Master Diploma of Educational Studies in TESOL (300 hrs.)

• What is TESOL?
• Why the need for TESOL teaching? 
• Types of employers
• How to find an English teaching job abroad?

• The Language Systems
• Phonetics and phonology
• Vocabulary (Lexis)
• Grammar (Syntax)

• The English Language
• Approaches to Teaching Methodology
• Receptive Skills (Reading and Listening)
• Productive Skills (Writing and Speaking)

• Lesson planning and use of teaching resources and materials
• Classroom Management, Options and Techniques
• Activities for the Classroom

• Assessment and testing
• Technology in the classroom
• Marking Schemes
• English for specific purposes

• Describing Teachers
• Further Teacher Learning
• Observation as a Learning Tool
• Evaluating Your Teaching

• The ESL Manager
• An Overview of the ESL Programme
• Philosophy, Aims and Objectives
• Development Plans and Target Setting
• ESL Policies and Procedures
• Recruiting ESL Teachers
• Business Practices in Language Schools

• The Nuts & Bolts of English
• English Tense Forms
• English Tense Functions
• Vocabulary and Phonology

• The motivation of young learners
• Activities and games for the Young Learner
• Initial English lessons
• Creating and adapting your materials and lesson ideas
• Teaching methodology

• Analysing and recognizing the needs of your business students
• Organising effective communication in a business classroom
• Teaching business vocabulary
• Taking into account the cultural differences of your students
• Planning a business lesson

• Advantages of one-to-one learning
• Discovering your student’s needs
• Problems and possible solutions of one-to-one teaching
• Creating and adapting your materials and lesson ideas
• Lesson resources

• First Day Activity: Getting to know you
• A Warmer / Communication Activity
• A Listening Lesson
• Teaching a Grammatical Structure
• A Communication Lesson

• The advantages and challenges of teaching online
• How to get started as an online teacher of English
• How to sell yourself as an online teacher
• Video for online teaching
• Work opportunities for online English teachers

• The ESL Programme
• Withdrawal from the Mainstream
• Assessment & Testing
• Support Teaching in the Mainstream
• Marking Schemes & Report Writing