What is the TEKA course? The TEKA course is a specialized course for teaching English to kids in Asia. It was created by ESLinsider.
How does a TEKA course compare to a TEFL or TESOL course?
TEFL and TESOL courses are often "general" courses for teaching English as a foreign language or second language. They also tend to focus more on teaching adults and often lack the specifics to effectively teach children.
Why take the TEKA course?
Based on my experience teaching English in East Asia: China, Korea, Taiwan and living in Japan. I would say that the "majority" of the jobs out there are focused on teaching children aged 5-13 years old. TEFL Employers in Asia prefer teachers with experience. The more related the experience to the job you are applying for the better.
Before I taught English in Taiwan (my first country) I took a TESOL course and that course hardly prepared me for the challenges that layed ahead. Since then I also took an online TEFL course on Groupon to see what it was like.
Those courses were more theoretical.
What I needed was something more practical, action based and complete with concrete classroom management skills.
A review on TEKA
Anton said:
"I have recently just completed the TEKA course and it was absolutely fantastic over the last 18 months I’ve done two other ESL courses but they had absolutely nothing on TEKA A lot of ESL courses are very bogus and they just involve you reading text and watching the odd video and you can complete them in about a week TEKA is the complete opposite it teaches you everything via video and answering questions and you are assessed to understand your comprehension I would recommend TEKA to anyone, especially if you’re wanting to teach in Asia"
Learn more about ESLinsider's course or online TEFL vs. TEKA.