TESOL/TEFL

Teaching Certificate

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The TESOL Certificate Program is designed for teachers of English as a Foreign Language who want to continue their professional development, for professionals in Canada considering a career change, for international students who wish to be trained as teachers of the English language, and for recent college graduates who want to travel and teach abroad.
Certificate candidates receive intensive academic training and take part in relevant professional and cultural experiences, all within a six week period of instruction.
Objectives:
• Explore different methodologies, materials, and technologies
• Learn more about language and theories of second language learning
• Engage in meaningful interactions with Canadian and International colleagues
• Immerse yourself in English and Montreal culture.
The program provides an integrated curriculum of courses, workshops, and supervised student teaching organized around six, one-week units:
• Foreign Language Experience
• Language Awareness
• Phonology
• Student Profile
• Teaching Techniques
• Teaching Practice and Observation
• Materials Project
• Assessment
The Language System of English
Discuss theories on the origins of language; compare writing systems; experience how sounds are produced (phonology), sound patterns make up the English language (phonetics), how words are formed (morphology), sentences are structured (syntax), meaning is conveyed (semantics) and languages are used (pragmatics).
Teaching, Learning and Assessing
• Talk about how languages are learned, how the four skills (reading, writing, listening & speaking) fit into a model of communicative competence, and what all of this means for designing classroom activities and assessing student performance.
Language Classroom Practices
• Learn how to plan lessons, design activities, and assess learners. Become familiar with techniques for promoting interaction, providing feedback, utilizing textbooks, developing one's own materials, dealing with mixed ability level groups, incorporating strategy training in lessons, and managing a classroom.
Student Teaching Practicum
• Gain hours of supervised team-student teaching. Participants have an opportunity to implement the materials they have developed and the concepts they have learned over the week, as well as receive feedback from experienced teachers.
• For more details on the content of this program, you may contact our TESOL Department and ask for the TESOL booklet.

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
• When?
On-going
• Where?
Canada College, Montreal, Canada.
• How much?
$50 non-refundable application fee.
$1550.00 tuition fee.

• Requirements?
University BA, BSc. or equivalent for those who need Standard Level 1 teaching from TESL Canada Federation.

OR only:

If you do not have a bachelor’s degree
• If the applicant does not have a university degree and wishes to register for this program, she/he will be accepted but is not eligible for standard level 1 from TESL Canada. The graduates will receive their certificate from Canada College enabling them to teach ESL courses anywhere in the world. The only difference is that those without a bachelor’s degree are not eligible to teach TESOL courses.
How To Apply
We have rolling admissions, so we encourage you to apply now.
• If you are an international student requiring a visa, you should submit your application and all supporting documents as soon as you can to allow sufficient time to process your visa request.
See Special Instructions for International Students below.
• Official copies of your college transcripts should be sent directly to the program coordinator: Ms. Daïnn Legris.
• We are happy to accept unofficial copies of your transcripts attached to your application pending the receipt of official ones.
A non-refundable $50 fee should accompany your application.
• Your tuition balance is due upon arrival to attend the first session.
• We accept cheques drawn on Canadian or U.S. banks. Cheques should be written payable to: Canada College.
• Credit Cards, Interact, and Money Order are all accepted as well.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT INFORMATION
In most cases, since the program is less than six months long, you do not need to apply for a student visa; a visiting visa would be enough.
• Apply directly through the Certificate Program.
• Complete the Application for your CAQ and mail with all supporting documentation (International students).
• Visa processing takes several weeks, so we suggest you apply to the program at least 6 months before the program starts. When you receive the acceptance letter from us and a positive response from Quebec Immigration, you will then apply for your Student Authorization by submitting your application to the nearest Canadian Embassy in your country.
If your English proficiency is not at the level to enroll in the TESOL program, you may take certain English courses and pass the requirement stipulated by TESL CANADA prior to registration in the TESOL Certificate Program.

TESL Canada's English Language Proficiancy Requirements

• All scores should be sent to the attention of Ms. Daïnn Legris
Since it can take several weeks for ETS to send us your score to us and we cannot accept you without the required proof of English proficiency, we suggest you:
• Take the test as soon as possible, and Send us an unofficial photocopy of your score with your application (or shortly thereafter). We will begin processing your application with your unofficial score while we wait for your official score. Canada College TOEFL code is 0173.

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www.collegecanada.com
tesol@collegecanada.com
Mailing: P.O. Box 633, Stn. H
Montreal, Qc., Canada, H3G 2M6.

Collège Canada
1118 Sainte-Catherine O. # 403
Montréal, QC, H3B 1H5
Tél: (514) 868-6262
Fax: (514) 868-0869

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