Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Program

The IEPP has provided customized teacher training for international clients for many years. We have hosted pre-service, in-service and teacher-trainer training for short-term programs. These programs have combined English language training, U.S. cultural study, classroom seminars laboratory observations, practical classroom training and reflective yet participatory models of teacher education. Seminar topics include:

• Methodology, Proficiency and Approaches to Learning Styles
• Teacher/Learner Roles and Relationships
• Textbook/Materials Evaluation, Adaptation and Development
• Correction Techniques
• Evaluation and Testing
• Classroom Organization and Management
• Classroom Observation
• Teacher Practicum
• Lesson and Course Planning
• Teaching the Receptive Skills
• Teaching the Productive Skills
• Integrating the Four Skills
• Teaching Grammar
• Teaching Pronunciation
• Teaching Vocabulary
• Teaching Culture
• CALL and Other Teaching Aids
• Software and Other Resources
• Continuing Professional Development
• Proposal Writing/Conference Presentations
• Team Teaching

Participants have daily access to both our Multimedia Resource Center and a resource library, as well as to observation and discussion of ESL classes in a wide range of student communities.