Why take a TEFL course?
TEFL or Teaching English as a Foreign Language is an amazing way to visit new and exciting destinations across the world. You’ll get the opportunity to explore and experience whole new cultures whilst learning a brand new set of skills that will stay with you for life. All you need to get started is a TEFL qualification.
More than 200 pages of FREE essential TEFL resources for the classroom
Why the take the 180 hour TEFL Course?
Want to stand out from the crowd with a TEFL qualification that’ll get you the top jobs and a bigger pay packet? Then our 180 Hour Online TEFL course is just the ticket. The course is completed 100% online so it’s super convenient and you can access the modules anytime, anyplace from your tablet, computer, or phone.
It includes the 120 hours of essential training you need to start your teaching career as well as two specialist TEFL courses; Teaching Young Learners & Advanced Grammar, a perfect combination for your teaching adventure!
About the course
The course is packed full of practical knowledge and tips to help you become a great TEFL teacher. It has 3 main sections, guiding you through the core elements of successful teaching as well 2 extra modules enhancing your understanding of grammar and teaching young learners. Each section includes:
- Knowledge modules, combining clearly presented theory with short films, activities, quizzes and practical ideas to make your learning come alive
- Putting it into Practice, providing brilliant real life examples and ideas to help turn your knowledge into really effective teaching practice
- Check Your Knowledge, structured self-check quizzes to help you review what you have been taught.
Key components of the course
- The essentials of teaching teenagers, adults and one-to-one
- A comprehensive insight in to teaching young learners
- An in-depth confidence boosting lesson planning module
- Evaluation and examination
- Teaching pronunciation, vocabulary and listening skills
- The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
- Activities and resources to use in the classroom
- Reading and writing instruction
- Full grammar training
- Using technology and multimedia in the classroom
- Finding a job, how to structure your TEFL CV/resume and advice about finding employment
- Detailed feedback and support from a personal tutor
Course Breakdown
Section 1: Planning a Lesson
Planning is an essential part of teaching. If you invest time in structuring and developing a lesson, you are well on the way to making it work once you step into the classroom (not to mention having something concrete to help you overcome those first day nerves!).
The first part of the course focuses on how to create a successful lesson plan. You will be guided through the process of creating a great plan and will learn about teaching methodologies, what to include in a lesson plan, how to set out a lesson plan and adapting your lesson for different types of classes you might teach.
Section 2: Lesson Content
Your fantastic lesson plan needs to have some language content. This section examines the 3 main topics you will teach, namely: vocabulary, grammar and the 4 skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking).
You will refresh your own knowledge of each topic, and learn about how to turn this knowledge into great material for your class.
Section 3: Making it Work in the Classroom
Planning your lesson and knowing your topic are brilliant foundations for teaching. However, you still need to deliver your lesson to real students.
This section of the course explores how to give yourself the best possible chance of delivering your lesson successfully. You will learn about creating a good teaching environment for your students, approaches to helping your students to learn and how to deal with problems that arise.
Course Assessment
Once you have completed Section 3, you will be ready to take the course assessment.
This has 3 parts: first you will take a test to check your knowledge, you will then need to create a lesson plan and finally produce a piece of written work to demonstrate your understanding of effective teaching.
Your work will be marked within 7 days, and you will receive written feedback. Your certificate will then follow within 28 days (although as a small and nimble business we always try to beat this!)
Section 4: Teaching Young Learners
Teaching Young Learners will teach you how to make the most of your classroom hours with children and toddlers. You’ll learn a lot about the theory of child language acquisition, and pick up loads of practical tips for applying this knowledge in your lessons.
Section 5: Lesson Planning
Lesson Planning gives you an extra 30 hours’ training helping you hone and develop your existing skills to plan and create imaginative, effective lessons for learners of all ages. When you’re teaching English abroad, inspired and engaging lessons are what will give your students the best learning experience.
Taking it Further
Completing the course is just your first step to an amazing TEFL adventure. To help you on your way, we end the course with an additional section setting out listings for further reading and resources, practical hints for finding work (including links to useful recruiters), and finally some tips to help you with that crucial first day in the classroom.
Support and Advice Trainees have access to support and advice throughout the course, through our support desk team and course tutors.
External accreditation is a very important element to consider when choosing your TEFL course provider and this course is delivered by an accredited provider. The certificate is regulated by Ofqual.
Reviews
- "i-to-i TEFL has been a fantastic course for me, and well worth the investment. After carrying out the 120 hour course throughout summer, I have passed with a great mark (yay). Really looking forward to seeing where this takes me, and I’d encourage anyone to sign up for this qualification."
- "Excellent online course. i-to-i TEFL were easy to contact and quick to reply! I have just passed the course and feel like I have learnt an awful lot and cannot wait to put it into practice."
- "i-to-i TEFL is a fantastic start and a great base to work from, the staff are very committed and dedicated to helping you, I would recommend this course."
- "I found the course easy to follow and very practical. It gave me lots of helpful tips for my internship and I feel really prepared now. I like that it included lots of video footage of real classes and also the quality of the feedback was excellent."
- "I am happy to recommend i-to-i TEFL to anyone actually I already did. And I did it because although it is a lot of reading I consider, all the material I read, as practical, realistic and well founded. Also, their feedback system is super-fast I am glad I did not have to wait for a long time waiting for the answer."