Nicole
5 out of 5 stars
I
had the fantastic opportunity to attend the ITTP course for my TEFL
certificate in 2008. It was a great experience and I highly recommend
it. Prague is a fantastic
destination in itself. The staff at ITTP are experienced and
well-traveled, and after successful completion of the course offer
useful advice based on their experience to wherever you want to head off
to teach English with your shiny new certificate.
First off, the course outline was straight-forward and there were plenty
of resources to plan practise lessons. We also were encouraged to make
lessons up from scratch which proved to be a fun (and realistic)
challenge.
Teaching practise was set up so we could get experience at teaching
different target groups - one-on-one, adult group teaching, kids. For
the one-on-one we met a Prague business people, who we met in their
office or in a cafe. Mostly they wanted to practise their conversational
English, or practise their writing skills.It was a fun way to get to
know Prague locals - I remember exchanging recipies with one lady, and
being offered to sample different Czech speciality liquors by a banking
fellow. For the adult group teaching lessons, we had weekly students
come in and taught them in front of our course class mates. This was the
most stressful teaching practise for me, but equally rewarding when
after a few trials you were able to pull off a useful and successful
lesson. Teaching kids in the Prague school was the most fun and my
favorite teaching practise. We were asked to come up with a creative
lesson plans to teach a small group of kids.
I have remained in contact with alot of the teaching staff at ITTP. I
recommend all of them 100% - Milo, Olga, Svatka, Alena, and Neville who
is the director of the institute. Whenever I have questions about TEFL
locations and travel I've always encountered a positive and enthusiastic
response with lots of good advice.
If you're thinking of doing the TEFL course, I recommend the ITTP. Do it
in the summer if you can - great time to experience the city.
