Teaching English Foreign Language
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Rick Said:
What should I do to begin teaching english as a foreign language?We Answered:
The best qualification to take would be the CELTA. This is a Uni of Cambridge qualification which is internationally recognised and employers are looking for. Having a CELTA will increase your salary abroad and pay for itself! Additionally, if you wanted to get some paid experience teaching in the UK before you went, it would be difficult without a CELTA.You do have to have some knowledge of grammar before you start the course, but you do get taught a lot in the course. (I didn't know my present continuous from my present perfect in the interview but I sure did by the end!) It's about 120 hours of study plus homework, and you will be in front of a class from day 1 (or 2) so it gets that first-time feeling out of the way. Half the time is spent teaching or watching others teach, the other half is learning about language and teaching methods. All in all, it's a fantastic course, at the end you will have completed 6 hours of teaching (in 30 min - 1 hr blocks) and have the skills, confidence and qualification to teach anywhere.
Bernice Said:
what qualifications would i need to get a job teaching english as foreign language in cairo?We Answered:
I dont really Know.Check out the American University in Cairo
http://www.aucegypt.edu/
I can tell your really looking forward to moving to Cairo.
Good Luck I hope you enjoy it.
Hector Said:
I am considering teaching English as foreign language abroad. Can anyone help?We Answered:
Hi!I was in the exact same position as you are - three years ago. I couldn't figure out the best course, what was a scam and what wasn't or if it was a good use of money. So...I shall now imbibe you with my three year of teaching over seas experience and knowledge! :)
First - for ANY course you take to be recognized, it must meet certain requirements. TEFL courses in general are recognized internationally as long as they meet the industry standard of being at least 100 hours, having a minimum of 6 hours of teaching practice and having qualified teacher trainers. The course I did in Prague was 124 hours and had something like 8 to 10 hours of teaching practice. The trainers and course developers were highly qualified and more than dedicated. I was REALLY happy with the decision I made.
I did the 4 week program through TEFL Worldwide Prague, and have been teaching ever since. I would say it doesn't matter what country you decide to take your TEFL course in - I had people on my course in Prague go on to teach in Viet Nam, China, Italy, Germany and Korea. You will want to choose a course that meets the above requirements, has good job guidance support and has qualified trainers.
I would also recommend that you DO NOT do an on line program. Most of the job offers for schools world wide simply do not recognizes online certificate as valid. I think because of the teaching practiced. At TEFL Worldwide, I was teaching on my second day! It was scary, but it really prepared me for getting a job - not to mention, by the time the course was over I was beyond comfortable in front of a class.
I have taught here in Prague and in Mexico. I hope this is helpful for you. Again, I know how confusing the whole TEFL world can be! Good luck, and maybe I'll see you in Prague!
Ivan Said:
english foreign language assistant.. teaching material ideas?We Answered:
First: Correct your posting English. As an employer I would be hesitant to hire you. Do you have an ESL certification? The materials you are inquiring about will depend on the grade level you will be teaching. Inqiure at Cambridge or Longmans for such materials. Good luck!Monica Said:
Career in teaching English as a foreign language in Spain?We Answered:
You could take a TEFL certificate with a company like i-to-i.com they also offer a job hunting service.Bobbie Said:
Recommend a book for teaching English as a foreign language?We Answered:
try this link you will find many downloadable bookshttp://www.englishbanana.com/index.html
Penny Said:
What are THE BEST books for teaching english as a foreign language?We Answered:
This will depend a lot on what level you're teaching. Personally, I make use of grammar books with pictures - so I can briefly explain (e.g. 'past perfect - action is finished, and use past participle) I can give students a list of verbs (v1,v2,v3 such as 'drive, drove, have driven') and then flash pictures and ask questions.My favourite for doing this at the moment are Raymond Murphy grammar books - I use the first and second from basic to intermediate. For general conversation, as I'm British I use an American book - Interchange - for which the CD's are expensive, but it's very good for listening skills if you follow the teacher book. Really you have to develop a style (ask questions, play CD - but don't let students answer until you ask them).
For children, I love 'Magic Time' in which every unit has a lexical set, ten good pictures easily scanned and printed as A4 flashcards - simple sentence structures, and three songs per unit on CD.
Now I can use any book with pictures and sentence patterns - teaching children, I make them run and hit pictures with a plastic hammer - for adults, I use a familiar picture group (I have about 15 pictures - a photographer in the bath, a teacher watching TV etc. Questions for you to ask 'what does he do? What is he doing? What did he do last week? What is he doing in the picture? What was he doing when I took the picture?)
Let them take grammar from your questions, and use their brain to apply it in a way that it relates to the pictures.
1. Drill vocab (listen/repeat) 2. elicit with a game 3. practice sentence (q/a structure) 4. don't forget to allow some free talking about the pictures with no restrictions on grammar etc.
hope you can make use of this. I use this basic idea with limousine drivers, working for a businessman in Bangkok who put me on hold after three months, and tried out all of the major language institutes that could put a course together and send out their best teachers.
After that, he called me back - and stopped wasting his money. He pays me roughly double the going rate.
I would like to add (in response to the one other rather offensive answer here) that in the places I worked amongst 'professional teachers' including International schools that recruit very experienced teachers from abroad - these teachers were very impressed, very suprised at my ability to make a group of strangers form a group and learn for a 7 week summer course. They wished to observe and learn.
I am not a qualified teacher, I simply have talent and no degree. I work amongst professionals who admire me for my ability and ask me for my ideas and help.