140-Hour Premier TEFL Course

English Language Teaching Methodology Module

Learn about classroom management, teaching styles and advanced TEFL methodology. Study with a personal tutor and meet fellow students on our course forums. Includes units on business English, young learners and teaching English one-to-one.

• Understanding Teacher and Student Roles
• Teaching Methodologies, Strategies and Lesson Planning Structures
• Activities in the Classroom
• Classroom Management, Correcting Errors and Giving Feedback
• Teaching Vocabulary and Functions
• Reading and Listening
• Writing and Speaking
• Introduction to Phonology
• Teaching Young Learners
• Teaching Business English
• Teaching One-to-One
• PPP Lesson

Grammar and Language Awareness Module

Don’t know your irregular verbs from auxiliary verbs? This course will improve your basic grammar and give you the grounding you’ll need to communicate complicated language rules to a student audience.

• Introduction
• Nouns
• Verbs
• Verbs that are not verbs
• Adjectives and adverbs
• Other parts of speech
• Present, past and future tenses
• Conditionals

Video Observation Module

Seeing an English teacher in action is a potent learning tool and really brings the theory to life. Feel free to steal the ideas in these video courses to use in your first lessons. We don’t mind!

• A comparison of two classes
• Functional language lesson
• A foreign language lesson
• Skills based lesson
• Dealing with difficult students

Remote Learning Module

Our remote learning module provides lots of information on how to teach students remotely.

• Explore the distinct roles and dynamics of remote teaching and learning.
• Lesson types and needs analyses to grasp the versatility of VoIP tools such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams, and their effectiveness for remote learning.
• Teaching strategies tailored for remote learning environments.

Teaching Large Classes Module

Learn how to organize and teach effectively when dealing with a large classroom.

• Introduction to teaching large classes
• Organizing your classroom
• Engaging your students and keeping discipline

Saturday (9am - 8pm)

Unit 1 – Warmers
Introducing yourself, getting to know each other, reducing inhibitions

Unit 2 – Classroom management
Arranging the classroom and managing your students

Unit 3 – Getting the students to speak
Inventive ways to elicit from the students, using pictures, mime and gesture

Unit 4 – Introduction to grammar
A first look at some of the English tenses. What is the Present Perfect exactly?

Unit 5 – Foreign language lesson
A beginner’s lesson: find out what it’s like to be on the receiving end

Unit 6 – Controlled Practice
Practice activities: why we use them and some ideas for the classroom

Unit 7 – Free Practice
Using role-play and other activities to bring your lessons to life

Unit 8 – Games
How games can improve the learning experience

Unit 9 – More warmers
More ideas for the classroom

Unit 10 – Functions
Teaching everyday English words and phrases

Unit 11 – Lesson planning, preparation & practice
How to plan a TEFL lesson & giving your first lesson

Sunday (9am - 6pm)

Unit 12 – More warmers
A little warmer for your second day

Unit 13 – Needs analysis & understanding levels
Assessing new students and understanding different levels of students

Unit 14 – Pronunciation
The sounds, stress, intonation & rhythm of the English language

Unit 15 – Correcting errors
How and when to correct in the classroom

Unit 16 – Teaching Skills
How to teach reading & listening in the classroom

Unit 17 – Grammar
A more in-depth look into tenses (Warning! Includes fun!)

Unit 18 – Lesson planning, preparation & practice
Give your Second TEFL lesson

Unit 19 – Finding work abroad
How to find your first teaching English job