Introduction

Do you need answers to any of the following questions?

• I am not sure about what TESOL TEFL is and I don't want to spend a lot of money finding out.
• I don't want to take a leap in the dark when choosing a TESOL TEFL certificate course.
• Should I take an online or a residential course?
• Will I get work?
• How can I avoid diploma mills?
• Is there an easy way to spot fake accreditation?
• What kind of jobs will I be able to get and do they pay well?

EBC's Introduction to TESOL TEFL course answers these any many more questions

If you have these kind of doubts and questions, then the EBC Introduction to TESOL TEFL course is for you.

Instead of buying an expensive book, you can take our Introduction to TESOL TEFL course for just 50 US Dollars. All the course material is also printable so you can download and print the entire course to read whenever you like.

Your Introduction to TESOL TEFL course could be free

If you take the EBC Introduction to TESOL TEFL course and then enrol in any of our other courses, you get the Introduction course for FREE. How? when you enrol for one of our online or residential courses we will discount your Introduction to TESOL TEFL course fee.

A course based on reality, not ivory tower academia

As EBC has been around since 1995, EBC knows the type of teacher training that language schools expect their teachers to have completed. This is important to you because it means that all EBC training is based on real-world requirements rather than ivory tower academic theories.

The EBC Introduction to TESOL TEFL course is also based on the real-world, so when you take the course, you'll get the best introductory training possible, training with it's feet planted solidly in the real-world.

The same pragmatic approach to training applies to all of our courses.

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Course content

The EBC Introduction to TESOL TEFL Course is designed to help prospective English teachers start their career.

The course covers important areas that you should know about BEFORE you choose your certificate course.

Areas covered

• Why is English important? Why you should seriously consider becoming an English teacher
• Mainstream acronyms used in the area of English teaching
• What it takes to become an English teacher
• The type of training you'll need to complete to get hired
• Teaching practice and why it is important
• Why doing a course that has teaching practice gives you a greater advantage over others when looking for a job
• The difference between accredited and un-accredited courses and their effect on your choice of jobs
• How to spot bogus or self-accredited TEFL schools
• How to choose a course - Online or residential?
• Job prospects and placement programmes
• Getting a teaching position
• Teaching Business English
• Putting it all together

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Course unit overview

The EBC Online Introduction to TEFL Course is divided into 10 Units

• Unit 1 – Why is English important? - Why you should seriously consider becoming an English teacher.
• Unit 2 – TEFL acronyms - Mainstream acronyms used in the area of English teaching.
• Unit 3 – What it takes to become an English teacher - What it takes to become an English teacher and the type of training you'll need to complete to get hired.
• Unit 4 – Teaching practice - Teaching practice and why it is important. How doing a course that has teaching practice gives you a greater advantage over others when looking for a job.
• Unit 5 – Accredited or not - The difference between accredited and un-accredited courses and their effect on your choice of jobs.
• Unit 6 – How to choose a course - Hopefully you’ve already chosen EBC. If you haven’t, then here’s a very useful check-list for you to use when comparing EBC to other courses.
• Unit 7 – Job prospects and placement programmes - This unit covers your job prospects based on the type of training programme you attended.
• Unit 8 – Getting a teaching position - This unit covers what employers look for, types of job, pay and conditions etc.
• Unit 9 – Teaching Business English - a.k.a. ESP. This unit covers what Business English is, why it is different from standard ESOL/ESL, EFL and why you should consider teaching it.
• Unit 10 – Putting it all together - Recaps what you've read and learned so far. This is the last unit and we at EBC hope that you’ve found this short course interesting and rewarding. If nothing else, you should have a good idea what you are getting into by choosing a career as an English teacher.

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Course unit details

UNIT 1 - Why is English important?

• Why is the English language important?
• Why is the growth of English usage throughout the world important to you?
• Why you should seriously consider becoming an English teacher?

UNIT 2 – TEFL acronyms

• Mainstream teaching related acronyms
• TEFL vs. TESOL
• Other teaching and language related acronyms that you may find
• Testing related acronyms

UNIT 3 – What it takes to become an English teacher

• What does it take to become an English teacher?
• A typical English teacher
• Your training
• What you’ll need to learn
• What do you gain from learning these teaching skills?

UNIT 4 – Teaching practice

• Why bother with practice?
• Employers prefer to hire teachers that have done teaching practice
• Planning the lesson you will teach
• Things you cannot learn from a book
• EBC teaching practice modules

UNIT 5 – Accredited or not

• A few questions for you to answer
• What is accreditation?
• How does a training institution get accredited?
• Why is accreditation important to you?
• What reputable TESOL TEFL accreditation organisations are there?
• How do I spot a diploma mill or bogus, self-accredited school?

UNIT 6 – How to choose a course

• Course types
• Selection criteria
• Things you won't have to worry about if you choose an accredited course
• Finding a course
• References from past students
• Location
• International acceptance and recognition
• Entry requirements
• Teaching practice
• Job help
• Accommodation help
• Cost

UNIT 7 – Job prospects and placement programmes

• Teachers with an accredited certificate that includes teaching practice
• Teachers with a non-accredited certificate
• Teachers with a weekend, online, distance or one week qualification
• People no qualification at all
• Degree/native English speaker considerations
• Job placement programmes

UNIT 8 – Getting a teaching position

• What the best employers look for
• I want to teach in .... but I don’t speak the language
• Types of jobs
• What is teaching like?
• Pay and working conditions
• Do I have to make TESOL TEFL a career?
• Working overseas

UNIT 9 – Teaching Business English

• What is Business English?
• How is it different from standard ESOL/ESL, EFL?
• Why should I teach it?

UNIT 10 – Putting it all together

This is the last unit and we at EBC hope that you will have found this short course interesting and rewarding. If nothing else, you will have a good idea what you are getting into by choosing a career as an English teacher.

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Job placement

This online course has no job placement support.

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Tutor support

This online course has no tutor support.

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Certification

This online course is not a certificate course.

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Entry requirements

This online course is open to anyone.

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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 50 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

50 US Dollars - NON REFUNDABLE

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