Best Teaching English Courses

1. Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)

An exceptionally popular course with Alison learners, it discusses everything from the primary functions of a language to the realities of working as a TEFL teacher.

2. Guide to Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL)

Teaching second language speakers can be very different to teaching native speakers. Sign up to study the importance of phonics, drills, games and comprehensive lesson plans if you want to be an ESL instructor.

3. The Crucial TEFL Guide 

Taught by a real-life TEFL teacher with years of experience in the field, this course shows you practical strategies and effective methodologies to help your students speak English better.

Yes, we have free courses on various English-language literature and poetry. Alison’s course creators are constantly devising new options, so check back regularly. No limits exist to how many courses you can enrol in or complete if you have a registered Alison account. Consider starting your journey in teaching English literature here:

1. Diploma in Modern Poetry Reading and Writing

This is a wide-ranging course that explores high points of modernist and feminist poetry while also examining the poetry of America, Britain and India.

2. An Introduction to American Poetry 

Poets like Robert Frost and William Carlos Williams galvanised American poetry and have passed into the canon. Enrol to study modernist American poems with their historical and literary contexts.

3. An Introduction to Modernist Poetry

The Modernist era ran from around 1890 to 1950 when poets revolutionised how poetry was written. This course unpacks this profound and creative era that includes both World Wars by examining critical poems.

Whether you want to teach English as another language or you want to reveal centuries of English literature to your pupils, several other Alison subjects will be useful for your career, such as:

• English conversation  
• English language
• Teaching
• Pedagogy
• English grammar
• Writing skills
• English literature