 Hello, everyone. Hi, Linda here from IETTT. Welcome to another live session. I'm so happy to be here back for another live session. And this week we are going to talk about TEFL for beginners, how to get started. So this is really for people who are very new to TEFL and to teaching English as a foreign language. And you have heard about it and you're kind of thinking, hey, maybe this is something for me. I want to go abroad and teach English or I want to teach English online. But I have no idea how to get started. Then this live session is for you. Yeah, welcome. Hello, everyone. My name is Linda from IETTT. And I am live once a week for IETTT here on Facebook and on YouTube. And thank you so much for taking some time out of your day today to be here with me. This live session is going to take probably around 30, 40, 50 minutes, something like that, depending on how many questions you have. As always, feel free to ask anything you like. There will also be a Q&A time at the end where you can ask questions. And you can always watch the replay as well. If you don't have so much time today, you can come back later and rewatch it, rewatch the whole thing if you only have time for a little bit. There will also be a 30% off discount code today for your TEFL or TESOL course from IETTT to get you started. And yeah, I really hope that you like and subscribe today. You're already here. If you haven't liked and subscribed yet, please do so. We share a lot of great content every day on our Facebook page, on our YouTube channel, for teachers, those who want to be teachers. We also share job postings, other interesting resources for all things TEFL, TESOL, teaching abroad, teaching online. So you don't want to miss it if this is something that interests you. Also, let me know where you are right now. Where are you watching from? Where are you from? Where are you at? What time is it there? Yeah, I'm curious. Let me know. I am in South Korea. It is 10 a.m. Friday. I'm super excited to be here. This is my usual time for live sessions. So you're going to also find me here at the same time next week. So please do join if you are free next week as well. Hello, we have IKU. I hope I'm saying that correctly. IKU. Thank you so much for joining. Welcome. Welcome. Where are you from? Where are you watching from? Let me know, everyone. Don't be shy. Just type it in the comments. Hello, watching from and then the city or the country where you're watching from. That'd be really cool. Hey, Brad. Awesome. It is 5 p.m. here in the States. Okay. Where in the States are you again? I forget. I think you're in California, right? California. I think I remember. Very cool. Awesome. Nice. Yeah, it's already Friday here. So I'm excited. All right. IKU is asking a question already. How can I change career paths to teaching English? Yeah, this is the live session for you. Keep watching and you're going to find out how to do that. Perfect for you today. Awesome. Where are you from, IKU? We have Mohammed from Egypt. Oh, the time is 3 a.m. That's crazy. When IKU is also in Egypt in Cairo. Awesome. Very cool. I've been to Egypt once and I also was in Cairo. It was amazing. I really, really want to go back and see more. It's such a beautiful country because I love history. So obviously Egypt is great for that. It was awesome. Cool. All right. We have Egypt here. We have California here. We have South Korea here. All right. Very nice. Cool. Also, let me share the 30% off thing right away. I think that's the next slide or maybe it's my intro. It is my intro. So let me do my introduction real quick for anyone who doesn't know me, but you can keep commenting where you are right now. So my name is Linda. I am a travel writer and content creator under the name Linda goes East East because I've always been super interested in Asia. And I've lived in China and in South Korea. But I'm originally from Germany and the US. If you're interested in Korea in Asia, do check out Linda goes East calm and on Instagram at Linda goes East. Give me a like and a follow over there as well. And feel free to send me a DM. I would love to speak with you if you want. And yeah, like I said, I'm based in South Korea. I've been here for it's going to be seven years soon in a couple months. So yeah, a long time. And I'm also a TEFL and TESOL marketing professional for ITT, which stands for international TEFL and TESOL training, which is why I'm here doing this live session for you today. You can find ITTT online TEFL course.net is the website and on Instagram. Head over there as well. We're on there. We are live now on Facebook and on YouTube, but we're also on Instagram. So do check us out over there as well at international TEFL training. And what is ITTT? ITTT is a leading TEFL and TESOL course provider worldwide. And I'm also going to talk a little bit about the different courses that we offer today. Because that's today's topic. We're going to go down to the basics and how you can get started. So I'm going to show you all the different course options that we have so that maybe you can get an idea and find out, you know, which course is right for you. Yeah, that is that. And then the next slide should be the discount. Yes. So this is the 30% discount that I was talking about. So what you can do is you can either scan this QR code, or if that doesn't work, no problem. I'm going to share the link with you in the comment section. And it looks like this. So TEFL course.net slash apply slash and then the Facebook live minus Linda ending is the discounted part of the link. So click on that. And when you fill out your application today for your TEFL course, you're going to get a 30% discount. So that's a huge chunk. If you're new to TEFL, if you're ready to start, then this is a great motivation perhaps to do so today. So yeah, that's awesome. All right. And then we have a couple more comments. We have Brett