Teach English as a Second Language/Teach English as a Foreign Language
This 130-hour certificate program prepares novice instructors to successfully live and teach English overseas. Over 100 TESL/TEFL Certificate graduates have been employed in over 40 countries with the help of ALI's job placement assistance program. This program combines a solid teaching foundation with hands-on practical classroom experience. Specialized sessions – language acquisition theory, teaching specific language skills, effective second language teaching methods, understanding the English language learner, classroom atmosphere and management, lesson preparation, and materials development - provide participants the tools that they need to successfully apply for, and perform teaching assignments abroad.
Program Highlights and Goals
- Worldwide Job Placement Assistance
Job placement assistance is provided to graduates. - Lesson Strategies and Plans
Students learn how to teach reading, listening, speaking, pronunciation, grammar, and writing. - Teaching Strategies
Students learn standardized test preparation (e.g., TOEFL), business English, and how to work with younger learners. - Teacher-Mentor
An experienced mentor teacher is assigned to each participant. - Teacher Assistant
Participants rotate though actual ESL classes with international students as a teaching assistant. - Language Acquisition
A working knowledge of the theoretical aspects of language acquisition and communicative language teaching are taught. - EFL Teaching Methodologies
Students learn the most effective methods to teach and present English grammar and explain structural patterns in ways that help improve international students’ communicative abilities. - Résumé Assistance
Support is provided with the creation of international teaching curriculum vitae. - Student-centered Techniques
Students learn how to manage a communicative classroom using small groups. - Reflective Teaching
Students learn through peer teaching and actual classroom teaching with feedback from experienced teachers. - Technology
Participants learn about new technologies and practice using technology in the classroom.
For more information on this program, please contact studentworld@sdsu.edu.
TESL/TEFL Certificate |
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Number of weeks |
4 (daytime program) 11 (nighttime program). |
Hours of participation |
130 (including homework) |
Requirements |
Bachelor's degree required for job placement assistance, all are eligible to apply, TOEFL 551/79 or oral interview if non-native English speaker. |
Also Included |
Students have access to résumé/CV writing assistance, job placement assistance, and mentorship program. |
Dates |
See Calendar & Fees |
Course Fees |
$2,775 |
Curriculum
- Core Training
Language acquisition; communicative language pedagogy; speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar, and pronunciation integration; English grammar; understanding the EFL learner; classroom management; lesson planning; the TEFL profession; and communicative language teaching. - Specialized Modules
English as an international language; working abroad; teaching standardized exam preparation; teaching business English; and teaching younger learners. - Teaching
Students facilitate in a variety of ESL classes and have the opportunity to teach in their mentor's class
For additional information on the TESL/TEFL Certificate program contact Jason Greeno, Teacher Training program director.