Each trainee meets two classes of different levels. Contact time with the classes is built up from 20 minutes at the start of the course to 60 minutes in the final weeks. Trainees are initially supervised in their planning and in teaching by their tutor, leading to an evaluation and feedback session after the class with their peers. Assessment Assessment is through the completion of pre-course tasks related to language awareness and methodology, a profile of a language learner, evaluation of materials used in teaching practice, reflections on the experience of learning an unknown language, and a journal with the teaching practice lesson plans and evaluation. There is a visit from an assessor from Trinity College, London for moderation.
Full attendance is required for certification.
The cost of the course includes the core texts How to Teach English by Jeremy Harmer and Practical English Usage by Michael Swan. The trainees are also recommended to buy a set of books that will be useful when they start teaching. There is a large range of books and journals related to linguistics and language teaching available for the participants' use throughout the course. Resources for developing materials are provided for the trainees' use.