About Oxford Seminars - Teaching English Abroad

Since 1992 Oxford Seminars has been offering the TESOL/TESL Certification Course for students interested in going abroad to teach English. Our highly skilled instructors and our Teacher Placement Department have a wealth of knowledge and experience to assist you in the process of preparing to teach overseas. Our qualified and friendly Teacher Placement Department has compiled a comprehensive list of how to go about finding a teaching job abroad!

Whether you are still in school, have just finished school and are unsure of which career path you should take, or have been in the workforce for a number of years and are looking for a change, the course curriculum is designed to accommodate your needs. Upon completing the course, you will receive an internationally-recognized certificate which demonstrates to employers that you are familiar with both the theoretical approaches as well as the practical techniques required to be a successful ESL teacher. Many Oxford Seminars students who begin their job search during the course, receive interviews and offers for full-time teaching positions before the course is over.

Why Teach English Overseas

Teaching English overseas is a great opportunity to broaden your horizons, gain valuable career experience, develop your communication skills, meet new people, establish lasting friendships, and have the chance to learn another language. Whether your goal is to gain a new perspective on life, to quickly pay off your student loans, to travel to exotic locations, or to be immersed in an unfamiliar culture, our course prepares you for all of these exciting possibilities. Very few of our graduates have regretted their decision to teach ESL, earn money, and travel the world.

Furthermore, teaching English overseas is an asset on anyone's resume since employers look favorably upon individuals who have taken the initiative to go abroad and work in a different country. Younger graduates without extensive prior work experience discover upon their return that their overseas teaching employment becomes invaluable in opening doors to job opportunities and career choices that were previously unattainable. Having overseas teaching experience is a unique asset that differentiates many of our graduates and gives them a competitive advantage when applying for other jobs upon their return from abroad. Graduates who are planning to continue in the education field find that their overseas teaching experience becomes a valuable asset when applying to teachers' college.

Why Get Certified

As the desire to learn English has increased, so too has the profile of the people who teach it. The number of qualified and experienced English teachers has grown with this rise in demand. As a result, a much higher proportion of job-seekers than ever before have TESOL/TEFL certification and language schools around the world are becoming more selective when hiring their teaching staff.

For both men and women, it can be a daunting task to move to a foreign country without having the necessary skills and qualifications needed to teach ESL in that host country. If you decide to relocate overseas, you have to be fully prepared to do so, and one of the easiest ways to ensure that you are prepared is to get your TESOL/TEFL certification. Not only does this make finding teaching jobs much easier, but certification also gives you peace of mind. Obtaining your certification tells potential employers that you are prepared and serious about teaching and that you are taking your employment with their school seriously.

Why Choose Oxford Seminars

• Our intensive 60-hour TESOL/TEFL Teacher Training Certification Course is taught live, entirely in class to ensure students learn the most from our highly qualified instructors.
• Our course is offered on college campuses throughout the US and Canada.
• We back our internationally-recognized certificates with our six-month Teacher Placement Service and our exclusive Money Back Guarantee.
• Our course has a limited class size, includes comprehensive teaching materials and concludes with an interactive teaching practicum.
• We maintain the highest standards for all of our course instructors, employing only the most qualified teachers who have extensive teaching backgrounds with years of overseas ESL teaching experience.
• There are no hidden fees or additional costs. All course materials, teaching resources, and access to our Teacher Placement Service are all included in our affordable course fee of $1095.
• We hold free Information Sessions, on campuses throughout the US and Canada, where you can learn more about our course and about the exciting opportunities for teaching English overseas.
• With over 20,000 teaching jobs available monthly, thousands of satisfied graduates are teaching English around the world.

About Our Course

Our highly trained, dynamic instructors focus on providing you with the practical classroom skills you need to become an effective ESL teacher. We cover a wide range of ESL teaching strategies. During the 60-hour in-class course, you will be exposed to a variety of concepts which include: interactive language teaching; principles of second language acquisition; multiple intelligence theory; classroom management techniques; detailed lesson planning; long-term unit planning; how to teach oral communication skills; listening and comprehension strategies; creative ways to incorporate English grammar in a classroom setting; teaching across age and proficiency levels; teaching in a multicultural setting; testing and evaluating ESL students; and making effective use of ESL teaching materials and resources.

Comprehensive Teaching Materials

Our written materials are constantly updated and reflect a wide range of ESL knowledge and expertise. You will receive an extensive array of teaching materials and resources including a user-friendly ESL teaching textbook, a job search manual and a 450-page training manual. These materials thoroughly cover different teaching methodologies, lesson planning ideas, exercise ideas, job search strategies, and include an extensive listing of language schools, agencies and recruiters from around the world who are looking to hire certified ESL teachers. You will find these resources useful both during the course and in subsequent overseas teaching positions.

Limited Class Size

In order to ensure a low student-to-instructor ratio, our course has a limited enrolment with spaces allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. The small class size provides a comfortable setting with ample opportunity for you to interact with and learn the most from our highly qualified instructors.

Our Experienced Instructors

Oxford Seminars maintains the highest standards for all of our course instructors. We only select and train the most talented and energetic instructors in the English as a second language teaching industry. Every member of our faculty has years of distinguished ESL teaching experience both at home and abroad and firmly believes that teaching ESL provides an exciting and fulfilling opportunity for teachers and students alike. At the end of each and every course, our students are asked to evaluate our teaching staff. They tell us that they find our instructors approachable, highly knowledgeable, and able to teach difficult material in a dynamic, useful and creative manner which facilitates learning.

Interactive Teaching Practicum

Our certificate course includes several brief weekly assignments which help to reinforce the concepts learned in class. Students are also responsible for designing and presenting an interactive ESL teaching practicum. This practicum provides students with the ideal opportunity to practice many of their newly-acquired ESL teaching skills.

Teacher Placement Service

Available exclusively to our graduates, at no additional cost, the Teacher Placement Service provides assistance with finding the most rewarding teaching jobs at ESL schools around the world. We have formed partnerships with many ESL schools worldwide that are searching for certified ESL teachers. Our Teacher Placement Advisors provide timely job placement assistance to help make your experiences teaching overseas as successful and rewarding as possible.

Money Back Guarantee

Our goal is to help you find an excellent ESL teaching job abroad and we stand by this with our Money-Back Guarantee. We are so confident in the training you receive in our TESOL/TEFL Teacher Training Certification Course that if you follow the unique employment process outlined in our program, and are not offered a job within six months of initializing our free Teacher Placement Service, we will gladly refund your tuition (subject to a $95 processing fee).

While we do not guarantee jobs, our Teacher Placement Department has assisted in finding employment for thousands of graduates. Some top overseas teaching destinations have included: Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Czech Republic, Brazil, Mexico, and Costa Rica.

Our program is available to all qualified candidates, although in order to qualify for our Money-Back Guarantee, the following conditions apply:

• You must be a native English speaker and successfully complete our course.
• You must actively seek employment (by emailing, faxing and/or mailing at least five letters of introduction/job applications to schools in each of a minimum of four different countries).

Free Information Sessions

In the coming months, we are holding information sessions on college campuses throughout the US and Canada, where you can learn more about our course, and about the exciting opportunities to teach and travel abroad. These free information sessions will help to answer all of your questions regarding teaching English overseas.

Our Commitment To You

Oxford Seminars provides excellence in teacher training at an affordable price. We offer high quality instruction for students who want to invest in their future. Oxford Seminars has a reputation for ensuring student satisfaction. When asked to evaluate our course, over 98 percent of our students say they recommend us to their friends.