120-hour TESOL Certification Training Course

TESOL Asia’s TESOL Certification Training Course has been carefully developed to equip teachers and those who are starting their careers in English language teaching with the fundamentals in teaching practice. The program is advised by highly distinguished ELT experts including Prof. Rod Ellis, “Father of Second Language Acquisition” and Prof. Andy Kirkpatrick.

Before the Course Starts

To help you understand the principles of Second Language Acquisition and English language teaching, we will send you our pre-course reading materials designed to acquaint you with the fundamentals of ESL teaching practice. This will ensure that during the start of the training, attendees will have sufficient awareness of teaching English.

Theory and Application

The nature of the training is to combine theories with application. Every topic has a lecture session to impart knowledge and before the lesson ends, attendees should complete either a written or practical assessment to measure learning. Activities given are of practical value that can immediately be utilized by the attendees. Attendees will be divided into groups for the teaching demonstration. Each group is given a specific time to deliver a complete lesson. During the demonstration, a teaching demonstration assessor will discuss the lesson and will give feedback on areas that need to be strengthened or improved.

Student Involvement

TESOL Asia believes that the students are the focus in this training and that their involvement in different ways is needed to maximize their learning. During the training, attendees can share best practices in teaching, how they can convert their work experiences into meaningful lessons and share reflections on topics discussed.

Skills Acquisition

The training is delivered using highly qualified, trained and experienced ESL and TESOL-certified lecturers who are immersed in multi-cultural classrooms. Attendees will get to experience differentiated teaching methodologies and techniques that they can use when immersed in mainstream English language teaching in the future.

The training gives attendees an overview of the various components that make up the field of TESOL. It will be a combination of theories of language, language teaching and learning and practical knowledge regarding planning lessons and implementing them.
The course is structured as 12 topics or lectures:

1. Principles of Second Language Acquisition
2. Task-Based Language Teaching
3. Teaching Grammar
4. Teaching Pronunciation
5. Teaching Business English (ESP)
6. Teaching English to Young Learners
7. Teaching ESL Online
8. Instructional Materials Design and Development
9. Language Competency Assessment
10. Preparing Lesson Plans
11. Teaching Methodologies
12. The Macro- Skills
*Optional modules
• Competency Assessment – Teachers
• Curriculum Development and Course Design
• Content Contextualization
• Teaching English to Adults
• Teaching English through Songs

Dr. Paul Robertson (Australia)
Mr. Romualdo Mabuan (Philippines)
Ms. Wendy Wheat (USA)
Mr. Ramon Medriano, Jr. (Philippines)