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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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Luxembourg


Employer ID2117
 
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 hours 
minimum course duration (weeks) 
minimum number of observed and assessed teaching practice hours 
 
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
minimum1-5
maximum6-12
 
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 inJanuary



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