40 Hour Combined TEFL Course

40 Hour Combined TEFL Course

This entry level TEFL certificate will give you all the most important TEFL skills you’ll need to get started as a TEFL teacher, including practical lesson planning and teaching practice on the 20 hour classroom based course. The course also includes 20 hours of in-depth grammar study that will help you understand all the ins and outs of English grammar. The 40 hour course is an ideal choice if you want to get a taste of Teaching English as a Foreign Language or improve your teaching resume.

The 40 Hour Combined TEFL course gives you

  • An internationally recognised 40 hour TEFL certificate
  • 20 hours of practical teaching experience during your Classroom TEFL Course Find out more
  • 20 hours of grammar awareness training Find out more
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  • FREE TEFL course book
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What’s included in the 40 Hour Combined TEFL course?

The 20 Hour Classroom TEFL Course

By the end of this fun-filled 20 Hour Classroom TEFL Course, you’ll be fully TEFL certified and able to find work with thousands of schools and language institutes worldwide! Here’s what you’ll cover with the help of your expert tutor:

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Saturday 9am - 8pm

  • Introduction and ice-breakers
  • Classroom management
  • An introduction to grammar
  • A foreign language lesson: put yourself in your students’ shoes and see what it’s like to learn a language you’ve never heard before
  • Elicitation techniques
  • Using the blackboard
  • Functions: what we do with language
  • Level checks: ensuring students get the right tuition for them
  • Practice activities: guiding students in language use
  • Free practice activity: letting students communicate
  • Teaching practice preparation
  • First teaching practice & feedback

Sunday 9am - 6pm

  • Drama and role play
  • Pronunciation & intonation
  • Reading & listening: teaching comprehension skills
  • Grammar: tenses and time
  • Error correction: getting the most out of your students
  • Final teaching practice preparation
  • Final teaching practice & feedback
  • Employment in TEFL: career options

The 20 hour Grammar Awareness Certificate

With i-to-i’s 20 Hour Online Grammar Awareness Certificate you’ll get to grips with all those tricky grammar concepts, which you probably should have learnt in school but never did, meaning you can effectively teach them to your students. Here’s what you’ll cover:

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Module 1:

The Nuts and Bolts of English (5 hours)

Start your grammar training with a look at grammar terminology, word classes and parts of speech.
Module 2:

English Tense Forms (5 hours)

Learn how verbs are used to form the past, present and future tenses.

Module 3:

English Tense Functions (5 hours)

Learn how different time references can refer to different tenses and how the same tense can have different functions.
Module 4:

Vocabulary and Phonology (5 hours)

All about words. Explore how they sound, how they are pronounced, how they are spelt and how we can categorise them.