World Learning's SIT TESOL Certificate Course
- Premier US-based 130-hour TESOL/TEFL certificate course from an accredited institution with 41 years offering the MA TESOL degree and the first Peace Corps training center.
- Trainers who have MA TESOL degrees and 33 years of teaching experience and managing university-based academic preparation programs at four universities.
- Inductive, experiential, hands-on approach with 6:1 teacher-student ratio. Course maximum is 12 students.
- 54 hours of observed practice teaching, observation, with 6 hours of individual practice teaching, and feedback with ESL students.
- US and Internationally recognized TESOL/TEFL certificate.
- Jobs found abroad and in the US at private language schools, Literacy, School District and Adult Ed programs.
- Tuition for the course is $2295, which includes all materials. Parking is not included. No financial aid is available. Apply directly to Ron Bradley or visit www.globaltefl.org.
- 4 or 8 upper division credits @ $55 per unit. Register with www.sonoma.edu/exed/.
Extended Two-Month Course
Spring 2013 - dates to be announced
(Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 6-10pm, with Saturday workshops and lesson planning)
Summer Intensive Course:
Summer 2013 - dates to be announced
(Monday through Friday, 9:00am - 6:30pm)
School for International Training and SIT
School for International Training and SIT are registered trademarks of World Learning, Inc, all rights reserved. The School for International Training is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc., a non-governmental, nationally recognized organization.
Global TEFL
Global TEFL is a nonprofit 501 (c) 3 equal opportunity educational organization, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, nationality, or creed. We have been promoting international and teacher education for the past 15 years, and are pleased to work with World Learning in offering the SIT TESOL Certificate and Language Teacher Training Certificate Courses.
For More Information and Application Materials Contact:
Ron Bradley
312-209-3660
www.globaltefl.org or www.sit.edu
OR
Helen Kallenbach, Director
Sonoma State American Language Institute
707-664-2742
Frequently Asked Questions About This Course:
What will I learn?
The Certificate Course addresses three areas:
- Participants explore the relationship between language learning and teaching, which later provides the foundation for their investigation of teaching and teaching practice.
- Participants plan, teach, and assess lessons in the four skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing), grammar, and culture through experiential activities, teaching demonstrations, discussions, lesson planning, and readings.
- Participants put their new knowledge and skills into practice through daily practice teaching sessions. Trainers observe and facilitate feedback sessions after these lessons. From them, participants learn to reflect on and assess their own teaching, as well as to learn from the teaching of their peers.
What is the School for International Training?
The School for International Training (SIT), located in Brattleboro, Vermont, has been offering master degree programs in language teacher education and intercultural management for 36 years. It also offers more than 50 undergraduate study abroad programs. The mission of the school is to enable participants to develop the skills, knowledge, attitudes, and awareness needed to contribute effectively to global understanding.
SIT is well-known nationally and internationally for its work in language teacher education, and has been training learner-oriented, culturally sensitive and humanistic language teachers in its Master of Arts in TESOL course for over 35 years. It has prepared over 2000 active professionals who are working in the field today, making significant contributions as classroom teachers, administrators, or consultants throughout the US and in over 70 countries around the world.
Among the earliest proponents of experiential education, SIT's program provides teachers with the knowledge to achieve excellence in their classroom practice and to be advocates for intercultural understanding. These same elements provided the basis for the design of the four-week certificate program.
Why should I take the SIT TESOL certificate course?
The SIT course provides practical training in which the participants develop skills in planning lessons and teaching speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar, and the culture of English. The workshop sessions are highly interactive and experiential in nature. The course includes planning lessons and 24 hours of teaching and observation to "real" ESOL students. The trainers observe all teaching sessions and give you valuable feedback after each teaching session. Participants also can earn 4-8 upper division credits through SSU's School of Extended Education.