saying taking heavy notes today, wanting to put the ball in motion for sure to work definitely next fall, maybe this summer. Awesome. Yeah, today we're not going to talk so much about finding jobs, however, but I think I did a live a couple weeks ago, maybe three weeks ago that was all about how to find TEFL jobs. And I think you were not there at that time. I can't remember, but I don't think I saw you there. So maybe go back in our playlist and watch that one as well. That will be really useful for finding jobs. I'm going to share a link to our playlist later as well. I'm going to show you guys how to find our other play our other previous live sessions in the playlist so you can go ahead and check those out. But yeah, this is 30% off. So anyone who is new to TEFL or who wants to get a specialization or kind of upgrade their certificate. This would be a great way to do so. All right, we also have Iku saying it is 305. That's so early. Thank you so much for staying up so late. Your life is stunning. Love it. Thank you. Awesome. You have Juliana. Hello, Juliana. I'm watching from Illinois. It's 7pm here. We are having a snow storm now. Oh no. Wow. I hope you're staying safe and warm, Juliana. That's crazy. I hope your power doesn't cut out. Oh wow. Snow storm. Yeah, we had some snow. I think it was a Monday beginning of the week. It was kind of crazy. But now it's beautiful. Blue sky. The sun is out. It's very nice. But cold. Nice but cold. Okay. All right. This was this. So yeah, like I said at any time, feel free to ask questions. Very welcome to do so. And then we're just going to jump into today's topic. Tefl for beginners. How to get started if you're interested in teaching English. One more thing I want to mention. You might notice over here. These little icons over there. I mentioned that last week as well, but we did get some awards and we're very proud. We got this community choice award from go overseas as voted at, what does it say? Best. Oh, 2021 best Tefl provider because I don't want to say anything wrong. That's the exact wording on here. So we're super excited about that. And we also got the go abroad verified badge. So go abroad and go overseas are two of the biggest providers for like international overseas experiences and it is on those platforms. And we have gathered so many positive reviews over the last year so that we were voted best Tefl program in 2021. So I'm super excited about that. And I just wanted to put them up here so that we can kind of celebrate together and see that inhabit in front of us. Kind of as a, yeah, as a motivating factor here. But yeah, super proud of that. So enough of that. Let's jump in. And let's see what's happening. So the first thing we're going to talk about is. First of all, what is Tefl? What is Teesol? And I know that some, I've mentioned this in previous lives before and some of you are already Tefl or Teesol certified. So maybe I can give this question to the audience, to you guys. And you can tell me what does Tefl stand for? And what does Teesol stand for? And let's see if you were paying attention. Let's see. I'm sure some of you know this. What does Tefl stand for? What does Teesol stand for? Put it in the comments. I'm going to put you to the test. I'm going to have some coffee meanwhile. If you want to get Tefl or Teesol certified, you need to know what that stands for, right? So this is the very first thing that we're going to learn today. And hopefully some of our previous course graduates, Brett, Juliana, will be able to answer this question. Without Googling. Let's see. All right, Juliana. Tefl stands for teaching English as a foreign language. Perfect. Yes, that is Tefl. So Tefl stands for teaching English as a foreign language. What about Teesol? What about Teesol? What about Teesol? Hmm. It's similar. It's very similar. Let's see. I'm going to give it a few more seconds. Hmm. And then I'm going to reveal the answer. Let's see. Five, four, three, two, one. Too slow. All right, let's have a look. And I'm going to make myself smaller so we can all read this. But it was correct. Tefl stands for teaching English as a foreign language. And Teesol stands for teaching English to speakers of other languages. So it's very similar, isn't it? And also the training that's involved for Tefl or Teesol is identical. It is basically the same thing these days. The only difference is that Tefl is most commonly used within the UK and Europe, the term Tefl. And then Teesol is usually the preferred term in Australia and the US. And I believe also Canada, North America. So that's the only difference. Oh yeah. Now the answers came in. Thank you, Brett. Yes, you're right. Teaching English to speakers of other languages. Juliana also right. There is a delay sometimes in the live. So maybe that's why. All right. You'll get a point. It's okay. Yeah. So these are the only differences. Now at ITTT, what you can do is you can choose whether your certificate says Tefl or Teesol on it. So it's your choice. It's the same thing. But depending on maybe where you're from, you want it to say Tefl because you're from Europe maybe, or you're more used to the term Teesol. So you want your certificate to say Teesol. So that's up to you. It means the same thing. It is accredited and recognized exactly the same. You know, so it really doesn't matter. And the courses are the same. Tefl course, Teesol course, you will learn the exact same things. So that's the first thing. So always remember that because some people get confused, you know, what is Tefl? What is Teesol? And then there's another one. Some people get confused about that is Tefl. I'm just going to put this in here. Tefl. Oh, and what does that stand for actually? Because that's something different. That is something very different. Oh, yeah. Here. So Tefl. I'm just going to put this here and show you guys. Some people, they email us and they're