"I plan to teach in different countries in Asia. I believe it is the best way to
get to know the country, its people and culture. I am hoping the course will
provide me with some useful tips and hints on doing that and give me ideas on
how to structure, plan and conduct classes for students of different age groups
and level of English.
Great country, thoroughly involved and hope it will open up new windows of
opportunities for me." Alena Huberova
"I chose to take up this project as I wanted some training in Teaching. I
already have a teacher’s degree from India but was not able to take up a formal
training. Moreover, I will be staying in Thailand for three years. So taking up
this course might help me in getting a teaching job in Thailand.
It was a great experience, especially going to the classrooms and teaching. It
gave us all the experience of real teaching and the issues connected to
teaching. The feedbacks form peers and the lessons helped us a lot to improve
our own style." Shalini Menon
"I enjoy traveling and gaining new experiences. I have many teachers in my
family who love the profession. My uncle taught in Japan and had a wonderful
experience. I currency have a friend teaching near Seoul who encouraged me to
teach in Korea. I have always wanted to teach young children." Lacy Calais
"I decided to do this project because I wanted to not only travel but do
something for someone besides myself. I just graduated so I decided now was the
best time to do this. I am excited to learn to teach. English is such a useful
language, and I’m excited to share it!" Andie Vaughn
"I chose ATI because I wanted to take a 3 weeks TESOL course in another country,
preferably in India and in Kolkata. I research ATI on the internet and only
found positive comments about it. It was also more affordable than some other
courses.
I enjoyed my experience in Kolkata and with ATI. The course was very relevant
and useful. The trainers were good and were available questions" Brain Meehan,
Ireland
ATI has selected some of the pioneers of ESL teaching as their TEFL trainers. They are well educated and qualified ESL teachers of high quality having experience and exposure to the teaching field for many years. These trainers help you to get engrossed in the classroom environment during the training period helping you to master the teaching methods and techniques which eventually assist you to work on your goal of having a bright enriching English as Foreign or Second language teaching career ahead in the future.
Bearing a TEFL or TESOL certificate in order to get teaching jobs is not enough unless you have seriously inculcated all the teaching techniques and strategies while taking the teachers’ training certification course, no matter where you take the course from. In order to be a good teacher who is saddled with the noble responsibility of educating students, you must keep in mind that understanding the course materials and the profession is very important. And in order the responsibility of teaching you these factors in a structured and comprehensive way, lies in the hands of the TEFL trainers. ATI’s courses are popular simply because they backed by a strong panel of highly educated and experienced ESL trainers. This institute has some of the best EFL teachers who are educated enough to teach and train and have been associated with the ESL field for many years. They have methodically formulated the course curriculum which has helps in training a candidate fully in ¾ weeks’ time during the course. The course materials are apt and exhaustive and the trainers have incorporated teaching steps systematically starting from the commencement of the course till its completion. The trainers are extremely helpful and easily approachable in case you need extra assistance. The ESL teachers conduct the training sessions through various activities, assignments and exercises thus making the course interesting to their candidates. Once you complete the assignments given by the trainers, your work will be evaluated and feedback will be given by them so as to correct your errors and improve your work.
The TESOL trainers help you to embrace the primary techniques of teaching English as foreign or second language and also to deal with the classroom environment. ATI’s premium class teachers through their training ensure to make would-be ESL teachers of high standard and quality. They guide and monitor the TEFL trainees towards starting off a bright and successful ESL career in the future. You can expect these highly qualified trainers to identify your areas of weaknesses and help you work on them for your betterment in the future. You can see them doing lots of research work, planning the lessons of each class, gathering course materials for using during the classes and setting homework to completely immerse you in the course. They provide useful tips and suggestions on ESL teaching and how to handle a classroom environment with the help of their real life teaching experiences when they initially started their career. This actually proves beneficial for the students to get an insight into the practical hands-on teaching.
They also discuss he various disadvantages and challenges associated with the ESL field making the TEFL trainees aware of the negative aspects of ESL teaching so that they scrutinize thoroughly before stepping into the real-life teaching in various parts of the world. In a nutshell, you can realize that ATI’s eligible and potential trainers create a healthy and encouraging teaching environment to trigger the passion and confidence of the trainees before they embark of an ESL teaching journey worldwide.