T.e.f.l Teaching for Newbies
by Just what is a T.E.F.L. Everything you always wanted to know about T.E.F.L but were too afraid to ask is explained for you here.
Q. What exactly does T.E.F.L mean?
A. T.E.F.L means Teaching English as a foreign language.
Q. I also keep hearing the term T.E.S.O.L being banded around are T.E.F.L and T.E.S.O.L the same thing?
A. In a nut shell yes! T.E.S.O.L means teaching English to speakers of other languages. In the U.S most people use the term T.E.S.O.L and in the U.K the term T.E.F.L is more widely used.
Q. What does T.E.F.L involve then, what will I learn on the course?
A. T.E.F.L is usually a 4 week intensive classroom based course with some classroom teaching practice involved. This course is very intensive and will contain lots of teaching modules which may include some of the following. Language awareness, pronunciation, grammar, lesson planing, classroom management skills, planning your lessons, creating lesson activities, games and activities etc.
Q. I don’t have time to attend a class based course, what other options do I have if I want to take a T.E.F.L certificate?
A. You could always enroll on an internet or distance learning T.E.F.L learning course. Over the last few years with the incoming of the net, many T.E.F.L course providers have started to use the net as a medium to offer new high tech online courses.
Q. Is T.E.F.L recognized the world over?
A. The name T.E.F.L is definitely recognized all over the world, Yes! However when choosing your course one should always check to make sure the course you are taking is accredited.
Q. Is it easy to get employment teaching English with a T.E.F.L certificate?
A. Usually yes, it is very easy. Having a T.E.F.L certificate will increase your employment opportunities considerably, no matter where you obtained your T.E.F.L certificate from. Most employers will ask for a T.E.F.L certificate as one of the prerequisites to obtaining employment as an English teacher.
Q. Who will employ me with a T.E.F.L certificate?
A. You’ll be able to secure employment in the private language school sector, government school sector, corporate English teaching sectors and also teaching English to private students, which can be very financially rewarding.
Q. What are the pay and conditions like for T.E.F.L teachers?
A. Dependent upon where in the world you decide to work! However on the whole usually very good, and there are always plenty of opportunities to make extra money by teaching evening and weekend classes.
Q. What country would you recommend to start my T.E.F.L teaching career in?
A. A really great country to kick start your new career in would undoubtedly be Thailand.
Q. Why Thailand?
A. Lots of reasons really, but here’s just a few! Great weather, good beaches, cheap cost of living, friendly laid back people, decent pay, great and interesting culture, plenty of teaching work available.
Q. I’ve got my T.E.F.L certificate, all I need now is to secure a teaching job, where do I start looking?
A. A really good and growing resource for teaching jobs in Thailand has to be http://esljobs4teachers.com Here you’ll find more teaching jobs than you can comfortably shake a stick at!
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