TEFL Intensive Program

  Canada

• All Other Areas in Canada: 
Saskatoon

Dates: May or July-August each year

Description: The TEFL Intensive Program is a four-week university-based training opportunity that meets the needs of current and prospective teachers of English as a Foreign Language. TEFL is open to both native and skilled non-native speakers of English and provides a balance of academic and practical training in communicative language teaching. Successful completers receive a Certificate in TEFL which and, if they achieve an average of at least 60% in both halves of the program, they receive transfer credit into the more advanced CERTESL Program which is accredited by TESL Canada and TESL Ontario.

The TEFL Intensive Program is administered by the University of Saskatchewan Language Centre in cooperation with the CERTESL Program at the Extension Division of the University of Saskatchewan. Applicants must meet the normal requirements for university entrance (high school completion with an average of at least 65%; proof of English competency for non-native speakers).

Highlights: In addition to training ESL/EFL teachers in the TEFL Intensive program, the University of Saskatchewan Language Centre provides a comprehensive full-time program in English for Academic Purposes, special EFL programs that can be tailored to the needs of international partners ranging from commercial language schools to government ministries, part-time classes in English and an array of other languages, and French immersion. The TEFL Intensive program is integrated into USLC's EAP and specialized ESL programs; trainees in TEFL observe classes and conduct extensive tutoring practice with enthusiastic students of English. Full-time EAP students benefit from a comprehensive range of activities options and well-managed family homestay program. The homestay program is also open to non-native speakers of English who are enrolled in the TEFL Intensive.

Completers of Level 50 in USLC's EAP program who meet other university entrance requirements are eligible for acceptance into the University of Saskatchewan without further English assessment. Level 45 completers who plan to return to their home countries to teach can be granted special admission into the TEFL Intensive.

Cost in US$: $1500 (TEFL Intensive only)

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Typically Participants Work in Groups of Maximum 20

Application Process Involves:

• Transcript
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network

CERTESL/TEFL Programs, University of Saskatchewan's Mission Statement: The University of Saskatchewan is a full-service university dedicated to providing comprehensive postsecondary training up to the PhD level. The CERTESL program of the University's Centre for Continuing and Distance Education seeks to provide a high standard of professional training in the TESL field at the Certificate level, using a combination of on-campus and distance media in order to ensure that ESOL students can receive high-quality instruction in English regardless of their location, in Canada or globally.

Year Founded: 1907 (University); 1992 (CERTESL program)