Indicative Content
(Trinity CertTESOL)
Course Content
The main course content is delivered and assessed through five units. The work for Units 1, 2, 3 and 5 is marked by your course tutors and moderated or sampled and checked by a member of the Trinity moderators panel at the end of every course. The moderator externally assesses the work for Unit 4.
Unit 1: Teaching Skills
Assessed through:
- Tutors’ evaluation of six hours of teaching with real learners
- A journal including trainees’ own lesson plans, with self- and tutor-evaluation
- A journal covering trainees’ reflective comments following observation of four hours of ESOL teaching by experienced teachers
Unit 2: Language Awareness
Assessed through:
- An end-of-course test (grammar, lexis and phonology)
- Ongoing use of spoken and written English
Unit 3: Learner Profile
Assessed through:
- The preparation of a simple linguistic profile and needs analysis, including some basic phoneme transcription, of a single learner
- The planning of, and reflection on, a one-to-one lesson
- The preparation of recommendations for the learner’s future development
Unit 4: Materials Assignment
Assessed through:
- Written rationale for the development of one piece of teaching material
- Written evaluation of use of this in classroom teaching
- Interview with a Trinity moderator to discuss the above and the ways in which materials development is beneficial to the development of teaching skills
Unit 5: Unknown Language
Assessed through:
- TA journal covering trainees’ reflective comments on four hours’ tuition in an unknown language from the point of view of the beginner, including an analysis of the key aspects of methods and classroom management that affect the learner