| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
itiswhatitis
Joined: 08 Aug 2011
|
 Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 3:52 pm Post subject: Teacher training for IELTS/TOEFL/TOEIC |
 |
|
From what I can tell instructors who teach preparation for the IELTS/TOEFL/TOEIC tests basically prepare their own materials. In theory one could start teaching IELTS/TOEFL/TOEIC today, correct?
If there is a type of certification (for instructors) to teach any of the above 3 mentioned I would like to take it. From what I can tell there is not. It seems that my best bet is to take a CELTA (now I only have a TESOL certificate) and to start researching/preparing my own materials.
Thanks in advance for any advice/insight/feedback. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
isitts
Joined: 25 Dec 2008
Location: Korea
|
| Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 11:49 pm Post subject: Re: Teacher training for IELTS/TOEFL/TOEIC |
|
|
| itiswhatitis wrote: |
From what I can tell instructors who teach preparation for the IELTS/TOEFL/TOEIC tests basically prepare their own materials. In theory one could start teaching IELTS/TOEFL/TOEIC today, correct?
If there is a type of certification (for instructors) to teach any of the above 3 mentioned I would like to take it. From what I can tell there is not. It seems that my best bet is to take a CELTA (now I only have a TESOL certificate) and to start researching/preparing my own materials.
Thanks in advance for any advice/insight/feedback. |
You could look at schools hiring for those types of teachers and see what they require.
I do TOEFL prep at my (high) school, but only for the speaking section. Three other teachers do the other three sections (listening, reading, writing). But that’s because the students do a lot of practice tests and that would take forever to grade all four sections for every student.
As for just doing a prep class (without grading practice tests), preparing them for all four sections wouldn’t be too bad. Plenty of material online (from ETS website or Magoosh) as well as prep books (ETS or Princeton Review, to name a couple). That’s for the TOEFL. I don’t have much info on the other two.
I don’t have special qualifications to prepare students. The test setup is pretty easy to understand for a native speaker. I’m not sure if cram schools specifically set up for TOEFL prep would want particular credentials or what those credentials would be. But again, you could look at jobs that are calling for these kinds of test preps and see what they’re asking for.
Hope that helps. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
SeoulNate
Joined: 04 Jun 2010
Location: Hyehwa
|
| Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 5:34 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I've taught all three, and have been a grader/evaluater for both the TOEFL and TOEIC tests.
Jobs vary depending on the company, but I would say most are looking for experience with the test and every interview that I had for the positions always asked me when I had most recently taken the test and what my score was. This was all at least a few years ago, but I can't imagine the practice changing too much.
As far as the material was concerned, it varied. Some places wanted teachers to all teach the same material, using the same handouts and the same PPTs that they provided. Others handed me a book and I prepared my own stuff. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
