120-Hour Tesol Course For Online English Teachers

Teach English Online – A Recipe for Long-Term Success

What you’ll learn
Develop a foundational knowledge of teaching English classes online.
Understand how to apply to a language teaching platform (ie. iTalki, Preply) and how to have a successful start on the platform.
Understand needs of students and develop positive teacher-student relationships.
Understand common challenges of teaching languages online and how to solve them.
Be able to plan and develop English lessons in a research-informed and pedagogically grounded manner.
Be able to develop a teacher portfolio and teacher philosophy for employment purposes and in order to attract potential students.
Establish, develop and evaluate teacher beliefs and teacher identity.
Be able to be financial successful as a teacher with knowledge of how to increase price of lessons and establish long-term plans.
Understand how to use various digital tools.
Understand key challenges and tot topics in the language teaching community, such as native speakerism.
Understand different types of class (IELTS, Conversational, General English) and how to plan for such lessons.
Establish a strong foundational knowledge of methodology in Applied Linguistics and be able to apply it to their beliefs.
Learn about how to set up social media profiles to advertise teaching services and to attract students.
Compile dozens of activities, homework tasks and asynchronous content to plan fully-developed lessons
Create a 5-lesson curriculum.
Establish a place in the teacher community and recognize resources for building a Community of Practice (CoP).
Be able to establish a routine and understanding of reflective practice.
Learn about opportunities and resources for professional development and furthering one’s career.
Requirements
Suggestion: take the FREE lesson beforehand (found on my Udemy page).
A motivation for teaching a language online.
Basic proficiency in English to understand course content.
Description
This 120-TESOL for Online English Teachers Course is informed by research in applied linguistics, by my 5000+ lessons as an online language teacher (in English and French), and by the experience of dozens of other online language teachers who I have sat down with to provide counsel and guidance. ? If you’re getting started online, you’ve come to the right place. ? If you’re thinking about applying to an online language teaching platform to teach 1-on-1 and small group lessons then you’ve particularly come to the right place. ? In fact, if you’ve already been teaching online and seek further professionalization, have extensive experience but are apprehensive about the transition from in-person to online teaching, or even if you teach a language other then English… you’ve come to the right place.This course is packed with extensive content, including made-from-scratch materials, pedagogically-informed research articles and comprehensive videos. I believe that teacher development should be inclusive, accessible and affordable, which is why countless hours have been spent creating the ideal course for you to begin and thrive in the digital wilds of the virtual world. Topics Include…Generating bookings and retaining studentsGetting paid and increasing incomeFinding, using and creating materials Creating and planning engaging lessons with digital tools Teacher professionalization and long-term successOverview and mitigation of key challenges and hot topicsMuch, much more!I’ll be with you every step of the way. This is everything that I was taught in my teacher training, along with everything that I wasn’t taught. Save yourself the effort – learn and grow in this 120-hour TESOL program.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction to the Course

Lecture 2 Teacher Affect Introduction

Lecture 3 Teacher Affect

Lecture 4 What is a Good Language Teacher?

Lecture 5 My Teacher Beliefs

Lecture 6 Teacher Histories

Lecture 7 Hear it From the Horse’s Mouth

Section 2: Applying to a Language Learning Platform

Lecture 8 Introduction to the Section

Lecture 9 Apply to Preply

Lecture 10 Apply to Amazing Talker

Lecture 11 Apply to Verbling

Lecture 12 Declined

Section 3: Getting Started in the Virtual Space

Lecture 13 Introduction to the Section

Lecture 14 Teaching Online vs. Teaching In-Person – Key Differences

Lecture 15 Transitioning Jobs – Khalil

Lecture 16 Getting Started as a Teacher in the Virtual World

Lecture 17 Myths – Age does NOT Matter!

Lecture 18 Abi Age Intro

Lecture 19 Abi – Age

Lecture 20 Virtual Classrooms

Lecture 21 How Will You Teach?

Section 4: Getting started on a Platform

Lecture 22 Introduction to the Section

Lecture 23 My Introduction Video

Lecture 24 Creating Lessons

Lecture 25 Schedule

Lecture 26 Creating Packages

Section 5: Understanding Platforms

Lecture 27 Introduction to the Section

Lecture 28 iTalki vs. Preply – Anikha

Lecture 29 iTalki vs. Amazing Talker – Mark

Lecture 30 Language Challenge

Lecture 31 Badge

Lecture 32 Algorithm

Lecture 33 Ratings

Lecture 34 Feedback

Lecture 35 Section Debrief

Section 6: Pay, Getting Paid and Getting Paid More

Lecture 36 Introduction to the Section

Lecture 37 Money

Lecture 38 Raising Price

Section 7: Types of Classes (General English / Test Prep., etc.)

