Short TEFL Courses Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Foundation in English Language Teaching with Teaching Younger Learners

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Important Information

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These courses run for 6 consecutive Saturdays, which includes a course day spent on the teaching younger learners.

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Course Details

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Customer Feedback

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The trainers at the TEFL Taster Day were very professional and helpful. They told me what I wanted to find out, in an engaging and open style. The school has a very nice, friendly atmosphere - not like a teacher factory at all. The Taster Day was relevant and interesting - it did give me answers to most of the questions that I had.

James Bishop


The day was well organised and informative, the teachers were helpful, friendly and professional.

Joanna Snow

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Course Description

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This course is a part-time Foundation in English Language Teaching course that will give you solid initial training in EFL methodology and improve your level of language awareness. Trainees will also be able to do the Cambridge ESOL the KAL (Knowledge About Language) test in order to receive a qualification by the Cambridge University Examining Board.


Why do this course?
If you're not sure if TEFL is for you this course will give basic practical and theoretical EFL training and improve your level of language awareness. This course will also give you excellent preparation for the Cambridge CELTA, Trinity CertTESOL course or any 4 week TEFL course. For anyone looking to gain a basic TEFL qualification as part of any travelling or gap year where teaching English may be an option, this course will also equip you with the essential skills which will enable you to find work with some employers.


Course structure
This course will take place on every Saturday for 4 weeks. Each morning session will be divided into two parts:

1) English Language Teaching Methodology
- Knowing about and teaching the 4 language skills of reading, writing, listening
and speaking
- Teaching vocabulary
- Helping learners improve their pronunciation
- Classroom management

2) Language Awareness & Grammar
- Looking at language from a teacher's perspective
- What teachers need to know
- How to teach grammar in the classroom

There will also be opportunities during the course to do some micro-teaching in small groups and trainees will also have the opportunity to observe lessons at the centre during the week.

Trainees can also take the Cambridge KAL test (Knowledge About Language), which is a short multiple-choice test forming part of the Cambridge TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test). Successful trainees will receive a certificate from the Cambridge University Examining Board and all trainees will have the opportunity to do further modules to achieve the TKT award.


Course Entrance Requirements
Candidates should have a native level of English and be at least 18 years of age. As this course is of an academic nature applicants should be educated up to GCSE level or the equivalent.


Course Certificates
Successful trainees will receive a certificate of attendance from the course provider. Trainees who pass the Cambridge KAL (Knowledge of Language) test will also receive a certificate from the University of Cambridge Examining Board. Please note that these certificates will be issued approximately 1 month after the course finishes.

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School Details - Bournemouth Town Centre

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Bournemouth is one of England’s finest south coast resorts with a mild climate and a safe, secure environment. Just two hours from London by road or rail, it is a lively university town with outstanding facilities for sport, leisure and entertainment.

The school's main campus, in a quiet residential area within easy walking distance of the town centre and the beach, has:

•attractive buildings with modern classrooms, language laboratories and lecture rooms
•a spacious self-service restaurant
•a sun-terrace in its own spacious gardens;
•a well-equipped Multi-Media Learning Centre for students to use in their free time, including access to:


- computers with an extensive choice of language-learning
programs
- private study language laboratories for practice and revision;
- private study rooms
- Free access to Internet and Email;


•wireless Internet Access in the student restaurant for students with wireless enabled laptops and PDA's.

The school works in conjunction with Bournemouth and Poole College to deliver the highest quality English Language Training. Full-time CELTA courses are delivered on site at the school in Wimborne Road, but course participants may take advantage of the additional learning resources and IT facilities at the College’s learning resource centre at Lansdowne in the evenings and on Saturday mornings.

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Timetable

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This course runs for 6 consecutive Saturdays 9:30am to 12:45pm.

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Help for Jobs

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This centre actively seeks teachers for the busier summer months from mid-June until mid-September. Many former trainees have gained their first teaching experience working in our Vacation centre and residential or non-residential young learners’ courses. Some are also employed in the main school on general intensive courses too.

On the CELTA course, we assist trainees by giving practical guidance on CVs, preparing for a typical interview and questions to ask before accepting a post in the UK or abroad. We have a ‘jobs board’ advertising international vacancies and, being long-established as a training centre with a good local reputation for the quality of our graduates, Bournemouth schools often contact us during courses when they need new teachers.

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How to Apply

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Choose your start date
Register with Cactus
Proceed & fill out the booking form
Pay on-line or indicate alternative payment method
Important
Please indicate in the additional comments box on the booking page whether you speak any other foreign languages and give us an indication of your level of proficiency.

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Prices and Dates

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