Why take a classroom-based TEFL course
Posted by Tim McCann - 13:23 on 25 May 2012
Before the Internet first began to transform our lives in the mid 1990s, any course we took, whatever the subject, involved some classroom-based study. Even Open University students spent some time away at summer school where they were taught in a traditional classroom setting. Then the Internet made it possible to engage in real-time learning whatever your location or timezone.
It's certainly true that online learning has revolutionised the way courses are delivered and it's no different with TEFL. And while TEFL Scotland is one of the leading providers of online accredited TEFL courses in the UK, the opportunity to combine these studies with some hands-on classroom time cannot be over-estimated.
Attending one of TEFL Scotland's classroom-based courses over a weekend or during the week really brings any online study you're engaged in to life. It's in this friendly and encouraging environment where you can see the theory of TEFL applied in a packed day of practical exercises. There's no sitting around note-taking for hour after hour, classroom TEFL courses are intended to give you the tools you'll need to conduct a successful TEFL lesson, and allow you to try it out for real using your fellow course mates in mock lesson exercises under the watchful guidance of our experienced TEFL teacher training team.
The other great advantage of taking a classroom course is all your studies are packed into a short, albeit intensive, series of lessons over a 20-hour weekend or 30-hour midweek course. Equipped with an accredited certificate on successful course completion could mean you could study and qualify as a TEFL teacher and secure your first teaching position abroad in under a fortnight!
For many, however, classroom-based courses form just one part of the TEFL Scotland course, as they choose a series of online modules to give depth and clarity to the practical experience they pick up in group activities. For example, TEFL Scotland's popular 120-hour course combines weekend classroom studies with online learning providing you with a well-rounded grounding in TEFL teaching.
You can find out more about the classroom-based courses offered by TEFL Scotland here: Which course should I do?.
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