With the rising demand of English language teachers around the globe and the growing popularity of TESOL, it has become increasingly important that more and more teachers are TEFL certified. It is a comprehensive teachers training program focused on teaching adults or students in high schools. The most unique feature of TESOL is that it trains teachers in teaching English. However, onsite courses are expensive and require attending at least 120 hours of in class study. Thus, for people who does not have the necessary time to dedicate for the onsite courses nor do they have the infrastructure to support and enroll in online courses, distance course remains the best option. Asian College of Teachers has introduced a distance TESOL course which enables teachers to get the essence of teachers training without attending any class. It is also the best way to improve teaching skills as TEFL course curriculum revolves around new teaching techniques.
DISTANCE TEFL CERTIFICATE COURSE
MODULE 1 - INTRODUCTION TO TESOL
Language Acquisition
Second Language Acquisition
Acquisition Vs Learning
EFL teaching
Methodologies and Approaches
Learners
Language Learners and their levels
MODULE 2 - LANGUAGE AWARENESS
Grammar
The structures
Contextualizing Grammar
Phonology
Segmental
Supra-segmental
Teaching Vocabulary
MODULE 3 - THE LANGUAGE SKILLS
Teaching speaking
Teaching Listening
Teaching reading
Context and Language Modeling
Communicative ways
MODULE 4 - CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
The components
Disaster Management
Mixed and large groups
MODULE 5 - NEED BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING
EAP
ESP
Business Communication
Teaching Young Learners
Difference between Adults and YL
Different orientation
Songs, Rhymes, Stories and games
MODULE 6 - TEXT BOOKS AND MATERIALS
Evaluating Text books
Types and use of Materials