French and TEFL

Description

French is vitally important in the business world and in international organisations. Combining French with TEFL gives you the chance to live and work in a multitude of countries around the world teaching English as a foreign language.

This course has a strong practical focus. You will have the opportunity to develop and practise your language and teaching skills both within the University and at our partner institutions.

If you choose this course you will benefit from:

• a year studying or working in a French-speaking country, which provides you with an international experience that many businesses are looking for when employing a graduate;
• student exchange agreements with universities;
• use of modern technologies, such as busuu.com and Livemocha, to maintain links with native speakers of the language that you are studying;
• experienced teaching staff who bring professional or research expertise into their teaching;
• modules in French culture and society that give you specific applied language skills which will be relevant to the workplace
• the opportunity to obtain the Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA), as an integral part of the course. The CELTA is awarded by Cambridge ESOL, part of the University of Cambridge, and is recognised throughout the world as the basic-level qualification for English language teachers;
• the opportunity to gain valuable work experience by mentoring pupils and shadowing French teachers.

Detailed Course Facts

• GBP 8586 Module (EEA)
• GBP 10950 Module (International)

Course Content

This course is regularly reviewed and updated to reflect new developments and the requirements of the profession and of employers. The following represents some of the subjects that currently make up the course.

Assessments on this course include listening comprehensions, translations, summaries, group oral presentations, online grammar tests and reading comprehensions. Some modules require essay writing, but these are not as lengthy as those required by other disciplines. Most modules are assessed by a combination of coursework and exam (with oral exams as well as written ones for language learning modules).

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

Requirements

• A-Levels: BCC, to include French at grade C

• BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma: DMM, plus A2 French at grade C or equivalent

• International Baccalaureate Diploma: 28 points to include French at Higher Level

• GCSEs: 5 GCSEs at grade A*-C including English Language, or specified equivalents

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than Coventry University.

Funding

Merit Scholarship scheme: £1,000, in year one only and based on academic performance.

• Available to all international students applying for full-time undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at Coventry University.
• Scholarships are allocated on the basis of academic merit. (Postgraduate applicants must hold 2.1 or equivalent, undergraduate applicants must hold A-levels or equivalent at grades BBC)
• There is no separate scholarship application process: all undergraduate applications from self-funded international students from any non-EU country and postgraduate applications from international, will automatically be considered for a merit award. You will not have to do anything, if you are successful you will be notified in due course by the International Office.

Occasionally, funding becomes available to enable the University, either centrally, through one of the faculties or from other sources, to offer research studentships in specified topics or fields of study.

Brazilian students are able to apply for full scholarship - including tuition fees and accommodation - to study undergraduate sandwich programmes at Coventry University.

The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom (CSC) offers opportunities to Commonwealth citizens to study in the UK, as part of the UK's contribution to the international Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan.

If you are a citizen of a developed Commonwealth country, you can apply for:

Scholarships for PhD and split-site (PhD) study

If you are a citizen of a developing Commonwealth country, you can apply for

• Scholarships for Masters, PhD, or split-site (PhD) study at UK universities
• Shared Scholarships for Masters study at selected UK universities

If you are a citizen of the Maldives, St Helena or the Seychelles, you can apply for:

• Scholarships for undergraduate study at UK universities

Ferguson Trust Scholarships are made available through the generosity of The Allan & Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust. The Trust was set up in memory of two generations of the Ferguson family to promote education, international friendship and understanding, and the promotion of world peace and development. The Trust supports people from low-income and conflict-affected regions who want to improve their knowledge of peace and reconciliation. Scholarship amounts vary and are dependent on individual circumstances and assessment.