These free online teaching English courses have all of the hints and tips you need to become a successful English teacher. English language skills are hugely profitable worldwide and accordingly the demand for English language teachers is higher than ever. If you're interested in teaching English, these courses will teach you where to start and how to do it right....…Read More These free online teaching English courses have all of the hints and tips you need to become a successful English teacher. English language skills are hugely profitable worldwide and accordingly the demand for English language teachers is higher than ever. If you're interested in teaching English, these courses will teach you where to start and how to do it right. Read Less
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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.
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.
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.
I want to teach English poetry - do you have any free courses?
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:
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.
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.
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.
What skills do English teachers need?
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:
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