TESOL

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages is a course in which students gain practical skills and opportunities to acquire further accreditations outside of the needed to become a language teacher in any country on the mission field.

During the instruction portion of this course, students can expect many workshops on topics highly relevant to English language teaching, with a special focus on the world of Christian missions.

Most workshops include thought-provoking conversations and stand-on-your-feet activities, designed to keep you actively learning throughout these classes.

Small groups are often used to facilitate and inspire discussions and to create common partnerships and presentations. Although the course is designed specifically for English teachers, nearly all of the theory covered is applicable to teaching other languages as well.

During application times, the student momentarily becomes the “teacher.” These activities are designed to provide every TESOL graduate with hands-on experience and mastery of teaching skills through a variety of realistically simulated ESL and EFL language classrooms. These English “classes”—and other student presentations—are typically taught in teams, and evaluations are given by both peers and TESOL instructors alike.

Real, life-changing friendships have been made in our simulated classrooms, a testament to the power of teacher-student relationships and the promise of every TESOL graduate as a future world-changer.

This TESOL course provides you with the credentials needed to obtain an Australian accredited certificate through an Australian Registered Training Organisation (RTO) by a process called Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and Recognition of Current Competence (RCC). You can receive this accreditation after completion of our TESOL seminar. Additional fees apply. For more information email us at office@ywamhonolulu.com.

Why our course is so different!

• Each trainee has a mentor
• Trainees learn through experiential, practical exercises that they can use in their own classrooms.
• Our training is competency-based which means we work with you until you are a competent teacher. We don’t give up on you!
• We train mono-lingual and multi-lingual English speakers incorporating a team approach in teaching English, building upon each other’s strengths
• Supervised teaching practice with real students

By the end of the course you will:

• Have the skills to start your own English classes
• Be able to assess the levels of your students
• Know how to design a syllabus
• Be equipped to create fun, innovative, communicative lessons covering, reading, writing, listening, speaking, pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary
• Know how to assess and evaluate your students
• Learn the importance of knowing your students’ worldview and cultural backgrounds
• Think through your teaching philosophy and approach and how this applies to your ministry / church / school / university / or language centre
• Have a chance to obtain a certificate through an Australian Registered Training Organization (RTO)

There are two billion people all over the world right now learning the English language. It’s the most widely learned and sought after second language in the world. And that’s where you come in. Because so many people want to learn English, most missionaries from English-speaking countries find themselves teaching in classrooms at some point during their overseas ministry. A large number of YWAM’s ministries around the world use English classes as a tool for evangelism by building relationships in their communities. Many YWAM outreach teams spend at least part of their time teaching English to locals or university students, and most of those missionaries have never had any formal training as language teachers.

It’s because of this need for teachers that our TESOL program was created. This short course is designed to quickly and effectively train any English speaker to effectively teach the English language in and outside of the classroom. TESOL graduates will be certified by YWAM’s University of the Nations and also have the full requirements to gain a certificate through an Australian Registered Training Organisation (RTO). TESOL can take you overseas or in your backyard. Where is God calling you to go?

You will need to have a fairly good grasp of the English language in order to complete this course and its spoken and written requirements, however English does not have to be your first language and multilingual students are encouraged to apply to this course!