Teaching English - Essential Lessons in a TEFL Course

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So what's involved in a TESL / TEFL course? Listed below is a bird's eye view of the major areas covered.

To become a successful and confident English Teacher, competencies in the following are required:

1. Knowing Your Student
2. Effective Learning Environments
3. Lesson Plans and Preparation
4. Executing a Lesson
5. Setting Student Targets and Evaluation
6. Essentials of English Grammar
7. Teaching Methodologies

Mastering the above would surely make an excellent English Teacher. Knowledge on the below would be like icing on the cake.

1. Student Bullying
2. Student Counseling
3. Second Language Acquisition

The above list typically focuses on Teaching English to Students of Other Languages (TESOL).