The TEFL course consists of approximately 180 hours including compulsory input units, self-study, and 60 hours of teaching practice with assessment through assignments, lesson plans, observation forms, and a portfolio. Course tutors include Mary Kay Maas, Gill Brownlow, Chris Evenden, and Stephanie Bianco who will provide input on methods and approaches, learner characteristics, and the roles of teachers.

1. TEFL Course
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2. Course Tutors
• Mary Kay Maas
• Gill Brownlow
• Chris Evenden
• Stephanie Bianco
• Adriana Real
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3. About the Course
• Input units
• Self-study component
• Teaching practice
– Classes
– Planning
– Observation
TOTAL: about 180 hours
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4. Input UNITS
 18 compulsory input units
 2 optional input units (TKT - EP)
(each unit consists of 3 sessions)
TOTAL aprox. 75 hours
 self-study pack
TOTAL 40 - 45 hours
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5. Teaching Practice
 Compulsory (divided in two levels):
 6 hours teaching practice +
 12 hours planning +
 3 hours feedback +
 2 assessed lesson
 Class OBSERVATION
 Optional
 1 more hour TP, planning and feedback per
level
 1 more level with 4 hrs TP, 4 hrs planning
and 2 hrs feedback + 1 more assessed
lesson
TOTAL (aprox.) 60 hours

6. Assessment
Minimum Requirements :
• 4 assignments 750 – 1500 words each,
• 2 assessed teaching practice +
corresponding lesson plans,
• 10 observation forms,
• 3 lesson plans,
• Portfolio
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7. AWARENESS
THEORY SNAPSHOT
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8. GLOSSARY
• http://www.cambridgeesol.org/assets/pdf/tkt_
glossary_august_2009_final.pdf
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9. Methods and approaches
(source: Eugene McKendry)
METHOD
Approach Design
Procedure
(Richards & Rodgers 1985:17)
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10. Traditional
Methods and approaches
Grammar Translation Method
Direct Method
Audiolingualism
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11. Methods and approaches
“Designer” Methods
• The Silent Way
– Caleb Gattegno, Egyptian - ~1972
• When Gattegno studied himself as a learner, he realised that only
awareness can be educated in humans. His approach is therefore based on
producing awareness rather than providing knowledge.
• Suggestopedia
– Georgi Lozanov, Bulgarian - ~1971
• The intended purpose of Suggestopedia was to enhance learning by
lowering the affective filter of learners
• TPR - Total Physical Response
– James Asher, American - ~1966
• It looks to the way that children learn their native language.
From Wikipedia
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12. Methods and approaches
• The wholistic Approach (CLL)
(Community Language Learning)
– The person as a whole
• The Communicative Approach (CLT)
– Notional – Functional Syllabi
• The Natural Approach
– Krashen, acquisition vs learning, ~1980
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13. TEACHING PENDULUM
GTM Silent Way
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14. ECLECTICISM
Making decisions on the basis of what
seems best instead of following some
single doctrine or style
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15. A Vision of K-12 Students Today
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16. LEARNER CHARACTERISTICS
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17. Source: The TKT Course, CUP. 2005
Visual seeing
Auditory hearing
Kinaesthetic using the body
learners
Group learn best working with others
Individual through working alone
Reflective considering choices
Impulsive responding immediately
LEARNING STYLES
What kind of learner are you?
http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=visual
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18. Source: The TKT Course, CUP. 2005
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Repeating
Experimenting Guessing
Language
Learning
Strategies
Paraphrasing Asking
Recording Deciding
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19. LEARNER NEEDS
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20. How to meet learner needs
Choosing suitable:
materials level-of language-and-skills topics workload
ACTIVITIES approach-to-teaching treatment-of-
individual-learners skills interaction-patterns
feedback PACE language-and-skills learning-
strategies
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21. TEACHER’S ROLES
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22. A “JUG
AND MUG”
TEACHER
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23. Choose “A” or “B” or write “C”
if you believe you should be in between
A B
The syllabus, the
exam, and the
I have all the information
information are here for
us to share
It is my job to transmit I am not the fount of all
knowledge to you knowledge
I am responsible for your You are responsible for
learning your learning
I am here to facilitate
It is my job to make sure
your learning by providing
that you work
resources and support
As the adult, and the
professional, I have the I trust that you want to
expertise to make the learn and will take
right judgements and responsibility for your
decisions about your own learning
learning
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Source: Anita Szabo, CUP. 2000

24. Match, please
• Planner  Comforts learners when they are upset or unhappy
 Prepares and thinks through the lesson in detail before
• Informer
teaching it so that it has variety and there are appropriate
• Manager activities for the different learners in the class
 Makes sure all the learners are taking part in the activities
• Monitor  Can be used by the learners for help and advice
• Involver  Gives the learners detailed information about the
language or about an activity
• Parent/Friend  Is able to recognise the cause of learners’ difficulties
• Diagnostician  Goes around the class during individual, pair and group
work activities, checking learning
• Resource  Organises the learning space, makes sure everything in
the classroom is running smoothly and sets up rules and
routines for behaviour
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25. CELTA BOOK
THE LEARNERS AND THEIR CONTEXTS
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26. CU NXT CLASS
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