TESOL Syllabus

• We focus on the ESA Model while also examining several other approaches such as Task-based Learning and Communicative Language Teaching.
• Detailed ook at Lesson Planning: How to write an effective, structured lesson plan. (All TESOL students will teach 5 Lessons during the TESOL Program)
• Teaching Skills: We train you how to teach Speaking, Reading, Listening, Writing, Vocabulary, and Grammar lessons and how to plan challenging and stimulating exercises for each different skill.
• Grammar Workshops: We offer six grammar workshops on the program. Parts of Speech, Verb Tenses, Conditional Sentences, Modal Verbs, The Active and Passive Voice, Reported Speech
• Pronunciation Workshops: We offer six Pronunciation Workshops during the Program. These focus on:Using the IPA Chart, Vowels and Consonants, Word and Sentence Stress, Syllables, Intonation and Connected Speech
• During the program we examine how to teach Beginner students, Teenagers, Children and look at a range of different Learning Styles such as Auditory, Kinasthetic and Visual.
• Classroom Management: Teacher positioning, Monitoring, Teacher Talking Time and Student Talking Time. Problems that occur in a classroom and how to deal with them. Student groupings.
• Observations: All TESOL Trainees will complete 10 hours of Classroom Observations where they will observer our International House teachers
• Assignments: One Observation Report, Essay, Oral Presentation.