2 Day Accredited TEFL Course

Itinerary

Day One

9.00am
You will meet your trainer who will outline the schedule of course.

Warmers and classroom management
Trainer will instruct you to participate in a number of different icebreakers followed by feedback and analysis of the tasks and why these activities are valuable in the TEFL classroom.

9.30am – 11.00am
Grammatical awareness (Tenses)
We will look at Form, Meaning and Pronunciation. Your trainer will then teach you an authentic grammar lesson focusing on a common tense.
Planning. Using the P.P.P. and T.T.T. approach
Followed by group feedback of the different stages of the lesson. Candidates are then given the lesson plans.

11.00am – 11.20am BREAK

11.20am – 12.25am
Needs analysis and learning styles
Candidates discover the importance of understanding the unique needs of individual classes.

12.25am – 1.00pm
Controlled Practice and error correction
Activities for students to practice new language in the classroom
Gap fills, controlled information gap tasks, cloze tasks, sentence transformations and the use of effective error correction techniques.

1.00pm – 2.30pm LUNCH and Class Level Homework

2.30pm – 3.30pm
Functions: Watch an authentic TEFL lesson (video) with lesson plan, followed group tasks and discussion.

3.30pm
Grammar: You will observe your trainer teach from a lesson plan followed by a class discussion on the rationale on the structure of the lesson.

4.00pm – 4.30pm
Feedback on class levels homework

4.30pm – 4.50pm BREAK

4.50pm – 6.00pm
Lesson Preparation Students prepare a short lesson presenting a simple grammar tense
Grammar, Methodology, Course book reference provided.

6.00pm – 8.00pm
Teaching Practice One
Small groups teach to peers who become non-native students
Feedback on lesson plans and finally a discussion of tomorrow’s itinerary.

Day Two

9.00am – 10.00am
Teaching a vocabulary lesson:
Activities and games for memory and revision of new words and memory techniques

10.00am – 11.00am
EFL Employment:
Finding work abroad and in the UK
Your group will also look at some current and live vacancies that will be available to you on completion of this TEFL UK course.

11.00am – 11.30am BREAK

11.30am – 1.00pm
Teaching a skills-based EFL lesson:
Reading and Writing. Watch an authentic TEFL writing lesson (video) with lesson plan, followed group tasks and discussion.
Listening and Speaking
Adapting authentic texts for use in the classroom

1.00pm – 2.00pm LUNCH

2.00pm – 3.00pm
Lesson Planning
Students prepare either a controlled or free activity for a skills-based lesson

3.00pm – 5.00pm
Teaching practice Two
Teach to peers who become non-native learners
Peer and trainer feedback

5.00pm – 5.30pm
Review of the course

5.30pm – 6.00pm
Final Q and A
Course feedback forms

Please be aware that we require a minimum of 72 hours notice if you cannot attend the course.