TEACHING YOUNG LEARNERS

Available now via email

£139.99

A friend who taught English in Thailand once told me if you have the choice to teach adults or children teach children – it’s really fun and the rewards are fantastic.

If you’ve completed a TEFL course and you want to specialise in Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL) then this course is for you. You can also take this course if you are already a teacher and want to develop/brush up on your skills. It is intended to be a challenging but rewarding course and by the end of it we want you to be able to enter the classroom with confidence.

The TEYL course consists of two modules which will take you through how to engage, motivate and teach 3-15 year olds. It includes about 30 hours of study and will probably take around 4 weeks to complete. However, as you can work at your own pace we allow up to 6 months and as the course is via email, it can be completed anywhere. If you need longer than 6 months you can get an extension for a cost of £45.


What will I get?

When you enrol, you will receive an email with attached documents. Two will be your modules/study booklets and one will be your answer booklet which you will complete in Word and send back via email. The other one is to be read before you start. It gives you advice on how to go about completing the course, for example time management and what time of day may be best for you to study. It also gives you an overview of what you will be required to do throughout the course and what subjects will be covered (getting started, what and how to teach).This document also highlights there is a tutor on hand who you can email any questions to if you get stuck. This tutor will also give you feedback on your work (unlike many other Young Learner add-ons) and you will receive one of the latest course books absolutely free.

Assessment

The assessment consists of 10 questions, relating to specific sections of the study booklets which you complete throughout the course. Your personal tutor will mark your answers out of 100 and convert it into a grade; A, B, Pass or Fail. You need to get at least 50% to pass the course. If you do pass, you will receive the Teaching English to Young Learners Certificate. Remember, if you get stuck at any point during the course, your personal tutor is just an email or phone-call away.

For a full course overview, click here >

TEYL Course Content

The following areas are all covered in depth with potential areas for further research detailed after each section where you can take your study and reading further, with over 50 different web sites and other resources cited throughout the course.

Module 1

Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL) – An Introduction

• The increasing demand for young learner English.
• Getting started with young learners.
• You choose your course book from the options.

• From pre-school age right through to older teenagers.
• What makes them tick and how we can best meet their needs in the classroom.

• How to get the best out your students.

• What we teach them.
• The importance of lesson planning.
• Your very first lesson with a young learner group.
• Different learning strategies; including theme based learning, as well as ideas for developing the 4 basic skills of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.
• Using topics to formulate lessons.
• Exercises that really work well with this age group from Global English graduate teachers.

In module 1, you get to choose one of these exciting OUP titles free

Chatterbox (level 1)
elementary
or
Adventurers (level 3)
pre-intermediate

Module 2

Teaching English to Teenagers

• Lesson planning for teenagers.
• Behaviour management within the classroom & the importance of cultural and age awareness.
• Keeping our teenagers on track and motivated.
• TESOL exams that many teenagers have to take.
• Review of the best course books and web-based materials available to you today.
• Exercises that really work well with this age group.

• How to use your students as the primary resource in your classroom.
• Ideas for teaching with minimal resources, such as how to best use discussion groups, drilling and dialogue creation, and the fun that can be had working with imaginary materials.
• The basic skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing when there is no course book.

• Professional Development