Costa Rica TEFL - Training Teachers to Teach English
Do you want to see the world, experience new cultures and languages, and live abroad? What better way than by teaching English?
Gone are the days when just any Native English speaker can get hired to teach English; most quality schools now require teaching experience and a TEFL / ESL Certificate.
The CostaRicaTEFL faculty is combining its 22+ years of experience in teaching foreign languages to offer you a unique opportunity to earn a TEFL certificate that will qualify you to teach TEFL / ESL in Costa Rica or anywhere in the world.
Get in touch to find out more, or confirm your place. We offer a balanced program which focuses on key areas for being a successful TEFL / ESL teacher: teaching methodologies, teaching techniques, learning styles, classroom management, classroom adaptation, culture in the classroom, effective lesson planning, creativity in the classroom and more.
Costa Rica TEFL has highly qualified, enthusiastic instructors who have taught English in Costa Rica and around the globe. The core instructors all have Masters degrees and/or higher in Education and in teaching English as a second or foreign language with more than 22 years of professional teaching experience.
2 Campuses in Costa Rica
Costa Rica TEFL has two prime locations from which to choose; the colonial city of Heredia and the beautiful beach town of Samara.
Accommodation
Housing assistance is available in both Heredia and Samara for those interested and can be either with local families, independent residences, or in local hotels.
Teacher Trainers
Meet our committed and enthusiastic TEFL / ESLTeach Trainers, proficient in assessing the specific needs and requirements of our trainees.
What will it Cost Me?
With a TEFL Certificate, that includes actual classroom teaching, you will earn an average of 20% to 30% more than those without a certificate. The cost of the Costa Rica TEFL course is on average, 25% less than most other face-to-face courses.
How to Sign Up
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The teacher trainers use a variety of teaching techniques in the TEFL classroom and customize additional workshops to fit trainees specific needs. Trainees are given prep-time and aid in lesson planning as well as feedback pre and post observations. Trainees also team-teach, observe each other and give peer feedback. This gives trainees the chance to experience and try out new strategies and techniques in a supportive learning atmosphere, while gaining skills and confidence as a new teacher.
The course consists of 160 hours of training and includes 6-8 hours of practice teaching with local EFL / ESL students. Trainees have the opportunity to converse with Intercultura's English and Spanish teachers in order to gain first-hand knowledge about teaching and the classroom experience in general.
Trainees will be given job placement assistance and can participate in on-sight interviews with Intercultura and other local language schools. Teachers will also complete a portfolio of their work throughout the course, which will be used in their future classrooms and as a tool during job interviews.
