Our TECSOL Certificate course trains teachers to teach young students (children) how to learn English in a stimulating environment. Fun lessons means children learn quickly and fluently. Using games and songs, the teacher provides a confident environment, so that children enjoy learning English.

The course follows the outline of our NZQA registered 'Certificate in TESOL' course, and requires all the parts to be passed to award the Certificate.

• Who should consider applying for this course?
  
  
  This course is suitable for non-native speakers who wish to teach in a bilingual primary school or in kindergarten in their home country. To begin the course, trainee teachers need to have approximately intermediate level English. The course will help to develop teaching skills, the management of young learners, and show how to develop resources that will provide interesting lessons for young students. Trainees own English will improve quickly too!
  
  This course provides an alternative training choice for non-native speakers who may find our other TESOL options too difficult, and more suitable for teaching adults.
   
• What is the entry requirement to apply for this course?
  
  
  Trainees must have an Intermediate English level. Some applicants may need preparatory English classes of perhaps 6 to 12 weeks.
   
• What is the structure of this course?
  
  
  • Start Date
    The TECSOL course will be held four time a year. (see Fee & Dates)
  • Course Details
    Certificate in TECSOL course includes
    
    Preparation
    Trainees are required to complete selective sections of the pre-course preparation task, the ‘Distance Learning Module (DLM) prior to the course start. Our DLM ensures all trainees have some understanding of grammar and parts of speech before the course to so everyone starts the course with the same base knowledge.
    
    Input Sessions
    These include, the communicative approach methodology, story telling and writing, classroom management music, jazz chants, book construction, pronunciation, vocabulary, error correction and teaching skills lesson observation. Trainees are taught how to use resources such as textbooks, supplementary materials and audio visual aids. Also lesson preparation, teaching practice in front of peers and feedback constitute part of the practical component of the course. There are three, 40 minute classroom Teaching Practices observed by the trainers. Certificate in TECSOL course has 3 modules of 4 weeks each total to 12 weeks. Each Module is “stand alone”, so where trainees cannot complete the full 12 weeks of the Certificate in TECSOL, they will be awarded passes in all Units completed.
  • Course Length
    The course is a total of 5 on-site weeks. The trainee can therefore expect to study 35 hours per week, including out of class assignments.
  • Qualification Upon Completion
    This TECSOL Certificate program is the NZQA approved Edenz Certificate in TESOL, but the methodology has been specifically focused on young learners. Graduating qualification is the Certificate in TESOL. To complete the NZQA approved criteria, there are additional assignments which trainees must complete to be awarded an Edenz Certificate.
• What are the course content of this course?
  
  
  The course is 35 hours per week of English development, teacher skills development and required course assignments. The program will include the following:
  
   

  • Communicative Teaching Skills Development
    The trainee teachers will receive inputs (mostly in the afternoon) in methodology, classroom management and lesson preparation. The additional variety of interesting aspects such as music, book making and drama will ensure they will know how to make a lively classroom setting. They will develop their teaching skills in a stimulating environment under a training specialist.
  • School Visits
    The trainees get practical classroom experience with visits to kindergartens, pre-schools, or primary schools.
  • Assignments
    There are a number of practical and written assignments which help the trainee to better understand the Communicative Method. They will also prepare materials for young learners, consider ways to manage children and experience a little of New Zealand culture.
• Fees & Dates (PDF)
  
  
• Application Form (PDF)
  
  
• For further information, contact us at  tesol@edenz.co.nz