TEFL SEMINAR
Class Location: Chicago , IL , USA
Our TEFL Seminar course is offered on the campuses of Roosevelt University , University of Chicago (International House), Northwestern University ( Norris Center ).
*Please check with TEFL Institute for the location of the date you are registering for.
Course Dates
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Tuition: $ 495
Book fees apply.
Two days of in person TEFL training held during a weekend lead by an experienced TEFL instructor who has lived and worked around the world. Your instructor will tend to be a coach or a facilitator in the learning process as they help prepare you to teach English abroad. The seminar is approved for 25 CPDU credits by the Illinois State Board of Education.
Typically there are 8-to-10 students in your class. Students learn by doing and through peer coaching. They are assigned to various and different teams throughout the weekend as they complete assignments on.
Your training starts the moment you enter the classroom. Everyone is given the opportunity to present and talk in front of their peers and the instructors. Upon arrival, students will give a brief introduction of themselves while their peers and instructors seek to learn more about their background, experiences, and motivation for going abroad.
First Day
- Teaching English Abroad: an examination of pay, benefits and working conditions in various countries around the world.
- History of TEFL: a look at the growing alphabet soup of training programs for students seeking to teach English abroad.
- Accepted EFL methodologies: Grammar Translation, Audiolingual, Audiolingual with Chomsky, Wilkins, Widdowson and other leading researchers; Balanced Communicative Approach, and others.
- Student Learning Styles
- Classroom Management
- Class Lesson Planning on reading, writing, listening or speaking
- Presentation, Practice and Production (PPP)
- Decreasing Teacher Talk Time (TTT) and increasing Student Talk Time (STT)
Second Day
- Cultural Differences
- Lesson Plans and Presentation of Lesson Plans using PPP
- Video Taped Peer teaching sessions with live feedback from the instructor and your class peers.
Job Placement Strategies: reference discussion on finding an ESL paid or volunteer position using online job boards, college career service office, referrals or your TEFL Institute.
In addition, information is provided on:
- Visa and Work Permit processes and regulations
- International Resume and Cover Letters
- Academic and Diploma requirements abroad
- Medical and Immunization requirements for teaching abroad
By the end of this course, students will have a strong command of various methodologies used in the EFL instruction along with various strategies to keep their students motivated while embracing cultural differences abroad. Many of our students ask and want to repeat because it is highly informative and involves many learning activities.
Upon completion of the course, your instructor will schedule an appointment with one of Placement Advisors. The Placement Advisors will assist in you in locating an ESL job abroad. They will provide you with the name of contacts that we have developed from over the many years we have been in business. These contacts are highly reputable and many of them will hire our students on the spot just because we referred you
TEFL Seminar is useful for individuals seeking to:
- Teach English overseas professionally or volunteer.
- To use this course as a combination course with one of our online training classes as a hybrid. The Seminar serves as the laboratory for the TEFL Professional Course. Students can expect to find a lively and highly engaged set of activities.
- Participants who seek to round out their understanding of ESL Teaching abroad prior to embarking on a program but do not have the time or desire to take on a 120 hour online professional course.
- Learn more about TEFL before deciding whether to participate in a more comprehensive TEFL online training course.
- Experienced ESL Teachers seeking to meet requirements from local school boards that require CEU/CPDU credits to maintain teacher certification with their schools. The TEFL Seminar provides up to 25 CPDU credits through the Illinois State Board of Education. The course is useful for others with a similar background that only need a refresher course to help prepare them to teach abroad.
- For teachers or college students planning to teach for an international summer job and wish a short class.
- People who want hands on training to have practical skills to volunteer in their local community.
Job placement assistance with TEFL Seminar only:
Students may obtain English teaching positions in Asia and Latin America with this short weekend course. Many schools worldwide require 120 hour course and many schools do not. Schools listing a requirement of a TEFL certification will require a professional level certification of 100 hours of coursework and 20 hours of practicum (student teaching). Jobs in Europe will require a 120 hour professional certification.
- Students will receive a self placement guide including the most popular ESL job boards
- Students will receive a director of over 8,000 ESL schools world wide.
- Students can qualify for summer teaching jobs through TEFL Institute summer programs. Additional administrative fees would occur for summer programs. (See Summer Programs available).
Tuition voucher towards other courses:
For students who wish to combine the TEFL seminar class with the 120 hour online course, a $ 200 discount will be applied towards the TEFL professional course.