TESOLOGICA ยท TESOL 120 CERTIFICATE
What You'll Learn
Develop the knowledge, practical skills and confidence to teach English in a range of settings.
20 HOURS
Live Sessions
Tutor presentations, discussion and practical exercises.
10 HOURS
Teaching practice
Experience teaching real learners.
10 HOURS
Lesson preparation
Plan and prepare for teaching practice.
80 HOURS
Guided learning
Reading, assignments and independent study.
LIVE SESSIONS
The live sessions will include presentations by the tutors and discussion opportunities on
- Lesson planning: lesson planning and delivery
- Teaching skills: accuracy and fluency exercises, role-play
- Materials: textbooks, generating your own materials, and the use of AI
- Language structure: grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation
- Teaching settings
General: children and adults
Specific: business and professional
Academic: students and faculty
TEACHING PRACTICE
We arrange teaching practice across our network, including
- China: children and students (middle school and university)
- Poland: universities and companies
- Sweden: companies and municipalities
We will ensure that our students are exposed to a range of teaching experiences.
Assessment
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
Teaching Practice Organisation
The total teaching practice comprises 10 hours (600 minutes)
Chinese students
- 4 (60 minute) hours
European students
- 9 (40 minute) hours
Each hour will require an equivalent amount of time for preparation.
GUIDED LEARNING
The guided learning part of the course includes reading material and four marked assignments on the main areas of TESOL. These areas cover both online and face-to-face learning situations. We also show how they apply to different teaching settings.
Holding a lesson
- Lesson preparation
- 1-1 and group teaching
- Classroom organisation and management
Teaching language content
- Grammar and structure
- Pronunciation and intonation
- Vocabulary fields
Teaching skills
- Speaking: fluency and accuracy
- Listening: task listening
- Reading: reading comprehension techniques
- Writing: from short messages to longer texts
Teaching functions
- asking and answering
- giving advice and recommendations
- making suggestions
- agreeing and disagreeing
Teaching through activities
- games
- role-play
- simulations
Teaching from textbooks
- a review of the main books today
- how to use them in a creative way
Assessment
- Types of test: progress and achievement
- Cambridge examinations
- IELTS
- Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)
Four marked assignments
Ongoing tutor support through the course WhatsApp group
TECHNOLOGY
Artificial Intelligence is used extensively in education, and it has many uses in TESOL. You will learn how AI can be used to:
- create teaching materials
- construct presentations
- plan lessons
You will also learn how to guide your students in the appropriate use of AI in their written English, from emails to reports to note-taking.
TRANSFERRABLE SKILLS
Throughout the course, there is an element of presentation skills. We would like our students to gain confidence in making short presentations and giving descriptions and explanations relevant to the learners. These will be highly valuable skills in all career paths, not only teaching.