14 TEFL / TESOL Exam Preparation Courses in Canada

Earn a recognized (TESL Canada accredited) teaching certificate giving you the essential tools for teaching English, either in Canada or worldwide.

**Course Outcome** - Teaching Confidence & Leadership Skills: Students will build confidence in teaching and managing beginner & intermediate classes in all English skills. They will learn how to deal with classroom difficulties. - ESL Teaching Skills: Students acquire the skill to think like a teacher and to plan and apply lessons to students of all abilities and understand the role of the teacher in an ESL classroom. - Self-Knowledge: Students will understanding how to evaluate and improve their teaching abilities and further develop their qualifications and experience. **Course Content** - Comprehensive Programme: Students are taught a range of past teaching technique to up-to-date methodologies for all levels and all skills of English with ample opportunity to practice them in the classroom while building confidence in delivering English presentations. - CLT Model: Communicative Language Teaching is the model of the course in which students learn by interaction and apply this model to their own lesson-planning. - Ongoing Consultation & Feedback: Teachers consult students one-to-one after each major project and presentation making the feedback personal and useful. - Comfortable Class Atmosphere: Creating and maintaining a pleasant class environment where students are encouraged to take risks is the main protocol. - Stimulating Curriculum: Students are never bored with a variety of workshops; academic studies are well-intergrated with in-class teaching practice; students are continuously challenged to think like ESL teachers while improving their own ESL skills. - TKT Preparation: Students are thoroughly prepared to sit the TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test) issued by Cambridge University; TKT certificates are recognised world-wide and provide an excellent building block for further development in the TESOL field. - High TKT Score: Successful students of the programme will improve their test-taking scores by at least 35%. - Free TKT Exam Coordination: SGIC coordinates TKT exams in Toronto and Vancouver for students and following through to make sure they receive their certificates regardless of where they are in the world!

Teaching Confidence & Leadership Skills: Students will build confidence in teaching and managing beginner & intermediate classes in all English skills. They will learn how to deal with classroom difficulties. ESL Teaching Skills: Students acquire the skill to think like a teacher and to plan and apply lessons to students of all abilities and understand the role of the teacher in an ESL classroom. ? Self-Knowledge: Students will understanding how to evaluate and improve their teaching abilities and further develop their qualifications and experience. Program Features Entrance Requirements SGIC Admission Test 75%, or Completed Upper Intermediate English level 6 at SGIC, or TOEIC 625, or TOEFL iBT 55, or IELTS 5.5 + (Oral Test Required) Duration: 1 Semesters (Semester takes 100hrs) Class Size: Average 12-14 Students (High Season 16 Students) Starting Dates: Please see school Calendar COURSE CONTENT ? Comprehensive Program: Students are taught a range of past teaching technique to up-to-date methodologies for all levels and all skills of English with ample opportunity to practice them in the classroom while building confidence in delivering English presentations. ? CLT Model: Communicative Language Teaching is the model of the course in which students learn by interaction and apply this model to their own lesson-planning. Ongoing Consultation & Feedback: Teachers consult students one-to-one after each major project and presentation making the feedback always personal and useful. ? Comfortable Class Atmosphere: Creating and maintaining a pleasant class environment where students are encouraged to take risks is our main protocol. Stimulating Curriculum: Students are never bored with a variety of workshops; academic studies are well-intergrated with in-class teaching practice; students are continuously challenged to think like ESL teachers while improving their own ESL skills. TKT Preparation: Students are thoroughly prepared to sit the TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test) issued by Cambridge University; TKT certificates are recognized world-wide and provide an excellent building block for further development in the TESOL field. High TKT Score: Successful students of the program will improve their test-taking scores by at least 35%. ? Free TKT Exam Coordination: SGIC coordinates TKT exams in TORONTO and VANCOUVER for students and following through to make sure they receive their certificates regardless of where they are in the world!

This course will require 12-14 hours per week including reading and writing assignments, videos, research, teacher observations and practice in a real-life ESL/EAL classroom in your own community or teaching online to a classroom of students in Mexico.IGK’s TESOL Program is designed to equip future ESL teachers with the methodology, tools, knowledge and practical teaching experience to be able to find jobs teaching ESL in Canada and abroad. The teacher training course includes 100 hours of classroom instruction where students learn from one of the qualified and experienced ESL professionals. It also includes a 20-hour supervised practicum where trainee teachers will observe qualified teachers and practice teaching under the supervision of an experienced teacher.

IGK’s TESOL Program is designed to equip future ESL teachers with the methodology, tools, knowledge and practical teaching experience to be able to find jobs teaching ESL in Canada and abroad. The teacher training course includes 100 hours of classroom instruction where students learn from one of the qualified and experienced ESL professionals. It also includes a 20-hour supervised practicum where trainee teachers will observe qualified teachers and practice teaching under the supervision of an experienced teacher.

