ITTP - International TEFL/TESOL Program

  Czech Republic

• Prague: 
Prague

Length of Position: 4 weeks

Description: ITTP International TEFL/TESOL Certification course is an intensive 4 week course consisting of 130 teaching hours.

In week 1 you will:

- Learn how to present language and check understanding;
- Cover foundations of analytic language;
- Be introduced to warmer concepts and lesson planning skills;
- Cover listening skills and take a look at language functions;
- Look at classroom management;
- Acquire understanding of phonology;
- Be taught vocabulary technique;
- Take 5 modules of teaching preparation theory / practice;
- Complete teaching practice;
- Learn how to identify lesson aims, personal aims, anticipated problems, possible solutions, assumptions and materials in developing lesson plans.

In week 2 you will:

- Study tense orientation and grammatical theory / practice;
- Be introduced to advanced phonology theory / practice;
- Indentify learner styles, levels and challenges;
- Learn to grade supplementary materials;
- Learn controlled Oral Practice;
- Learn coping with one-to-one / teaching business English;
- Receive training in correction theory / practice;
- Receive teaching practice feedback;
- Complete teaching practice.

In week 3 you will:

- Identify speaking skills;
- Receive advanced training in errors and correction theory / practice;
- Receive advanced training in phonology;
- Identify the perfect tense;
- Look at teaching techniques concerning learners with special needs;
- Look at learner problems between American and British English;
- Receive teaching practice feedback;
- Look at the place of prepositions in language analysis;
- Complete teaching practice.

In week 4 you will:
- Undergo a complete grammar review;
- Study linguistics / phonology theory in practice and classroom application;
- Look at the place of conditionals and articles in language analysis;
- Complete teaching practice;
- Receive teaching practice feedback;
- Have countless opportunities to receive end-of-course administrative advice;
- Learn how to increase your ability to work in cross-cultural settings;
- Learn to find and evaluate English teaching job worldwide;
- Receive end-of-course feedback;
- Begin real-life employment preparation.

Highlights: ITTP is Institutional member of the College Of Teachers, a member of the British Council. ITTP is also Educational Partner with Cambridge University Press. The ITTP Onsite International TEFL/TESOL Certification course covers more than 130 hours and provides over 14 hours of teaching practicum components.

The ITTP Online International TEFL/TESOL Certification course covers 100 teaching hours and fully complies with International Online TEFL/TESOL training requirements.

ITTP is additional Education Partner with the Elementary School Nam Curie Praha, faculty school of Charles University. Our Trainees are observed by leading English teachers in the field, such as Ms Mgr Vuckova who was awarded the title 'English teacher of the year 2006' (awarded by the European Commission EU, NA Socrates).

On ITTP international TEFL/TESOL courses teaching practicum isnt limited to just 1 type of classroom training - trainees teach different learner levels/ types.
In addition to General English classes, ITTP sends its Onsite and combined Online and Onsite trainees to local companies and schools where you will gain additional onsite teacher training experience. This makes the transition from classroom training to paid teaching a very smooth and natural process.

ITTP is unique in that it provides 2 internationally recognized combined Online/Onsite TEFL/TESOL certification courses (includes the All Inclusive Online course option) and 2 internationally recognized Onsite TEFL/TESOL certification courses which each include 10-15 hours of varied teaching practice experience.

Our 4-week intensive 130-hour TEFL/TESOL course combines theoretical analysis with hands-on practice and covers all the core TEFL/TESOL training components. Typically, classes average 6 trainees per course date and the MAXIMUM number of trainees per course date is just 12. A typical day begins at 9:00am and finishes at 4:30pm (plus of course homework every evening and at weekends). You will have teaching practice, teaching real students, every afternoon at our Training Center from 1-4:30pm and also additional teaching practice on location in schools and companies. This heavy emphasis on teaching practice combined with our excellent Trainers and small classes make this course one of the most dynamic and friendly TEFL/TESOL courses on the market today.

Qualifications: A whole range of people from many different cultural backgrounds graduate from the course. ITTP encourages and welcomes all applications - regardless of sex, age, race or nationality. Conditions of entrance are set by international guidelines.

These are that applicants:

* should be Native English, or Non-Native advanced English speakers (i.e. English is your first language or Mother Tongue and/or if you speak English proficiently).

* applicants must be 18 or over.

ITTP encourages and welcomes applications from both Native English and Non-Native English speakers.

Cost in US$: 390/1390

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Czech Republic Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups of 10 max

Application Process Involves:

• In-Person Interview when Feasible
• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Other
• Phone Interview
• Resume

Post Services Include:

• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

ITTP - International TEFL/TESOL Program's Mission Statement: ITTP provides Online TEFL/TESOL training courses, combined Online and Onsite TEFL/TESOL training courses, and Onsite TEFL/TESOL training courses, which lead to the awarding of the internationally recognized TEFL/TESOL certificate. ITTP is Institutional member of The College of Teachers, which is a member of the British Council. ITTP is also Educational Partner with Cambridge University Press. ITTP provides an extensive job assistance program and to date ITTP has a 100% record of finding its grads, who wish to teach immediately and who are sufficiently active in their search, teaching positions within 4 weeks of finishing their course. This represents ITTP's global reputation and extensive network of global educational contacts/ partners: ITTP sends its grads all over the world.

Year Founded: 1996/2006