BEST VALUE IN TEFL TODAY

Best Value in TEFL/TESOL Today (3 Methods of Delivery to Meet Your Specific Learning Needs!)

Unlike some certification programs, Paradise TEFL offers a wide array of top quality programs from a basic introductory Teaching English as a Foreign Language, to specific advanced subjects in a wide variety of areas for meeting the specific employment needs of a large variety of English language learners.

In addition to a standard on site class with two to three weeks of observed teaching, Paradise now offers their classes in both an online format and a virtual course as well.

Imagine the comfort of being able to practice teach second language learners right from the comfort of your own home without having to travel to some distant part of the globe in order to complete you certification criteria. The virtual classroom is a natural step in utilizing the advances in technology to meet the rising costs of getting together face to face with students in a real time basis, even if they are living on the other side of the globe. Not to mention the incredible savings that students can manifest by limiting travel, food and accommodation expenses without the risk of jetting off to Timbuktu just to see if TEFL teaching is right for them.

Paradise TEFL founder and owner Dr. Stephen Gardener has delivered his practical approach to hundreds of students both from his home in Chiang Mai Thailand and on line to students worldwide for over eight years and stresses the importance of not only making learning how to teach English practical for his student teachers, but strives to make acquiring English as a Second language engaging for the students who his pupils will be teaching as well.  He reminds those who are considering enrolling in an accredited TEFL or TESOL certification program that they don’t need to be experts in teaching grammar. “Teaching is about making a connection, being patient and having fun.”

More and more English is becoming the global language of business and more and more people desiring to work in the field of English as a Second or Foreign Language are finding employment with little prior experience or knowledge. ESL/EFL has immerged in response to both domestic and international shifts and demands.  Many individuals unable to “pull up their roots” and travel abroad in search of work are looking to meeting the needs of an increasing number of foreign nationals right in their home towns or nearby cities.

Having a TEFL/TESOL certification allows many individuals to pursue teaching as a career as either a primary and/or secondary source of income. It allows non-native speakers to benefit and improve their chances of competing in the global market place while at the same time providing opportunity for English Speakers to enter into a growing employment market.

With a dynamic background both in computer science and education Dr. Gardner’s Virtual TEFL learning has numerous advantages over learning in a “traditional” on line approach, to begin with you can interact using visual and auditory communication more readily, and actually see the students who you are teaching, be it on the other side of town or the world. Given the nature of cost cutting measures in education today, virtual learning is no doubt the wave of the future.

Dr. Stephen also provides outstanding services for "Western" university and college  bound second language learners with assistance in international entrance exams such as TOEIC, TOEFL, IELTS and PET preparation courses, there by providing and enabling services for those second language learners who intend to further their academic studies and ESL skills for use in their future careers. Those who already have a an intermediate level of English proficiency can even train to become a certified English Teaching Assistant. 

Why not take a closer look and consider creating new income generating opportunities for yourself or adding to existing educational credentials you may have today? Sound interesting? Then consider the idea of opening your own branch of Paradise TEFL with the opportunity of a lifetime by working to develop your own TEFL franchise, which has recently become available and is growing by leaps and bounds across the continent of North America as of late, including Mexico and our newest Paradise TEFL location in Portland, Oregon.

Paradise doesn’t have to be expensive to be effective, but it is a place you will want to be to create your own slice of heaven wherever you choose to roam. Why wait? Contact us for additional information on available dates and locations today!