One aspect of initial training courses such as the CELTA and CertTESOL that makes them somewhat infamous is the sheer intensity of…
Tom Garside
Tom Garside is an education developer, teacher trainer and TESOL management consultant who has 20 years of experience in the TESOL industry in China, New Zealand and Europe. He works closely with Trinity College London to design and manage courses leading to the globally-accredited CertTESOL and DipTESOL qualifications. With his network of teacher educators, Language Point Teacher Education, he works with schools and qualification providers to design sustainable teacher development projects for English Language Teachers all over the world.
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Choosing a teacher training course can be a confusing experience. – Do you take a weekend course that promises work placement? –…
The Trinity College CertTESOL and the Cambridge CELTA courses are well known for their intensity. Still, course graduates almost unanimously agree that…
Internationally-accredited training courses in TESOL have a reputation of being very intensive, with four weeks of study covering many aspects of teaching…
“I am a non-native English speaker. Can I teach English abroad?” “Can I take a TEFL course if I am a non-native…
If you have decided to get qualified to teach English overseas, you will probably be looking at a range of different training…
There are a lot of teaching qualifications out there, and the choice of which one to go for can be confusing. As…
The two leading qualifications in TESOL, offered by Cambridge (CELTA) and Trinity College London (the Trinity CretTESOL) both have the same broad…
Having worked extensively with new teachers on initial training courses, and provided professional development activity for recently qualified teachers in many different…