TESOL Teacher Training
What is a TESOL Teacher Training Program? It’s your way to become a qualified instructor of English as a Second or Other Language (ESOL).
TESOL stands for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Completing the TESOL course means you’re ready to teach ESOL students professionally at English schools in the USA or the rest of the world, from Argentina to Zambia.
SIT-certified TESOL trainers guide you through a comprehensive curriculum with the following modules: learning, teaching, speaking, pronunciation, structure, listening, reading, writing, and culture.
Whether you’re a new or an experienced teacher, TESOL teacher training provides tools, techniques, and tips to transform your student-centered classroom into a dynamic learning community.
Benefits of TESOL Teacher Training at ILI
- 180-hour training
- Graduate with a World Learning SIT Graduate Institute’s TESOL Certificate, a leader in the field of TESOL for more than 30 years.
- Get hands-on training and teaching experience from the first week of class.
- Reflect on key teaching frameworks, core TESOL concepts, and multiple language acquisition tools.
- It’s cost-effective
- Become qualified to teach ESOL around the world.
- Teach at least 6 one-hour practice classes
- Online and in-person options
NOTE: Our online, in-person, intensive, and extensive (part-time) options cover the same curriculum — it’s just the mode of instruction or pace of the course that differs.
TESOL Course Options
Intensive Teacher Training Course (TESOL Certificate)
Our Intensive Teacher Training Course (TESOL Certificate), is a 4-week program with comprehensive curriculum and hands-on experience. Online or in-person.
Part-time Teacher Training Course (TESOL Certificate)
Our Part-time Teacher Training Course (TESOL Certificate), is a 15-week program with comprehensive curriculum and hands-on experience. Online only.
Is the TESOL teacher training program for you?
ILI’s TESOL course is ideal if you’re interested in teaching English to speakers of other languages. With a TESOL Certificate, you can make an impact as an educator, a mentor, and an agent of change.
If you’re ready to take a deep dive into the concepts and techniques of teaching English, the TESOL course is right for you. Moreover, TESOL English teaching training is perfect if you’re ready to try new teaching tools, reflect critically on your practice lessons, and evolve as an educator.
Maybe you’ve already devoted years to English instruction or teaching other languages. Or maybe you’ve never stepped into a classroom before. Either way, you’ll benefit from ILI’s TESOL English teacher training program and its ongoing process of planning, practice, and reflection.
You’ll gain fresh insights into the student-centered communicative language learning environment. You may end up adjusting your ideas about best teaching practices. By the end of the TESOL intensive course, you may even end up reimagining the classroom and reinventing yourself as an educator.
As a participant in our TESOL Certificate you’ll learn the ins and outs of formulating learning goals that are relevant to the students’ lives. You’ll learn different approaches to structuring lesson plans step by step. You’ll learn techniques to boost student talk time.
Another way that our TESOL Certificate makes an impact is that it puts into practice the ideals of fairness and equity in education. TESOL teacher training will help you show how you genuinely care about the learner.
Are online TESOL courses valid?
Definitely, yes! Online and in-person TESOL Certificates are equally valid.
Just like any in-person equivalent, the online TESOL Certificate course qualifies you to teach ESOL/EFL/ESL at home or abroad. You will walk away with the necessary qualifications to move forward in your career as an ESL/EFL/ESOL instructor. Whether located in an English-speaking country or a country where English is not the primary language, schools and institutions are looking to hire candidates with an online TESOL Certificate to fill ESOL/ESL/EFL teaching positions.
Remember, however, that the best TESOL intensive courses provide opportunities to put TESOL concepts into action with hands-on teaching experience. In ILI’s TESOL course, you will benefit from the chance to plan, deliver, and reflect on your own example lessons.
That’s why, as a participant in our TESOL teacher training, you’ll teach at least 6 one-hour practice classes. You will practice teaching techniques with real students, process feedback, and engage in peer observation.
