Located in Washington, DC, International Language Institute (ILI) provides teacher trainees with an eight-week, 120-hour TESOL/TEFL course. The course will teach you how to plan lessons, create a teaching portfolio, how to teach speaking, reading, writing, listening, grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary. It also includes practice-teaching and observation as well as career planning. The course is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training (ACCET). As of 2010, the fee is $1750 USD.
International Language Institute
1337 Connecticut Ave, NW, 4th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
202-686-5610 ext. 101
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TESOL Training Center (TTC) offers an 80-hour TESOL training course at its California location. The course covers teaching topics such as lesson planning, testing and evaluation, language acquisition theories and methods, and teaching grammar, vocabulary, listening, writing and speaking. As of 2010, the fee was $800 USD. Once you complete the course, you can enrol in a two-day, 20-hour grammar course for $300 USD. After you complete the optional grammar course, the center will update your 80-hour certificate to a 100-hour certificate. TTC also guarantees job placement, so if you want to travel abroad to teach, you are guaranteed to find a teaching job in the country you want.
TESOL Training Center
PO Box 32226
Los Angeles, CA 90032, United States
877-837-6587
tesoltrainingcenter.com
You can enjoy flexibility at Rennert International, which offers three formats of study in their 130-hour World Learning SIT (WL-SIT) TESOL course. There is an intensive option, in which you attend classes from Monday to Friday for four weeks. Or you can choose to attend Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings as well as two Sundays. The third option lasts 13 to 15 weeks and meets on Tuesday evenings and Saturdays all day. As of 2010, the fee for this course is $2350 USD. The course provides an opportunity to practice teaching real ESL students for six hours, and you will receive feedback from your trainer.
Rennert International
216 East 45th St.
New York, NY 10017
212-867-8700
rennert.com
This school offers a four-week, 120-hour TEFL certificate program as well as a 12-week part-time program. Along with learning how to teach language acquisition skills, this program includes a Business English module. Those who complete the course will receive ongoing help with finding a teaching job. As of 2010, the course fee is $2975 USD.
The Boston Language Institute
648 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02215
617-262-3500
teflcertificate.com
The Canadian International House (IH) TESL Diploma Program consists of 100 hours of teacher training and 20 practicum hours. You can study either full-time for four weeks or part-time for 10 weeks. The course includes assessing students' needs, lesson planning, classroom management, how to teach grammar and pronunciation, and resume preparation. TESL Canada recognizes this program. As of 2010, the fee is $1920 CAD.
International House
469 Jarvis Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M4Y 2G8
1-416-322-3405
sol-group.net