Gain teaching practice with our accredited 20 hour Teaching Practicum
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Practicum
20hr Teaching Practicum
Get Hands-On TEFL Experience with Our 20-Hour Teaching Practicum
Buy the Practicum as part of one of our Combined TEFL courses:
Loved by TEFL schools and employers worldwide
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Stand Out from the Crowd
Strengthen your TEFL portfolio and become the top candidate for TEFL jobs worldwide. -
Boost Your Confidence
Develop your practical teaching skills with a step-by-step Practicum Guide and expert support. -
Employer-Approved
Graduates consistently report that the Practicum was one of the most valuable parts of their TEFL training, and employers agree! -
Flexible & Accessible
Choose from a variety of ways to complete your teaching practice. -
Stand with Ukraine
Make a difference by gaining optional teaching practice with relocating Ukrainian refugees. -
Invaluable Classroom Experience
Work with real ESL students and apply what you've learned.
Hours
Modules
Quickly share your certificate
Easy certificate access via online portal - all certificates have unique QR codes
International accreditation
Officially accredited TEFL qualification
Employment opportunities
Get hired for more teaching jobs
Flexible learning
Study on laptop, tablet or mobile
Use content anytime
Lifetime access to course materials
Varied learning materials
Tutor led video presentation
Dedicated support team
Online support
Support with Practicum
Assistance to arrange your Teaching Practice with ESL learners
How the TEFL practicum works
The TEFL UK Teaching Practicum gives you 20 hours of real teaching experience with English language learners before you apply for paid jobs.
You can add it to our 120hr Professional, 150hr Advanced, 220hr Specialist or Level 5 TEFL. It's already included in our 140hr, 170hr and 240hr Combined courses.
You arrange your teaching practice with step-by-step help from our 7-part Practicum Guide and support team. When you pass, you receive an extra certificate showing 20 hours of practical teaching experience.
Why add it?
Many employers don't require teaching practice, but a lot of them prefer candidates who have it. Your practicum helps you:
- Put what you've learned into practice with real students
- Build the confidence to walk into your first classroom
- Stand out on your CV, with real examples to talk about at interview
4 ways to complete your 20 hours
Mix and match these options however suits you:
- Classroom teaching: teach or co-teach a class at a school, college or community group.
- 1:1 tutoring in person: tutor an English learner face to face.
- Online tutoring: teach one student or a small group over Zoom, Google Meet or Teams.
- Observation: watch an experienced teacher in a classroom.
The only rule: observation can make up part of your 20 hours, but not all of them.
Complete your practicum teaching Ukrainian resettlers
Not sure where to find learners for your 20 hours? We can arrange your practicum lessons with Ukrainian resettlers who want to build their English, so you gain real teaching experience while making a genuine difference.
- We match you with learners, so you don't have to find a placement yourself
- Teach online from home if you prefer, wherever you are in the world
- Counts towards your 20 practicum hours, and towards your certificate
What you need
To undertake the TEFL UK Practicum, the only requirements are as follows:
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A computer
Regular access to one. A printer and scanner are useful but not essential. -
Time
You complete your 20 hours within 90 days of finishing your online TEFL UK course. -
Your own placement
You find and arrange your teaching practice yourself. The Practicum Guide suggests places to look and shows you how to set it up. -
The right attitude
A positive approach and a real motivation to learn.
*In our comprehensive Practicum Guide, we will provide several suggestions as to where you can carry out your Practicum and how you can plan and organise it.
The Online Practicum Guide
To take part in our online Practicum, you will need our Practicum Guide.
This comprehensive Guide will set out everything you need do to complete your 20-hour TEFL UK Practicum. It contains all the necessary guidance and forms, and a host of helpful hints for completing whichever option(s) you choose. Here is a summary of the online Practicum Guide Modules:
- Module 1: TEFL UK Practicum Overview
- Module 2: TEFL UK Practicum Process and Rules
- Module 3: TEFL UK Practicum Options, Tips and Guidance
- Student teaching (classroom-based)
- 1:1 tutoring (face to face)
- Online tutoring (1:1 or with a group) via, for example, Skype
- Observation of a teacher in action in a classroom-based setting
- Module 4: Planning and Organising your TEFL UK Practicum
- Module 5: TEFL UK Practicum Forms and Procedures
- Module 6: TEFL UK Practicum Rules of Conduct
- Module 7: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
You will find completing the 20 hour Teaching Practicum could not be easier with the full support of our online practicum guide.
FAQs
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You will be responsible for planning and organising your Practicum. We will send you a full, easy to use guide detailing how the practicum is completed.
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Your Practicum must be completed within 90 days of completing your online course.
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The hours must be completed in a setting in which non-native speakers of English are learning or are wishing to learn new English language skills. Remember: The non-native speakers of English can be adults, teenagers or children.
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You are not allowed to accept ANY payment or gifts for your Practicum work. It is all carried out on a voluntary basis.
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TEFL UK students who have taught EFL in a certified English school within the previous 6 months of starting their TEFL UK online course are entitled to use a maximum of 10 of those hours towards their Practicum.
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All your teaching/tutoring/observation hours must be verified and evaluated by a person-in-charge of you at the school or organisation, or by the individual you are teaching/tutoring/observing. To pass the Practicum, you will need to achieve a minimum of 70% of ‘satisfactory’ or above ratings in your Practicum activity. We will supply all the necessary forms for this.
You will also need to complete one or two 300-word Reflective Writing Assignments at the end of your Practicum. The number of Assignments is determined by which options you choose. These will be assessed by TEFL UK. You need to achieve a 70% pass in this activity. We will supply the necessary form(s) for this.
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Not always. Many employers don't require it, but a lot of them prefer candidates with hands-on experience. Twenty hours of real teaching helps your application stand out.
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Yes. Online tutoring, one-to-one or with a small group, counts towards your 20 hours. You can also combine it with classroom teaching, in-person tutoring and observation.
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