This course will require 12-14 hours per week including reading and writing assignments, videos, research, teacher observations and practice in a real-life ESL/EAL classroom in your own community or teaching online to a classroom of students in Mexico.IGK’s TESOL Program is designed to equip future ESL teachers with the methodology, tools, knowledge and practical teaching experience to be able to find jobs teaching ESL in Canada and abroad. The teacher training course includes 100 hours of classroom instruction where students learn from one of the qualified and experienced ESL professionals. It also includes a 20-hour supervised practicum where trainee teachers will observe qualified teachers and practice teaching under the supervision of an experienced teacher.

IGK’s TESOL Program is designed to equip future ESL teachers with the methodology, tools, knowledge and practical teaching experience to be able to find jobs teaching ESL in Canada and abroad. The teacher training course includes 100 hours of classroom instruction where students learn from one of the qualified and experienced ESL professionals. It also includes a 20-hour supervised practicum where trainee teachers will observe qualified teachers and practice teaching under the supervision of an experienced teacher.

TESOL is a concise course in which students learn how to teach English to speakers of other languages. This 4-week intensive program covers the 4 main skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing), as well as the key systems (lexis, phonology, grammar) inherent in language teaching with an emphasis on modern language teaching principles and techniques. VIC-CC’s TESOL program is full of practical teaching tips and multiple opportunities to practice the skills as they’re taught. On completion of this course, graduates will have the knowledge and skills to step into the ESL/EFL classroom. Upon course completion, students will be able to: write professional, comprehensive lesson plans, deliver communicative ESL lessons at different levels, give clear, concise instructions, give constructive feedback to students, and manage a classroom effectively. Students will also be able to teach all aspects of listening, speaking, reading and writing as well as lexis, phonology and grammar. Graduates of the program can find careers as teachers at private language colleges, online English teachers and English tutors.

TESOL for Children is a highly practical course that fully prepares its graduates for the challenging job of teaching English to children. This program builds on the skills developed in TESOL. All subjects are explored from the children’s perspective. After learning about physical, cognitive and emotional development, students can apply that knowledge to teaching topics such as reading, writing, and phonics. Also covered is the effective use of games, songs, chants, and drama, all the while motivating children for long-term learning. Graduates will be ready to effectively group students and to provide positive discipline in a wide variety of situations. Upon course completion, students will be able to: plan and adjust lessons for specific target ages, manage classrooms and deal with behavioural issues, teach reading, writing and phonics, and use games, songs, chants and drama to teach English to children. Graduates of the program can find career opportunities as teachers in private English academies, or as online English teachers or English tutors.

TESOL for Teens is a 4-week, comprehensive program that builds on the core skills and knowledge developed in TESOL. Topics (listening, speaking, reading, writing, lexis, phonology, and grammar) are revisited and developed to a deeper level with further practice. Additionally, this program explores experiential, hands-on, and discovery learning styles. It also examines the concept of content-based instruction and includes a science-fair prep module. Teenage learner-specific and adult learner-specific classroom management are also discussed. This course includes a Cambridge TKT (Teacher Knowledge Test) component, upon completion of which graduates will have the confidence and preparedness to take the exam.

TESOL is a concise course in which students learn how to teach English to speakers of other languages. This 4-week intensive program covers the 4 main skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing), as well as the key systems (lexis, phonology, grammar) inherent in language teaching with an emphasis on modern language teaching principles and techniques. VIC-CC’s TESOL program is full of practical teaching tips and multiple opportunities to practice the skills as they’re taught. On completion of this course, graduates will have the knowledge and skills to step into the ESL/EFL classroom. Upon course completion, students will be able to: write professional, comprehensive lesson plans, deliver communicative ESL lessons at different levels, give clear, concise instructions, give constructive feedback to students, and manage a classroom effectively. Students will also be able to teach all aspects of listening, speaking, reading and writing as well as lexis, phonology and grammar. Graduates of the program can find careers as teachers at private language colleges, online English teachers and English tutors.

TESOL for Children is a highly practical course that fully prepares its graduates for the challenging job of teaching English to children. This program builds on the skills developed in TESOL. All subjects are explored from the children’s perspective. After learning about physical, cognitive and emotional development, students can apply that knowledge to teaching topics such as reading, writing, and phonics. Also covered is the effective use of games, songs, chants, and drama, all the while motivating children for long-term learning. Graduates will be ready to effectively group students and to provide positive discipline in a wide variety of situations. Upon course completion, students will be able to: plan and adjust lessons for specific target ages, manage classrooms and deal with behavioural issues, teach reading, writing and phonics, and use games, songs, chants and drama to teach English to children. Graduates of the program can find career opportunities as teachers in private English academies, or as online English teachers or English tutors.