TESOL Training courses

Are you interested in training to teach English? If so, we can help.

TESOL stands for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages*.

We have close links with a training centre which offers high-quality, accredited TESOL programmes. For more information, please go to www.tesol-direct.com.

TESOL-direct offers a range of courses:

TESOL Certificate course - Accredited by the College of Teachers

• 150-hour distance-learning course
• Free - Planning Lessons and Courses by Woodward (CUP).
• Free - English Grammar Guide

Teaching Business English Certificate - Accredited by the College of Teachers

• 65-hour distance-learning course
• Free - New Business Matters course book

Teaching English to Young Learners Certificate - New course

• 65-hour distance-learning course
• Free - Writing with Children by Reilly (OUP)

If you want to train to teach English, make sure you choose an accredited course. The College of Teachers was established over 150 years ago and is dedicated to ensuring high professional standards (www.collegeofteachers.ac.uk).

Why choose TESOL-direct?

• Employers take accreditation very seriously.
• TESOL-direct provides quality, flexibility and value for money.
• TESOL-direct has highly experienced trainers and provides outstanding tutor support.
• Courses are available by download to your computer, on CD or in printed form.
• You can work at your own pace - there are no deadlines or time limits.
• You can start your course at any time, wherever you live in the world.
• We will help you to find TESOL teaching jobs.
• 30-day money-back guarantee.
• Optional teaching practice with the Heart of England Language School.
• Free - Writing with Children by Reilly (OUP)

We also offer teacher training practise which can either be in the form of lesson observation costing £3 per hour and teacher training costing £45 for 1.5 hours. During the observation sessions the trainee teacher can observe a qualified and experienced teacher during one of our regular lessons and will be given a form on which they can take notes on lesson content. For the teacher training we offer a 15 minute pre lesson advice session where the Director of Studies offers comments on a lesson plan, the trainee then teachers some of our students observed by the Director of Studies and is finally offered a 15 minute critique on their lesson. The students are all adult foreign speakers and usually Intermediate to Upper Intermediate level. They do not pay for these classes.

* TESOL and TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) courses cover the same syllabus. Employers do not differentiate between these two titles.