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Trinity CertTESOL
Yes if:
- You want an internationally accredited and moderated qualification.
- You want feedback from experienced and certified tutors to increase your practice
and confidence. - You can dedicate the time to work on your teaching skills.
- You are interested in your own development and want the best for your students
- You meet the minimum entry requirements and have at least a CEFR B1 level of
English. - Run in collaboration with TESOL Taiwan – Moderated by NILE ELT
Two courses this academic year.
Starting September 2025 and March 2026
- 14 weeks online (video and reading focused self-study and assignments) with a
weekly 60-to-90-minute Zoom session each week. - 45 hours in-person focusing on the moderated assignments from Trinity, including 6
hours of observed teaching practice.
57,500 TWD with discounts available for groups, early bird registration, and IATEFL members. Non-IATEFL members will receive a one year IATEFL membership to ensure you can continue developing beyond the course.
130 hours of guided input (including one on one tutorials with a tutor) and 70 hours of self-study. Total qualification time 200 hours.
Unit 1 – Teaching Skills
Input sessions focusing on how to teach grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, listening, reading, writing, and speaking, as well as classroom management, lesson planning, and error correction.
Assessed through a Guided Observation Journal where you observe others teaching, and a Teaching Practice Journal where you teach 6 hours to real students while being observed by one of our tutors. Journals are internally assessed and externally moderated.
Unit 2 – Language Awareness
Input sessions and self study to develop greater insight into English, including terminology to describe and understand verb phrases, noun phrases, lexical chunks, phonological awareness. Assessed through an internal exam and lesson planning
Unit 3 – Learner Profile
An in-depth analysis of a learner’s needs and characteristics, followed by a one on one lesson and suggestions for future study.
Internally assessed and externally moderated.
Unit 4 – Materials Assignment
Input sessions on how to select, use, adapt and create materials.
An assignment in which you design materials and teach it to a group of learners, and then a discussion on the process and rationale.
Externally assessed on moderation day through a written assignment and interview
Unit 5 – Unknown Language
4 hours of learning an unknown language followed by reflections on the lessons and an analysis of the difference between the foreign language and English.
Internally assessed and externally moderated.
Trinity TYLEC
Yes if:
- You already have an initial qualification (Trinity CertTESOL/CELTA, or equivalent) or
a significant amount of experience. - You want an internationally recognised qualification for teaching one of the
specialisations; pre-primary (kindergarten), young learners, IELTS, Business English,
or Teacher training. - You want feedback from experienced and certified tutors to increase your practice
and confidence in the young learner classroom - You can dedicate the time to work on your teaching skills
- You are interested in your own development and want to develop your ideas,
techniques and activities for teaching young learners - You are currently teaching a group that falls in your specialisation, or you have
access to a group as your assignments require teaching and reflection - You meet the minimum entry requirements and have at least a CEFR B1 level of
English (B2 for Teacher Training and C1 for IELTS)
Get in touch as we run these on demand
60 hours (35 in person and 25 reflection and homework) for the NILE certificate and a
further 60 hours for the four Trinity Moderated Assignments for the CertPT (with tutor
support)
42,500 TWD for both certificates or 33,500 for the NILE Certificate only
- 6 days once a week of 6 hours (or 5 days once a week of 7 hours a day) focusing on
the specialisation and the materials assignments for the CertPT. - Weekly reflection and homework assignments that form part of the NILE course
assessment. - 4 materials assignments to meet the requirements of the Trinity CertPT
All our course tutors are approved tutors and have a minimum of an MA or Diploma level qualification as well as a formal teacher training qualification. Tutors do annual standardisation to ensure that you receive accurate and effective feedback and guidance. All TYLEC tutors are also Trinity CertTESOL tutors. Tutors need a minimum of 5 years young learner teaching experience post qualification before qualifying as a tutor.
The main course tutor and course director is Gerhard Erasmus. Gerhard has 20+ years teaching experience, 15 years training experience, and has a Cambridge DELTA, PGCE (senior phase and FET), MSc Ed, and IDLTM (International Diploma in Language Teaching Management). He has trained teachers in Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, South Africa, Poland, Ukraine, and the United States. Gerhard has been an IATEFL Young Learner and Teenagers Special Interest Group, and IATEFL Membership Committee member, and is currently the Coordinator of the IATEFL Leadership and Management Special Interest Group can be offered on demand for institutions. Contact us for more details.
