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Employer Recruitment Requirements/Preferences for ELT Staff

The following ELT employers provide us with current data related to their preferences when selecting candidates from various teacher development/training courses. To maintain commercial privacy, employers are identified only by ID numbers.

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Jordan


Employer ID21674912605790320
 
1. Require graduate?
2. Qualifications: Certificate  
Qualifications: Diploma  
Qualifications: Masters  
 
3. We would consider candidates who have graduated from a
face-to-face course
course which does not include observed and assessed teaching practice
 
face-to-face course
TEFL/TESL 'taster/weekend' course?
 
distance course
which does not include observed and assessed teaching practice
  
distance course
which includes observed and assessed teaching practice via recorded video
  
distance course
TEFL/TESL 'taster' course
  
 
4. With the following criteria
minimum course hours120  
minimum course duration (weeks)410 
minimum number of observed and assessed teaching practice hours6  
 
5. Levels trained for and taught in teaching practice
beginner 
elementary 
lower intermediate  
intermediate  
higher intermediate  
advanced   
 
6. Age groups trained for and taught in Teaching practice
4-7 years 
7-12 years 
teenagers  
adults 
 
7. Number of students in teaching practice group
minimum6-126-1213-20
maximum13-206-1213-20
 
8. English for Specific purposes covered
Business 
Medical  
Technical  
Banking  
Scientific   
Journalism  
Politics   
Advertising and Marketing  
Academic Purposes 
 
9. Preparation for Official examinations covered
UCLES   
KET   
PET   
CAE   
FCE  
CPE   
Young Learners   
Starters   
Movers   
Flyers   
TOEFL 
TOEIC   
IELTS 
Other   
 
10. Teacher Training course Tutor-Trainee ratio
One to one   
One to five   
One to twelve  
One to twenty  
One to thirty   
One to forty   
One to fifty   
 
11. Course content considered essential/desirable
Needs analysis design  
Conducting a needs analysis  
Interpreting needs analyses' results  
Planning courses 
Planning sequences of lessons 
Planning individual lessons 
Selection of appropriate teaching styles and techniques  
Effective management of teaching/learning  
Presentation of new language and promotion of its production  
Design of learning materials  
Selection of appropriate learning materials  
Use of appropriate learning materials  
Adaptation of learning materials  
Assessment of learners' language learning achievements  
Provision of appropriate feedback to learners on their achievements  
Evaluation and modification of lessons  
Evaluation and modification of sequences of lessons  
Theories of language learning  
Approaches to the teaching/learning of a foreign/second language  
Role of the teacher 
Class management 
Language Analysis  
Phonology  
Teaching of the four skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening  
Effective use of audio/visual aids  
Effective use of pair work  
Effective use of group work  
Effective use of role play  
Effective use of simulation  
Learner autonomy and the promotion of self-managed learning  
Level placement testing  
Negotiating learning objectives  
Originating learner material to support achievement of learning objectives  
Providing support for courses  
Negotiated syllabi  
Test design  
Alternative methods of assessment 
 
12. We consider the following 'soft skills' to be essential/desirable
Interaction
attitude awareness
  
conflict handling 
co-operation 
diversity tolerance 
(n)etiquette  
interlocutor orientation  
teamwork willingness 
Self-management
compensation strategies
  
decision making 
learning willingness 
self-assessment  
self-discipline 
self-marketing  
stress resistance  
Communication
delegating skills
 
listening skills 
presentation skills 
organization   
problem solving 
systems thinking 
troubleshooting 
 
13. We hire staff inJuneAugust 






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