About The Online
Teaching YL Course
TEFL International TEFL Education now floats the TEYL Certification
Course - the most competitive & comprehensive online option specially
framed for Young Learner English Teachers’ training. The course
emphasizes on teaching the young learners - Intermediate to Advance
English instruction applicable in a Young learner teaching environment
and the ESL primary Schools.
o Why is there a need for a separate Teacher Training Course for
Children?
o If I have been teaching English or if I have already completed a
Teacher Training
Course in English, do I need another course to teach Young
learners?
The answer to all these questions is a YES. The teaching of English to
young children has become especially important in recent years. Many
teachers find themselves teaching in primary school even though they
have not been trained for this level. There is no doubt that the role
and importance of English has risen in many countries. As a result an
increasing number of parents are sending their children to language
schools after regular school hours, and governments are introducing
English into their elementary curriculum. These trends have led to an
increasing need for training.
How to get started
You will sign up for this certificate program by contacting Innovative
Education by emailing at
admin@bestonlineteflcourse.com. You must have access to email to
receive and submit materials during your program. Once you designate
the self-access program, and pay the required fees, you will be sent
by email the initial package of documents, instructions, and study
materials.
Phase 1: The Learner
Teaching ESL to children is not merely a matter of setting them loose
on a plethora of authentic language tasks in the classroom. To
successfully teach children a language requires specific skills and
intuitions that differ from those appropriate for adult teaching.
• Language learning and language acquisition
o The Hypothesis
o The Difference between learning and acquisition
o Assignment
• How do children learn English
o Practical approaches to teaching children
o The levels
o Language Development and context
o Assignment
Phase 2: The Skills
For decades English language teaching has identified the “four skills”
– listening, speaking, reading and writing – of paramount importance.
Listening and reading are considered to be receptive skills while
speaking and writing as productive. Though at times these are taught
in separate segments but there is a recent trend to integrate the
skills. The language learners discover the differences and the
interrelationship among these primary skills.
• Teaching Listening
o The importance of listening in the classroom
o Listening activities
o Self - Assignment
• Teaching Speaking
o Speaking in the classroom
o Student talk
o Introducing language
o Activities
o Self – Assignment
• Teaching Reading
o Approaches to reading
o Building confidence
o Different Material
o Assignment
• Teaching Writing
o Pre writing tasks
o Activities
o Some more ideas
o Assignment
Phase 3: Actual Teaching
Actual training begins when you are in the classroom. The subject
matter that the teacher teaches is only one piece of the puzzle. There
is a lot more that goes on in the classroom and outside it that
affects the teaching and learning process.
• How to handle mixed groups
o Mixed groups
o Helpful strategies
o Group work
o Assignment
• Class Management
o The teacher
o The room
o Rules
o Working in groups
o Self-Assignment – not to be submitted
• Lesson Planning
o The need to plan
o Different ways of planning
o The framework
o When things go wrong
o Assignment
Phase 4: Tools
Teacher- centered approaches fail to treat the children as ‘whole’
people. The teaching is usually rational and is primarily aimed at the
children’s intellect. There is an assumption that real learning occurs
when the children are serious. How wrong this is!!
• Materials in the classroom
o Things to make
o Things to buy
o Assignment
• Stories, games, songs, chants
o How to use stories
o Games – some ideas
o The importance of songs and chants
o Self-Assignments – not to be submitted
Phase 5: That’s right!
Correction and evaluation are important components in the educational
world. In every learning experience there comes a time to pause and
take stock, to put our focal processes to their best use and to
demonstrate skills and knowledge. Unfortunately students view this
process of correction and evaluation with a lot of apprehension and it
is up to us as teachers to make it a positive experience.
• Correction techniques
o Look at error differently
o Ways of error correction
o Assignment
• Evaluation techniques
o The meaning
o Purpose
o Formative assessment
o The continuous system
o Assignment
Post Program
Support
TEFL International TEFL Education will guide and assist you in finding
a EFL / TEFL Job after you have completed the course. This includes
the following support services:
o Resume/CV preparation
o Information on likely sources of EFL Vacancies
o Job guidance counseling
o Job search and application
o Interview preparation
However an existing ESL teacher training certificate (if any) such as
the TESOL, CELTA, etc will fetch you a handsome discount on your
course fee. E-learning teaching then will come for US$150 only.
The package would comprise of:
o Online learning
o Online Tutor
o Assignment and evaluation online
o Final test online
Evaluation
As you complete each phase there are assignments to be completed and
sent online. The tutors evaluate the same and return it to you with
necessary feedback. It is a continuous evaluation system without a
formal examination at the end of the course. This helps you monitor
your progress and clarify any doubts that you may have.
As it may take some time to arrange for all the on-site visits,
students, class observations, etc. you should begin the planning
process early. Consider the academic schedule in your community and
when and how you will make the initial contacts.
If you wish and if you live close to an existing TEFL International
TEFL Education training center in Thailand, you may contact the center
director (begin your inquiry with
admin@bestonlineteflcourse.com) to request permission to visit the
site to help you with your initial set-up. However, as this is a
self-access program, you are responsible to complete the work
independently.
Chat session can be arranged if you have any queries related to the
topic/chapter.
You can email your query, which will be answered within 24hrs by your
online tutor.
