Trinity TESOL

  1. What is the Trinity Certificate in TESOL (CertTESOL)?
  2. What are the key features of the CertTESOL?
  3. Who is the qualification for?
  4. What are the entry requirements?
  5. What does the course consist of?
  6. How are trainees assessed?
  7. Where I can take the Trinity TESOL Cert?
1. What is the Trinity Certificate in TESOL (CertTESOL)

The Trinity CertTESOL is an initial training qualification to equip people with the basic skills and knowledge needed to take up a first post as an ESOL teacher. Accredited at Level 4 on the UK National Qualifications Framework, it gives an introduction to the theory and practice of contemporary English teaching and an insight into the challenges facing the learner and the teacher.

2. What are the key features of the CertTESOL?
  • Inclusive: CertTESOL courses are open to speakers of English as a first or second language, and are suitable for those wanting to teach any age group
  • Accessible: CertTESOL courses are available at over 100 organisations around the world, with full and part-time study options
  • Contemporary: a qualification which reflects modern-day approaches to teaching theory and practice
  • Learner-focused: with a unit on learning a foreign language to experience what it is like to be a language learner
  • Reflective: trainees develop self-evaluation techniques and record progress throughout the course
3. Who is the qualification for?

The Trinity CertTESOL is designed for those with little or no experience of teaching ESOL. It is available to people of all professional backgrounds who are attracted to the English teaching profession, either as a long-term career or for a shorter period to help them travel the world and experiencelife in different cultures.

4. What are the entry requirements

The minimum age to join a CertTESOL course is 18. Trainees should hold qualifications for entry to higher education, and also have competence in written and spoken English appropriate to a teacher of English.

5. What does the course consist of?

Each course runs for a minimum of 130 hours. Every trainee attends on a full or part-time basis and completes all the units. The programme consists of five units:

  • Unit 1: Teaching skills
  • Unit 2: Language awareness (grammar and phonology)
  • Unit 3: The learner profile
  • Unit 4: The materials assignment
  • Unit 5: The unknown language
6. How are trainees assessed?

All trainees complete at least six hours of observed and assessed teaching practice with genuine learners, and produce a number of reflective written assignments. All courses are visited at the end by a Trinity moderator. The moderator talks to all trainees in groups and then individually in an interview, and samples trainees' written work.

7. Where I can take the Trinity TESOL Cert?

There are five centres where you can take the Trinity TESOL Cert in Spain:

Active Language (Cadiz)
Pl. Libertad, 4, 1º
11005, Cadiz
SPAIN
00 34 956 22 14 26
training@activelanguage.net
www.activelanguage.net

Europe TEFL Teacher Training
C/Juglar, 4, Bajo
41018 Sevilla
Spain
00 34 954 099 973
seville@europetefl.com
www.europetefl.com

Universal Language Training
Centro de Idiomas, Colegio Universitario
C/San Torcuato, 43
49014 Zamora
Spain
00 34 980 53 1561
ccizamora@terra.es
www.universal-language.co.uk

Oxford TEFL
C/Girona, 83
Barcelona
08009 Spain
00 34 93 458 0111
ingles@oxfordtefl.com
www.oxfordtefl.com

Chester School of English
C/Don Ramon de la Cruz, 98
Madrid 28006
Spain
914 025 879
sgossis@gmail.com
www.chester.es

 

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