TEFL/TESOL Certification - Cusco, Peru
Location
Peru: Cusco
Length of Position: 150 Hours/4 WeeksDescription
Certified English are in heavy demand in all over the world. This rewarding career will help you develop new skills and travel around the world while earning a salary and making professional contacts. Our executive language centers in Peru, Costa Rica, and the United States offer an internationally-accredited TEFL/TESOL Certificate program, including the industry's best student-teaching module, to make sure you have the experience you need.
The TEFL/TESOL Certificate program is 4 weeks/150 hours long - including 15+ hours of practical English teaching and observation.
We offer a small and personal atmosphere with groups ranging from only 2 to 14 people.
The TEFL/TESOL Certification program is a 12 Module program that provides you with an important set of competencies required to effectively teach English in foreign countries, including:
1. Learning and Teaching Theory
2. Assessing Learners
3. English Grammar Review, Part 1
4. English Grammar Review, Part 2
5. Teaching Grammar
6. Teaching Vocabulary
7. Teaching Productive Skills (Speaking and Writing)
8. Teaching Receptive Skills (Reading and Listening)
9. Using Games to Teach English
10. Class Management
11. Lesson Planning
12. Testing Learners
Our program also includes a special overview section on international English exams including the TOEFL, Cambridge Test Syndicate, IELTS, Michigan ECPE, and TOEIC.
Maximo Nivel is committed to providing the following to our TEFL/TESOL program participants:
- Internationally-accredited TEFL/TESOL certification
- Professional, university-level academics
- Lifetime job-finding assistance and a letter of recommendation upon completion of the program
- Modern facilities, free Internet access and computers, office-wide WiFi, and free snack bar
- Historical location in the heart of Cusco- the archaeological capital of South America
Highlights
Maximo Nivel is committed to providing a superior academic environment and instruction. Our TEFL/TESOL Certification program is an intensive 150-hour, 4-week program to become qualified in teaching English as a foreign language. The course includes 110 hours of classroom instruction, 15+ hours of practical teaching and observation, and 25 hours of independent study. This ensures you not only have the theory, but you've had ample time to use what you've learned and develop your teaching style.
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Unorganized organization - treats host families poorly
My overall trip was pretty great just because I made it that way by the activities I chose, the people I met, the lovely host family and the beauty I was surrounded with, HOWEVER:
First of all the person who coordinated my trip completely forgot to pick me up at the airport at 7am so I was there in the freezing cold until 8am when I finally decided to pay for a taxi in hopes that they knew where I was headed (to Maximo Nivel). ** I met numerous people who had been "forgotten" throughout my stay.
Secondly, I told my host family, the office and everyone that I knew that I was going on a trip to Machu Picchu for the weekend after I graduated from the class then I would be back for one more night before my flight to Panama the following day.. When I got home - Maximo Nivel staff took it upon themselves to go through ALL of my things, pack up my backpack and lock it up in my host parent's room to make space for a new person. They had double-booked my room and then blamed it on me and said that I hadn't paid for these extra days. Whether I had paid for these extra days or not (which they still don't have proof that I didn't) they should NEVER have gone through my things and booked the room while I was gone. My host family was even upset about it because they knew my plans!!
Most importantly, I got to know my host family very well and I was informed that they hardly get paid enough to supply us with everything we need. I paid $600 for the whole month of stay and they didn't even see HALF of that. So, that means the organization is using it for other things. Sure, that would be ok if they told us that, but on their website they said the price helps a local family whom you will be living with.
Many of the other volunteers in the house that I lived with also had money complications or were put into the wrong program or some other related issue. I do not recommend Maximo Nivel, not one bit. I did enjoy my TEFL course, but that is quite separate from the rest of the organization.
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