Train to be a teacher
Do teachers need to learn to teach? The answer is yes. Continuing education and development is the key to every profession, including teachers. It is clear that novice teachers need to learn in class by teaching. Experienced teachers, however, must continually improve their qualifications, especially when they teach online.
Why Do You Need To Train To Be A Teacher?
Teachers should constantly train as their students do, and here's the reason why:
- Motivation. Successful learning outcomes depend not only on students but also on teachers. Teacher's attitude is one of the most important factors in terms of student motivation to study. A trained teacher has the knowledge and skills necessary to motivate students.
- Self-confidence. Having the right training as a teacher is one of the ways to build self-confidence and prepare for potential challenges. That helps teachers to be more flexible and creative when faced with these challenges. Student also like self-confident teachers more because they look like they know what they are doing.
- New opportunities. English teacher education courses open new horizons and give teachers more opportunities to advance their career.
- Trust. A certified teacher gains more trust from students and their parents. This is especially important for online teachers.
Is the Certificate or Training Program Needed to Teach Online for ESITY?
We appreciate the trust of our customers, so we mainly contract with certified teachers. To have bigger chances become a part of our team and get more students to choose you as their teacher, you should have at least a bachelor's degree and receive training for teaching English.
We provide the training for our on-board teachers to learn and review the teaching practices.
TEFL
What is TEFL?
TEFL means Teaching English as a Foreign Language. After graduating from TEFL, you receive a certificate to teach English for foreign speakers anywhere in the world.
Do not confuse TEFL with TOEFL - A test of English as a foreign language, which is attended by students who are not the teachers.
This TEFL Teachers' Teaching Course will help you understand the basics of TEFL classroom teaching. The course offers you the ability to learn and demonstrate the key skills of teaching English as a second language.
The materials in this course will include materials from: Oregon University, British Council, Oxford University Press, videos and information obtained from recognized members of the TEFL community. The material was synthesized for you by training professionals at the TEFL Professional Development Institute to help and improve TEFL teacher training.
During the course you will learn:
- Modern English as a second language teaching and learning style, how best to guide and motivate students to learn effectively.
- Develop an understanding of how to create a successful learning environment by understanding the best way for students to get involved.
- View the knowledge of contemporary English as second language teaching techniques and how to find out and help students achieve their goals.
- To prove the professional ability to teach English grammar as a part of English as a second language.
Course Outline:
- Class Management
- Learning strategies
- Methods of teaching
- Lessons Planning
- English Grammar
- Contemporary problems in English
- Teaching Grammar
- Teaching vocabulary
- Teaching Pronunciation
- Young students
- Adult students
- Teaching Language Skills - Listening and speaking
- Teaching Literacy - Reading and Writing
- Feedback and student development
- Teaching online
We hope you have a better understanding of what teacher education is. Now you can think about taking a TEFL course online or you can start learning with us for free while you teach with us. You can get the training step by step. Your choice depends on your purpose.
ESITY offers online opportunities to teach English and prefers candidates who meet the following requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in any field.
- 1 year of teaching online or offline; or equivalent in mentoring, tutoring or alternative education.
- Time availability - to teach at least 5 lessons per week in our peek times (afternoon and evening during the week, or anytime during the weekend).
Learn more about teaching online with ESITY in these frequently asked questions.