Trinity Cert TESOL
Have you recently graduated? Are you thinking of travelling?
Why not get an internationally recognised English teaching qualification?
To take a CertTESOL you should:
- be aged 18 +
- have a university degree or a standard of education equivalent to that which is required for higher education
- have a good level of language awareness and of spoken and written English
Cert TESOL Course overview
As one of only 2 internationally accepted and recognised TEFL qualifications, the Trinity CertTESOL will give you what you need to secure employment in English language schools globally. This is not a weekend or taster course so you will actually be qualified at the end of your course and you will have the necessary skills and confidence to begin teaching English immediately.
The NWA CertTESOL is a preliminary TEFL qualification which is recognised globally and fully accredited by the British Council.
We run 4-week intensive courses and 13-week part-time courses leading to the award of the Certificate
at our premises in the centre of Derry, Northern Ireland.
When you are here, you will learn how to teach English to speakers of other languages. Naturally this will involve learning about the different methodologies involved in teaching EFL / ESL but you will also learn about grammar, phonetics and a range of issues surrounding the EFL industry.
Many trainees assume that much of the course will be about grammar and indeed many are put off doing the course because they feel their grammar is poor. In reality, the course focuses on a communicative approach to teaching, so classroom teaching techniques and the Teaching Practice you do will be considered more important.
Unlike many “online” or “weekend” TEFL courses, the Trinity course involves at least 6 hours of Teaching Practice. This means you will stand up in front of and teach classes of real learners while you are here. Since the object of the course is to prepare you to go out into the world and teach, this component of the course is heavily weighted and indeed you must pass this component to be awarded the certificate.
NWA trainees usually start off teaching half hour classes before progressing to a full hour later in the course. Before teaching a class by yourself, you will observe experienced teachers in action and be guided in preparing for your own lessons.
Entry Requirements
Entrance to the Trinity College London CertTESOL is open to all native and non-native speakers of English who have University entrance qualifications in their own country and are competent in spoken and written English.
Speakers of English as a second or foreign language are welcome to apply for training places; all applicants will be assessed equally at interview. They need to provide proof that they are at C1 of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) in all of the 4 skills: speaking – listening – reading – writing.