MY AMAZING EXPERIENCE WITH THE TESOL/TEFL TRAINING

I am excited to share a review of my experience with the 120-hour TESOL/TEFL Certification I just received by the World TESOL Academy.

I was initially reluctant to take the course because I thought it would be beneficial to English Teachers only. However, when I went through the course content using the 'Reading for Detail' method, I knew it would be beneficial to all educators, regardless of the subject they teach.

The course is filled with rich contents that enlighten educators of the diverse ways to teach English as a foreign language or teach (in) English Language to speakers of other languages.

While many aspects of the modules are not entirely new to me, which I have learnt and used throughout my journey as an educator for over a decade, I found them not only enlightening but also refreshing.

It comprises eight (8) modules, where the eighth module is the final exam.

I enjoyed all seven modules. The seven modules are listed with a brief explanation of each module according to how much I enjoyed them (the one enjoyed the most comes first):
Module 5: Preparing for lessons – Here, I was refreshed on how to plan effective 60-minute lessons using different styles of lesson plans (PPT, TTT and TBL), how to adapt my lessons for different environments (age, culture, purpose and learning type), and how to make my lessons fun and engaging, using Warmers, Fillers and Coolers.

Module 6: Classroom Management – This module is particularly important because, if your classroom is not well-managed nearly everything you’ve worked on in module 5 will be thrown into the bin. In this module, I re-learnt: the ways in which I can manage my classroom to create a positive learning environment (using classroom variables), ways to set rules and keep things orderly in my class, how to keep students interested in my lessons (using motivation), and approaches to testing whether my students are truly learning (using formal assessments and dynamic approaches).

Module 7: Teaching English Online – I also found this module enlightening because, in addition to being an onsite educator, I’m also an online educator with over five years’ experience and I have presented students for international exams (11-Plus, GCSE and A-levels) for 3 consecutive years with a 100% success rate till date.

In the module, I re-learnt how teaching online works and what you’ll need to prepare, how to set up my classroom for teaching English online; the different techniques and skills needed for tutoring (props, techniques, and motivation); what demo classes are and how to deliver them.

While the remaining four modules are particularly for teachers of English Language, they are also very important as they help to improve other teachers’ skills at reading, listening, speaking and other forms of communication, which in turn, will help their leaners learn better.

Module 4: Language Skills – This involves how to make students learn vocabulary, reading, writing, speaking and listening skills

Module 3: Tenses and Sentence Structures – This module teaches details, the basic tenses in English Language (Past, Present and Future). It further splits each of the basic tenses into four categories: Simple, Continuous, Perfect and Perfect Continuous.

I also re-learnt the various types of sentences (simple, compound, complex and compound-complex) and conditional sentences.

Module 2: Words and Punctuation – In this module, I learnt the different types of words, how words and constructed, and how punctuation is used in English language.

Module 1: Introduction – This module defines the TESOL/TEFL certification, the importance of taking the course, summary of the course content, career opportunities for certified educators, teaching destinations (where the job market was roughly broken down into upper-tier, mid-tier and lower tier), and class types available for educators (Kindergartens, Public Schools, Cram Schools, Universities, Business Classes and Private Tuition).

In conclusion, going for the 120-hour TESOL/TEFL Certification by the World TESOL Academy is essential as it has helped me to hone my skills as an experienced onsite and online educator and I am sure I have become much better than who I was before taking the course.

Indeed, you are as good as the quality of information you have.

I will strongly recommend the course to anyone who is interested in polishing his/her career as an educator, regardless of the subject he/she teaches.

Thank you for reading till the end.