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Diploma in TEFL
Train to teach English as a foreign language. A practical, hands-on diploma covering teaching methodology, student motivation, learning styles and classroom management — everything you need to step into the classroom with confidence.
What you'll cover
· 37 lessons11 · Welcome & how this course works
- Welcome to the Diploma in TEFL
- How this course works
22 · The good teacher & the Frisby Method
- What makes a good teacher?
- The Frisby Method: what it is
- The Frisby approach in practice
33 · Your students
- Knowing your students
- Motivating your students
- Learning styles
44 · Teaching theories
- Where learning theory comes from
- Modern learning theories
55 · The classroom
- Designing your classroom
66 · Managing behaviour
- Difficult behaviour: the iceberg
77 · Planning
- Curriculum, syllabus & schemes of work
- Writing a lesson plan
88 · Reflective practice
- Reflecting on your teaching
99 · Assessment
- Testing, evaluation & assessment
1010 · Safeguarding & SEN
- Safeguarding & child protection
- Special educational needs (SEN)
1111 · Teaching Speaking
- Why we teach speaking
- Strategies & activities for speaking
- Dos & don'ts of teaching speaking
- Assignment · Word & topic families
1212 · Teaching Listening
- Why & how we listen
- Teaching listening in the classroom
- Assignment · A listening-focused lesson plan
1313 · Teaching Reading
- Why & how we read
- Reading activities & making materials
- Assignment · A reading-focused lesson plan
1414 · Teaching Writing
- Teaching writing
- Activities to develop writing
- Assignment · Picture sequence
1515 · Teaching Grammar
- Teaching grammar the Frisby way
- Teaching the building blocks
- Prepositions & pronunciation
- Teaching the tenses
1616 · Teaching toolkit
- A games bank
- The A–Z of teaching English