OnTESOL
120-hour Advanced TESOL Certificate

Format

Online

Duration

1 – 2 months

Approx.* HK$3,399 (CAD$550)

*Payment will be charged in Canadian Dollar, bank transaction/administration fee excluded. All prices are subject to change without prior notice due to currency fluctuation.

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Course Outline

The Advanced TESOL Certificate course provides trainees with the professional lesson planning skills that they need to teach English in any part of the world. This course will prepare you to use the Communicative Approach to teach fun and effective lessons. Learn to plan lessons that integrate grammar and vocabulary topics with speaking, writing, listening, and reading activities so that your students learn the rules of the English language while communicating in English!

Students can enroll the 20-Hour Teaching Practicum at CAD$350 upon completion of 120-hour Advanced TESOL Certificate.

Accreditation

OnTESOL appears as TESL Canada-accredited providers in the province of Ontario and ACTDEC members:

TESL Canada
TESL Canada was set up in the 1990’s to raise the standards of the English Language Teaching (ELT) industry in Canada. Today, TESL Canada is the leading accrediting organization in Canada for TESOL / TESL / TEFL training and one of the most highly recognized accrediting organizations in the world. You can use your TESL Canada certification to teach English in Canada or go abroad with an internationally recognized credential.

Graduates who complete this course may pursue TESL Canada accreditation and pay a CAD$100 fee.

TESL Canada: List of Recognized Programmes

Accreditation for TESOL Distance Education Courses (ACTDEC)
ACTDEC is an independent body whose function is to provide frameworks and accreditation structures for providers of ELT teacher training through online or blended provision. This mission is motivated by recognition of the need for such globally available provision to be measured and monitored for the benefit of course providers, employers and students.

Graduates can also receive an ACTDEC certificate when they register with ACTDEC and pay a CAD$85 fee.

ACTDEC Accreditation

Course Curriculum

There are 9 assignments and 2 tests in the 120-hour Advanced TESOL Certificate course. You will pass the course after completing all the required tests and assignments.

Modules

5-hour Adult Learning and Study Skills
20-hour Grammar
20-hour Phonology
75-hour Methodology

Lesson Planning Skills
In this course, the student will do 3 major Communicative Approach and Integrated Skills lesson plans on grammar and vocabulary topics for speaking, listening, writing, and reading lessons.

Other Skills

Authentic Material
Classroom Management
Testing and Evaluation methods
Supplementing/Replacing the textbook

Module 1: The Adult Learner

This module includes the following topics:

Introductory Unit
Adult Teaching and Learning
Multiple Intelligences
Learning Styles

There are two reflective essays in this module.

Module 2: The Study of The English Language

2a – Grammar

Chapter 1 Parts of Speech
Chapter 2 Parts of a Sentence
Chapter 3 Nouns
Chapter 4 Pronouns
Chapter 5 Adjectives- Determiners and Articles
Chapter 6 Adverbs
Chapter 7 Verbs
Chapter 8 Conjunctions
Chapter 9 Prepositions
Chapter 10 Tenses
Chapter 11 Ideas for Teaching grammar

2b – Phonology

Chapter 1 Introduction to Phonology
Chapter 2 Introduction to Phonemes
Chapter 3 Getting to Know the Anatomy of the Mouth
Chapter 4 Vowels, diphthongs and triphthongs
Chapter 5 Consonants
Chapter 6 Sentence Stress
Chapter 7 Intonation
Chapter 8 Teaching Pronunciation

A final test must be submitted at the end of each section.

Module 3: The Theory and Methodology of TESOL

Methodology is the most important module in the 120-hour Advanced TESOL certificate course. You will have to complete 7 assignments, which will require you to develop activities, create full lesson plans, and write reflective essays on recorded ESL lessons.

Chapter 1: The First Class
Chapter 2: Approaches to Language Teaching
Chapter 3: The Communicative Approach
Chapter 4: Teaching Skills – Speaking
Chapter 5: Teaching Grammar
Chapter 6: How to Write a Lesson Plan
Chapter 7: Teaching Vocabulary
Chapter 8: Teaching Skills – Listening

Chapter 9: Teaching Skills – Reading
Chapter 10 Teaching Skills – Writing
Chapter 11: Using Authentic Material
Chapter 12: Correcting Mistakes
Chapter 13: Classroom Management
Chapter 14: Testing and Assessment in the ESL Classroom
Special Video Observation Chapter