Canterbury English TEFL Course Madrid, Spain

Canterbury Is An Authorised Test Center For The Test of English for International Communication

Course Details

Canterbury TEFL Certificate

Canterbury International TEFL Certificate

Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Intensive Hands-On Training Course

Course Price                     1275€
Paid Practice Teaching   -  520€
(more details)                       755€

- Price includes 520 Euros paid practice teaching that you receive
after completion of the required student teaching.

CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

The main features of the course include:
- Free Official Welcome Pack From City Hall.
- Orientation breakfast and "kick-off" Cocktail evening event.
- Intensive Hands-On Practical Course, 120+ hours.
- Internationally Recognized Diploma and Certificate.
- 40 hours of Paid Practice Teaching.***
- 20 hours of Children Practice Teaching.
- 20 hours of Business English Practice Teaching.
- Small, Intimate, Enjoyable classes taught by a Caring and   Well-rounded team of trainers in a comfortable and   pleasant family atmosphere.
- Free Internet and Photocopy Services.
- Guaranteed Job teaching English in Madrid during the   school year upon successful completion of the course.
- Guaranteed Summer Job and a chance to teach in   Summer Camps throughout Spain upon successful   completion of   the course.

*** Note: This 40 hours of paid practice teaching usually takes approximately eight weeks to schedule and complete.

Canterbury English is a professional association of professors and students from all over the world. Canterbury English will provide successful graduates of our program a guaranteed average minimum of fifteen hours a week teaching English, if they so desire. No teaching experience prior to the program is required. Utilizing "FLEX" scheduling, Canterbury accommodates the needs of our participants and provides them with the maximum flexibility necessary to balance their time between studying, traveling, and working.

Courses usually begin the first or second Monday of every month (see course dates), with a rolling application deadline.

TEFL Course Schedule

The students in the class meet four days a week, Monday through Thursday, (Fridays are free for weekend excursions) from 9:30 am to 12:00 noon in the morning, learning theoretical topics related to teaching English as a foreign language; and from 12:30pm to 3:00pm (15:00 hr.) in the afternoon, putting into practice the topics learned in the morning. The practice teaching of real-life students is done sometime between 5:30 pm (17:30 hr.) and 9:00 pm (21:00 hr.) in the evening.

The TEFL theory portion of the course is of forty hours duration. The theory class meets everyday, Monday to Thursday, for 2.5 hours a day from 9:30 am until 12:00 noon, for four weeks. The TEFL practice portion of the course is also of forty hours duration, but it is divided into two equal modules of twenty hours each. The Children practice module meets every Monday and Wednesday, for 2.5 hours a day from 12:30 pm until 3:00 pm, for four weeks; and the Business English practice module meets every Tuesday and Thursday, for 2.5 hours a day from 12:30 pm until 3:00 pm, also for four weeks.

Thus, the course consists of forty hours learning theory in the mornings; forty hours of lesson planning, role plays, presentations, peer teaching and critiques in the afternoons; and forty hours of paid practice teaching classes out in the field in the evenings.

Note: This teaching of practice classes usually takes approximately eight weeks to schedule and complete.

TEFL Course Outline

The Teachers and the Students

The Teachers
All the teachers in the course have been involved in professional teaching and training for a number of years. They are still active teachers and therefore are fully aware of the classroom situations facing foreign language teachers today. Each group will have input from at least three teachers during the course.

The Students
Applications are welcomed from all interested parties, regardless of nationality. The only requirements are a proficient level of English, some study at the higher educational level and a willingness to adapt to the intensive nature of the course.

Gold teacher, Tom Lyons in a Business English Class, 2002

Assessment and Grades

Grading Assessment

TEFL Theory Class:
TEFL Business Class:
TEFL Children Class:
Written Grammar Exam:
Written Practices Exam:
Teaching Evaluations:

20%
12.5%
12.5%
15%
15%
25%

The Teaching Evaluation is the most important and the overall grade cannot exceed the teaching evaluations grade. The written grade is there to give credit to the students who are strong on academic work.

Successful students receive an official certificate showing completion of the course and overall grade. They will also be issued a report from Canterbury English, Madrid showing their performance during Teaching Practice.