TEFL courses in Bogota, Colombia - Teacher-Student Network

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International TEFL Certificate

About our TEFL Program
The Institute's Approach to Teacher Training
Our teacher training program is based on an active learning approach, giving our TEFL trainees extensive opportunity to practice what they study. Trainees in our program participate in classes where their trainers model the teaching techniques to be mastered. Trainees then undertake skill-building activities, both individually and in small groups. They also lead their own EFL practice teaching classes for a minimum of four hours, receiving guidance and feedback from our experienced teacher trainers.

We limit class size to 12 trainees for maximum benefit to participants in our program. Our trainers will give you personal attention throughout the course, and encourage you to develop your own teaching style while mastering the essential skills of teaching English.

Course Content
During the course you will:
• learn to plan and teach your lessons using a communicative approach. Skills covered include teaching reading, listening, speaking and writing;
• develop the ability to create your own materials that introduce and integrate these skills in a lively, enjoyable and productive format;
• thoroughly review English grammar and learn how to create dynamic, effective grammar lessons;
• learn how to teach populations with specialized needs, such as businesspeople and young learners;
• develop classroom management skills;
• learn how to teach and improve specialized content such as vocabulary teaching, teaching pronunciation and teaching True Beginning level students;
• learn how to handle complicated aspect in the language classroom, such as error correction;
• become familiar with different methodologies and learn how to incorporate those methodologies into your classes so that they can best meet the needs of individual students;
• become familiar with cooperative learning and how to incorporate it into your classroom;
• learn how to meet the needs of learners of all languages, and much more.

Course Length
The full-time TEFL intensive program takes 9 weeks and meets Monday through Friday from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm, or from 5:30 pm to 8:30pm for a total of 145 classroom hours. Participants will be expected to complete reading and written assignments, lesson planning and other homework assignments outside the classroom.
Part-time courses meet Saturdays from 7:30 am until 1:30 pm. The course duration is 6 months and 145 hours of classroom time. It is the same program content as the full-time course. Some lesson-planning hours are done as homework, with instructor guidance via e-mail.

The Certificate
Teacher-Student Network’s internationally recognized TEFL Certificate is awarded at the completion of the program. In order to complete the program and earn a certificate, trainees must attend and participate in all course modules, teach a minimum of four class hours with success, pass a grammar exam and a final exam, complete all reading and writing assignments, and complete the final project. All graduates receive a letter of recommendation and ongoing career support.

Location
Teacher-Student Network holds its TEFL Certificate Courses in Bogotá, the capital city of Colombia, South America.

Applying for a TEFL Course
Interested applicants may contact us at itsdnet@yahoo.com to inquire about the application process for the TEFL Certificate Course.
You may also directly contact our Academic Director, Ms. Noga La'or, at nogalaor@itsdnet.com for more information about the course and application details.

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