For the most part, a fun and challenging experience

Overall, this was a very good program. I really enjoyed how close my peers and I became over the three weeks. We all offered each other support and guidance to get through the program. I enjoyed the varied examples for the warmers and context settings. I liked the all of creative activities in the classroom! I feel like I was given a lot of useful tools and activities to use in my future classroom. The instructor's written feedback was very helpful. I do wish more time had been spent on classroom management techniques. I also felt like we were usually pressed for time to prep for lessons because we had spent so much time doing other things. While I could tell that our instructor was interested in teaching and has a lot of experience, I found that she relied heavily on verbal communication when assigning us homework/explaining lesson plan formatting. I would have preferred to also have it written down in its entirety (only parts were written). She could be very blunt and clearly show her frustration when a student was not understanding a concept. She could have explained it in a different way to get the message through. The teaching practicum was the most helpful part of the experience as we were able to put everything we learned into action. The schools were varied in their skill levels and class size. Because of the short time frame of the class, it was a bit of a "trial by fire" approach, but it really made me think on my feet and be creative, two things which are important to be able do as a teacher. I left the classrooms feeling very accomplished!
Overall, I would recommend this program. It is less expensive than some of the alternative programs and instills a solid foundation of knowledge and skills in the TEFL graduates.