The TEFL Academy (Level 5 TEFL Course) STUDY GUIDE UPDATED
2025/2026 SYLLABUS||100% GUARANTEED PASS||A+ GRADED!!!
Unit 1: Learners and Teachers, and the Teaching and Learning
Context
1. What are the three main reasons adults choose to learn English?
ANSWER ✓ The three main reasons are: 1) Professional advancement (career, business),
2) Academic purposes (university, research), and 3) Personal interest (travel, social
interaction, culture).
2. What is the difference between instrumental and integrative motivation?
ANSWER ✓ Instrumental motivation is a practical reason for learning, such as getting a
job or passing an exam. Integrative motivation is a personal desire to integrate into the
culture of the target language community.
3. Define the term "False Beginner".
ANSWER ✓ A False Beginner is a learner who has some prior knowledge of English (e.g.,
from school) but has forgotten much of it and lacks confidence, so they benefit from
starting again from the beginning.
4. What are the key characteristics of a 'visual' learner?
ANSWER ✓ Visual learners learn best through seeing. They prefer diagrams, pictures,
mind maps, written instructions, and facial expressions or body language.
5. How can a teacher cater to 'kinaesthetic' learners?
ANSWER ✓ A teacher can cater to kinaesthetic learners by incorporating movement and
touch, using activities like role-plays, building models, using realia (real objects), and
gesture-based drilling.
6. What is the primary role of a TEFL teacher?
ANSWER ✓ The primary role is to be a facilitator of learning, creating a supportive
environment where students are encouraged to communicate and discover the
language, rather than just a transmitter of knowledge.
7. Describe the difference between an ESL and an EFL context.
ANSWER ✓ ESL (English as a Second Language) is learning English in an English-
, speaking country (e.g., a Spanish learner in the UK). EFL (English as a Foreign Language)
is learning English in a non-English-speaking country (e.g., a Japanese learner in Japan).
8. What is a 'monolingual' versus a 'multilingual' class?
ANSWER ✓ A monolingual class has students who all share the same first language (L1).
A multilingual class has students from many different language backgrounds.
9. Why is establishing rapport important in the classroom?
ANSWER ✓ Establishing rapport reduces student anxiety, builds trust, increases
motivation, and creates a positive and cooperative learning atmosphere where students
feel safe to take risks and participate.
10. What are L1 and L2 in language teaching?
ANSWER ✓ L1 refers to a student's native or first language. L2 refers to the second (or
additional) language they are learning, which in a TEFL context is English.
Unit 2: Language Analysis and Awareness
11. What is the difference between a proper noun and a common noun?
ANSWER ✓ A proper noun is the specific name of a person, place, or thing and is
capitalized (e.g., London, Maria). A common noun is a general name for a person, place,
or thing (e.g., city, woman).
12. Give an example of an uncountable noun.
ANSWER ✓ Examples include: information, advice, water, furniture, money.
13. What is the form and function of the present continuous tense?
ANSWER ✓ Form: Subject + am/is/are + verb-ing. Function: To describe an action
happening now, at the moment of speaking, or a temporary situation.
14. When is the present perfect tense used?
ANSWER ✓ It is used to describe a past action with a present result, an experience at an
unspecified time in the past, or a situation that started in the past and continues to the
present.
15. Provide an example sentence using the second conditional.
ANSWER ✓ "If I won the lottery, I would travel the world." It is used to talk about
hypothetical or unlikely future situations.
16. What is the difference between 'make' and 'do'?
ANSWER ✓ 'Do' is generally used for activities, tasks, and jobs (do homework, do the
2025/2026 SYLLABUS||100% GUARANTEED PASS||A+ GRADED!!!
Unit 1: Learners and Teachers, and the Teaching and Learning
Context
1. What are the three main reasons adults choose to learn English?
ANSWER ✓ The three main reasons are: 1) Professional advancement (career, business),
2) Academic purposes (university, research), and 3) Personal interest (travel, social
interaction, culture).
2. What is the difference between instrumental and integrative motivation?
ANSWER ✓ Instrumental motivation is a practical reason for learning, such as getting a
job or passing an exam. Integrative motivation is a personal desire to integrate into the
culture of the target language community.
3. Define the term "False Beginner".
ANSWER ✓ A False Beginner is a learner who has some prior knowledge of English (e.g.,
from school) but has forgotten much of it and lacks confidence, so they benefit from
starting again from the beginning.
4. What are the key characteristics of a 'visual' learner?
ANSWER ✓ Visual learners learn best through seeing. They prefer diagrams, pictures,
mind maps, written instructions, and facial expressions or body language.
5. How can a teacher cater to 'kinaesthetic' learners?
ANSWER ✓ A teacher can cater to kinaesthetic learners by incorporating movement and
touch, using activities like role-plays, building models, using realia (real objects), and
gesture-based drilling.
6. What is the primary role of a TEFL teacher?
ANSWER ✓ The primary role is to be a facilitator of learning, creating a supportive
environment where students are encouraged to communicate and discover the
language, rather than just a transmitter of knowledge.
7. Describe the difference between an ESL and an EFL context.
ANSWER ✓ ESL (English as a Second Language) is learning English in an English-
, speaking country (e.g., a Spanish learner in the UK). EFL (English as a Foreign Language)
is learning English in a non-English-speaking country (e.g., a Japanese learner in Japan).
8. What is a 'monolingual' versus a 'multilingual' class?
ANSWER ✓ A monolingual class has students who all share the same first language (L1).
A multilingual class has students from many different language backgrounds.
9. Why is establishing rapport important in the classroom?
ANSWER ✓ Establishing rapport reduces student anxiety, builds trust, increases
motivation, and creates a positive and cooperative learning atmosphere where students
feel safe to take risks and participate.
10. What are L1 and L2 in language teaching?
ANSWER ✓ L1 refers to a student's native or first language. L2 refers to the second (or
additional) language they are learning, which in a TEFL context is English.
Unit 2: Language Analysis and Awareness
11. What is the difference between a proper noun and a common noun?
ANSWER ✓ A proper noun is the specific name of a person, place, or thing and is
capitalized (e.g., London, Maria). A common noun is a general name for a person, place,
or thing (e.g., city, woman).
12. Give an example of an uncountable noun.
ANSWER ✓ Examples include: information, advice, water, furniture, money.
13. What is the form and function of the present continuous tense?
ANSWER ✓ Form: Subject + am/is/are + verb-ing. Function: To describe an action
happening now, at the moment of speaking, or a temporary situation.
14. When is the present perfect tense used?
ANSWER ✓ It is used to describe a past action with a present result, an experience at an
unspecified time in the past, or a situation that started in the past and continues to the
present.
15. Provide an example sentence using the second conditional.
ANSWER ✓ "If I won the lottery, I would travel the world." It is used to talk about
hypothetical or unlikely future situations.
16. What is the difference between 'make' and 'do'?
ANSWER ✓ 'Do' is generally used for activities, tasks, and jobs (do homework, do the
