TEFL Certificate course

In only 4 weeks you can become TEFL certified and begin teaching English as a foreign language directly after completion of your TEFL course. Our Prague Partner School’s TEFL program with job guarantee allows teachers to obtain full-time employment in Prague without the stress of going on countless interviews.

For a TEFL certificate to be internationally recognized, the training course must be a minimum of 4 weeks in duration, have 100 hours of classroom tuition and 6 lessons of teaching practice. The TEFL course in Prague exceeds the international standards by offering 120 hours of classroom tuition and 8-10 hours of observed teaching practice. The teaching practices during your TEFL course will give you a solid groundwork when you begin your ESL teaching career after the course.

Whether your plans are to stay in Prague, travel around Europe, or travel around the world, this TEFL course will provide you with highly practical classroom skills and assist you in getting your first EFL teaching job. We believe our Partner School’s TEFL course, support materials and facilities, job guarantee, job guidance, visa assistance and ongoing teacher development is the best TEFL course on the market today.

The Prague TEFL course offers:

Internationally recognized TEFL certificate (ISO 9001 - International quality certificate)
EFL job guarantee in one of Prague’s largest language schools
EFL job guarantee anywhere in Mexico
Lifelong job guidance worldwide
Full-time visa assistant on staff
Extensive post TEFL course support
All course materials and books
37 days housing in a shared apartment (single room)
Free Czech lessons
Free airport pickup
4-week Prague travel pass
8-10 observed teaching practices with ESL students
State-of-the-art training materials from top publishers
Strong academic support materials, facilities and personnel
Orientation meeting and orientation tour of Prague
Live observations of experienced EFL teachers and view/critique videos of ESL lessons in Britain
Free copying and printing
School library and computer room open 6 days a week (Wi-Fi connection available)
Map of Prague
Housing assistance for those staying in Prague

Course Content

This is a four-week intensive course in initial teacher training, which provides highly practical knowledge in the areas of methodology, classroom techniques, and language awareness to proficient users of the English language. By the end of the TEFL course, the trainees will be able to independently plan and successfully conduct a variety of ESL lessons to adult learners whose native tongue is not English.

Our Partner School’s TEFL course curriculum and approach are unique and on the cutting edge. The TEFL Course Director applies wide-ranging knowledge from his experience doing language research with chimpanzee, and helping autistic children develop language.

The TEFL course input sessions, which are very informative and interactive, cover the following topics:

Modern TEFL basics
Lesson planning
Classroom management
English phonology
English grammar
Teaching receptive skills
Teaching productive skills
Teaching lexis
Teaching grammar
Feedback and error correction
Psychology of short and long-term learner motivation
Social skills necessary for working with groups across cultures
Neuropsychology of memory and learning
Using coursebooks and reference books
Teaching Business English
Teaching one-to-one lessons
Using a variety of teaching aids
Using authentic materials
Language learning and acquisition
Cambridge exams
Conducting a needs analysis
Peer observation tasks and self-assessment
Developmental psychology of 1st language acquisition, neuropsychology of language

In addition to the input sessions, TEFL trainees have the opportunity to observe live as well as videotaped lessons of experienced teachers. Further, the TEFL trainees will have at least 6 – 8 hours of teaching practice with genuine language learners at two distinct levels.

Prague course trainers are all experienced teachers and teacher trainers. Our 200 plus corporate clients, where you will have at least some of your post-course lessons, include some of the best-known companies in the world. Our more than 1,000 in-school students come from all walks of Czech life.

Timetable of a typical day:
Week 1	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.	TEFL Basics & Course Overview	Teaching Receptive Skills 1: Reading & Listening Basics	Coursebooks, Materials & Teacher Language	Intro to Grammar Teaching	Learner Motivation & Error Correction
15 min.	Break	Break	Break	Break	Break
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.	Intro to Class Mgt. TP Tips	Lesson planning #1	Speaking Activities	Lesson Planning #2	Video Observation
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
1:30 p.m. – until end of final TP	Teaching Practice	Teaching Practice	Teaching Practice	Teaching Practice	Teaching Beginners/ Czech lesson 1:30 – 3:00
15 min.	Break	Break	Break	Break	Break
60 min.	TP Feedback	TP Feedback	TP Feedback	TP Feedback	Job Guidance

TEFL Course Outcome

The Prague TEFL course is based on student-centered, communicative methods, which are currently also used at public schools, private language schools, and universities around the world. Therefore, the ESL training you obtain during this TEFL course will certainly prove valuable and highly applicable anywhere you choose to go. You may also find that the TEFL course plus the teaching experience you will obtain an excellent foundation for future academic study in the field of TESOL or Applied Linguistics.

TEFL Course Materials

Your TEFL course materials come from prestigious publishing houses such as Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press. The material reflects the schools, as well as the TEFL course’s commitment to providing state-of-the-art teaching materials. There is no charge for the TEFL course material.

School Facilities

Our Partner School facilities are completely up to date - the teacher support library has over 3,000 volumes and the library staff is there to guide you to supplementary materials that you will find helpful both during and after the course. The 27 classrooms are comfortable and well equipped. The cafe serves hot and cold dishes as well as hosting parties for teachers. The teachers' room is equipped with photocopier, computers and internet access including WiFi and is open 6 days a week.

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