Whether you are just starting on your journey of becoming an English Language teacher or have been teaching for a few years and want to improve your skills, our TEFL courses will equip you with the practical tools and knowledge to get ahead in your teaching career…

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UCT is an inclusive and engaged research-intensive African university that inspires creativity through outstanding achievements in learning, discovery and citizenship; enhancing the lives of its students and staff, advancing a more equitable and sustainable social order and influencing the global higher education landscape.

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The UCT English Language Center (ELC) is a department in the Faculty of Humanities, delivering year-round English as a Foreign Language and Teacher Training courses.  ELC was established with the aim of professionalizing the EFL industry in South Africa and developing a uniquely African EFL pedagogy.

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