Features of the GEOS TESOL Course

• The key features of the GEOS ALC TESOL Course are:
• The new Cambridge University TKT international exam is included in the course fee
• Teaching practice internship included
• Intensive one month course taught by highly experienced and qualified international teacher trainers
• 35 hours per week plus additional 10 hours/week of self study.
• All materials included in the price

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TESOL is an intensive, 5 – week, full time, English Language Teaching Methodology Course. The course is designed to give you a range of practical skills for use with groups and individuals in the language classroom. The course enables you to:

• Acquire essential knowledge and familiarity with the principles of effective teaching
• Acquire a range of practical skills for teaching English to adult learners
• Demonstrate your ability to apply your learning in a real teaching context
• Experienced teachers will be able to up grade their skills
• Develop your English Language ability through practice and use

In addition to the core teaching skills that you will learn, you will also gain:

• Confidence in the classroom and in front of groups of people – a great plus if you make presentations in your work
• Increased knowledge of available materials and resources
• The opportunity to observe and assess experienced teachers in the classroom
• Work with course participants from other countries

Course Costs

TESOL 5-Week Course $2400

The price includes all materials. TKT Exam fee is not included.

TLP Course - $360 per week

The price includes all materials.

**Minimum of 8 students required for the TESOL course

The Cambridge University Teachers Knowledge Test (TKT)

We are proud to announce that candidates for our TESOL course will also sit the new Cambridge University TKT exam, which will give them an internationally recognised certificate. The exam fee is included in the course fee. Cambridge University which is famous for its native speaker qualifications such as the CELTA (Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults) has now started an exam for non native teachers. The TKT exams can be taken around the world and for the first time offers teachers an internationally recognised standard.

An Overview of TKT

TKT tests professional knowledge about the teaching of English to speakers of other languages. It should be noted that TKT tests teaching knowledge rather than teaching ability and that language proficiency, e.g. listening, speaking and extended writing, are not tested.

TKT can be taken at any stage in a teacher’s career and offers candidates a step in their professional development and enables them to move on to higher-level teaching qualifications and access professional support materials such as journals about English language teaching (ELT).

The TKT Exam format and syllabus areas
TKT consists of three free-standing modules each testing different areas of teaching knowledge. There are 80 questions in each module.

The three modules are:

• Language and background to language learning and teaching
• Lesson planning and use of resources for language teaching
• Managing the teaching and learning process

Who is the TESOL course for?

TESOL participants are either practising or aspiring English language teachers. Participants have come from a range of backgrounds. Some participants have just finished university; some from the business world and some have already been teaching but want to upgrade their skills.

What are the TESOL entry requirements?

Participants should have an IELTS score (or equivalent) of between 5.0 and 6.0 (General or Academic) or Cambridge First Certificate ‘A’ or ‘B’ pass. Participants without IELTS should have a ‘good intermediate’ level of spoken English fluency.

You may also be a graduate from our 5 week TESOL Language Preparation (TLP) course, which runs prior to the TESOL course. The TLP course is designed to improve the teacher’s language skills before the TESOL

The TESOL Syllabus Areas

The core areas of the TESOL syllabus are:

1. Language Skills Development
2. Grammatical and Language Awareness
3. Lesson observation
4. Classroom Management
5. Materials and task evaluation
6. Teaching Practice
7. Methodology Development

Who will teach the course?

Our trainers have worked internationally and bring a wide range of key experience, qualifications and knowledge to the course. All TESOL trainers undergo a rigorous selection and training process. To further enhance quality we invest in recruiting top trainers from other centres around the globe to work at GEOS ALC. To ensure that our trainers are up to date with methodology GEOS ALC Teacher Training Department also encourages the TESOL tutors to work abroad each year on the international training/teaching circuit.