Teaching English to Young Learners
Course overview
Our Teaching English to Young Learners Certificate course is a new course that we have prepared in response to many requests from teachers. There is tremendous demand for good teachers to teach English to young learners and our course will enable you to work all over the world. This distance study course will provide you with the skills you need to teach young pupils aged from 4 to 12.
The Teaching English to Young Learners course provides a comprehensive programme suitable for Tefl / Tesol-trained teachers wishing to expand their skills, or move into a new area. The course consists of about 270 A4 pages of advice and guidance for teachers and is packed with numerous practical ideas, insights, methods, strategies and techniques.
There are tasks throughout the course as well as assignments that your personal tutor will mark. You will find a wide variety of interesting and imaginative activities that you can try out in class.
View sample pages from the Teaching Young Learners course
Features of the Teaching English to Young Learners Course
- Guidelines on teaching handwriting
- Advice on teaching children to read
- Practical teaching ideas
- Advice on teaching and practising listening, speaking, reading and writing
- Practical tasks
- Sample lesson plans
- Material to photocopy
- Assignments for submission and grading by your tutor
- A free copy of the OUP teacher’s resource book Writing with Children by Jackie Reilly and Vanessa Reilly (winner of the Duke of Edinburgh English Language Book Award 2005).
Course length
We estimate that you will need about 65 hours to study the course material, complete the various activities, complete the assignments and follow up on the feedback provided by your course tutor. However, there are no time limits or deadlines so you can take as much time as you need. If you have any questions about the material or the assignments, you can always ask your tutor.
Personal tutor and assessment
You will have an experienced tutor who will answer your questions and mark your assignments. We pride ourselves on the quality of our feedback on assignments and you will always receive plenty of helpful comments and suggestions from your tutor. Contact with your tutor is generally by email but can also be by telephone.
Course delivery
You can choose to receive the Teaching English to Young Learners course in either of two ways:
- by fast download from our website
- on CD-rom
Course fees
Course fees from £245 (€274 $397). Fee details.
Our Teaching English to Young Learners TESOL Certificate course fees start from £235, depending on how you wish to receive the materials. These are available by download from our website or on CD-ROM by post. The choice is yours.
All our courses have a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Enrolling
You can enrol online or by post.
If you would like initial training as an English language teacher, please have a look at our 150-hour TESOL and 250-hour TESOL teacher-training courses.
If you have any other questions, please contact us - we are always delighted to assist you.