NUI Galway, International Summer School, POSTGRADUATE Certificate IN t.e.f.l.

Academic Director: Dr. Maureen Langan-Egan, B.A., B.Comm., H.Dip. in Ed., M.Ed.,   M.T.E.F.L., Ph.D., L.L.C.M. (T.D.), L.T.C.L.

This intensive full-time, four week (180 hours) postgraduate programme (level 8) provides training, specialised knowledge and skills needed for graduates who wish to teach English as a Foreign Language.  Successful course participants are awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching English as a foreign Language by the National University of Ireland, Galway.   Successful completion of this course enable graduates to proceed to the NUI Galway postgraduate Higher Diploma in TEFL  and on successful completion of this Diploma to the  postgraduate  MA programme in TEFL. 

Entry Requirements

Applicants must hold a primary degree.

Course Content

This intensive course covers Basic Teaching Skills, Teaching Practice, Language Analysis, Theories and Approaches to Language Teaching, Grammar Presentation, Introduction to Linguistics, English for Special Purposes, Portfolio Preparation, Microteaching, Teaching Young Learners, Assessment of Young Learners, Teaching Adults, Multicultural Education, Modern Developments in English as a Foreign Language and Teaching Overseas.

Course Format

Sessions are in the form of lectures, discussions, micro-teaching and a minimum of fifty hours supervised teaching practice.  Teaching Practice is arranged by, and takes place in NUI, Galway during the course. Each student designs a portfolio of relevant material to be submitted at the end of the course.

Assesssment

Assessment includes written assignments, student performance in teaching practice, the teaching portfolio and student performance in the course examination, which is held at the end of the course.

Programme Details

• Dates: June 18 - July 13,  2012
• Tuition and Fees: €1,500
• Credits:  30
• Closing date: April 14, 2011

  Course contacts

Dr. Marie Morrissey, TEFL Course Coordinator,  Tel:  353-91-493898   E-mail: marie.morrisseynuigalway.ie

OR

Dr. Maureen Langan Egan, TEFL Course Director, Tel:  353-91-495688  E-mail: maureenlanganeganyahoo.ie

application procedure

The following must be included:-

1. Covering Letter
2. Curriculum Vitae
3. Copy of the transcript of the primary degree taken and the results obtained
4. Copy of Birth Certificate / Passport
5. Two passport sized photographs (signed)
6. Successful applicants will be required to complete an official registration form.

Completed applications should be forwarded to:-
Dr. Marie Morrissey
Summer School Office
National University of Galway, Ireland

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