Online TEFL Certificate Course & ESL Job - How it Works
American TESOL Institute by the ‘Teach and Travel Project’ gives an incredible opportunity to do an online TEFL course and get an ESL job in the beautiful country of South Korea for one year. In the world of ESL teaching, the trainees of ATI seldom face any problem, as the course by ATI is very elaborate.
Let us now have a look at how the online TEFL course works and what is expected from the trainees.
TESOL Assignments
There are in all twenty three assignments which have to be completed by TEFL
trainees before getting the certificate. Adequate resources are provided by
ATI which will help the trainees in completing their assignments. There are
in all sixteen e-books which are provided in the institute which the
candidates have to refer to while doing their assignments. Apart from guide
to all the assignments, a sample thesis is also provided to the students. In
the guide portion of different assignments there is a keyword concept, in
which the keyword has to be typed in the ‘Text Portion’ of the window and
then clicked ‘Say It’. The trainees can also refer to the work of the fellow
trainees for submitting their work. The TEFL trainees are given grades,
percentage and a feedback against each assignment.
Significant Features of Online TEFL course
- There is section called ‘latest news and upcoming events’ where all significant information which the students need to know are posted.
- The TEFL trainees who are enrolled with American TESOL Institute for the online course also get a direct membership of TESOL.org.
- The online TEFL candidates of ATI automatically become a member of International Education and Resource Network (iEARN).
- Good ESL lesson plans are provided to the online TEFL candidates by American TESOL Institute.
- There is also a section online on grammar and composition for the online TEFL students of ATI.
- There is a Teacher Student Tag Board in the site which can be seen by all.
- The online TEFL trainees will be able to interact with the other students as American TESOL Institute gives an option of peer chat.
- TesolTalk.com can be used by ESL students to interact with the American TESOL teachers for getting English lessons online.
- There is also a message board in the website where messages will be showed in case there is any for the trainee.
- The students can talk to or know the details about their fellow students in the ‘participant’ section and send them messages. In this part of the website the students can also post a blog.
- A student identification card is given to the online TEFL students of ATI after they fill out a form.
TESOL lecture
The online TEFL candidates will have exposure to video lectures and during
live lecture there will also be a white board beside it for the students’
reference. The students will also be able to clarify their doubts by
chatting online during the live video lecture. The entire video
presentation, the whiteboard and the chat facility is conducted by the
software Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro Meeting. If the candidates by any chance
miss the live lecture they can find it in the site, however, they cannot
chat live with the instructor then. In the calendar of upcoming events,
details of the next lecture are given.
Chat
The online TEFL trainees of American TESOL Institute can chat with the
instructor online to clear their doubts. This live chat facility is provided
to the TESOL trainees 24X7. The American TESOL Institute not only gives an
opportunity to chat with the instructor but the candidates can also chat
with the fellow students. Messages can also be sent to the instructors on
the discussion forum.
The online course program for the future English Foreign language teachers chose in American TESOL Institute covers almost every aspect of ESL teaching and TESOL course. The institute will give special efforts to make the online TEFL course of the candidates worthy of their money and makes sure that they take maximum knowledge to the class as teachers. The TEFL certificate which is provided after the completion of the course will be accepted world wide and is not just for the few months of teaching opportunity provided by ATI for special projects. American TESOL Institute is an internationally recognized and accredited TEFL training institute thus an online course is equally significant as its onsite courses. The online TEFL course of ATI unlike other courses does not limit itself to video presentations of assignments only but is equipped with many modern and interesting features.
