Advance your career in ELT with the Trinity DipTESOL.

Study 7 months online and 4 weeks face to face

Contents PageIntroduction to the Trinity DipTESOLCourse OutlineAssessmentEntry Requirements What do our graduates say?How to enrol?

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• Blended: Study for 7 months online (about 10-15 hours per week) followed by 4 weeks face to face. Total course duration is 9-12 months on average.

• Practical: emphasis throughout the course on developing teaching skills and applying insights to your classroom. • Phonology: emphasis on teaching pronunciation unique to the Trinity course and highly valued by our graduates.

• Convenient: Option to submit video observations with young learners or adults.

• Flexible: work at times to suit your weekly schedule. Choose from 3 dates for the written exam and submit your portfolio when you are ready. Take up to 3 years to complete the course if you need to.

• Professional: Learn from world class full time and guest tutors, including Lindsay Clandfield, Scott Thornbury and Adrian Underhill.

• Supportive: receive unlimited support via email and Skype from our Course Director.

• Transformational: Develop your teaching skills and improve your chances of finding some of the best positions in ELT via our careers service.

• Recognised: Gain a prestigious, internationally-recognized and advanced qualification in ELT.

Introduction to the Trinity DipTESOLIf you have been teaching for more than 2 years then you are ready to improve your teaching and boost your career with the Trinity DipTESOL.

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“I was particularly impressed by the fact that I got to learn from some of the most eminent

professionals in ELT today.”

Melody Philip, UK

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This highly practical course will help to open doors into different areas of the ELT profession. Our graduates have gone on to become:• Teacher trainers.• Course book writers.• Directors of Studies.• Managers at major ELT publishers.• And have even opened their own schools.

Oxford TEFL’s Careers Service will help advise you on career paths you can take, and you will be able to benefit from the experience of tutors such as course book author Lindsay Clandfield (English File, Global) and Duncan Foord (From English Teacher to Learner Coach, The Developing Teacher, The Language Teachers Survival Handbook).

You will also have the opportunity to interact with well-known guest tutors, including:

• Adrian Underhill• Scott Thornbury • Nicky Hockly• Jamie Keddie On this blended course you will spend 7 months working online with participants from all over the world, in our virtual classroom, and then do 4 weeks face to face in the assessment phase.

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The Trinity Diploma in TESOL is an advanced qualification in teaching English for more experienced teachers. It is internationally recognized and respected by employers. This course can be used as credit for teachers wishing to study an MA in TESOL. It has four components that cover the theory and practice of teaching English.

Our goal is to provide a course which is dynamic and practical and meets the needs of the participants. With a team of highly experienced and qualified tutors, Oxford TEFL’s Diploma course will help you to deepen your theoretical knowledge of teaching and learning. You will learn new approaches to teaching and have the opportunity to put them into practice as the course progresses.

This is a blended course and the online phase offers plenty of opportunities for interaction. Our aim is to encourage the support and sharing of ideas between participants. To achieve this we ensure that you are in regular contact with each other in our virtual classroom. Using the latest technology you will be able to see and hear your colleagues as well as participate in forum discussions on weekly modules throughout the course.

Our Trinity DipTESOL course is externally validated by Trinity College London.This means that the quality of this course is recognized by the British Council andemployers worldwide.

The course is blended and extremely flexible. You will combine an online phase of 7 months with 4 weeks face to face in Barcelona, Cádiz, Prague, Kerala or Hong Kong.

We also have an interactive Facebook group where are information and ideas areshared between current, past and future Trinity DipTESOL graduates.

OnlineFor the online phase we use a virtual classroom to provide an interactive, supportive environment where all the course content is stored in one place. The online classroom offers us opportunities to share experiences and ideas with each other through participation in forum discussions and webinars. You will work in a variety of groupings during the online phase, including small groups of four or five teachers for online discussion tasks, eight to ten teachers for live events such as webinars. There are also pair work tasks and focus groups for specific areas of the course.

There are twenty, week-long modules which you are expected to contribute to regularly, but the interaction is not scheduled, so you can log into the course throughout the week to suit your own working day. Each week one of our tutors will lead the module, interacting with you in forums and webinars to ensure maximum support and feedback. They will encourage, support and challenge you to develop to your full potential, while ensuring you are preparing effectively for the four assessed units. Every four or five weeks you have a rest week.

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Course Outline

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The online phase is designed to help you implement the things you are learning, so from week one you will notice your development and see your lessons improving. You will also be thoroughly prepared for assessment, as each end of module assignment is graded using the Trinity assessment criteria. Your tutor will also give you written feedback to help you improve and prepare for the final assessments. In total, you will complete around 350 hours of online study during this phase (50 hours per month)

The four, global areas we cover during the online phase are Learning, Teaching, Phonology and Language.

