What is the meaning of TEFL, TESL & TESOL Certified? |
Below are the most common acronyms currently used to describe English language teaching. All teachers at Worldestiny.com have attained certification in a minimum of one of these three areas. To obtain a certificate, one must enroll into a special educational institute and complete an intensive training on:
| Teaching Fundamentals |
-Language teaching, language learning: approaches to teaching English. |
-Working in the classroom: the teacher, the classroom and teaching skills. |
-Language awareness: the grammar of English and how to approach it. |
-Issues in presenting new language: how to do it in a practical way. |
| Teaching the FOUR Language Skills |
-How to teach speaking skills: teaching the sounds, stress and intonation of English. |
-How to teach listening skills: practical approaches you can use in the classroom. |
-How to teach reading skills: practical ideas in teaching intensive and extensive reading. |
-How to teach writing skills: from individual sentences to descriptive passages. |
| Practical Teaching Skills |
-Lesson planning: the preparation of your lessons. |
-Teaching vocabulary: how to teach new language quickly and clearly. |
-Practical language activities: a collection of practical and enjoyable teaching activities. |
-Testing in the classroom: a practical approach to assessing your students. |
After completing the required training and testing (most trainings are completed with 1-2 months), the individual receives a teaching certificate allowing them to go abroad and teach English in any desired location. |
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TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) refers to teaching people whose first language is not English, but who need to learn it for work or leisure.
These students are usually adults who are paying for the courses themselves, or their company is.
They are often highly motivated and literate, and already have an aptitude for languages. |
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TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) is different again. English is spoken as a common second language in the context of official communication and administration in many countries where several other language groups co-exist – such as Nigeria, Kenya, India and Singapore.
Another term that may be used in this context is TEAL (Teaching English as an Additional Language). |
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TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) is often used to mean the same thing as TEFL, but in addition, it is also used to describe English language teaching to people living in an English speaking country who are not native English speakers – such as refugees and first generation immigrants.
This teaching is provided by the state, and supported in the UK by the Learning and Skills Council. Students do not pay for their own lessons.
In the UK, TESOL courses provide students with a level of English that will allow them to integrate into the country’s educational, work and cultural environment.
There may be a need to teach basic literacy and other life skills as well. |
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