TESOL stands for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. TESOL (or TEFL/TESL) teaches people whose first language is not English how to speak, listen, read and write in English as well as dozens of other useful techniques.

A lot of countries require TESOL certification for their work visa. A few years ago, the only requirements schools had were that their teachers could speak English, but now they are looking for more qualified staff members. By taking the TESOL program, you are assuring your employer that you have as much invested in teaching overseas as they have in bringing you over to teach for them. It also prepares you for more than teaching. Our course has an extensive section on contract negotiations, living and working overseas, as well as an in-depth look at culture shock.

Our standard 60-hour TESOL course contains everything a teacher would need to teach conversational English. All aspects of language acquisition are covered, as well as a detailed look at the job process. The TESOL programs also consist of fourteen other specializations in order to prepare you for more in-demand and higher paying jobs. Our specialized English courses are listed below.

The standard course is sixty hours long. Each of the specialization courses is sixty hours as well. There is no standard length of time required for students to complete the course; some people finish it in two weeks while others require two or more years. There has never been a deadline to complete our courses and it's nice to know that it may be completed anywhere in the world.

The Christian module is taking the Independent Specialization course and writing the mini-thesis on Teaching English as Christian Mission. You will be given several resources and guidelines to complete this module and everyone who receives a certification from Global TESOL Christian College must take this module.

These days, with so many fly-by-night TESOL courses, schools have been getting an influx of teachers who have TESOL certifications but do not know the first thing about teaching. To combat this, schools have been recently asking for 100-hour plus courses. If you have already completed your standard 60-hour TESOL course and have yet to finish your specialization course, make sure you inform your future employer that you plan to have the course finished by a certain date.

TESOL courses can range between 200 and 4000 dollars, but you don't always get what you pay for. Do your research to ensure that you get the best quality for your money. Our TESOL manual is over 1200 pages long and is the best teacher-training manual out there. Other TESOL companies have manuals that are a couple hundred pages long or consist of textbooks you could purchase yourself from any bookstore.

Absolutely not. Our course is designed for anyone to complete and enjoy. Our students' age range is from 17 to 74, and each person takes away something different from the course. So if you are an experienced teacher, or even if you have never stood up in front of a class before, this course is for you.

The course can be taken in three different ways. Correspondence and online is completed at your leisure and should take around 60-hours to finish. The in-class version is comprised of three different parts. The first part is 35 hours of in-class instructor-led lecture and teacher training in class. This is complemented by 5 hours of out-of-class of creative lesson planning, presentation preparation, readings and exercises to be done during the week of the course. This is then followed by 20 hours of readings plus an exam to be completed after the course at student's convenience.

In today's economy, it is almost impossible to not find one of the 30, 000 jobs available. We guarantee you will find a job if you follow our process, but you must send out your own resumes. During the course, we teach you the best way to be proactive in your job search and application procedure, so that you can find a job that is the best fit for you.

Schoolteachers benefit the most from our program, because they have the practical knowledge coming into the class. We offer so many different techniques that teachers who have been teaching ESL in particular have even learned new things. Beyond that, teaching English as a second language is completely different from any other kind of teaching. ESL requires a great deal of Student Talk Time (STT) and raising the STT takes new methods and new techniques.

A teaching practicum is a volunteered length of teaching that a student does prior to going overseas in order to try out the new methods he or she has learned. In the in-class version of our course, students teach language acquisition in a stimulated ESL environment, so correspondence or online students must find a way to get some practical experience as well. Read more about teaching practicums.

If you have not taken the foundation course in-class, it is necessary for you to complete the practicum. In extenuating circumstances where there is absolutely no way to complete the practicum in your home town, we are able to issue you a interim TESOL certificate and you can complete your practicum overseas. We also take into consideration any previous teaching or tutoring you might have done, which eliminates the need for a practicum.

As of right now, we offer four programs. Program I is our Advanced TESOL certification which includes our foundation course and one specialization, Program II is our Professional TESOL Certificate which includes our foundation course and three specializations, Program III is our Advanced TESOL Diploma which is our foundation course and five of our specializations, and Program IV is our Professional TESOL Diploma which is our foundation course plus nine of our specializations.

We have fourteen specialization courses right now. Teaching grammar, small or corporate business English, TOEFL preparation, teaching children, teaching adults, tourism English, tutoring English, teaching practicum and our independent study elective. We also have computer English, legal English and medical English.

We have three different methods of study. The first is our in-class course which is offered in major cities in Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. If you live in one of the major cities and can fit it into your schedule, this is the preferred method of completion. Classes are fun, lively, and full of like-minded people. Students learn from each other as well as the instructor. If you cannot find the time or if you do not live in a major center you can take the course online or through correspondence. The only difference between the two is that the online course is available through the computer while the correspondence course has a manual.

Absolutely. There is no difference in the materials covered, regardless of the method of study.

The more experience you have in teaching, the more our TESOL course makes sense to you. A quarter of our graduates have previously taught overseas.

Teaching is a matter of bringing what you know across to your students. We don't have to teach you how to speak English, we teach you how to bring that across. If you attend each day, participate in the lessons, and complete your mini-lesson, you will understand how your students feel to be ESL learners and you will know how to help them learn.

TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) and TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) all teach English to non-native English speakers. The only difference is TESL is for teaching in an English speaking country while TEFL is for teaching English abroad. TESOL encapsulates them both. CELTA is the British equivalent to the TESOL, but the 80 hours a TESOL student completes at their own pace is done in a classroom setting.

This question should be why do you want a Global TESOL Certificate over all others. Global TESOL has the highest level of language acquisition of all the courses, and we prepare our students for all aspects of life overseas.