Trinity Diploma TESOL
Yes if:
- You already have an initial qualification (Trinity CertTESOL or CELTA) or a significant amount of experience
- You want an internationally recognised qualification that offers in-depth theoretical insight and teaching practice
- You want feedback from experienced and certified tutors to increase your practice and confidence in the classroom
- You are considering a leadership role where you would be supporting the development of other teachers
- You can dedicate the time to work on your teaching skills
- You are interested in your own development and want to develop your ideas, techniques and activities for teaching young learners
- You meet the minimum entry requirements and have at least a CEFR C1 level of English. We suggest C2 as there is a significant amount of academic writing on the course (Contact us if you do not meet this requirement as we have other smaller courses that can prepare you for entry to the TYLEC)
Start 5 October 2022 (30 weeks of input sessions followed by teaching practice and completion of your portfolios)
Start 6 March 2023 (30 weeks of input sessions followed by teaching practice and completion of your portfolios)
30 weeks
Live input sessions weekly through Zoom for 90 minutes
Asynchronous self-study tasks and assignment weekly
Teaching practice after the input sessions with your own students
Moderation must be completed within 3 years and moderation fees are NOT included in the course fee
110,000 TWD with discounts available for groups, early bird registration, and IATEFL members. Non-IATEFL members will receive a one year IATEFL membership to ensure you can continue developing beyond the course
Moderation fees are not included and payable as moderation for the different units are arranged.
150 hours of guided learning (including one on one tutorials with a course tutor and teaching practice) and 450 hours of self-study. Total qualification time is 600 hours.
Unit 1 – Language Teaching and Learning
Input and self-study sessions including mock exams to prepare for the 3-hour Unit 1 exam. The exam is run 3 times a year. The exam covers theory and linguistics, learning and teaching, and professional development
The exam is marked externally
Unit 2 – Coursework portfolio
Three portfolios need to be completed for this unit.
The observation instrument is the design of an observation instrument around a specific area of teaching, the improvement of the instrument, and reflection on its overall effectiveness. It involves a minimum of 10 hours of observations of other qualified teachers.
The teacher development portfolio involves 15 hours of self-observed lessons around a specific developmental theme, and in-depth reflection and evaluation of the teacher’s own development.
The independent research project is an ELT related research project (we strongly advise using action research) to help the teacher develop both their teaching practice and research skills.
All portfolios include one on one tutorials, and extensive feedback. The portfolios are internally assessed and externally moderated.
Unit 3 – Phonology Interview
The phonology interview is an externally assessed interview involving a presentation on a phonological area, a transcription of natural speech highlighting segmental and suprasegmental features of pronunciation, and a discussion of theory as it applies to the classroom.
Unit 4 – Teaching practice
The teaching practice component consists of 4 internally assessed lesson, a teaching practice journal that is internally assessed and externally moderated and an externally assessed lesson.
All our course tutors are approved tutors and have a minimum of an MA or Diploma level qualification as well as a formal teacher training qualification. Tutors do annual standardisation to ensure that you receive accurate and effective feedback and guidance. All TYLEC tutors are also Trinity CertTESOL tutors. Tutors need a minimum of 5 years young learner teaching experience post qualification before qualifying as a tutor.
The main course tutor and course director is Gerhard Erasmus. Gerhard has 20+ years teaching experience, 15 years training experience, and has a Cambridge DELTA, PGCE (senior phase and FET), MSc Ed, and IDLTM (International Diploma in Language Teaching Management). He has trained teachers in Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, South Africa, Poland, Ukraine, and the United States. Gerhard has been an IATEFL Young Learner and Teenagers Special Interest Group, and IATEFL Membership Committee member, and is currently the Coordinator of the IATEFL Leadership and Management Special Interest Group can be offered on demand for institutions. Contact us for more details.
TESOL Professionals
- The International Diploma in Language Teaching Management is a course designed to offer training and support to academic managers in the world of ELT. It was designed by professionals and experts from those in our industry and who know the specific needs and contexts of people working in ELT management. In addition those who train on and deliver the course are similarly drawn from the industry, and as a result the course really meets the needs of its participants.
- The course and qualification has been around since 2001, and has over the last twenty years served groups of managers all over the world. The pandemic, sadly, forced an unanticipated break on the delivery of the course, but we have used that time to redevelop the course into a purely online format (previously the course was blended), that was relaunched in 2022.
- If you are currently working in management, or looking to transition into management, this is the course for you.
