Attend the EBC Trinity CertTESOL course and get dual award TESOL and TEFL certification, the Trinity CertTESOL and the EBC International TEFL Certificate.
EBC's intensive TESOL certification course is practical, thorough and designed for candidates that have no previous experience in English teaching. It is also suitable for candidates that have some experience but no formal training in the TEFL or TESOL field.
During the TEFL course you will become familiar with the principles of successful English teaching and start developing the practical skills that you will need to teach effectively.
The style of English you use is not important as long as it is correct within its own rules (e.g. Americans can teach using correct American spoken English, vocabulary, spelling, etc.) You will be expected to teach the style of English you feel most comfortable with and use it consistently.
Four exciting weeks with us is your passport to living your dreams abroad, in exotic locations all over the world.
EBC has been running highly successful TEFL certification courses since 2002.
EBC has trained and placed thousands of SATISFIED TEFL TESOL course graduates in English teaching jobs around the world.
The EBC TEFL course is DUAL AWARD which means that when you graduate you will receive certification covering both TEFL and TESOL. This means that you'll be trained to teach in either a TEFL or TESOL environment.
The EBC course is rigorous and demanding. You may find that it is stressful at times, but by the end of the course, not only will you get an accredited, internationally accepted qualification, you'll also have a great feeling of satisfaction and achievement.
EBC's mission is to ensure that you achieve your teaching goal and help you get started on a successful English teaching career.
The EBC International TEFL Certificate course will qualify you to teach English as a foreign language and give you the hands-on experience you need to get quality TEFL jobs around the world.
The course runs for 160 hours, a significant part spent on supervised group teaching practice, peer group and individual teaching sessions. You are divided into small training groups each with its own trainer and own classroom. We strongly believe in keeping our groups small so you get personalised attention and value for money training.
The basis for the EBC International TEFL Certificate course is Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). CLT is a comprehensive, communicative approach that values fluency, keeping learners productively using English in the classroom, and enabling them to take responsibility for their own learning.
The main asset for anyone wishing to teach abroad is their knowledge of English, and those with TEFL qualifications are in constant demand. Qualified TEFL teachers can find a ready market for their skills in most businesses, corporations and educational institutions.
To provide a TEFL training programme that:
Upon graduation you will:
The EBC Trinity CertTESOL course concentrates on the following key areas in order to make you an efficient, knowledgeable and valuable EFL teacher:
During the four week, 160 hour EBC Trinity CertTESOL course, you will learn the principles of successful English teaching and start developing the practical skills you will need to teach effectively.
The EBC Trinity CertTESOL course includes 14 hours of teaching practice, 8 hours observing experienced teachers and the completion of 10 written assignments. Teaching practice is observed and critiqued. You will deliver lessons that you will create to non-native English speakers. You will get feedback so that you know how you are progressing and help you prepare for the moment when you go solo in your teaching career.
You will be taught how to communicate effectively using different methods and media. The EBC training style demands active and pro-active student participation. Your ability to work in a team is essential.
You must not speak in the learner's foreign language when you are teaching. An essential part of our TEFL TESOL teaching method is the ability to explain and teach in English supported by classroom aids, body language etc.
Your final grade is determined by performance in 3 key areas:
Due to the extensive corporate and professional experience of EBC, the EBC Trinity CertTESOL course will make you a qualified and highly employable EFL teacher. Our EBC Trinity CertTESOL course is an intensive, challenging and rewarding course. There is a lot to learn in 4 weeks, new skills that you have to put to immediate use in real life teaching situations.
Your teaching practice classes will contain working people and/or people that need to learn English in order to help them find a job. We monitor the language level, age range and skill sets of these people to ensure your teaching practice is as real as possible.
In our challenging, demanding and highly rewarding course, you will make new friends, graduate with a TEFL qualification and experience life in a non-English speaking country.
Once you graduate with the EBC international TEFL certificate, you won't just have another qualification, you will have joined a unique body of professionals wanting to teach and be taught by travelling and experiencing different cultures.
As well as graduating as a TEFL certified teacher, you will also learn how to quickly adapt and survive in a new cultural environment. The EBC course mirrors real life as a new teacher in a foreign country so when you have graduated you will be truly ready to teach anywhere.
