Get Certified to Teach English and Learn Spanish Costa Rica!

  Costa Rica

• North Western Region: 
Heredia,  Samara

Length of Position: 160 hours, 4 weeks long.
Dates: Courses before or after the TEFL Course

Description: Earn your TEFL certification in our intensive, unique and face-to-face TEFL course, which will prepare you to teach English here in Costa Rica or anywhere in the world. Immerse yourself in Costa Rica culture and Spanish language while studying Spanish with Intercultura before or after the TEFL course. Receive a 10% discount on Spanish classes and homestay and receive free cultural activities such as dance classes, cooking classes and more.

Highlights: We offer an intensive 40 hour per week, 160 hour TEFL course whose expert teacher trainers, with over 10 years of teaching experience in Costa Rica and around the world, offer an unique course which will qualify trainees to teach English here in Costa Rica or anywhere in the world.
Trainees complete over 10 teaching practice hours, 8 hours of training in ESP (English for Specific Purposes) and 5 hours of foreign language classes. This allows trainees to experience completely the learning process as both students and teachers. Trainees are giving job placement assistance, interview preparation and prepare a portfolio of the work they create during the course to be used in the interview process and in their future EFL/ESL classroom.

Trainees have the opportunity to participate in Intercultura's intensive Spanish immersion program before or after the TEFL course. They are also given the opportunity to participate in free cultural activities such as Latin dance class, cooking class, arts & crafts class and live with a Costa Rican family in order to completely immerse themselves in the "pura vida" lifestyle.

Minimum Education: Associates

Cost in US$: $245 + $1215 = $1460

Credit Available: yes

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Costa Rica Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 4-8 people

Application Process Involves:

• In-Person Interview when Feasible
• Letters of Reference
• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Resume
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

Costa Rica TEFL 's Mission Statement: Our goal at Costa Rica TEFL is to inspire a passion for teaching and to aid our trainees in the acquisition of the necessary expertise to be skillful, compassionate, creative and most importantly, effective English teachers.

Year Founded: 2005