Introduction

What is a hybrid course?

A hybrid course has two components

• Online training - in this case the EBC Online TESOL TEFL Certificate course
• Practicum - in this case the EBC two week residential teaching practice module

Why does EBC offer a hybrid course?

Traditionally, the only way you could gain this real life teaching practice experience was by attending a 4 week course, like the EBC International TEFL Certificate course. As the world progresses and technology improves, the physical need to be in a classroom with your course trainer for your classroom training becomes less necessary. In an ideal world, it would be better to physically attend a course, but with today’s life-style, alternatives must be found.

EBC innovation

EBC has changed this perspective on teacher training and now offers the EBC hybrid TEFL Certificate Course with a 2 week teaching practice unit. The teaching practice unit includes observed teaching practice given to learners at all levels and will give you that much needed advantage over other online only certificate holders that are competing with you for the same jobs.

You may not be able to take 4 weeks off from work or family commitments so the EBC hybrid TEFL Certificate Course gives you the opportunity to get trained as an English teacher, and allows you to work at your own pace and in your own time. The EBC hybrid TEFL Certificate Course is a great way to learn how to become an English teacher in a way that is both convenient and accessible.

How does it work?

• You take the EBC Online TESOL TEFL Certificate course
• You then attend the EBC two week residential teaching practice module in our Madrid or Buenos Aires campus locations

What are the benefits of a hybrid course?

• Flexibility - you don't have to commit to a set study schedule.
• Study at your own pace - as the theory of teaching is learned online, you can study when you want to.
• Expense - the hybrid course is 20% cheaper than the residential course.
• Official certification - you get the same EBC International Certificate in TESOL that our residential course students get.
• Less time away from home - the teaching practice module takes half the time to complete as the residential course.
• Less money spent on living away from home - the teaching practice module only lasts for two weeks versus the residential course that runs for four weeks.

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How and what you'll study

EBC online TESOL Certificate course

This is the first part of the course.

You must complete and pass the online course before you take the EBC two week teaching practice module.

You have up to six months to complete the online course.

Click here for full details about the EBC online TESOL Certificate course.

EBC two week teaching practice module

This is the second part of the course.

You can take the teaching practice module in our Madrid or Buenos Aires training centres.

You will take the two week teaching practice module alongside our residential course students and attend during weeks two and three of the residential course. Example: If an EBC residential course runs from August 2 to August 27, you can take your two week teaching practice module from August 9 to August 20.

The module runs for two weeks, full-time, Monday to Friday.

Daily course times are from 10 am. to 1 pm. and then from 2 pm. to 5 pm.

Your two weeks are divided as follows

Description of the main areas covered during the two week teaching practice module

Reinforcement of what you learned on the online course

You will study alongside our residential TEFL course students and attend the same input sessions as they do during weeks two and three of the residential course. This is done ro help reinforce what you covered during the online course. It also provides you with the opportunity to practice and rehearse your lessons before you teach your first practice classes on day four of the two week teaching practice module.

Teaching practice

You will teach eight lessons during the two week teaching practice module. Prior to delivering your classes you will have planned and rehearsed your lessons to ensure that you feel confident.

Four additional lesson plans

You will have built four lesson plans during the online course. You will have to create an additional four lesson plans in the same format as you used during the online course. This will give you the total of eight plans that you must teach during the two week teaching practice module.

Motivation essay

The work towards the finished essay comprises two parts. The first part is that you observe a lesson given by one of your peers and note down the points during the lesson when attention and motivation change. Based on these observations you must write a 700 to 1,000 word essay to explain what you saw in the classroom and then compare this to the motivation theory that you learned earlier in the course.

One to One assignment

The One-to-One assignment demands that you find a real non-English speaking student who you will then interview to determine a specific learning requirement. You must research and prepare an extended study programme of between 12 and 20 hours study in order to fulfil the learning requirement. Due to time constraints this assignment cannot be taught during the course but it is thoroughly examined for consistency and coherency by your course trainer and feedback is given. This assignment is mainly done as homework.

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What's included in the hybrid course?

