TEFL Essentials: Learners and Learning

Course details

TEFL Essentials: Learners and Learning  equips you with the knowledge needed to better understand English language learners which will enable you to deliver more efficient lessons.

You will learn:

• How learners' backgrounds can affect learning

• The different motivations people have for learning English

• The context in which learning is taking place

• Learning styles and preferences

• What L1 interference is and how it affects learning

• The importance of, and how to write a learner profile

On completion of this course you will be able to make practical use of this knowledge by planning and teaching English language lessons that better suit your students' needs.

This course is for you if you are thinking of teaching English as a foreign language, preparing for the CELTA or another face-to-face TEFL course, or if you are already teaching but would like a better understanding of your students.