C11158v4 Graduate Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Overview

This course is designed for practising teachers who are working in the field of TESOL or related fields, who already have a recognised teaching qualification. It is relevant to teachers working in both the school sector and the adult sectors.

The Graduate Certificate in TESOL is an internationally recognised qualification, so graduates are able to teach in Australia or overseas.

Course aims

This course aims to enable students to achieve or consolidate specialist, professional competence as practitioners in teaching and programming for spoken and written language development, and provide the relevant theoretical underpinning and a critical perspective to this professional competence and reflective practice.

Career options

Career options include employment in TAFE colleges, adult and community education, adult migrant English centres, ELICOS centres, outreach programs, language colleges, language, literacy and numeracy assistance centres and programs in industry, and as English as a second language (ESL) teachers in the school system.

Articulation

Additional admission requirements

Entry requirements are:

• an undergraduate degree or equivalent
• a recognised teaching qualification
• teaching experience, and
• concurrent relevant teaching experience (desirable).

Additional recognition of prior learning

The Graduate Certificate in TESOL is a specialist post-service teaching qualification. Therefore, recognition of prior learning cannot be granted on the basis of initial pre-service teaching qualifications. Exemptions for prior postgraduate study may be granted on a case-by-case basis.

Course duration and attendance

The Graduate Certificate in TESOL is normally completed in one year of part-time study.

Course structure

The Graduate Certificate in TESOL consists of four 6-credit-point compulsory core subjects totalling 24 credit points.

Course completion requirements

Course program

The example program below is for a student commencing in Autumn semester and undertaking the course part time.

Other information

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