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Complete self-study: full video, scenario tasks and feedback on every task. 12 months.
$59USD
Adds a personal tutor and 2 graded written assignments that go on your certificate. 24 months.
$69USD
Adds 48 hours on young learners and adults, with your personal tutor. 24 months.
$79USD
Adds 40 hours of Business English. Three certificates, one tutor. 24 months.
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Teaching English to children
Many TEFL jobs, especially in Asia, are with children. Teaching a class of seven-year-olds is very different from teaching adults: shorter activities, more movement, phonics and a lot of praise. Here's what you need to know, where the jobs are and how to get trained.
Age by age
Children aren't small adults. Pick an age group to see how lessons change.
Very short attention spans, lots of energy and no reading yet.
Curious and keen to please, starting to read and write in English.
Self-conscious, social and ready for real communication.
The skill schools ask about
Phonics teaches children the sound each letter makes, then how to blend the sounds into words. Sight words are common words such as "the" and "said" that don't follow the rules, so children learn them by sight.
Try it: tap each sound, then hear the word come together
This is blending, one of the first reading skills you'll teach. Unit 11 of our young learner course shows you how to teach it step by step.
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Where the jobs are
These are some of the busiest places to teach children, with links to our full country guides.
Teach and travel
Most young learner jobs run in school hours or after school, which leaves weekends and holidays for travel.
Inside the 168-hour TEFL
40 hours on top of the 120-hour Practical course, plus 8 hours on teaching adults, with more tasks with instant, tutor-written feedback.
Get trained
Every course here includes 2 optional lesson plan assignments, marked by a tutor within 24 hours.
The essentials
$59one-off
Young learners
$69one-off
With every Practical course, a personal tutor grades 2 written lesson plan assignments with helpful feedback within 24 hours, and you can resubmit after feedback. Pass them and your certificate says "with Practical Assignments". Compare all courses
Most complete
$79one-off
Want to compare everything? Compare all courses or read Online TEFL vs CELTA.
FAQ
Most TEFL jobs don't ask for a separate certificate, but many of them, especially in Asia, are with children. Training in young learners shows schools you can manage a class of kids, plan short, active lessons and teach phonics, which often comes up at interview.
It meets the hours most employers ask for, and our 120-hour course covers the basics of teaching all ages. If you know you'll be teaching children, the 168-hour course adds 40 hours on young learners, which gives you more ideas and confidence in class.
Everything in the 120-hour Practical course, plus 40 hours on teaching young learners across 11 units, including phonics and sight words, and 8 hours on teaching adults. You get 168-hour and 120-hour certificates.
Phonics teaches children the sounds letters make and how to blend them into words, such as c-a-t making cat. Sight words are common words, such as the, said and was, that children learn to recognize by sight because they don't follow the usual sound rules.
It depends on the job. Kindergartens teach ages 3 to 5, primary schools and most private academies teach ages 6 to 11, and middle and high schools teach teens. Many teachers in Asia teach more than one age group in a week.
Clear routines, simple rules, short activities and lots of praise. Plan for movement, change activities often and use the same signals every lesson, such as a song or a clap, to get attention back.
Yes. Many online students are children, and some kids' platforms pay more than adult ones. The same skills apply: short activities, props, songs and lots of praise, plus good lighting and a bright background.
The 168-hour TEFL for $69 is our young learner course. If you'd like Business English too, the 220-hour TEFL for $79 includes the same young learner units. Both include 2 optional lesson plan assignments marked by a tutor.
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