Lecture 39 Introduction to the Section

Lecture 40 Professional Development Training and Webinars – Osama

Lecture 41 General vs. Conversational

Lecture 42 Conversational

Lecture 43 Tip: Shy Students in Conversational Lessons

Lecture 44 Interview Preparation

Lecture 45 Feedback

Section 8: Introduction to Methodology

Lecture 46 Introduction to the Section

Lecture 47 Why Does Methodology Matter?

Lecture 48 History of SLA

Lecture 49 The Sociocultural Turn

Lecture 50 The Input Hypothesis

Lecture 51 ZPD

Lecture 52 The Output Hypothesis

Lecture 53 The Order of Acquisition

Lecture 54 Learner-centred Classes

Lecture 55 Teacher Talk Time vs. Student Talk Time

Lecture 56 Presentation, Practice, Production (PPP)

Lecture 57 Lesson Planning

Lecture 58 Task-Based Language Teaching

Lecture 59 Real World Tasks

Section 9: Teacher Identity and Teaching Styles

Lecture 60 Introduction to the Section

Lecture 61 Teacher Portfolio

Lecture 62 Multilingualism, Plurilingualism, Code-Switching and Translanguaging

Lecture 63 Guides to Multilingualism, Plurilingualism, Code-Switching and Translanguaging

Lecture 64 Multilingualism and Plurilingualism – Research

Lecture 65 Philosophy

Lecture 66 Growing on a Platform – Osama

Section 10: Attracting Students

Lecture 67 Introduction to the Section

Lecture 68 Changes to your Profile

Lecture 69 Changes to your Profile – Part 2

Lecture 70 Marketing and Advertising

Lecture 71 Reaching out to Students

Section 11: Assessing Students

Lecture 72 Trial Lesson

Lecture 73 Initial Assessment

Lecture 74 Other Stakeholders

Lecture 75 Corrective Feedback

Lecture 76 Research and Guides – Corrective Feedback

Section 12: Your Students

Lecture 77 Affect

Lecture 78 Building Rapport

Lecture 79 Learner Histories

Section 13: Teaching Materials

Lecture 80 Powerpoints

Lecture 81 Using Textbooks

Lecture 82 Setting Goals

Lecture 83 Warmers and Coolers

Lecture 84 My Favourite Sites

Section 14: Homework

Lecture 85 Whether to Give Homework or Not

Lecture 86 Types of Homework

Lecture 87 Asynchronous Pedagogy

Section 15: Activities and Lesson Planning

Lecture 88 Speaking

Lecture 89 Listening

Lecture 90 Reading

Lecture 91 Writing

Lecture 92 Resources for Lesson Planning

Lecture 93 Useful Resources

Section 16: Developing a Curriculum

Lecture 94 The Curriculum Cycle (Nunan, 1988)

Lecture 95 Creating a Curriculum

Lecture 96 Understanding Language Proficiency Benchmarks

Section 17: Key Challenges and Hot Topics

Lecture 97 Introduction to the Section

Lecture 98 Never Do This

Lecture 99 Losing Students

Lecture 100 Balancing Jobs

Lecture 101 Beginners

Lecture 102 Emergencies

Lecture 103 Terminating Packages

Lecture 104 Missed Lesson

Lecture 105 Chatty Students

Lecture 106 How to Dress

Lecture 107 Native Speaker

Lecture 108 Native Speaker 2

Lecture 109 Establishing Rules

Lecture 110 Students with Disabilities

Lecture 111 Parents, Background Noise

Section 18: Digital Tools

Lecture 112 Overview

Lecture 113 Jamboard

Lecture 114 SoundCloud

Lecture 115 Google Docs

Lecture 116 Kahoots

Lecture 117 FlipGrid

Lecture 118 Padlet

Lecture 119 SoundCloud Tutorial for Students

Lecture 120 Jamboard Tutorial for Students

Section 19: Teaching Grammar

Lecture 121 Verbs

Lecture 122 Adjectives

Lecture 123 Prepositions

Lecture 124 Adverbs

Lecture 125 Conjunctions

Lecture 126 Pronouns

Lecture 127 Nouns

Lecture 128 Interjections

Section 20: Professional Development

Lecture 129 Certification

Lecture 130 Certification – Osama

Lecture 131 Community of Practice

Lecture 132 Reflective Practice

Lecture 133 My Evolving Beliefs

This course is for English teachers who are getting started online or who hope to improve their teaching practices.,This course will be particularly useful to teachers who have a passion for teaching English.,This is for language teachers who wish to apply to iTalki, Preply, Verbling, Amazing Talker, etc.