This course is for people who want to teach English as a foreign language (TEFL).

In short, easy-to-follow video lectures, TEFL Essentials: Teaching English as a Foreign Language teaches you everything you need to start teaching English to foreign language speakers.

Upon successful completion of this course, you will understand how English is taught to speakers of other languages and be able to plan your own English language lessons.

You will learn the background and theories of teaching English as a foreign language and become equipped with the knowledge you need to better understand and teach English language learners.

New 2021 update: Covid19 has changed the way that millions of people around the world live, study, work, and travel and so has greatly changed the TEFL industry. This new lecture considers how the pandemic has and will affect teaching English abroad and how you can prepare to teach English abroad post-covid19.

TEFL Essentials: Teaching English as a Foreign Language can be taken alone but it can also be taken in preparation for the CELTA or a face-to-face TEFL course.

If you need to refresh your grammatical knowledge, consider combining this course with TEFL Essentials: English Grammar For English Language Teachers.