120 Hour Advanced TEFL Course with Au Pair Specialisation

Module One: How to Make Sense of Teacher/Learner Needs

In the first module, you will begin to understand the language abilities of your students and recognise why they want to learn English. You will also be taught the basic principles behind teaching English as a foreign language.

Module Two: How to Understand and Use Grammatical & Teaching Terminology

Once you have completed the second module, you will be able to understand different types of grammar and be able to differentiate between the nuances of the English language in order to teach effectively. You’ll be confident with grammatical terms, but the official examination won’t be until a little bit later for this module because we know how intimidating grammar can be.

Module Three: How to Plan Your Syllabus & Lessons

Being able to plan and construct a syllabus will help you to be the best teacher you can be. During this module, you will learn the different planning techniques that will help you create lessons to encourage your students to follow the syllabus. You will also be able to ensure that your lessons are run properly and how to gain the respect and support of your learners, which will help with improving your reputation.

Module Four: How to Teach Grammar

Now that you have been instructed in grammatical terms, you will get a module on how to teach it to students. We will instruct you on how to identify the English level of your students and then fit the lessons around grammar to suit the ability of your pupils.

You will also get helpful information about how to prepare engaging lessons that teach the building blocks of grammar to your students. Watching them learn and grow is one of the most encouraging things any teacher can witness. 

Module Five: How to Teach Vocabulary

In the fifth module, you will learn how to teach vocabulary. Did you know that there are roughly 171,000 words in the English language? Thankfully, you will only be teaching a few hundred of those to your students. Ranging from simple everyday words and phrases to more complicated business talk, you will be given the tools to help effectively study and teach vocabulary to your students. Not only that, you will help them to recognise the correct context to use words and phrases.

Module Six: How to Teach Pronunciation 

Module six in the course is all about teaching students to learn how to pronounce words. Pronunciation is a core part of speaking English, and they will look to you as a role model during this part of their education.

With that in mind, you will be instructed on how to teach pronunciation in the correct way, as well as what tools and strategies you can use to make sure that students are grasping the sometimes complicated pronunciation of words that we use in the English language all the time.

Module Seven: How to Teach Reading & Listening Skills

In this module, we learn all about receptive skills. These are important skills to learn because the student is receiving language. By the end of the lesson, you will learn all about how to engage students in learning how to read and write English. The best way to do this is often things like tasks involving music and radio, right the way through to using emails. We will also teach you how to expand lessons outside the classroom by challenging students to use social media in creative ways to practice English.

Module Eight:  How to teach Writing & Speaking Skills

The next skills on the list are called productive skills because students produce the language that they are speaking. You will learn lots of different strategies for encouraging students to stand up and start talking in a new language. Not only that, but you will help them to find the confidence to learn to write English at all levels, ranging from simple sentences to stories about their favourite pets or analysing a drawing.

Module Nine: How to Teach English for Specific Purposes

All of your students will have a specific reason why they have chosen to start learning English as a foreign language. You will learn how to help them differentiate between one reason and another, and you will also learn how to design specific lessons to help each student achieve their goals.

For example, you will learn how to teach children to communicate in basic English for the sake of starting their journey but also learn how teenagers will need to prepare for the next chapter in their lives by speaking English with more confidence and in a more advanced way.

Module Ten: How to Move from Learning to Earning

In the final module of the course, you will learn all about the employment market for a new TEFL teacher in the UK or abroad. Once you have managed to get your first job, you’ll learn about how to improve your current skill level, how to move between jobs, and what the world is looking for when it comes to new English teachers.

Module Seven: How to Teach Reading & Listening Skills

These are called ‘Receptive skills’ because the student is receiving language. By the end of this lesson, you’ll know the most effective ways to engage students in reading English and how to write it. This includes setting listening tasks to music, radio and recordings, to reading letters, emails, Facebook posts both inside and outside the classroom. Oh yes, you’ll be setting a lot of homework for your students!

Module Eight:  How to teach Writing & Speaking Skills

These are called ‘Productive skills’ because students produce language. You’ll learn plenty of useful ideas about how to get your students up on their feet and chatting to you about hobbies, politics or story telling. You’ll also get help with how to teach your students to write English – at all levels, from favorite foods, to the economy in Spain.

Module Nine: How to Teach English for Specific Purposes

Your students have a reason why they want to learn English. You’ll learn how to differentiate these different types of students and how to tackle their lessons. For example, how to teach teenagers, or business people or exam classes to help students get into universities in the US or UK. You’ll end lesson 9 armed with a breadth of knowledge about who you are teaching, why you are teaching them and what you should teach them.

Module Ten: How to Move from Learning to Earning

Here you’ll get up-to-date tips on the current employment market. Once you’ve secured your first job, in this module you’ll receive details about how to get the best career ‘teachers toolkit’ ready to jump into any job online or abroad.