The same as any in-person iteration, ILI’s online TESOL Certificate unpacks the tool kit that can make you a successful teacher. Our fully accredited TESOL distance learning courses are delivered entirely online via Zoom and Google Classroom and result in 100% valid TESOL Certificate.
Our TESOL Trainers
Our TESOL Certificate Course is taught by a teacher trainer certified by World Learning/SIT Graduate Institute. Our certified teacher trainers bring a wealth of teaching experience and a passion for education.
“Brian made it apparent through his actions that he was completely dedicated to our growth and to supporting us in achieving our personal goals for the course. “
Alexander
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Selected FAQs
Students must have a high school degree and show a capacity for college-level education including a good understanding of the English language and solid writing skills.
All applicants must submit an application along with a one-page essay. Non-native speakers must have a minimum TOEFL score of 600 on the written test or 250 on the computerized version, an IELTS Band 7.0 or higher, or a CEF C1. Non-native speakers must also have a second interview to ensure their listening/speaking skills are adequate to take the course and to teach English. All participants must show a willingness to plan and teach in groups and to work reflectively.
You will need the following information to fill out the TESOL application:
- Personal information
- Educational background
- Teaching or language experience
- Program interest and goals
- 400-500 word essay on personal examples from your own learning (not limited to language learning) on how the three ingredients to successful learning are: wanting to learn, knowing how to learn, and having a chance to learn.
- $300 non-refundable fee due with application
Five Graduate Credits are available through the World Learning SIT TESOL Certificate.
You have the choice of whether or not to pursue graduate credit, but need to decide before the course begins. Regulations state that once the course has begun there is no reconsideration on the part of the World Learning SIT Graduate Institute Registrar’s Office. If you wish to pursue graduate credit you will be given a link by the Training Center at which you have enrolled in the course, and will register for credit on an online World Learning SIT registration site.
Choosing the credit option means that you will pay an additional $500 fee directly to World Learning SIT, and upon successful completion of the course you will be awarded five graduate credits. Ordinary payment method is by check, but as a convenience, SIT offers the choice of credit card online payments by Master Card, Visa, or Discover with a flat convenience fee of $50 per transaction for payment of the registration fee.
In submitting the graduate credit application you indicate that you have chosen to take the course for graduate credit, and that you understand that if you change your mind or fail to complete the course credit requirements the cost of credit will not be refunded.
Participants teach 6 hours during the program, with group planning sessions before every class taught and group processing sessions afterwards.
Your daily schedule will be Monday through Friday from 9 am to 12 pm. Lunch from 12 to 1 pm. Afternoon from 1 to 4 pm. There are no classes or meetings on the weekends.
This program is the same as the one-month, intensive 180-hour teacher-training course that provides participants with the practical skills and confidence they need to be successful in the ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) classroom. This course meets one Saturday a month and on Tuesday and Thursday evenings for three months.
The class meets live on Zoom. The schedule is one Saturday each month, from 10am – 5pm (Lunch from 1 – 2pm), and every Tuesday and Thursday evening from 4:30 – 9pm.
If you are a prospective or novice teacher, the course offers practical teaching techniques to help you enter the classroom with confidence, even if you have never taught before.
If you are an experienced teacher, you will explore a wide range of teaching and classroom management techniques. Through a process of reflection, you will critique your teaching, deepen your practice and principles, and implement positive changes in a supportive environment.
The total program cost is $2,500, which includes a $300 non-refundable application fee. If the candidate is not accepted or the course is cancelled due to low enrollment, the $300 deposit will be returned.
ILI can assist you in finding local accommodation. *Rented rooms for $165 per week are within a short distance of the school. There is a $125 housing search fee for this service. If you need this service, please fill out the Home-stay portion of your application.
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- We operate as an equal opportunity organization.
- We nurture relationships beyond the classroom.
- We are committed to providing the highest quality language instruction and teacher training.
- We promote intercultural understanding and celebrate the diversity in our local communities.
- We work collaboratively to build and sustain the communities we serve.
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