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TEFL International TESOL Course Kolkata, India

The TEFL International School in Kolkata is located at the heart of the city in close proximity to the one of the busiest part of this city. The school is open from nine in the morning to six in the evening from Monday to Friday. Internship is sometimes offered by the school to the native English speakers. Kolkata center of TEFL International is the only one providing TEFL course in India. The TEFL certificate will help you get a ESL job in all the non –English speaking nations of the world.

TEFL Course Kolkata India

TESOL Certification Course in Kolkata, India

TESOL or TEFL Certification Course is a four week or 120 hours intensive class room based basic Teacher training course. The course offered by The International TEFL Course empowers participants with an internationally recognized certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. It provides trainees with skills and techniques essential for teaching English to students whose indigenous tongue isn’t English. In order to be an English teacher anywhere in the world a TEFL or TESOL certificate is the necessary. It’s a specification that all classified ads for English teachers insist upon.

TEFL means Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Teach Abroad one must have a TEFL certificate. The certification provides the credentials needed for teaching English Abroad in non-native English speaking countries.

The highlight of the in class / on site course is the teaching practice sessions. This course provides ample opportunity to teacher trainees to face classroom situations and implement all the teaching techniques taught instantly. The constant feedback that they receive from the trainers and observers is also beneficial. It helps them to correct their errors assiduously.

The 4-week classroom based TEFL / TESOL course is very pragmatic and gives much weight to practice teaching or the hours spent in actual classrooms. The course also extends Job guidance and support for your entire teaching career.

Kolkata lies on Latitude 22 degree 82 minutes North and Longitude 88 degrees 20 minutes east.
It is at an altitude of 17 feet from sea level.

It is 60 miles from Bay of Bengal Sea.
The total Population is about 15.97 million (2001) - including Howrah and suburbs, 4.85 million (2004) - under Kolkata Municipality Corporation.

The languages spoken are Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, and English.

The grand city of Calcutta or Kolkata is famous for its cultural events, book fairs, colonial architectures and of course for the warmth of its amiable local people.

Kolkata is one of the major cities of India and it acts as the gateway to the entire east and north eastern India.

At one time Kolkata was the capital of the British Empire and the traces of the Raj days can still be found in its old buildings, architectures and even in the traditions. Kolkata is a city of festivals all year round it holds festivities.

Tourist Attractions
Some of the famous residents of this city were Nobel laureates like Rabindra Nath Tagore, Mother Teresa, great scientists like Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose, Meghnad Saha, ace movie directors- Ritwik Ghatak, Satyajit Ray, famous stage personalities- Girish Chandra Ghosh, Sisir Bhaduri. This city had also nurtured great thinkers and spirituals – Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo.

Some of the famous landmarks of this grand old city may be listed as follows:

• The Indian Museum
• The Victoria Memorial Hall
• The Birla Planetarium
• The University of Calcutta
• The Calcutta Coffee House on College Street
• The Jain Temples
• The Marble Palace
• The Alipore Zoo
• Tagore House at Jorasanko North Kolkata
• Under- ground Metro Rail (First in India, 1984)
• The Horticulture Park

There are many colonial and heritage buildings to be appreciated as well.
Kolkata is the hub of cultural activities and there are many theatres where plays and other classical music and dance recitals are regularly presented.

Kolkata also has had a recent facelift with glitzy up market shopping malls and arcades, multiplexes and spas wooing the young and well endowed.

It is a city which is comfortable with its British Era past and has happily adapted itself to the present-day chic.
The most remarkable feature of Kolkata is its people. They are friendly, hospitable and eager to make an outsider to the city feel welcome. They are always ready to sit and discuss everything and anything under the sun over a cup of tea or coffee.

TEFL Course India, Kolkata
The four weeks onsite TEFL course in Kolkata offers the candidates signed up for the course a rare chance to enjoy a city that was the Jewel in the crown of the British Raj Era. Kolkata or Calcutta has Raj era building jostling for space with modern structures some ungainly others chic and even futuristic, specially the malls and multiplexes.

The TEFL trainees can enjoy the alluring sights and sounds of Kolkata. One of the joys of Kolkata is food. It has great eateries and serves all types of cuisine. The Chinese food of Kolkata is something one must try. IT is tasty, tangy and utterly mouthwatering.

The trainees can befriend local people of Kolkata who are very approachable and eager to strike up a conversation. They can get a taste of local culture and tradition. Kolkata’s people are very conversant with their culture but are equally secular and tolerant in their attitude. International TEFL course at Kolkata will indeed be of great benefit to the applicants. Further on completing the course the trainees will be eligible to even secure teaching placement in India, where a TEFL certificate is an advantage.