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Teaching EFL to Young Learners: a Massive Career Opportunity

by Manika Saha

Feb 1, 2017 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) 6482 Views

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Education is all about cultivating learning and no matter which age group it caters to, it requires some serious approach especially when it comes to early childhood education. If someone has the affinity towards taking care of children and teaching them, especially the English language, then TEFL for young learners is a great way to do that. Teaching English to young learners has been gaining a lot of importance today. On the other hand, in this present time parents are more than willing to send their kids to English language classes and this has led to a huge demand for trained EFL/ESL teachers.
Schools are playing an important role when it comes to learning English. The schools generally run on professional methods where they know exactly how to teach children a foreign or second language and help them to grasp a new language – English in this case. Teaching English to young learners is challenging and rewarding all at the same time and English language learning can be tough for initial learners.
TEFL has become an interesting career choice at this present time. It stands for teaching English as a foreign language. It requires different skills for EFL teaching as it is different from traditional English teaching.  One has to learn the  methodologies and techniques required for EFL teaching in order to understand the job role and take the responsibility. When one is interested to have a career as an EFL teacher, it is important to understand what is TEFL and how it is different from other language teaching process. It helps to excel in the career path.
If one is willing to teach EFL to the young learners, the methodologies will be different. A professionally trained EFL teacher or working EFL teacher might be the best suitable person to teach EFL to young learners. Alongside EFL teaching, one has to understand early childhood teaching methods and techniques. The concept of teaching English language is different especially when it comes to young learners. Hence working teachers interested to teach English to young learners should opt for a professional training in order to step into this job responsibility and the teacher must learn how exactly the approach is different from traditional teaching or EFL teaching to adults. It gives the tutors a clear idea about what they should do, how they should do and most importantly what they should not do. Handling young learners can be challenging at times hence the teachers need to be really careful and should have a proper idea about what they are doing or going to do.
While teaching English as a foreign language to the young learners, tutors must understand that they should have a good eye on the mental and physical growth of the children alongside curriculum learning. Extra pressure in learning might not be a good idea for the children as it may take a wrong turn in the learning process and it will not produce any effective result. Many globally recognized institutes are offering professional TEFL young learners course which is dedicated for this purpose only. It guides the teacher about all possible situations, methods and techniques required to teach English as a foreign language to young children and useful tips for taking care of children. Additional knowledge in grammar and phonetics is also an important part of the course alongside intense training in classroom management. This guidance will boost necessary confidence among aspiring EFL teachers to take up the responsibility.
The demand of EFL teacher for young learners has increased in this recent time as the English has become the most important language to communicate on a global platform. The importance of the English language has grown to be the operational language. Parents are also interested to send their children to school where they can learn effective English which can be beneficial in their future learning and also increase the chance to get enrolled in an international school. The demands are high for the teachers of TEFL young learners in the countries where English is being considered as second language. The language schools also shows a good demand for the EFL teachers.

Article source: http://eslarticle.com/pub/english-as-a-foreign-language-efl/139358-Teaching-EFL-to-Young-Learners-a-Massive-Career-Opportunity.html

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