There are 4 course grades: Distinction, Merit, Pass, Fail.
Distinction – awarded to students whose performance in the written assignments and lesson preparation exceeds the specified criteria and who have demonstrated in their teaching practice a level of ability and achievement significantly higher than that required to meet pass-level criteria.
Merit – awarded to students whose overall performance in the teaching practice and in the written assignments falls between the minimum pass criteria and distinction pass criteria.
Pass – awarded to students whose overall performance in the teaching practice and in the written assignments meets the minimum pass criteria.
Fail ("Attendance Letter") – awarded to students who attended the entire course but failed to meet the minimum pass criteria.
Your study programme is divided into two main sections:
You will be taught language analysis and usage, theory and practical application, classroom management and lesson planning/evaluation through the following:
Your teaching practice is composed of the following:
Your written work and teaching practice work will be reviewed by your course trainer and the course moderator.
You will receive regular feedback from your course trainer so that you know how you are progressing. The feedback may require you to take corrective action. You are expected to act upon the feedback you are give.
Individual student performance metrics will be gathered in the following key areas:
In order to graduate the candidate must successfully complete all written and practical teaching requirements.
You will deliver a portfolio containing the following 5 units:
You will be given all the details about completing the portfolio when you attend the course.
Classroom training |
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| Area | Description |
| The difficulties of learning a language | Initial introduction to learning a foreign language and the difficulties involved in teaching and learning. |
| Speaking and pronunciation | How to teach speaking and pronunciation is presented, showing what speaking activities look like, practice drills for fluency and pronunciation, role play and related techniques. To reinforce what you have learned, you will design your own speaking and pronunciation lesson plans. |
| Vocabulary | How to teach vocabulary. A range of strategies to present, remember and test vocabulary are taught. Ideas for vocabulary work in the class are discussed. Through group work, you will practice the elicitation techniques you learned in class. |
| Listening | How to teach listening is presented, showing what real life listening in the classroom is and what listening sequences look like. To reinforce what you have learned, you will design your own listening lesson plans. |
| Reading | How to teach reading is presented, what is really involved in real life reading and what reading sequences look like. To reinforce what you have learned, you will design your own reading lesson plans. |
| Writing | How to teach writing is presented, showing tasks that stimulate writing, how to give feedback on writing and what writing sequences look like. To reinforce what you have learned, you will design your own writing lesson plans. |
| Grammar: Language functions and analysis | How to teach grammar. Grammar practice games and activities are investigated, showing you how to turn grammar into a fun and interesting lesson. You will also learn how to teach the most important English language functions. |
| Structure and Organisation | Trainees are presented with strategies on how to present explanations and instructions based on levels and age. Also presented are teaching models that influence current teaching practices. To reinforce what you have learned, you will design and present your own teaching structures. |
| Teacher language | The theme "taught or entertained" is investigated, presenting actual teaching strategies used by experienced teachers on "how to teach and entertain." The importance of clear instructions is discussed. To reinforce what you have learned, you will demonstrate the proper language to be used when teaching. |
| TEFL for children | What difference does age make to language learning is investigated. You will learn practical techniques for teaching children. |
| ESP (English for Special Purposes) Business English | You will learn about ESP (Business English), its definition, terminology, areas of specialisation. How to prepare ESP lesson plans, ESP books and supplementary material are discussed. Practical ESP lesson management strategies and ESP concept checking exercises are presented. Based on different areas of specialisation, you will develop your own ESP lesson plans to be presented during teaching practice sessions. |
| Classroom Interaction | Patterns of classroom interaction, questioning drills and group work will be discussed. You will learn about classroom discipline and how to deal with discipline episodes. |
