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TEFLOnline.com offers comprehensive teacher-training courses that will prepare you for a teaching job in countries around the world. The courses take between 40 - 120 hours to complete, but can be done at your own pace and on your own time. Depending on how quickly you work, within one to six months you’ll have your internationally recognized online certificate and be ready for an English teaching position overseas.

The TEFLOnline.com core curriculum consists of 12 modules covering ESL/EFL teaching basics, video tutorials, open-book review quizzes, and written assignments for each module. Additional sections include a glossary of terms, a resource library for teachers, and a guide to getting a job overseas. Upon enrollment in TEFLOnline.com, you will be assigned your own personal tutor who will grade your assignments and help guide you through the course.

Modules* (an asterisk indicates that the module is included in the 40-hour Basic Certificate)

*1     The Roles of the Teacher and Learner, Approaches and Methods        Video Tutorial: Roles of the Effective Teacher         *2     Classroom Management       Error Correction       Distinguishing Levels of Learners       Choosing Textbooks        Video Tutorial: Error Correction   3     Language Awareness       Language Systems and Skills       History of the English Language       Spelling of the English Language        Video Tutorial: Language Systems: Function         4     Planning Lessons         *5     Productive Skills       Speaking and Writing        Video Tutorial: Information Gap Activities         *6     Receptive Skills       Listening and Reading *7     Teaching Grammar        Video Tutorial: Teaching Grammar from Context         *8     Vocabulary, Meaning, and Context        Video Tutorial: Teaching Vocabulary        Video Tutorial: Concept Check Questions         9     Pronunciation       Phonology of English       Phonemic Script      Video Tutorial: Teaching Pronunciation - Minimal Pairs   *10     ESL/EFL Audio/Visual Aids       Activities & Games       Software and the Internet     Video Tutorial: Games in the EFL Classroom Video Tutorial: Activities – Mingles and Role Plays   11     Testing for the ESL/EFL Student         12     Culture and the ESL/EFL Classroom       Video Tutorial: Cultural Issues in the EFL Classroom               Additional Sections:             Professional Development and Employment        Video Tutorial: Preparing for an Employment Search             Teachers’ Resource Center, which includes a glossary of ESL/EFL terms, grammar reference, recommended books, and a guide to getting a job overseas.