TESOL Certificate

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• World Learning SIT TESOL Certificate Course Info.
• Program Dates & Fees
• Graduate Credit
• Program Trainers
• Testimonials
• Best Practices in TESOL Certificate (for non-native English speakers)
• Home-stay Information
• Refund Policy

▲ The World Learning SIT Graduate Institute's TESOL Certificate

This program is a 130-hour teacher-training course that provides participants with the practical skills and confidence they need to be successful in the ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) classroom.

World Learning has been a leader in the field of TESOL for more than 30 years and the International Language Institute (ILI) has been providing teacher training for more than 20 years.

ILI is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET) and an ITA and Section 30 tuition reimbursement approved program.

Why Study with Us?

• Our certificate is internationally recognized.
• Participants teach real classes of adult learners of English for a minimum of 6 hours.
• ILI's trainers are certified by SIT and have Master's Degrees in Teaching ESOL or related fields, Our trainers have worked together for more than 17 years and bring a wealth of practical teaching and cross-cultural experience to the course.
• Participants develop skills in teaching speaking, listening, reading, writing, grammar, pronunciation, intonation, vocabulary and cultural awareness.
• Participants gain a foundation in reflective practice that will enable them to continue to grow as a teacher long after the course has finished.
• Participants observe ILI teachers and their classes in action.
• Student-visa assistance.
• Host family option. Rent a private room within walking distance of the school (see "Home-stay Info. " below).

• "The SIT TESOL certificate course was worth every penny (and every second). I consider myself lucky to have chosen ILI over any other TESOL program, having found an amazing family in my trainers and fellow participants." -Hannah
• "ILI will turn you into a teaching rockstar! The ILI TESOL course gives you hands on teaching experiences, self confidence and teaches you how to listen to yourself." -Chris

Who Should Take this Program?

• Prospective teachers: The course offers practical teaching techniques to help you enter the classroom with confidence, even if you have never taught before.
• Novice and Experienced teachers: Through a process of reflection, experienced teachers explore and critique their teaching, deepen their practice and principles, and implement positive changes in a supportive environment. They explore a wide range of teaching and classroom management techniques.

Minimum Enrollment: 5 participants

▲ Four-Week Intensive Program Dates

• September 13-October 8, 2010 *Register by Sept. 3rd
• October 25-November 19 *Register by Oct. 15th

Daily Schedule

Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to Noon and 1:15 p.m. to 5:20 p.m. There are no classes or meetings on the weekends.

Program Fees

Program cost is $2,500, which includes a $300 non-refundable registration fee. The full payment is due no later than two weeks before the beginning of the course. If the candidate is not accepted or the course is cancelled due to low enrollment, the $300 deposit will be returned (along with the $100 housing search fee, if applicable).

Download a TESOL Application

▲ Graduate Credit

Five Graduate Credits are available through the World Learning SIT TESOL Certificate.

You have the choice of whether or not to pursue graduate credit, but need to decide before the course begins. Regulations state that once the course has begun there is no reconsideration on the part of the World Learning SIT Graduate Institute Registrar's Office. If you wish to pursue graduate credit you will be given a link by the Training Center at which you have enrolled in the course, and will register for credit on an online World Learning SIT registration site.

Choosing the credit option means that you will pay an additional $500 fee for credit directly to World Learning SIT, and upon successful completion of the course you will be awarded five graduate credits. Ordinary payment method is by check, but as a convenience, we offer the choice of credit card online payments by Master Card, Visa, or Discover with a flat convenience fee of $50 per transaction for payment of the registration fee.

In submitting the graduate credit application you indicate that you have chosen to take the course for graduate credit, and that you understand that if you change your mind or fail to complete the course credit requirements the cost of credit will not be refunded.

For more information please contact Joyce Banford at the SIT Graduate Institute: joyce.banford@sit.edu, (802) 258-3312

World Learning SIT TESOL Graduate Credit Application: this site is for Participant who have already been accepted into a TESOL Program.

Please note:
The World Learning SIT TESOL Certificate is graded on a Pass/Fail basis. Credits earned from the World Learning SIT Graduate Institute are transferable only at the discretion of the receiving school.

ILI TESOL Certificate (4 or fewer participants)

This course is offered, instead of the SIT TESOL Certificate course described above, when 4 or fewer participants register. This course is very similar to the SIT course in that student-centered teaching is also the focus. The same trainers provide both courses.

With fewer participants, the ILI course offers even more individual attention and more practice teaching hours. In the ILI course, participants also examine existing methodologies and investigate integrated activities while looking at the components of a lesson. Like the SIT course, the ILI course covers the cornerstones of language teaching: Eliciting, materials, error correction, feedback and evaluation, as well as grammar (how, when and why we teach it), pronunciation, intonation, speaking styles, and understanding and recycling vocabulary. Both courses address learning styles and provide suggestions for multi-level classrooms.

▲ Program Trainers:

• Karine Roesch
• Alexis Johnson
• Caroline Gear
• Daniel Cuenca

To learn more about the trainers please visit our Staff Page.

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▲ What former participants say about our TESOL Certificate program:

• "The program focuses on teaching you HOW to be a better teacher, no matter what curriculum or level you are teaching."
• " I was skeptical about how much I would learn in only one month. I have learned an immense amount and also matured as a teacher, learner and person." L. Aloise, Aug. '09
• "This course is highly concentrated, finely tuned and designed to give the trainees the most opportunities possible to put into practice what they are learning.
• "This course will completely change the way you think about education. If you want to gain confidence in the classroom, this course provides real hands-on teaching experience that will cement your foundation as a true teacher."
• "You should definitely take this course if you are serious about learning to teach ESOL. It's NOT a 'workshop,' it's a full-blown year-long college course condensed into 19 days!"
• "Better than the CELTA, different, but less draconian and more practical." (Peter Putnam)
• "These were the best 25 days of my life."
• "Best thing I've done in a long time. It was very challenging and at least as inspiring, rewarding, mind-opening."
• "I learn by doing, so this was the program for me."
• "The teachers were tops, the curriculum complete and well organized."
• "Be prepared to live, breathe and eat TESOL for 4 weeks."

▲ Home-stay Information

ILI can assist you in finding local accommodation. Rented rooms for $125 per week are within a short distance of the school. There is a $100 housing search fee for this service. If you need this service, please fill out the Home-stay application and send it in with your TESOL program application and deposit. Click for more Home-stay information.

▲ Refund Policy

If a participant decides not to attend a course to which s/he has been accepted, s/he may apply the $300 non-refundable deposit to another course within 6 months. If the candidate is not accepted or the course is cancelled due to low enrollment, the $300 deposit will be returned (along with the $100 housing search fee, if applicable). If a participant withdraws in the first two days of the program, s/he can receive half of the tuition payment back, minus the non-refundable deposit. Non-native speakers who decide to withdraw from the course in the first two days due to language difficulties will also receive half their tuition back minus the non-refundable deposit. There will be no tuition refunded after the first two full days of the course.

If a participant must withdraw mid-course for serious medical reasons or because of a family emergency, and can provide a doctor's certificate confirming the situation, s/he can re-enroll within 6 months without payment of further fees. There will be no refund.