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EF English First Certificate in TEFL

Course outline and assessment criteria.
The EF Certificate in TEFL is an intensive 4-week full time or 12 week part time course so you should have no outside commitments during this time. You will study for seven hours a day and in addition there will be evening and weekend tasks. In the morning input sessions our trained and qualified teacher trainers focus on language awareness, teaching and learning contexts, planning, classroom practice and materials. The afternoon sessions are dedicated to teaching practice with real English language students from our partnership with The Papillion Foundation and the local community. All teaching practice sessions are observed by our experienced team of trainers who will provide you with constructive feedback and will help you to explore your developing awareness as teachers. We do not accept more than 12 trainees onto a course, thereby ensuring you of our utmost attention.

Over the four-week period trainees will be assessed on the following components:
1 – Teaching Practice (& the Teaching Practice Journal) - 50% of the final assessment is on the trainee’s ability in the classroom and their awareness as a teacher through the medium of observation and reflective journal writing.
2 – Learner Profile – this project is written up after 2 or 3 sessions with a learner of English; assessing their needs as a learner and planning and teaching a one-to-one lesson to address those needs.
3 – Unknown Language Journal – this project is primarily about learning and teaching - we offer 3 input sessions where we teach a language none of the trainees know - the trainees are expected to analyse how the group responds to a variety of learning activities.
4 – Materials Project – the trainees select two pieces of material they have taught and present them to an experienced member of staff explaining how they would use them in class.
5 – Language Awareness Test – in the final week of the course there is a short language awareness test reflecting the input on English grammar, phonology (pronunciation) and vocabulary.

Course dates
Full time 4 week intensive courses for 2006
01 / 06 6th February – 3rd March
02 / 06 13th March – 7th April
03 / 06 18th April – 12th May
04 / 06 22nd May – 16th June
05 / 06 26th June – 21st July
06 / 06 31st July – 25th August
07 / 06 4th September – 29th September
08 / 06 2nd October – 27th October
09 / 06 30th October – 24th November
10 / 06 27th November – 22nd December
Part time 12 week courses 2006
PT 01 / 06 18th February – 14th May
PT 02 / 06 3rd June – 26th August
PT 03 / 06 16th – September – 9th December
Some courses may be extended due to Public Holidays.

Full time courses run from Monday – Friday from 8 am to 5 pm daily. Part time courses are held on Saturdays from 9 am – 6 pm and one evening per week from 6 – 9 pm.

TEFL Safari.
Why not consider flying out to South Africa to complete our 4 week intensive TEFL course and after all the tension of your teaching practice, assignments and exam join us on a two week African adventure.
Week one
 Sun City extravaganza (Saturday and Sunday)
 Depart early Monday for an exclusive game lodge
 Including DBB & game drives
Week two
 Cape Town
 Robben island
 Dive with great whites
 Table mountain
 Wine route
 Etc etc

To apply or get more information on this course please e-mail andrew@languagexpress.co.za.

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