Description
SEE’s accredited TEFL certification in Chiang Mai, Thailand provides internationally-recognized TEFL training with 6 hours of observed teaching practice in real schools.
In addition, trainees receive basic Thai instruction, cultural awareness training and answers to all the how-do-I questions trainees have living in Thailand.
SEE TEFL is now in its 14th year of TEFL Teacher Training with 2,000+ TEFL graduates from 40+ countries on 6 continents.
SEE graduates range in age from 18 to 70 but are usually aged between 22 and 50 years old. Typical classes have a mix of males and females from a variety of countries and backgrounds.
Our graduates teach English as a Foreign Language across Thailand and throughout the world. We strive to provide a useful and effective TEFL teacher training program.
In addition, our organization also hires dozens of English teachers every year for placement in schools throughout Chiang Mai and Northern Thailand.
SEE TEFL offers a standard TEFL course and a Paid Internship with Teacher Training.
Headquarters
SEE TEFL
SEE TEFL, Kaew Nawarat Rd, Tambon Watkate, Amphoe Muang, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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I attended the SEE TEFL course in 2007. Having no teaching experience but wanting to live and work in Thailand I researched various organisations offering a TEFL qualification. After careful deliberation and many discussions with the very patient and understanding course director John, I decided to undertake my TEFL training with SEE.
From the very first day of the course I knew i had made the right decision. The course was delivered in a very professional, methodical and friendly manner. You are taken through the basics of learning teaching, how to prepare excellent lesson plans and resources for use in the classroom as well as preparation for a diverse range of hands on teaching practices.
John delivers the course in a way that suits different styles of learning while offering a great deal of support for individual students. Teaching adults can be challenging but Johns patience seemed to hold no bounds and he always injected a team spirit and a great deal of fun into the learning process.
The hands on teaching practices were invaluable ranging from early years to university students and a case study of an adult student at the language school.
With SEE TEFL’s course I gained the experience of teaching real second language learners in real schools, from poor temple schools to government schools to well equipped private schools.
The feedback following the teaching practices was invaluable and honestly delivered. Allowing you to gain insight in to your teaching delivery and ways in which you could improve. This was something I particularly admired about John and Ying they were not afraid to tell TEFL students the truth about their teaching ability even if it meant losing the odd customer who didn’t like the truth. Also if you don’t fulfill the criteria of the course you will not pass but will be given the opportunity to complete it at a later date.
Like everything in life you get out of it what you put in. To be successful and get the most out of the this course you have to be dedicated and put a lot of hard work and extra time in. However you will be strongly supported all through the course and after you gain employment by John and Ying.
As for gaining employment at the start of the course i could not teach but by the end of the course I had the confidence To step in to a classroom with 90 student nurses and teach them English for 4 hrs. I finished the course on the Friday and started work on the Monday. After finishing that contract I found a full time post teaching English through science at a bilingual school in Chiang Mai. Following two and a half years in this post I was offered and accepted a position in an International school and am now studying for a professional teaching qualification.
In the early days after completing the TEFL I still had many doubts about my ability to teach during this time John and Ying continued to offer me support and guidance.
Thanks to the SEE TEFL course i discovered a love for and a true ability to teach.
I have recommended and will continue to recommend this course to many people, some have gained employment in Chiang Mai some in other parts of Thailand or even other parts of the world.
This course will equip you with the confidence and ability to teach English as a second language. How far it takes you after that is up you.