Inside The Classroom…
Teaching English As A Foreign Language

What is TEFL?
TEFL is the dynamic, fast-growing field of Teaching English as a Foreign Language. The field of TEFL is growing dramatically as people around the world strive to become proficient in English, the international language of communication and information, education, business and trade, technology and travel.

TEFL involves teaching English to non-English speakers who live outside of English-speaking countries, although EFL teachers can also work with international students in English speaking countries. Pillars offers the TEFL certificate program as a complementary asset to those interested in overseas missions work, or those students wanting a viable employment option, desiring to travel abroad, gaining invaluable experience while earning a substantial income.

University of Saskatchewan—Teaching English as a Second Language Certificate
Pillars students will complete two 40-hour programs. Students will study from comprehensive course guides and textbooks, receiving assistance from on-site instructors as well as by telephone or e-mail from University of Saskatchewan instructors who also provide feedback on their assignments. Pillars students who successfully complete the two TEFL courses, Communicative Language Teaching 1 and 2, will receive a certificate. TEFL completers who choose to write the optional exams and achieve an average of at least 60% in each of the program’s two courses are eligible to transfer their courses into CERTESL. This makes University of Saskatchewan’s TEFL certificate a more useful option than some other short certificates which do not transfer into any other professionally recognized or accredited programs.