Accredited 80-hour TEOL course
This accredited Teaching English to Online Learners (TEOL) course covers all the essential skills and know-how needed to teach the English language to learners over the internet.
You’ll learn how online teaching works, what equipment you’ll need to teach effectively, how to set up your teaching workspace, how to use a variety of useful techniques, and how to establish yourself as an independent private tutor. At the end of this course, you should be well-equipped to teach English online with confidence.
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Modules
Module 1: TEOL introduction
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Module 2: The TEOL environment
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Module 3: How online classes work
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Module 4: Requirements
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Module 5: Preparing your workspace
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Module 6: Online teaching skills
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- Online teaching skills – Introduction
- Using props – Types of props and how to use them
- Using props – Hand puppets
- Using props – Ventriloquism with puppets
- Using props – Summary
- Modeling activities and language
- Total Physical Response (TPR)
- Using TPR in the online environment
- Nonverbal communication – Hand gestures
- Nonverbal communication – Facial expressions
- Praise and rewards
- Dealing with difficulties
- Dealing with difficulties – Building rapport
- Dealing with problems – Student distractions
- Online teaching skills – Quiz
Module 7: Video enhancement tools
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Module 8: Increasing your employability
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- Increasing your employability – Introduction
- The importance of a good resume
- Selecting a good resume template
- What to include in your resume – Visual aspects
- What to include in your resume – Written aspects
- Effective writing techniques for your resume
- Introduction videos for online teachers
- Structuring your introduction video
- Different kinds of introduction video
- Scripting your introduction video
- Final tips before filming your video
- Demonstration classes – Introduction
- Types of demo class
- Preparing for a demonstration class
- Demonstration classes – Example
- Increasing your employability – Quiz
Module 9: Establishing an online tutoring business
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Module 9.1: Recruiting students
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- Recruiting online students
- Getting found by students – Setting up a website
- Getting found by students – Creating your social media presence
- Getting found by students – Starting a Youtube channel
- Finding students – Friends and family
- Finding students – International students
- Finding students – Networking groups & marketplaces
- Recruiting students – Quiz
Module 9.2: Good practices
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- Good tutoring practices
- Choosing a platform to teach on
- Using trial lessons
- Collecting payment from your students
- How can students pay you online?
- Curriculums – Making a curriculum for your students
- Curriculums – Creating the general framework
- Curriculums – Planning your lessons in detail
- Asking for student feedback
- Paying tax as a tutor
- Good recording-keeping practices
- Good tutoring practices – Quiz