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Introduction of TESOL

The TESOL certificate program provides participants with the major competencies and knowledge necessary to be specialists in the ESL field. This certificate will qualify students to teach in many private schools and language institutes. This will also qualify you to teach in many schools outside the United States.

The program is open to any high school graduates, language teachers, teachers in preparation or intending teachers. Non-native English speakers with strong English skills can also take the course so they can teach English in their own countries or elsewhere. You do not have to have a college degree, a teaching credential or prior teaching experience in order to enroll, nor is it necessary that you be able to speak a foreign language.

GOALS & OBJECTIVES:

1. To introduce TESOL theory, research and practice to relatively inexperienced or unqualified -teachers that is accessible and that is supported by a wide range of teaching materials, teaching ideas and classroom extracts

2. To encourage self direction on the part of students through the provision of follow up resources and ideas

3. To develop the necessary knowledge, attitudes and skills to enable those students who desire it to go on a higher study

4. To present content through a range of print, audio and video media

5. To foster the development of higher level thinking skills such as the critical evaluation of pedagogical materials.

ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS

You must remain calm under pressure, be willing to accept the authority of your trainers, commit to conveying a difference of opinion in a respectful manner, and be willing to work as a positive team player. All participants must show a willingness to plan and teach in groups and to work reflectively.

1. High school graduate whose native language is English as well as to those who speak English as a second language.

2. A grade point average of at least 2.7 in high school

3. For U.S. Citizens - Pass the Writing Proficiency Exam

4. For international students - A minimum TOEFL score of 573 for paper-based, 230 for computer-based, or 89 for the iBT, and a minimum score of 50 on the Test of Spoken English or 26 on the speaking section of the iBT. Non-native speakers must also have a second interview to ensure their listening/speaking skills are adequate to take the course and to teach English.