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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 lessons
11 · 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