It is helpful to do some previous reading before the start of your TEFL certification course. This will provide you with general information regarding the TEFL world. Once you complete each of the 4 tasks, you will be asked to e-mail them to our office for correction and feedback.
The pre-course materials are an overview of foreign language teaching-learning, they cover features such as: How people learn languages, learning a foreign language vs. acquiring a second language, foreign language learners’ styles and strategies, etc. The introduction to the above topics will indeed help you prepare to make the challenge and intensity of your course an even more pleasant experience.
We will also provide a glossary of TEFL terminology that you will be using throughout your teaching career. We would like to emphasize that the pre-course materials are by no means a test. Nevertheless, they are a useful introduction to the TEFL profession.