Via Lingua is one of the world's largest TEFL certification providers, and our TEFL course, continuously developed by our Academic Board, is one of the most thorough and up-to-date in the world today.
Including 120 hours of expert tuition and 10 hours of teaching practice, the TEFL course exceeds international standards for TEFL certification. To guarantee the highest academic standards, the course has also been externally moderated by CELS at the University of Birmingham in the UK.
Through our Job Guidance and Placement Program we aim to place all of our graduates in full-time EFL employment on successful completion of the course. Through our offices and contacts around the world, Via Lingua are uniquely placed to give you the best professional help and advice, wherever you wish to start your TEFL career. We extend the same help and advice to all of our graduates in all countries, irrespective of where and when you took your original course with us.
Once you are a Via Lingua graduate you are always a Via Lingua graduate. We like to keep in contact with our 5000+ graduates all around the world and develop our network of contacts. Wherever you want to go tomorrow, we believe that we can help to take you there.
The TEFL Certificate Course
The course is essentially practical in nature and is assessed continuously. For a full detailed breakdown of the individual sessions, please see the 'Course Outline' page. In the morning, there are input sessions on the skills and methods of teaching. The afternoon consists of teaching practice (in small groups), lesson observation and lesson preparation. The course is divided into six areas:
1. Classroom Management
This topic includes classroom arrangement, managing resource materials, maintaining discipline, giving instructions, the role of student and teacher etc.
2. Teaching skills
This is a very practical element of the course, aimed at building the trainees' skills in areas such as teaching grammar, vocabulary, Business English, creating own materials, correction skills etc.
3. Language Awareness
This section of the course aims to consolidate the trainees' knowledge of grammar, and provide practical ideas as to how it can be taught.
4. Phonology
Focuses on areas such as pronunciation, stress, intonation, rhythm and the International Phonetic Alphabet.
5. Unknown Language
Trainees are put into the position of language students and are taught an unknown foreign language.
6. Teaching Practice
The most practical and important element of the course. Trainees teach real students of English and put into practice the skills learnt on the course.
Classroom Management
Topics covered include;
1. The role of the teacher with regard for promoting effective learning.
2. To consider ways in which we can maximize student interaction in the classroom.
3. Effective strategies for Classroom Management in relation to eye contact, gesture, voice, student grouping, pre-lesson preparation, rapport with students, using the board, behavior management.
4. Skills needed in the presentation of materials: the board, the flip chart, prepared cards.
5. Maintaining discipline
6. Giving instructions
Teaching Skills
This is a highly practical element of the course where trainees consider;
1. The essential ingredients of a well planned lesson
2. The relationship between language structure and vocabulary
3. Strategies for teaching vocabulary
4. Effective strategies for correcting students mistakes
5. Specific issues concerned with teaching beginners
6. Ways to introduce and use a variety of language games
7. Ideas for oral communicative language learning activities
8. Ways to present a methodological model for teaching receptive skills (listening and reading)
9. Ways to present a methodological model for teaching productive skills (writing and speaking)
10. Models for introducing new language structures (grammar)
11. Specific issues involved in the teaching of children
12. Specific issues involved in teaching Business English
13. The principles underpinning good assessment
Language Awareness
This section of the course aims to consolidate trainees' knowledge of the English grammar system and provides practical ideas as to how it can be taught.
Some different aspects of grammar covered include:
1. The tense system
2. Nouns/adjectives
3. Verbs/adverbs
4. Infinitives
5. Gerunds
6. Parts of speech
7. Modal auxiliary verbs
8. Conditionals
9. Relative clauses
10. Phrasal verbs
11. Teaching pronunciation
12. Phonetics
Phonology
Focuses on areas such as stress, intonation, rhythm and the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Unknown Language
Trainees are put into the position of language students and are taught an unknown foreign language. This gives you a chance to view lessons as a student and note techniques used by the teacher when teaching beginners. In Corinth, unless a student already has prior knowledge of the language, we normally use Greek.
Teaching Practice
The most practical and important element of the course. Trainees teach genuine EFL students of various ages and at least two different levels of ability.
All teaching practices - ten hours minimum (six are the international standard) - fully observed, constructively critiqued and graded by our trainers. The emphasis is on progression and trainees are expected to address issues raised during feedback.
Faculty Information:
All our trainers are highly experienced teachers. We maintain a minimum ratio of one trainer per five trainees.
Other Activities:
To help you get the most out of your experience in Corinth, we offer a range of social activities and excursions during the course.
Most people arrive on the Saturday before the course starts, but whatever day you arrive, we'll be at the airport to meet you. On the Sunday, we have a welcome lunch.
The most popular activities, which we generally do every month, are the archaeology tour, visit to Athens and visit to Ancient Corinth. Other ancient sites we sometimes visit include Delphi and Olympia.
We also visit any special events that are taking place, such as the Patras carnival in March.
In the summer months, when the Athens festival is on, we usually go to see a play at the ancient theatre of Epidavros. Other options that we offer in the summer include the Corinth Canal cruise, and a visit to one of the nearby islands - Spetses, Hydra, Poros or Aegina.
In the winter, popular options include Kalavrita and Lake Stymfalia.
For the more adventurous, we can go bungy jumping in the Corinth Canal or go-karting. Other sporting options are bowling and mini-soccer. For clubbing, the main options are Vrahati and Loutraki.
We also offer the opportunity to attend professional development events, such as the TESOL Greece convention.
At the end of each course, we have the graduation ceremony & party.
Transportation for each of the excursions is included in the course fee, and is provided in our own minibus (except for Athens). You will need to pay any additional expenses such as admissions and lunch.
The airport meeting and transportation to your accommodation, welcome lunch, graduation ceremony and party are all included.
Facility Information:
The Via Lingua training center is ideally located in spacious, air-conditioned premises in the center of Corinth.
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