Accredited 60-hour private English tutor course
(draft) This accredited TEAL course covers all the essential skills and know-how needed to teach the English language to adult learners. You’ll learn why adult learners need extra attention, the factors that can influence their performance in lessons, how their abilities develop with age, how to help them build language skills, and how to teach grammar and lexis to them. At the end of this course, you should be well-equipped to teach adult learners with confidence.
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Modules
Module 1: Private tutoring course introduction
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Module 2: Private tutoring environment
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Module 3: The fundamentals of tutoring
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Module 4: How to present yourself
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Module 5: Gaining & retaining students
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- Gaining & retaining students – Introduction
- Advertising – Online
- Advertising – Online – Facebook page
- Advertising – Offline
- Demonstrate lesson
- Demonstrate lesson – Preparation
- Demonstrate lesson – Structure your first lesson
- Demonstrate lesson – Follow up and report
- Retaining students
- Gaining & retaining students – Quiz
- Showing your authority
Module 6: How to Charge
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Module 7: Pre-assessments for your students
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- Pre-assessments for your students – Introduction
- What you need to know
- What do the students (or their parents) want from the lesson
- What’s their current level
- What time frame do they have?
- How to deliver an effective pre-lesson assessment
- How does this help you?
- Pre-assessments for your students – Quiz