The Online Course is broken down into ten different modules that can be completed in as short as two weeks or as long as six months. These modules are as follows: Module 1, Module 2, Module 3, Module 4, Module 5, Module 6, Module 7, Module 8, Module 9, Module 10

Four additional modules are also available: Teaching English to Young Learners, Teaching Business English, Teaching With Limited Resources , and Using Video and Audio in the TEFL Classroom.

Module 1

Student Motivation, Teacher Roles & English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Methodology

An introduction to teaching EFL

Motivation:

• Learn different ways students are motivated to learn English such as; passing an exam, getting a better paid job or aiding integration into an English-speaking country.
• Learn how to generate a questionnaire to find out what motivates your students to learn English as well as their general needs.

• Motivator
• Controller - being in complete control of the class
• Assessor - checking and deciding when and how to give feedback
• Resource - you may be the only exposure to the language that the learner has
• Coach - to encourage students to actively take part in classroom activities
• Tutor - on a one-to-one basis, giving individual attention, guidance and helping students to learn more efficiently
• Organiser – to tell students exactly what they need to do, an how they should do it
• Facilitator – to encourage students to communicate with each other
• Counsellor – to help the student solve any problems relating to language learning

Tasks:
3 mini-tasks (not submitted to tutor)
3 written tasks of 50, 75 and 150 words submitted automatically to your tutor and returned to you marked within 24 hours (Monday to Friday)