like, hey, do you also offer Tefl? Can I take a Tefl? Here, test of English as a foreign language. So this is an English proficiency test or certificate. So it's not the same thing as a Tefl. A Tefl or a Teesol is for a course that teaches you how to be a teacher. Right? A Tefl course. This one down here is basically a certificate that proves your English language ability. So those are different things. Now we do recommend, especially for non native English teachers to get a Tefl or a Teesol certificate, but also a form of English proficiency certificate like a Tefl or an IELTS or a Cambridge certificate. Just wanted to mention that because there are different things. All right. So this is Tefl and Teesol. Hope that is clear. Then we have a lot of people are asking, so what are the requirements for, excuse me, the requirements for teaching English. And there is no one answer to this question because the requirements, they vary from place to place. Just like the requirements for any other job vary from company to company, city to city, country to country. So it's really, there's no one answer. But in general, we can say that most often we read in the requirements for English teaching jobs abroad that they want a bachelor's degree. So a four year degree most of the time. They're also teaching jobs where a degree is actually not required. And the bachelor's degree most often does not have to be in the field of education. So for in my case, I always mentioned that I have a bachelor's degree in management and foreign languages, not in English. So that's still okay. It doesn't have to be in the field of education or English. But obviously, that's a plus. That's a big plus. If you're majored in English, if you majored in diesel, etc. That's a huge plus. Then another requirement is a TEFL or a TSOL certificate. So what we just talked about. There are also jobs that don't require a TEFL or a TSOL, but the situation has just become so competitive nowadays that TEFL or a TSOL certificate is pretty much the standard. And you should have one. And people who are TEFL or TSOL certified definitely have an advantage and are preferred most of the time. They also earn a higher salary. So when I came to Korea and I was TEFL and TSOL certified, I had actually a higher salary than my colleagues who didn't. So you can earn more money as well. Teaching experience. Most of the time, not a requirement. It depends on where you want to teach. So actually most people, especially in South Korea where I am or I taught in China in those regions, most people are first time teachers that come here. However, if you're interested in the Middle East, which tends to be the highest paying TEFL teaching region, they have tax-free salaries. It's incredibly competitive and you can earn a lot of money there. There they will need teaching experience most of the time. There's also places where you need to be a native English speaker, not everywhere though. The majority of places they will also accept non-native English speakers. But in that case, like I just mentioned with the TEFL, they usually want some kind of English proficiency certificate on top of that. So that you can prove that you are fluent in English, or maybe you have lived in an English-speaking country, or maybe you went to an English-speaking university and things like that. Then yeah, the other two points are just like personal traits. So obviously if you want to teach English abroad, you need to have a good adaptability to the new culture, new countries, etc. And an eagerness to learn new things. But I think we all have that. That's why we're here. That's why we want to go abroad, right? Because we want to see and learn new things. So yeah, so these are the general requirements for teaching English. Again, they vary from place to place. So you're going to see places where there are very few requirements. You don't even need to have a bachelor's degree. But there are places where you need to have a bachelor's degree and you need to have teaching experience and you need to have a TEFL. So it varies from place to place. I did some live sessions before about specific regions. So I did teaching English in Asia where I go over all the different countries in Asia and the requirements for teaching there. So you can browse again our playlist and check that out for the country or region specific live sessions to find out more about the requirements for a specific country. All right. Good. That's that. So now what are the requirements to take a TEFL course? There are really none. Only thing you need to be a fluent English speaker, right? Because the course isn't English. You want to teach English. So you need to be fluent in English. There are no other requirements. You don't need to have a degree. You don't need to have a, I don't know, work visa or anything like that. You only need to be fluent English speaker and you can start with your TEFL course. It's really that easy. It doesn't matter where in the world you are. You can do this from anywhere in the world. We have online courses that are 100% online. So you can do this anywhere. You can do this at home. That's why our courses are so popular because they're so flexible as well. I'm going to talk more about these online options in a bit. But just wanted to say that because some people, we get emails, you know, what are the requirements? Can I take a TEFL course? All you need to be is a fluent English speaker. Native English speaker, fluent English speaker. It doesn't matter. As long as you speak and understand English, you can take a TEFL or a TESOL course. No problem. And you can get certified. That's all there is to it. It's super easy. Okay. So now we talked a little bit about what is TEFL? What is TESOL? So again, TEFL stands for teaching English as a foreign language. And TESOL stands for teaching English to speakers of other languages. So now what is a