| EFL Course books and Supplementary Material | The most widely used EFL course books are introduced, different equipment to use, their advantages and disadvantages are discussed. You will develop your own learning resources to be used during teaching practice sessions. |
| Delivering feedback | You are presented with feedback techniques, learn how to correct students and how to correct mistakes in oral and written work. |
| Individual (One to One) Teaching | You will learn about individualisation strategies and lesson preparation for one to one teaching. You will put into practice the learned theories in an individual (one to one) project to be presented later in class. |
Lesson planning |
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| Area | Description |
| Group lesson planning | You will plan lessons in groups under the supervision of your course trainer. These lesson plans will serve as the basis for future teaching practice to both peers and non-English speaking students. |
| Individual lesson planning | You will create your own individual teaching practice lesson plans from original material gathered and put together by you under the guidance and supervision of your course trainer. |
Teaching practice |
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| Area | Description |
| Trainer demonstrations | There will be 4, 2 hour demonstration classes given by your course trainer. At the end of each demonstration class, there will be a question and answer session. |
| Teaching practice | There will be 8, 1 hour teaching practice sessions. You will teach to classes of non-English speakers. The classes you teach are grouped into beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. You will be observed and get feedback from your course trainer. |
| Peer group teaching practice | There are 8 micro-teaching sessions where you teach practice lessons to your class peers. The sessions are observed, assessed and critiqued by your course trainer and your class peers. |
| Individual (one to one) assignment | Your individual assignment requires you to interview a non-English speaker and write a study plan based on his/her needs. This assignment is part of the Business English teaching module. |
| Teaching practice critique | There are verbal and written feedback sessions from your peers and course trainer. |
Employment opportunities |
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| Area | Description |
| Job Workshops | You will be introduced to the requirements of the job market, job interview questions/answers and world-wide job possibilities.You will also be given information about local requirements regarding employment, pay, bank accounts and other important practical issues associated with getting a job. |
Teaching practice is an essential part of your EBC Trinity CertTESOL course.
We run our TEFL teaching practice classes to give you the best possible practical experience teaching English to non-English speakers. Teaching practice is probably the most important thing you will do on your TEFL course.
Prospective employers will almost certainly insist that your course has given you proper training that includes TEFL teaching practice given to non-English speakers. The best language schools will definitely insist on it. EBC is one of very few TEFL course training schools that:
Our efforts and training ensure that you make the grade when prospective employers ask you in for an interview. TEFL teaching practice given to non-native English speakers is included in our 4 week intensive TEFL course and our 2 week teaching practice course.
You'll be celebrating too because by the end of the course you will know the following:
The following is a list of TEFL course books that may be referenced during the course. You DO NOT have to buy these books prior to joining the EBC course. After you send your deposit, we will send you an introductory manual that will prepare you for the course.
| Title | Author |
| 30 Minutes … Before a Presentation | Patrick Forsyth |
| After the trade is made | David M. Weiss |
| Analysis for Financial Management | Robert C. Higgins |
| Blueprint one | Abbs & Freebairn |
| Business Basics | David Grant and Robert McLarty |
| Business Class | David Cotton – Sue Robbins |
| Business English | William Cooke |
| Business Games | Jenny Mawer |
| Business Opportunities | Vicki Hollett |
| Business Targets | Simon Greenall |
| Cambridge Proficiency Examination Practice 1 | Cambridge University Press |
| Cambridge Proficiency Examination Practice 1 Teacher's Book | Cambridge University Press |
| Classroom Dynamics | Jill Hadfield |
| Communicate Clearly – Essential Managers | Robert Heller |
| Countdown to First Certificate | Michael Duckworth & Kathy Gude |
| Cultural Awareness | Tomalin & Stempleski |
| Effective Negotiating | D. Blanchard |
| Elementary Communication Games | Jill Hadfield |
| English File Intermediate | Clive Oxenden – Christina Latham |
| English Grammar in Use Intermediate | Raymond Murphy |
| English Grammar in Use Supplementary Exercises | Raymond Murphy |
| English Vocabulary in Use Elementary | Michael McCarthy – Felicity O'Dell |
