Podcasts

With so much material freely available on the internet, listening lessons need never be boring. These two collections of links contain everything you need to find authentic listening activities or create your own.

TEFL Greece collection of links to resources for recording and editing audio, downloading podcasts, and creating activities using songs.
http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/audio12

TEFL Greece collection of links to resources for downloading and converting video, recording, editing, hosting and sharing video, and video podcasts.
http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/video25

TEFL publishers' websites

If you’re looking for ways to adapt and supplement your course book, the websites created by the ELT publishers are a very useful source of ideas. Most of the large publishers maintain a microsite for each of their major courses, providing online activities or downloadable materials to complement what’s in the book.

These sites very enormously in style, quality and the amount of material they provide. The TEFL Greece collection of links to ELT publishers' online resources is a great starting point from which to discover the kind of things that are available.

www.symbaloo.com/mix/eltpublishers

Vacancies for ELT materials writers

Due to continuing expansion, we again have more new vacancies in Athens for writers of English Language Teaching materials to start in September.

Job Description

This position is with Greece’s leading publisher of ELT materials located in Athens, Greece. Hours of work are 9 - 5 Monday to Friday or may also be part-time if preferred. Duties include writing / editing /sub-editing of English Language Teaching materials for a publishing company in Athens, Greece.

Qualifications

Applicants must have a degree and speak English as their first language. Candidates with a degree in English Literature or similar will be preferred, but any degree will be considered. Experience of ELT materials creation is preferred but not required. For citizens of the UK, Ireland or any other EU country, visas are not required.

Remuneration

A competitive salary is offered depending on qualifications and experience. Furnished accommodation may be provided if required.

Applications

To apply, email your CV to info@tefl.gr

Teaching Practice Feedback

Teaching practice is the most important component of the TEFL course. You prepare each of your lessons with the help and guidance of a trainer, who then observes you as you teach the lesson. After each lesson, you discuss it together with the trainer, and receive detailed written feedback. Here's an example of the kind of feedback you can expect.

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July interviews in London

Interviews in London this summer will be held as usual at the St Giles Hotel.

We're currently scheduling interviews for 22 - 23 July, so anyone intending to apply for jobs starting in September please ensure we receive your application by the end of June. Applications should be emailed to jobs@anglo-hellenic.com

See the Anglo-Hellenic website for details of the required qualifications.


Anyone taking the TEFL course with us in Corinth this summer will have first priority for job placements.

New TEFL course timetable

Our brand new TEFL course timetable is designed to maximise your hands-on classroom experience, while giving you just enough theory to provide a sound basis for your practice. We've just finished piloting the new timetable, and we're looking forward to working with the updated course this summer.

The course has a very strong practical focus on learning how to select appropriate materials for learners of different ages and language levels. As most lessons are based on course books, we work extensively with these, just as you will do when you start your first teaching job after the course.

You will also learn how to work creatively with published materials, adapting and supplementing them to make them more interesting for your learners, and how to create activities using authentic materials.









We work extensively with all kinds of electronic resources, including software for the interactive whiteboard, ELT websites and authentic online resources.












Teaching with technology is no longer a special focus - it's part of everything we do.









The gamification of learning doesn't have to take an electronic form. Our trainees learn through practical experience how to use all kinds of games to make it fun to learn pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar.

A game of pictionary used in place of a vocabulary test is not only more enjoyable but also more memorable.

As well as several sessions on ways of teaching grammar creatively, our new timetable also includes a whole morning on teaching vocabulary, and another whole morning on teaching pronunciation.

Teaching speaking is a particular focus of the course as for most learners this is the most essential of the four skills, but the one most often overlooked in the classroom. We also combine this with  a lot of work on listening - although most listening activities in the classroom use recordings, most real-world listening takes place when learners participate in conversation.

In all of our work on language skills, we work together on practical tasks so that by the end of the course you have acquired a clear insight into what works and why.



 

Download the new timetable here.

TEFL course student discount

TEFL Greece is offering a ten percent discount off the TEFL course fee to all holders of a student identity card. The discount entitles you to a reduced fee of 1165 euro instead of the regular fee of 1295 euro.

The discount must be claimed at the time of enrolling and cannot be combined with any other offer.

The fee includes:

•     Meeting at Corinth station and transportation to accommodation
•     Welcome lunch
•     TEFL Course fee (tuition, all course materials, unlimited use of all training centre facilities,   TEFL course moderation fee, certification)
•     Graduation ceremony and party