TEFL or a TESOL course? What does the course entail? Right? We learned the two acronyms now. Let's go over the course in general. That's skip now. Hold on. Oh my God, it skipped forward. What is that? Okay. There we go. That was weird. So what is a TEFL or TESOL course? When you take a TEFL or TESOL course, you will get a TEFL or a TESOL certificate at the end. Right? That's the goal. So you go through the course and then you get your certificate. So what does the certificate mean? What does it do? I like to explain this this way. It has two sides. On the one side, it is this piece of paper, this certificate that you can touch and show other people here I'm certified because it's a required certification in schools around the world, in countries like China, South Korea and other places. You need to have it in order to teach there. But it is also the course itself will teach you the teaching the skills necessary to be an English teacher. So it's something also for you personally. You want to be an English teacher. So you want to make sure that you can offer the highest value to your future students, right? At least that's how I think. For me as a teacher, there's nothing more like embarrassing than when I teach something and my students just don't understand it because obviously I can't explain it very well then. You know, they don't understand. So a TEFL course teaches you exactly those skills, how you can teach effectively, right? So a TEFL course or a TESOL course entails topics like teaching theories and methods and techniques, which is super important. And we like to use this one teaching methodology called ESA Engage Study Activate. Many of you have already taken the course. You will be familiar with this. And I actually did also a live session about ESA before. So you can check that out. But that's something you will learn during the course. And this methodology is so useful for planning your lessons, especially as new teachers. You know, it can be very daunting to stand in front of the class and you kind of lose track of time or you don't really know what you're doing in the moment. So this ESA methodology is kind of like a guide. And you can plan out your entire lesson and always refer and come back to it. So that is super important. Another very important part of a TEFL course is classroom management, how to deal with different students. There's always going to be troublemakers in a class or there is always going to be shy students in the class that don't want to talk or say anything at all. And how can you manage that? How can you still kind of make the best out of it? Lesson planning, again, that's where ESA comes in. How do you plan your lessons? You don't want to just come into your classroom without any plan at all, especially as a new teacher. Maybe if you've taught for years and years and years, always the same stuff, you can kind of whip it out like that. But as a new teacher, it's very different. You're a friend. You don't really have a whole array of lesson plans like saving your brain yet. You still kind of need your practice and lesson planning is very important, especially for new teachers. So a TEFL course is going over that. Also things on evaluation and testing, how to test your students, progress tests, placement tests, all those kinds of things. Also very important equipment and teaching aids. What kind of equipment can you use in the classroom? What do most schools use in the classroom? It's also very important to kind of switch between different teaching aids to keep it interesting, not to only stick to the textbook, stuff like that. And also very important English grammar. So that's kind of what our courses are. 50-50, like all the theoretical part in it, or like the teaching methodologies and classroom management and lesson planning and things, what I just mentioned. And then the other half is focused on English grammar, specific English grammar points, and how to kind of effectively teach those and what non-native or English learners most struggle with when it comes to different English grammar patterns and how you as a teacher can then effectively teach those. And this is I think a great advantage of non-native English teachers because they know what English grammar points are a problem for English learners, whereas native English speakers usually don't know this kind of stuff. So especially native English teachers give us great feedback about the English grammar points that they learn a lot that they didn't even think about before. So anyway, so that is the TEFL course and what you will learn and what it gets you at the end, the TEFL certificate. It looks like this obviously without the sample written on it. And we ship that to anywhere in the world once you complete your TEFL course. We also give you a PDF, a digital version of your certificate right when you complete the course so you can start applying already. Because really you don't, you really need this physical, this actual paper hard copy certificate. Most of the time you really don't need it because when you apply you just would apply online and you would attach it as a PDF anyway. The only time where you would need it is for example if you want to go to a country where a TEFL course is a requirement or a TEFL certificate is a requirement for the visa. So for example in China and some other countries where you then actually need to show the certificate to the officials at the embassy to get your work visa. But that's not everywhere the case. So most of the time you just need the digital copy anyway. Alright, let me look at the comments now. Everything is clear. If you have a question, if something doesn't make sense just mention that in the comments and I'll try and explain it better. We have Ami Hadi, hello. Oh or Tabinda, is that your name? From Manchester here, oh yeah Tabinda. Cool, I like that name. I am okay, how are you? I'm doing