TEFL Practicum: Best Methods in Developing and Delivering Lesson Plans
LING-40111
Learn how to be in control and maintain an effective learning pace when teaching English as a foreign language in this practical TEFL certificate course.
You will review techniques of teaching the basic ESL and EFL skills and pronunciation and grammar. You will then apply these techniques in organizing activities and practice – teaching them to partners and groups through simulated teaching opportunities and experiences.
At the end of the course, you will feel confident and knowledgeable in:
- developing teaching activities and lessons for the different skill areas
- providing effective error correction during teaching
- applying useful classroom management skills in a simulated classroom situation
Course Information
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This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
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All course materials are included unless otherwise stated.
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- No refunds after: 4/4/2025
- Early Enrollment Discount: $475 ($500 if enrolled after 3/3/2025)
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Instructor:
Nicola Teague, MEd in TESOL and Special Needs
ESL Instructor at ELI since 1991. Specializes in reading, writing, listening, speaking, presentations and TOEFL preparation.
After completing her studies in England, Nicola Teague spent four years teaching ESL in Switzerland. She has since taught ESL in San Diego for over twenty years, specializing in designing and delivering interactive communication classes. Teague joined the American Language Institute at SDSU where she taught in both the academic and communicative programs. She taught a range of levels from beginner to advanced in reading, writing, listening, speaking, presentation skills and TOEFL. Not only did she teach in the two primary programs but also in short term programs that included business and teacher training programs.
In 1991 Teague moved to the English Language Program at UC San Diego, where she started in the 10-week program, again teaching a range of skills and levels. She also worked in the short term customized programs which included Korean and Brazilian teacher training. For the last eight years she has taught in the TEFL program instructing core classes of reading, writing, listening and speaking. In addition, she instructs a teacher-trainer workshop that teaches students how to teach the TOEFL. Teague is also a private tutor both in San Diego and to online students in Taiwan, Korea and Japan.