You get all of the following

• The EBC online TESOL TEFL course
• All moderation and accreditation fees
• The EBC International TEFL certificate
• The EBC International Certificate in TESOL - Meets British Council requirements
• Lifetime world-wide JOB placement assistance
• FREE course work printing
• FREE photocopying
• FREE WIFI internet access if you bring your own WIFI ready laptop
• A 174 page course manual that covers all the main aspects of teaching English as a foreign language
• A 161 page English grammar reference manual containing key elements of English grammar plus examples
• Advice about finding short and long term housing, mobile phone rental, short term storage and other convenience services
• EBC initiated and managed CV/Resume distribution to ESL schools
• Priority access to teaching jobs with our sister schools in all our campus locations (subject to availability)
• A web based CV/resume formatting and storage service
• A web based list of almost 2,000 different language schools around the world so you can apply for jobs wherever you are using your stored CV/resume
• Written job references (if you need them)
• Reference letters for your university (if you need them) for post-graduate courses or credit exemptions

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What you will learn

Know the difference between "Learning" and "Teaching"

• How to determine that what you teach has been learned
• Understand the learning cycle
• How to adapt to the needs of the different learning capacities of students
• Understand different EFL teaching models and their influence on current teaching styles
• Know what elements are necessary for EFL learning in a classroom

Know how to structure lessons

• How to present material
• How to present key points
• How to present explanations and instructions
• How to order the presentation of material and exercises

Know how to plan lessons and use didactic material

• Understand why lesson plans are important
• Know what should be in a plan
• Know how to plan effective lessons
• Understand the different lesson components
• How to select and order lesson components
• How to maximise the use of didactic materials

Know how to determine if a lesson was successful

• How to define lesson success evaluation criteria
• How to evaluate lesson effectiveness

Understand classroom interaction

• Understand interaction (teacher/student and students/student), meaning and concepts
• Be aware of patterns of classroom interaction
• Understand the social aspects of classroom interaction
• How to implement and use interactive teaching strategies
• How to effectively use initiation – response – feedback techniques
• How to effectively use: engage, study and activate techniques

Know how to ask questions

• Understand the reasons for questioning
• How to construct effective questions
• How to successfully elicit answers
• How to concept check

Know how to give feedback

• Understand what feedback is
• Understand the nature and function of feedback
• How to correct mistakes
• How to tactfully and positively deliver feedback

Know how to test and assess

• Understand why testing is necessary
• Understand the value of assessment and correction for learning
• How to establish assessment reference criteria
• How to establish assessment grades
• How to construct successful and meaningful tests
• How to administer tests

Know how to maintain classroom discipline

• How to ensure that students keep using English rather than their own language
• How to encourage uncooperative students
• How to get quiet students talking
• How to help students that don't understand dialogues that they are listening to
• How to handle students that finish before everybody else

Know how to teach vocabulary

• How to present and explain new vocabulary
• How to construct classroom activities that stimulate vocabulary use

Know how to teach grammar?

• Understand grammar in general and why it is important
• Understand grammatical structures
• Understand grammatical meaning
• How to present and explain new grammatical structures
• How to construct classroom activities that stimulate grammar use

Know how to teach reading

• Understand why we read and what the reading process is
• Understand the differences between how people read
• How to teaching reading
• Know what reading activities look like
• How to construct classroom activities that stimulate reading

Know how to teach writing

• Understand why we write and what the reading process is
• Understand the differences between written and spoken text
• How to teaching writing
• Know what writing activities look like
• How to construct classroom activities that stimulate writing

Know how to teach speaking

• How to practice oral fluency
• How and when to correct errors during fluency exercises
• How to resolve common speaking activities problems
• How to use role play and related techniques
• Know what speaking activities look like
• How to construct classroom activities that stimulate speaking

Know how to teach listening

• Understand what is really involved when we listen to someone else speak
• Know the common attributes of real-life listening situations
• How to simulate real-life listening in the classroom
• Know what listening activities look like
• How to construct classroom activities that stimulate listening 

Know how to motivate students and maintain their interest

• Understand why motivation is extremely important in learning situations
• Understand the characteristics of motivated students
• Understand different kinds of motivation
• Know why their will naturally be fluctuations in student interest
• How to effectively use motivational techniques