very great. Thanks for watching. We have Thumbs On, hello. Good to see you. I'm doing very well, how are you? Oh I like this little smiley face, cute. Alright, good. So this is what a TEFL course will teach you and what it gets you in the end. Okay, so now let's go over different types of TEFL courses out there because there are many different types and when you're new to TEFL and TESOL you might probably not know which course should I sign up for. So let's go over that. Marcia, hello. Good to see you, how are you doing? Thumbs On, good to see you too Linda. Kinda miss you, oh I missed you too. Good to have you here today. Oh we have La Luz from Libya. Very nice, hello. Welcome, welcome. Cool, so yeah, no TEFL course is the same. These are the TEFL course options that we offer at ITTT. It starts with the 120 hour course and there's a little star next to it so this is basically the international standard. The minimum required TEFL course that you should get as a teacher if you want to teach English abroad. 120 hours, this is the most common one. Yeah, this one. Good question, that's exactly that. So what is the minimum qualification to start a TEFL as a beginner to achieve certification? This one, 120 hours, that is the minimum. That's where it starts usually and then you can kind of build upon that. Most people, I also started out with the 120 hour one and then I got three additional specialization certificates later on. I'm also going to show you those in a minute and they're also included in the higher hours here. 170 hours is the next one. Then we have 220, 370, 470 and 550 is the highest one that we offer at ITTT. And I'll show you those in depth but this is what it looks like and depending on sort of what your goal is you will choose the course depending on what your goal is. So if you already know you want to teach English in let's say the Middle East and you want to stay there, you want to stay there for a while, you want to be a very successful teacher there then you should aim for higher hours because the Middle East is more competitive and you are aiming for a long-term career so more hours will be better for you. Whereas if you're like, yeah, I just want to teach English abroad for a year and then I want to go back home. The 120 hour is more than enough for that. That's kind of how you can figure out which course is right for you and I'm also going to show you in a little bit the differences between those so that you can see kind of what's what but just to know that there are different hours training hours of TEFL courses and the international minimum like Juliana pointed out is over 100 hours and so that's why we offer the 120 hour course because that's the international minimum qualification these days. Yep, you are welcome. Okay, let's move on. So now you're like, okay cool, I know what TEFL means, what TESOL means now and what a TEFL course entails so how do I get a TEFL qualification now? Okay, before I answer this question let me answer Brett's question here. He's saying I have the hard copy of the certificate should a digital one have been sent to me or should I just scan to my thumb drive? Yeah, you should have received a digital one but you did the in-class course, right? You can scan it that works or I would recommend email us and then I think we can also send you a digital one. I'm not sure about actually the in-class one but I'm pretty sure we will still be able to send you a digital version but a scanned one will also work that's essentially, yeah that will work as well. If it's like you just want to make sure that you scan it like properly everything is straight and all but that works as well for sure or just email us this is for everybody if you have any questions about anything that I'm talking about today TEFL TESOL about ITTT email courses at TESOL-TEFL.com and you'll get your answers there from my lovely colleagues. Yeah, good question. All right, so now how do you get a TEFL qualification? Basically, you need to decide what I just mentioned which course you want to take and we have three different kinds of courses at ITTT. We have online TEFL courses we have in-class TEFL courses and we also have combined TEFL and TESOL courses so I have taken only online TEFL courses and actually I started with the 120 hour back in 2014 and I had never taken an online course before I mean 2014 is a long time ago and online courses were kind of just like a new thing I want to say like a newish thing it's not like today where literally everybody's taking an online course and it's like you know no big deal but before it was more it was like oh it's an online course like is it going to be worth it is it going to be you know will I learn something how is it going to work is it good and I really had a good experience I was definitely skeptical it was my first online course and I really enjoyed it it was fun the online course platform is super easy to navigate you also have you can choose a tutored option so you can actually talk with a TEFL tutor if you have any questions but it was everything was pretty straightforward I worked through my units if you're interested in how exactly it works with the online course I did I think two live sessions before where I show you the online platform so you can go to our playlist and check that out how it works it's really straightforward it's super easy you don't you can download the course units as well we have a lot of people doing that and they print it out and they keep it in a folder in a binder you know actually print it out some people like to study that way I actually didn't print anything out I just studied everything on my computer which worked as well so it depends on you what you want to do the in-class course and luckily today we have Brett here who took the in-class course in Rome last year last summer so how that works is it is four weeks at a center in one of our