Learning and teaching• Teachers• Learners• Methodology• Professional Development• Developing the four skills• Teaching Young Learners• Technology• Assessment

Phonology• The Phonemic Chart• Vowels and consonants• Word and sentence stress• Features of connected speech• Intonation• Phonology and English as an International Language

Language• Describing language• Word grammar and sentence analysis• Grammar teaching• Discourse• Lexis

Face to faceYou will complete 4 weeks face to face after the online phase of the course, Depending on the location, you can choose from dates in May/ June/ July / August / September/ October. In this time you will be assessed on your teaching and phonology knowledge and practice. You will be given plenty of support with daily workshops, weekly lesson planning clinics and individual feedback from our tutors after each lesson observation. In total, you will be studying in the school for around 5 hours per day.

Assessment

Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4

A 3 hour written exam.

You can take this in May, August or November. This can be taken in your hometown or in one of our centres.

3 action research projects.

You choose the subjects of these projects to suit your context and professional development goals. You work on these individually and are assigned a tutor who works with you to develop and complete these projects.

A 30 minute phonology interview.

You will deliver a short talk on an activity you have designed and delivered, transcribe a short lis-tening and have a discussion of the theory and practice of pho-nology with a Trinity examiner. This unit is taken alongside the final externally assessed lesson, during the face to face part of the course.

Teaching Practice.

You do five assessed lessons and write a teaching journal re-flecting on your lessons. Four of the lessons are assessed by an Oxford TEFL tutor and the final lesson is assessed by a Trinity examiner. This is done during the three week face to face part of the course. There is also an option to be assessed in your own classes if you are located near one of our centres.

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Entry Requirements

EssentialAt least two years full-time teaching experience (960 hours in total), teaching English as a Foreign or Second Language. The experience can be with any age group or teaching context.

DesirableA Certificate in TESOL/CELTA and a degree qualification. If you do not have a degree you will need to demonstrate in the application process that you are able to cope with a course of study at post degree level.

Course fees• Course fees in one payment: €2600€450 deposit to secure place (deducted from the remaining fees) + €2150 due before the course starts.• Course fees in four payments: €2700€450 deposit to secure place (deducted from the remaining fees) + 3 X €750 in month 2,4 and 6.

Examination feesTrinity examination fees are around €517 for all four units. Please check ourwebsite for up-to-date information about examination fees.

Course start datesThe 7 month online phase begins in October and January each year. The 4 weekface to face phase is completed in June, July, August, September or October.Please check our website for up-to-date information about course dates.

How to enrol• Step 1: Complete the application form on our website• Step 2: You will be contacted via email for a telephone/ Skype interview with the course director. You will be asked about your teaching experience and language

awareness to help decide whether this course is suitable for you. The interview is also an opportunity for you to ask questions about the course and decide if it is right for you.• Step 3: Reserve your place on the course by paying the deposit.

If you would like to arrange a telephone or skype chat to get some more information about the course, please email: tesol@oxfordtefl.com

Reading ListThis reading list will be used during the course. You are expected to have yourown copy of each of these books and readings will be assigned from them.Please note you will need the most recent edition in each case.

Author(s) Title Publisher

Parrott, M Grammar for English Language Teachers CUP

Kelly, G How to Teach Pronunciation Longman

Harmer, J The Practice of English Language Teaching (edition with DVD) (Pre-Course Reading)

Longman

Lightbown,P and Spada,N How Languages are Learned CUP

Thornbury,S Big questions in ELT The Round

Foord, D The Developing Teacher Delta Publishing

We will also send you a Pre-Course Task which will help you get prepared for the course and which will be discussed in the forum during the first week of the course. We are also able to provide a list of additional books which we can recommend if you would like to deepen your knowledge in a particular area.

What do our graduates say?

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“I highly recommend this course to any teacher who

enjoys challenges and would like to enhance teaching practice and even get

involved in other areas such as teacher training.”

Raquel Gómez, Spain

“Completing the Diploma has been one of the best decisions I have made

in terms of professional growth and self-

actualization. I secured a role as Director of Studies in Paris after successfully completing the Diploma.”

Alan Wong, Canada/ Hong Kong

“The video observations were really useful because I could record one of my

regular lessons, so it didn’t take extra time.”

Hannah Popham, UK

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How to enrolIf you would like to advance your career in ELT and transform your teaching skills, apply for the Trinity DipTESOL course today.

Step 1: Complete our online Trinity DipTESOL course application form. Step 2: We will get in touch within one working day to arrange a telephone / Skype / face to face interview with the course director.

Step 3: If accepted, you will receive a full place offer and information via email about how to secure your place on the course. You can do this by paying either the deposit or the full fees.

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We hope you have found this information pack useful. Feel free to contact us at tesol@oxfordtefl.com Skype tesoloxfordteflbcn or call 0034 93 174 0062

to find out more or to sign up to a course.