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CIU Home > Graduate > Degrees > Cert-tefl

Certificate - TEFL

Description

This TEFL certificate program is designed for those already involved in Christian ministry who are interested in teaching English as an additional avenue for outreach. The five courses of the certificate provide basic teaching theory and skills and an understanding of how language works. For international students whose first language is not English, a score of 100 on the Internet-based, 250 on the computer-based or 600 or above on the paper version of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is required before being admitted into the TEFL certificate program.

Resident Faculty

Lindsay Hislop (Ph.D. University of South Carolina) Lindsay Hislop was raised in southern Scotland and southern Ontario and now lives in the southern United States. He worked in the engineering field for 15 years (mostly in Canada) before pursuing an academic career. He serves as an elder in his church, wh... more