4-week TEFL Course Toulouse, France
4 Week TEFL Certificate Course
   
Important Information
Please note that one change of start fee is allowed free of charge. Any other changes would incur an administration fee from the school of €125.
Course Details
| Course ref. |
4705 |
| Course Type |
4-week TEFL Course or equivalent |
| Min Age |
20 |
| Maximum Class Size |
8 |
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Course Description
Course Essentials
A minimum of 6 hours, and often up to 9 or more, of observed teaching practice
120+ hours of tutor / trainee contact hours
Grammar
Tenses: Pasts, Presents, Perfects, Futures, Conditionals
Phrasal verbs
Passives
Reported Speech
Syntax
Lexis
Parts of speech
Auxiliary verbs
Modal verbs
Determiners
Articles
Phonology
The consonant sounds and symbols
The vowel sounds and symbols
Diphthongs
Intonation
Word stress
Sentence stress
Connected speech
Regional and international variations
Teaching Technique
Teacher language
Lesson Planning
Learning to plan a lesson in 15 minutes!
Presentation skills
Approaches to teaching EFL
Exploiting course books
Learner styles
Classroom Management
Using drama, roleplay, songs and games
Using Songs and games
Teaching Young Learners
Business English
Teaching Grammar, Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing
Computer assisted language learning
Alternative approaches to Lesson Planning
Job Guidance (trainees have this for life)
Using Dictation
Eliciting
Error Correction
There are 2 projects to complete:
The UFLOT (Unknown Foreign Language Observation Task):
In the first week, you have 2 lessons in a language that you almost certainly don't know (though we won’t tell you which!)
As a result of this you gain an insight into how it feels to be one of your future students, being spoken to in a new language. The objective is that you adapt teaching methods that help you find other ways to get our meaning across, without resorting to “explaining”. The task also helps us empathise globally to a greater extent with our students.
You write a short project based on this experience.
The One to One project
The objective of this project is twofold. It gives you experience in preparing a course of study based on students' needs and interests, and also that you get practice teaching classes with just one student. The procedure is that you choose a student and diagnose his or her needs in English, and interests. Based upon the diagnosis, you design a lesson for the student, teach it, then evaluate it in depth. To what extent did it work? Why? Finally you design a further short course of study for the student.
Also in the course:
2 self evaluation tutorials
2 grammar tests
6 hours minimum of teaching - usually in one hour lessons
Lesson Planning help
Observation of your classes and feedback
Assessment
Teaching Practice 50%
One to One project 20%
Grammar tests 10%
UFLOT 10%
Professionalism 10%
Both the practice and theory elements of the course need to be passed, to gain an overall pass.
Successful trainees receive an official certificate, numbered and stamped, showing completion of the course and overall grades. They will also be issued with a detailed letter which highlights their performance during the course. We are always happy to issue a reference and further information if requested.
Accommodation Options
Many types of accommodation are available to trainees:
Host Family
The training center works with host families who are able to accommodate you for the duration of the course. Prices range between 350 and 400 euro for the month.
Shared Apartment
Shared Apartments range between 400 and 600 Euro for the month.
Hotel
The training center can recommend a number of inexpensive hotels that range from 35 to 40 euro per night.
School Details - Toulouse
The school is located in the city centre at Port St Sauveur, right on the Canal Du Midi, a few hundred metres from the beautiful Grand Rond park. It's objective is to produce top quality, rounded teachers of EFL who will be equipped to teach mixed nationality groups of all levels and ages anywhere in the world. Successful trainees will have a sufficient base knowledge of grammar and phonology, as well as of teaching approaches and techniques, to provide excellent English training. They will be particularly adept at enabling their students to improve their speaking skills.
The course is validated by IATQuO. www.iatquo.org/tcentres.shtml.
Help for Jobs
You should choose a course which is accredited by an externally recognised body that is contactable, as this means that employers will recognise your TEFL Certificate. To give our trainees the best possible chance of obtaining employment worldwide while keeping fees competitive, we chose IATQuO to be our course validators. http://www.iatquo.org/Tcentres.shtml
How to Apply
1. Choose the start date which interests you. If you’re still unsure, please choose an approximate date for now – you will be able to specify later.
2. Register your details with Cactus TEFL (1 minute) to help us track your application.
3. Download the application form and save it on your computer.
4. Complete it offline in your own time
5. Go back to www.cactustefl.com, sign in and submit your completed form.
You can also submit an application by email. We will explain how to do this on the application form. Please contact us if you have any problems with the application procedure.
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