Learn to Teach English Overseas through SDSU Program

San Diego State University offers a program that prepares novice instructors to successfully live and teach English overseas.

The popular 130-hour Teaching English as a Second Language/Teaching English as a Foreign Language certificate program is scheduled for weekdays from 8 am-4:30 pm, June 1-26 or July 6-31.

“I had absolutely no teaching experience before going abroad. I mean, none. So, 130 hours transformed me into a legitimate ESL/EFL teacher who felt comfortable standing in front of a class, designing curriculum, and teaching a subject with which I had no prior experience,” said former student Sarah Castillo, who taught in Spain for more than two years.

“Before I took the TESL/TEFL Certificate program, I was totally afraid to speak in front of a group of people. It became my vehicle to change my life,” added former student Alicia Wszelaki, who completed the program and then traveled the globe teaching English.

These sessions are offered through the American Language Institute, a division of SDSU’s College of Extended Studies. Cost of the program is $2,725.

More than 200 graduates of the program have been employed in 40-plus countries with the help of this ALI program that combines a solid teaching foundation with hands-on practical classroom experience.

For more information, visit ali.sdsu.edu/teslteflcertificate or email jgreeno@mail.sdsu.edu.

This is a SDSU Research Foundation program.

SDSU’s College of Extended Studies reaches out to San Diego, the nation, and the world with a wide variety of lifelong learning opportunities, and more than 50 certificate programs for career advancement. Topics range from contract management, construction, and craft beer, to grant writing, marketing, and human resources. And many programs are available online. The CES also offers one of the largest ESL programs in the U.S. through the American Language Institute; and university-quality courses to students age 50 and better through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Other opportunities include seminars, study abroad, corporate education and access to regular SDSU classes through Open University. For more information or to register, visit neverstoplearning.net or call (619) 265-7378 (SDSU).