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A 30 hour online TESOL course specialising in Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL).
This course is for teachers who already hold an initial TESOL qualification.
Offline price: £65.00
A 30 hour online TESOL/TEFL training course for existing TESOL/TEFL certificate holders, helping you to gain the skills and confidence to succeed with younger learners. Study at your own pace, with up to 6 months to complete.
Why this course
Get it right and there is nothing like the feeling of satisfaction you gain from teaching a class of young learners. But you need to be prepared. Facing a class of energetic youngsters without the necessary training is quite a different prospect.
Our Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL) course helps you manage, motivate and succeed with the 3-17 year age group. Across 2 modules you’ll get full tutorial support and feedback on your work (unlike many other shorter add-ons courses).
How the course works
As soon as you register, you'll get directed to log in to your personal student area where you can message your tutor, download your course and view latest TESOL jobs worldwide via our jobs feed.
After downloading your first module you can work offline when you want to. When complete, simply upload your modules via your student area and get full feedback from your tutor. We've made this course as flexible and easy for you to access as possible.
Throughout the course you’ll be able to access live teaching segments, podcasts and links to some of the top EFL material on the web today to keep you interested & motivated.
Eligibility
This course is for existing EFL teachers who wish to enhance their career and learn more about teaching in this specialised area of Young Learner English. Applicants should already hold a TEFL certificate and have some experience in teaching EFL.
Our courses are open to all native and non-native English speakers with good written and spoken English. If you are a non-native English speaker, please see the course eligibility requirements on our FAQ page. Remember you can always ask us if you are not sure about your level of English.
We also welcome application from schools wishing to train their teachers in-house.
Duration
This 2 module course is approx. 30 study hours and typically take between 3-4 weeks to complete but you can go faster or slower than that if you wish. Because many of our trainees are balancing work/life commitments, we go at your speed and allow up to 6 months for course completion. You can check out what’s covered on your course on the course content page.
Everything you need to complete your course and gain your certificate is included in the one fee above. However, check out these optional extras:
This course blends perfectly with any other Global English accredited course. Add on at checkout for an additional 10% discount.
It's also included in our 120 hour Teach Korea course.
The following areas are all covered in depth with potential areas for further research detailed after each section:
Module 1
Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL) – An Introduction
- The increasing demand for young learner English.
- Getting started with young learners.
Characteristics of a Young Learner
- From pre-school age right through to older teenagers.
- What makes them tick and how we can best meet their needs in the classroom.
Motivating Young Learners
- How to get the best out your students.
Teaching English to Kindergarten/Primary-aged learners
- What we teach them.
- The importance of lesson planning.
- Your very first lesson with a young learner group.
- Different learning strategies; including theme based learning, as well as ideas for developing the 4 basic skills of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.
- Using topics to formulate lessons.
- Exercises that really work well with this age group from Global English graduate teachers.
Module 2
Teaching English to Teenagers
- Lesson planning for teenagers.
- Behaviour management within the classroom & the importance of cultural and age awareness.
- Keeping our teenagers on track and motivated.
- TESOL exams that many teenagers have to take.
- Review of the best course books and web-based materials available to you today.
- Exercises that really work well with this age group from Global English graduate teachers.
Teaching Young Learners with Minimal Resources
- How to use your students as the primary resource in your classroom.
- Ideas for teaching with minimal resources, such as how to best use discussion groups, drilling and dialogue creation, and the fun that can be had working with imaginary materials.
- The basic skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing when there is no course book.
Topic-based Syllabus
Professional Development
- Taking your career and teaching to the next stage.
A 30 hour online TESOL course specialising in Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL).
This course is for teachers who already hold an initial TESOL qualification.
Offline price: £65.00
This is the 4th online course that I have done with Global English – I completed the Cert.(ES)TESOL in February 2008 and have since done the Business English course, the new English Grammar course and now the Teaching English to Young Learners course. I chose to do the TEYL course with GE as it includes teaching teenagers – many online TEYL courses only deal with teaching young learners up to age 12, but teaching teenagers is my area of particular interest.
I find the add-on courses that GE offers are a good way to continue my professional development – just reading a book isn’t the same because you don’t have to answer questions, don’t get any feedback, and don’t always remember the subject very well! I know that I can rely on a GE course to give me a good grounding in the subject, together with thought-provoking exercises and questions,and helpful comments on my written work. I have grown a lot as a teacher since I started my first course with GE in 2007, and have enjoyed all the courses that I have completed with them.
All the tutors at GE are very professional, answer queries quickly, and mark written work quickly. My thanks go particularly to my tutor for her help and support during this course and the Grammar course – thanks, Kerry, you’ve been an inspiration.
Carol King
I commend the school and course appraisers unreservedly. A very 'adult' approach, solid content and both, expedient in operation and supportive in execution. Anyone wishing to gain an English Language Teaching certificate - could not get greater value for money anywhere on the internet; in my opinion... and believe me, I looked!
William Hammes
I found the course excellent in the classroom management area with lots of helpful tips (that seem to have come from an experienced teacher). Thanks a lot, I really enjoyed this course.
Daniel Cregg
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A 30 hour online TESOL course specialising in Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL).
This course is for teachers who already hold an initial TESOL qualification.
Offline price: £65.00
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Introduction to Teaching English to Young Learners
Motivating Young Learners
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A 30 hour online TESOL course specialising in Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL).
This course is for teachers who already hold an initial TESOL qualification.
Offline price: £65.00
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