Via Lingua Corinth

  Greece

Korinthos (Corinth)

Description: The Via Lingua TEFL course has a strong practical emphasis to give you the skills and confidence necessary to begin working in the EFL world. Sessions on Language Awareness and Teaching Skills provide you with the necessary knowledge of the English language and how to teach it.

The teaching practice component consists of lesson planning with the guidance of the trainers, teaching the lesson with a trainer observing you, and getting detailed feedback on your teaching after each lesson. You will teach at least 10 lessons during the course and will have the opportunity to teach both children and adults.

As Via Lingua Corinth is operated by Anglo-Hellenic Teacher Recruitment, we offer unrivalled access to TEFL jobs in Greece.

Accommodation is offered in a seaside village fifteen minutes from Corinth and transport to the training centre each day is provided in our own minibus. Meeting at Athens airport is also included in the package, as are a range of excursions and other social activities.

The course is divided into six areas:

Classroom Management
This topic includes classroom arrangement, managing resource materials, maintaining discipline, giving instructions, the role of student and teacher etc.

Teaching skills
This is a very practical element of the course, aimed at building the trainees' skills in areas such as teaching grammar, vocabulary, Business English, creating own materials, correction skills etc.

Language Awareness
This section of the course aims to consolidate the trainees' knowledge of grammar, and provide practical ideas as to how it can be taught.

Phonology
Focuses on areas such as pronunciation, stress, intonation, rhythm and the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Unknown Language
Trainees are put into the position of language students and are taught an unknown foreign language.

Teaching Practice
The most practical and important element of the course. Trainees teach real students of English and put into practice the skills learnt on the course.

Classroom Management

Topics covered include

- The role of the teacher with regard for promoting effective learning.
- To consider ways in which we can maximize student interaction in the classroom.
- Effective strategies for Classroom Management in relation to eye contact, gesture, voice, student grouping, pre-lesson preparation, rapport with students, using the board, behavior management.
- Skills needed in the presentation of materials: the board, the flip chart, prepared cards.
- Maintaining discipline
- Giving instructions
- Teaching Skills

This is a highly practical element of the course where trainees consider;

- The essential ingredients of a well planned lesson
- The relationship between language structure and vocabulary
- Strategies for teaching vocabulary
- Effective strategies for correcting students mistakes
- Specific issues concerned with teaching beginners
- Ways to introduce and use a variety of language games
- Ideas for oral communicative language learning activities
- Ways to present a methodological model for teaching receptive skills (listening and reading)
- Ways to present a methodological model for teaching productive skills (writing and speaking)
- Models for introducing new language structures (grammar)
- Specific issues involved in the teaching of children
- Specific issues involved in teaching Business English
- The principles underpinning good assessment
- Language Awareness
- This section of the course aims to consolidate trainees' knowledge of the English grammar system and provides practical ideas as to how it can be taught.

Some different aspects of grammar covered include:

- The tense system
- Nouns/adjectives
- Verbs/adverbs
- Infinitives
- Gerunds
- Parts of speech
- Modal auxiliary verbs
- Conditionals
- Relative clauses
- Phrasal verbs
- Teaching pronunciation
- Phonetics
- Phonology
- Focuses on areas such as stress, intonation, rhythm and the International Phonetic Alphabet.

All teaching practices - ten hours minimum (six are the international standard) - fully observed, constructively critiqued and graded by our trainers. The emphasis is on progression and trainees are expected to address issues raised during feedback.

Cost in US$: 1650

- Airport meeting and transfer to accommodation
- Welcome lunch
- Tuition
- All course materials
- Unlimited use of all the training center facilities including Internet access
- Course moderation fee
- Certification
- Graduation ceremony and party
- Lifelong job guidance

This Program is open to World Wide Participants.

Participants Travel to Greece Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 12

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Job and Internship Network

Anglo-Hellenic Teacher Recruitment's Mission Statement: Employment, training and support for English Teachers in Greece.

Year Founded: 1997