in-class centers around the world so we have Rome for example where Brett was we also have we have Seoul we have places in China we have US locations we have Paris we have many many locations in Europe also Latin America South America it really is we have them all over the world we also have them in Africa there is one in Egypt or two maybe even so I actually have a map that can show you later but those are the in-class courses four weeks at a Tefl location of your choice and you will basically learn the same contents like the online the 120 hour online course but in a classroom setting with a teacher trainer and with other trainees together and you also get to teach actual English learners at this center because they are working English schools with actual students so this is the big benefit of the in-class course that you actually get that teaching experience that you don't have with an online course for example and a combined course basically combines both benefits so first you complete an online part of the course and then you add five to ten days of teaching practice at a location of your choice on top of that so that's the combined course and typically the online course obviously is the cheapest then the combined course and then the in-class in-class is the most expensive because you spend four weeks at a center versus online where you just work at home on your computer so it depends also on your budget and what you want to do after okay very good yeah that's what I already mentioned so our courses are actually here it says between 50 and 550 50 because we also have specialized courses I'm going to talk about that in a second as well and like we already said the minimum for teaching abroad or online is 100 hours at least so you want to aim for the 120 hour course minimum yeah like I just said we have a wide variety of courses at ITTT online combined and in-class we also have specialization courses that you can add to your portfolio once you are already certified that's what I did I took the 120 hour course first and then three separate specialization courses afterwards those are 50 hours I'll show you those in a minute all of our courses are internationally accredited and accepted worldwide and there's actually recruiters and schools around the world that specifically only hire ITTT course graduates we've been working with them for years and they know our brand and our courses and they trust that they value the training so we have established those kind of partnerships and yeah just wanted to mention that so yeah 120 hour course I already touched on that but it's 100% online which is great so there are 20 units I already kind of showed you that teaching methodology and grammar the great thing about this course is that you can study at your own pace you have up to six months to complete this course so this was really great for me when I took the course because I was working full time at the time so I didn't have so much time to study on this course all the time I only did like a couple of hours a week and I was able to finish I think it was four months and in four months but if you obviously have more time for your course you can finish much faster as well at the end you will receive an embossed hard copy certificate which is delivered straight to your door wherever you are in the world and you also get a PDF version of the certificate as soon as you complete so you can apply right away we also have notarization services available so some countries I know that China needs that also Vietnam for their visa purposes they want an additional notarized stamp on there and we can also help you with that but that's rare so only if you want to go to a certain location you will need that but we can also help you with that this course starts at 249 or 339 with tutor support where you can ask a tutor for guidance with this tutor so depending on your study learning style so if you're fine with your studying on your own by yourself working through the units you don't need the tutor support but if it's your first time taking an online course you're not quite sure how to navigate everything you have questions you want to know more then the tutor support would be recommended with 30% off down here you obviously will save a lot of money taking this course and I'm just going to share the link one more time the discount link if anybody wants to take this course today's a great chance to do so and get 30% off so use this code this link teflacourse.net slash apply facebook live this link will get you 30% off so the 120 hour but also all the other ones and if that doesn't work for some reason this link let me know and I'll help you out with that so this is the 120 hour course our most popular option by far and a great choice if you're new to teaching and you want to go broad or you also want to teach online this course is the one to choose alright then these are the specializations that I talked about so those are shorter 50 hour courses and we have business English teaching business English teaching online as well and teaching young learners so teaching children because all of those fields are very niche they're very different from each other so if you're interested in let's say teaching children I was actually teaching children and that's why I took this course and it helped me out a lot teaching children is very different from teaching adults so you're going to learn a lot of these very important techniques to kind of manage children and how to teach complete beginners with any knowledge in English whatsoever can be very challenging and that's kind of what this course is for and we have business English also completely different how to navigate that and then obviously also teaching online also very different you learn a lot of techniques that you can obviously also use when teaching English online you learn a lot of techniques I mean in the standard