Weekend TEFL Courses in Australia

  Australia

• Melbourne: 
Melbourne
• Sydney: 
Sydney
• Adelaide: 
Adelaide
• Perth: 
Perth
• Brisbane: 
Brisbane
• Queensland: 
Cairns

Length of Position: 20 to 80 hours training

Description: If you're looking to break free from your current lifestyle or you're considering a new direction, then join i-to-i and we'll help you fund your escape to the real world.

By completing one of our internationally recognized and accredited teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) courses, we'll arm you with the nuts and bolts of English Language teaching enabling you to take that all important first step towards living and working overseas.

This two-day interactive workshop covers all the nuts and bolts of TEFL teaching, enabling you to face your first class with confidence. You'll learn about student management, eliciting responses and you'll even have the chance to deliver your own lesson in a simulated classroom environment.

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Highlights: Your course will follow a schedule similar to the following:

Saturday:
Introduction and warmers
Classroom management
An introduction to grammar
A foreign language lesson: how it feels
Elicitation techniques
Using the blackboard
Functions: what we do with language
Level checks: ensuring students get the right tuition
Practice activities: guiding students in language use
Free practice activity: letting students communicate
Teaching practice preparation
First teaching practice & feedback

Sunday:
Drama and role play
Pronunciation & Intonation
Reading & Listening: teaching comprehension skills
Grammar: tenses and time
Error correction: getting the most out of your students
Final teaching practice preparation
Final teaching practice & feedback
Employment in TEFL: career options

Qualifications: Native English or near-native required. For non-native speakers the Cambridge Level 4 Certificate in Advanced English is required or an equivalent. A minimum age of 17. No formal qualifications required.

Cost in US$: From $545 AUD

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to World Wide Participants.

Participants Travel to Australia Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently Or in Groups of Maximum class size of 20

Post Services Include:

• Job and Internship Network

i-to-i Meaningful Travel's Mission Statement: Founded in 1994, i-to-i is an award-winning organization providing unique opportunities for you to travel, work and live abroad. Thousands of travelers aged 18 to 80 have joined our volunteer vacations and over 15,000 have learned to Teach English as a Foreign Language through our tailor-made TEFL courses. With over 300 projects on 4 continents, you can join the worldwide i-to-i volunteer community on an extended adventure in areas such as teaching, community development, sports coaching, conservation, building or internships in tourism, marketing, journalism, or health.

Year Founded: 1994