| English Vocabulary in Use Pre-Intermediate & Intermediate | Michael McCarthy – Felicity O'Dell |
| English Vocabulary in Use Upper Intermediate & Advanced | Stuart Redman |
| Essential Grammar in Use | Raymond Murphy |
| Essential Read-Spell Book 4 | Schonell |
| Finance for the non-financial manager | Herbert T. Spiro |
| First Certificate Organiser | John Flower |
| Fundamentals of English Grammar | Betty Schrampfer Azar |
| Getting Ahead | Jones-Macziola & White |
| Grammar & Practice | Michael Duckworth |
| Grammar: Games and Activities for teachers | Peter Watcyn – Jones |
| Great Presentation Skills | Melody Templeton-Suzanne Sparks |
| Headstart Beginner | Briony Beaven |
| Headway Intermediate | John & Liz Soars |
| Headway Upper-Intermediate | John & Liz Soars |
| Headway Advanced | John & Liz Soars |
| Highly Recommended SB English for the hotel and cater. | Rod Revell & Trish Stott |
| Highly Recommended TB English for the hotel and cater. | Tim Falla |
| How English works | Swan & Walter |
| How the new stock exchange works | Colin Chapman |
| How to write a Marketing Plan | John Westwood |
| Idioms and Exercises | The English Linguistics Study Group |
| In at the Deep end | Hollet – Carter – Lyon – Tanner |
| Insights into Business | Lannon – Tullis – Trappe |
| International Express Pre-Intermediate | Liz Taylor |
| Introduction to Economic Analysis | Miles Fleming |
| Key Words in Business | Bill Mascull |
| Meetings | Malcolm Goodale |
| Negotiate in English | Gerald Lees |
| Nelson Grammar | Denis & Helen Ballance |
| New Headway Elementary | Liz & John Soars |
| New Headway Elementary Teacher's Resource Book | Liz & John Soars |
| New Headway Elementary | Liz & John Soars |
| New Headway Pre-Intermediate | Liz & John Soars |
| New Headway Intermediate | Liz & John Soars |
| New Success at First Certificate SB | R.O'Neill, Duckworth & K.Gude |
| Online Shopping UK | Ian Shircore – Preton Gralla |
| Oxford English for Computing | Boeckner & Brown |
| Oxford Practice Grammar | John Eastwood |
| PET Preparation and Practice | Ann Ward |
| Preparing for English for Commerce | Davies & Pickett |
| Presentation Skills | Suzy Siddons |
| Re-Engineering the Corporation | Michael Hammer y James Champy |
| Re-Engineering your Business | Daniel Morris – Joel Brandon |
| Speaking Effectively | Comfort – Rogerson – Stott – Utley |
| Successful Presentation Skills | Andrew Bradbury |
| Technical Contacts | Brieger & Comfort |
| Test Your Business English (Marketing) | Simon Sweeney |
| The big book of presentation games | Scannell & Newstrom |
| The Oxford Guide to Writing & Speaking | John Seely |
| The Trainer's Pocketbook | John Townsend |
| Understanding Wall Street | Jeffrey B. Little – Lucien Rhodes |
| Vocabulary for College A (Third Edition) | Diederich, Carlton, Papale, Papale |
To prepare yourself for the TEFL course you will be expected to do some up-front pre-course reading and exercises. The pre-course work will introduce you to some of the teaching concepts and keywords that will be used during the course, and get you started with English grammar.
After you have applied and sent your course deposit you will receive a FREE copy of our "Introduction to TEFL" e-book. We strongly suggest that you read through it in order to get up-to-speed with the concepts of TEFL TESOL.
We also suggest that you try and read through one or more of the books in the list shown below. It is not a requirement that you buy these books. They are listed for the purposes of helping you get to grips with TEFL TESOL terminology.
| How English works | Swan & Walter |
| Essential Grammar in Use | Raymond Murphy |
| The Oxford Guide to Writing & Speaking | John Seely |
| Classroom Dynamics | Jill Hadfield |
| The Trainer's Pocketbook | John Townsend |
| Cultural Awareness | Tomalin & Stempleski |
Once you have sent your deposit and enrolled on the course, please go to your student management system account main menu, download and then complete the pre-course exercises. You must complete the exercises BEFORE you start the TEFL course and either bring your answers with you or email them to us at info(at)ebcteflcourse.com. The pre-course work comprises roughly 10 hours of reading and answering the set of questions you will receive.
After you have made your final payment you will receive a FREE copy of our "Basic English Grammar" self-study distance learning course.
Our FREE grammar course plus the above set of books, especially the grammar books, will help you with your pre-course exercises.
English grammar is something we know, usually instinctively. As a teacher you will need to be able explain grammar to your students.
Bearing this in mind, we strongly suggest that you complete our FREE "Basic English Grammar" self-study distance learning course and also read through:
"How English Works",
published by Oxford University Press,
written by Michael Swan and Catherine Walter,
ISBN 0-19-431456-1.
Brushing-up your English grammar will help you a lot on the course.
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