course that you can also adapt to teaching online but some things just really don't really work in an online setting so this course will focus on how to successfully effectively teach online and kind of activities you can do what kind of tools you can use when teaching online and all of that and those courses they start at only $175 US dollars or $275 with tutor support and again excuse me use the 30% off code and you'll save a lot of money off of that I recommend them I took all of those I enjoyed taking them and you can work through them really quick because they're only 50 hours it doesn't take so long but still you will learn a lot of good stuff there are a lot of resources a lot of stuff you can use afterwards in your classroom so definitely worth it I recommend it those are the specializations those are the bundles those are the ones that are the higher hours 220 hour if you already know so let's take a look 220 hour includes the 120 hour course the standard one and business English and teaching English to young learners so the standard one plus two specialization courses is the 220 hour master package so if you already know that you want to take the business English one and you want to take the young learners one I recommend just going for the bundle right away because it saves you money rather than doing one after another you know that's what I did I first took the 120 hour and then like a year later I took the other one and a year later I took the other one and it's more expensive that way so if you already know hey I want to take this one all three it's cheaper if you just buy the package the bundle same with the 470 hour one same with the 550 hour one it's much cheaper to buy the bundle than paying for all the courses individually so just side note wanted to mention that yeah yeah and as you can see like the 550 hour one includes six different courses six different certifications so you really get the best of the best training with this one highest hours so this is great for people who know yeah I want to teach English long term I want to make this my career 100% then the 550 hour expert package will be the best choice for you so that's just something to think about that's why taking a TEFL course it needs a lot of research and a lot of like just thinking about what you want to do where you want to go with it and then you can make a decision which course is right for you so yeah okay those are the bundles those are the in class courses just real quick I mentioned that already four weeks at a location of your choice and this is the map of all the locations that we have as you can see literally all around the world every continent almost not an Arctic not Antarctica but have a lot of locations there and some of the pictures are actually from our centers so this is what it will look like in the classroom with a teacher trainer and with the other trainees and stuff so yeah if you have something that interests you check it out and you can also ask Brett about his experience this is the combined option that I also just mentioned so it's basically online you complete the online component you also have up to six months to do that and then after that you can spend five eight or ten days at a training center worldwide to get that teaching experience in that's another option that's very popular and we have a lot of US locations so that's very popular in North America we also have a Canada location but many many locations in the US so that's why it's very popular we also have some in Asia and in Europe as well but the most combined course locations are in the US alright we're almost at the end now I just want to also mention this teaching English timeline so a lot of people don't really know how long is this all going to take you know from the beginning to starting to teach how long is this taking so these are the five steps that you will kind of pass through first what we talked about now the whole time how to choose or choose a TEFL course choose the right TEFL course and then number two working through the units those are steps one and two first one you need to pick the right course what I just said depending on what you want to do with it then the kind of course you choose number two work through the units like I said you have up to six months the more courses you take the more time you have also once you're done you receive your certificate your digital one PDF version and a hard copy version and then you are ready for number four applying for jobs and obviously this can take depending on where you want to teach if it's very competitive it also depends on hiring seasons this can take you know can't really say how long this takes applying for jobs until you find the perfect job and then number five you start teaching so down here I put it takes anywhere from four to six months plus and I mentioned this in my last live as well if you want to teach abroad for example I recommend starting this whole process at least a year before because you also have to worry about visa documents and all of this stuff so this will take a while depending on where you go there is a English teaching program in Korea for example called Epic the English program in Korea where English teachers are placed into public schools all across Korea and they recruit almost one year before the start date and that's when you need to be ready that's when you need to be at number four so you already need to have your TEFL certificate by then so the earlier you start the better for teaching online it can go much faster so four to six months is a good timeline for teaching online it goes really fast there also is a application process for most teaching online jobs but obviously you don't need to worry about visa stuff documents you don't need to worry about apartment hunting and booking your plane ticket and stuff and traveling to the other country because it's