliary
• Conditions

3. Teaching and Learning Grammar

• Presenting a structure,
• Grading language,
• Mistakes and correction,
• Recycling language,
• Practice and production

4. Teaching Vocabulary

• How to teach vocabulary
• words and sentences
• choosing vocabulary
• using the dictionary

5. Teaching Productive Skills; Speaking and Writing

• Accuracy vs. Fluency,
• communication activities,
• the stages of writing
• correction techniques 

6. Teaching Receptive Skills; Listening and reading

• Different types of listening skills
• Teaching listening skills
• The stages of reading,
• reading activities and materials

7. Materials and Aids

• Using flash cards, pictures and regalia
• How to organize the board
• Using the overhead projector
• The use of video
• Authentic materials

8. Teaching Pronunciation

• Stress, rhythm and intonation
• The phonetic chart
• Mother tongue interference
• Practical activities

9. Lesson Planning

• The contents of a lesson
• Teaching different classes
• Pair and group work
• The stages of a lesson
• Getting feedback

10. Teaching young learners and teenagers

• Practical activities and lesson types
• Basic principles
• Teaching on holiday course 

11. Using course books effectively

• Exploiting the course book
• Course book evaluation
• Practical activities and lesson types

12. Introduction to using the web

• Exploiting the web for English teaching

13. Thai Culture and language Course

• Thai language and Culture

   
14. Teaching Observation:
Trainees will be expected to observe  Teaching Sessions and write feedback reports on them.

15. Teaching Practice:
Teacher trainees will have at least 6 teaching Practice classes which will be observed by trainers and the trainees given feedback on them.  Click here ---->>> APPLY NOW

Testimonials

         " I did my TEFL training at Teacha Language School and now I am a successful teacher handling 20 classes per week and taking part time tuitions as well. Before I could come to Thailand, I was wondering how the experience might be. I have seen some of my friends going to Asian countries to teach. But many of them had tough time handling classes as the institute which hired them did not make up to them.
      Fortunately, with the help of Teacha Language School I have had good time here. A promising salary and accommodation with all safety insurances, I am one of the many happy teachers working with this institute.
      I would say that you wouldn’t get a better language institute that coordinates Teacher Training to such a level like what I have experienced. "

Sincerely,
Chonnikan