Know how to teach pronunciation

• Explain and practice long and short vowel sounds
• Explain and practice diphthongs
• Explain and practice different qualities of and pronunciation of vowels
• Explain and practice plosive consonants
• Explain and practice difficult sounds e.g. W, G, J. CH etc.
• Explain and practice intonation and its effect on phrase/sentence meaning
• Explain and practice how stressed and unstressed syllables vary the rhythm of words and phrases

Know how to behave in the classroom

• Know what are the characteristics of a good teacher
• How to communicate success and its rewards
• How to communicate failure and its penalties
• How to make authoritative demands
• How to structure teacher language
• How to manage Teacher Talking Time (TTT) versus Student Talking Time (STT)
• How to teach using English rather than having to resort to the native class language

Know how to perform concept checking

• Understand what concept checking
• How to effectively use different methods for concept checking
• How to concept check vocabulary
• How to concept check grammar

Understand the differences in learner age groups

• Understand the "age factor" for language learning capabilities
• Understand the differences between children and adult learning
• Know the basics behind teaching children
• Know the basics behind teaching adolescents
• Know the basics behind teaching adults

Understand a syllabus

• Know what a syllabus is
• Know what to consider when planning a syllabus
• How to identify what students need to learn
• Understand the common characteristics of a syllabus
• Understand different types of syllabuses
• Know how to use a syllabus when planning lessons

Understand what ESP/Business English is

• Understand the definitions of ESP areas of specialisation
• How to conduct an ESP needs analysis
• Understand the ESP language teaching tree
• Understand different ESP teaching techniques

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Job placement

Is getting a teaching job asap after graduating important to you?

If it is, then look no further. EBC has possibly the best job placement assistance programme available today.

EBC's programme is so efficient that you don't have to look for work, work comes looking for you!

EBC's job placement assistance programme is

Our job programme will have you interviewing within a few days (or less) of graduating.

So far, everyone who has taken our course and then wanted to stay on and work has done so. This is regardless of what passport they hold.

The EBC worldwide, lifetime job placement assistance programme services

EBC will give you all the help and advice you will need to get a teaching job abroad with reputable educational institutions paying full market rates.

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Tutor support

The online part of this course has full tutor support.

Tutor support is given by one of our highly qualified and experienced residential course trainers. Your tutor will mark your assignments and help you out with the course work when you need it.

The teaching practice module part of this course has full trainer support.

Your teaching practice module means that you will study alongside our four week residential course students. You will get full trainer support during your teaching practice module.

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Official certification

Upon completion of the EBC two week teaching practice module you will be awarded the the EBC International Certificate in TESOL.

This certificate meets British Council requirements for teachers in its accredited schools and is internationally accepted by language schools.

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Entry requirements

To qualify for the EBC two week teaching practice module, you MUST meet the following requirements.

All applicants

• You must be at least 21 years old
• You must have passed the EBC Online TESOL TEFL certificate course
• You must have either a degree (or similar level professional qualification) or 5 years work experience

Non-native english speaking applicants

If you are a non-native English speaker, you must have a highly advanced level in all aspects of the English language.

This must be demonstrated by you having one of the following:

• A degree from a university in one of the following countries: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom or the United States of America
• Cambridge CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English)
• IELTS level 6
• TOEFL (minimum scores 520 on the paper-based test or 80 on the computer-based test).

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How to enrol

• Apply to take the course
• After you have been accepted, go to EBC's Secure Payment System
• Click your preferred payment option to send the 1,250 USD payment
• Once your payment clears EBC will set up your account and assign you to the course
• After that, go to EBC's online course page and start the course

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Fee

1,250 US Dollars - NON REFUNDABLE

The fee is divided into two parts

1) 350 US Dollars payable when you take the online part of the hybrid course.

2) 900 US Dollars payable when you want to take the teaching practice module part of the hybrid course.

What's included in the fee?

• the EBC online TESOL Certificate course and the teaching practice module tuition in our campus location
• tutor and trainer support
• organised classes taught to non-English speakers at beginner, intermediate and advance levels
• trainer observation and feedback
• performance evaluation
• all materials
• access to photocopying and printing facilities
• WIFI access
• all accreditation and moderation fees
• and last but not least, lifetime use of the EBC world-wide job placement programme

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