online you can do this from at home so it's much faster so yeah this is the teaching English timeline just so that you know kind of how long this whole process will take the earlier you start the better and for teaching English abroad like I said a year in advance would be great to start I think this is the last one let me check oh yeah I want to mention this as well because I refer back to our previous live sessions so this is where you can find them on Facebook but also on YouTube and I believe I can click on this link I think yes okay so I'm going to copy this and also share it in this chat so you can easily find it if you don't know how to access the playlist oh no is this the wrong hold on this is my no it's not what I wanted oh yeah it's right it was right I think here this link it added some weird stuff at the end but this is the link where you can find all of our previous live sessions and as you can see we talked about many different topics and this is not even all of it we've been doing this for over a year so there's a lot of material there you can check out and for me and my colleague Lisa who is a non-native English teacher from Russia she taught English in China and now she's in Russia teaching mostly online and she knows a lot of good stuff and has a lot of information for non-native English teachers how to be successful in this field so do check her out as well and what's next ah oh yeah here you can find ITTT online again on our website teflucourse.net on facebook where you're watching many of you on youtube where many of you are watching and we're also on twitter and on instagram check us out and now we have time for a little bit of a Q&A if there's anything that you want to know that I didn't talk about or anything that wasn't clear any additional questions now is your time to ask them before I sign off and again just a reminder 30% off today you can scan this QR code and you can also use this link in the comments down here with um apply facebook live minus linda to get 30% off your teflur t-sol course today to start get your career started and your adventure started on the way um so yeah take advantage of that and then let me know if there's anything that's not clear if you have any questions about anything in specific um let me know I still have time I'm still gonna be here for a little bit so now is your opportunity now is your time I will be back again next week um we do go live regularly so you're gonna see me again next week same time same place I'll be here um and yeah also if you have any topic suggestions for upcoming live sessions what you want me to focus on or talk about feel free to let me know feel free to let me know or if there are no other questions then maybe yeah I will sign off I did a good job explaining everything maybe don't be shy there are no stupid questions I always say that but yeah thank you so much for everyone watching today I hope you learned something new I know that this topic today was more for um people who are not yet certified so maybe it was not so interesting for people who are already certified and who already know a little bit more about Tefl um so yeah aw brad thank you he's glad I didn't miss it this time we'll definitely be back next week thank you so much for watching for taking some time out of your day you're already certified so maybe it was a little bit boring for you brad but maybe you still learned something but yeah we need to kind of switch it up different topics so I picked this one today because we do get a lot of questions all the time about how to get started so I thought this would be a good topic to talk about today thank you so much for staying on the whole time that's really nice marcia says thank you for everything again linda that information is always worthy thank you you're so sweet I really appreciate all of you who always come back every week every week again brad marcia juliana we all hear every single week fauzan and also all the new people that we see every time I like this it's a good mix of regulars and new people watching and joining so I really really appreciate that it's really great thank you brad offer definitely open for you and hubby to eat with me wherever I go yeah I'm definitely going to take you up on that for sure especially if you move to italy because Italian food is my favorite when we were me and my husband we were in Rome we traveled there one time it was amazing and we had the best food every single day it was so good I love it is there anything better than Italian food I don't know I don't think so alright good alright I guess no more questions coming in that's fine that's great that means I did a good job explaining everything so yeah juliana says it was a great introduction to the teflon course I really enjoyed it thank you so much for staying on as well because you're already certified as well so thanks for staying on and still watching it yeah definitely not no it's the best okay then I hope you all have a very very good weekend stay safe stay warm juliana with your snowstorm I hope you're going to be fine everybody else please stay happy and healthy and I hope to see you all again next week with another topic and then yeah until then if you have any questions if you watch the replay you can still leave comments here and we'll get back to you or if you have any other questions as always email us courses at tsol-tefl.com feel free to reach out also feel free to reach out to me on instagram at linda goes east if you have any questions I know that some of you have already done that and I really enjoy talking to you so um yeah thank you marcia hugs have a great weekend thank you bread alright see you all later then awesome alright signing off now uh if I can find the end screen yes there it is there's too much going on in this live stream thing okay I found everything alright okay I'm ready alright bye thank you guys bye bye