DAY 11
Upload all unit work so far into the Moderation Zone
Day 11 live classes
Trainer support for uploaded assignments (Live, 1 hour)
Your trainer will be available to provide additional input and take your questions about your uploaded assignments.
Unit 4: Materials Assignment – Trainer guidance and help for completing Unit 4 (Live, 3 hours)
You will fill out the Unit 4: assignment based on your selected material. By the end of this session, you will have completed your Unit 4: Materials Assignment using the Trinity CertTESOL Unit 4 template. Your trainer will guide you through completing the Unit 4 assignment. All problems and doubts must be raised during this session. The trainer will not be available outside of this session.
- Unit 1: Teaching Skills – How to teach infinitives and gerunds (self-study)
- Unit 2: Language Awareness – Future forms, Modals and Conditionals (self-study)
DAY 12
Day 12 live classes
Unit 3: Learner Profile – Trainer guidance and help for completing Unit 3 (Live, 2 hours)
You will fill out the Unit 3: assignment based on your gathered material. By the end of this session, you will have completed your Unit 3: Learner Profile using the Trinity CertTESOL Unit 3 template. Your trainer will guide you through completing the Unit 3 assignment. All problems and doubts must be raised during this session. The trainer will not be available outside of this session.
Unit 1: Teaching Skills – Lessons 5 and 6 planning workshop and individual progress tutorial (Live, 2 hours)
This is a live input session where you will start writing lesson plans for teaching practice classes 5 and 6.
You will also have an individual tutorial (in private) with your trainer about your previous two teaching practice classes and your progress.
- Unit 2: Language awareness – An overview of Receptive Skills (self-study)
- Unit 3: Learner profile – Planning a Series of Lessons – Storyline output (self-study)
DAY 13
Day 13 live classes
Unit 3: Learner Profile – Trainer guidance and help for completing Unit 3 (Live, 1 hour)
You will fill out the Unit 3: assignment based on your gathered material. By the end of this session, you will have completed your Unit 3: Learner Profile using the Trinity CertTESOL Unit 3 template. Your trainer will guide you through completing the Unit 3 assignment. All problems and doubts must be raised during this session. The trainer will not be available outside of this session.
Unit 1: Teaching Skills – Lessons 5 and 6 planning workshop and individual progress tutorial (Live, 1 hour)
This is a live input session where you will start writing lesson plans for teaching practice classes 5 and 6.
If you did not have an individual tutorial yesterday, the tutorial is given during this session.
Unit 1: Teaching Skills – Micro Teaching lesson plans 5 and 6 (Live, 2 hours)
You will present a 15-minute outline of your lesson plans to the group and receive feedback from the trainer and your peers.
- Unit 2: Language awareness – Tense, Aspect and Voice (self-study)
- Unit 2: Language awareness – Noun phrases (self-study)
DAY 14
- Unit 1: Teaching Skills – What difference does age make to learning, comments, teaching children, pictures, stories, games, teaching adolescents (self-study)
- Unit 2: Language Awareness – Will / Would and Can / Could (self-study)
- Unit 2: Language Awareness – May / Might and Must / Have to (self-study)
Day 14 live classes
Unit 1: Teaching skills – Observed Teaching Practice 5 (Live, 1 hour per trainee)
You will receive a ZOOM link for this class which you must open on the scheduled date and time.
You will teach your practice class under the observation of your trainer.
NOTE: you may also be joined by another member of staff who will also observe for quality control purposes.
Your trainer will send you written feedback about the class you taught.
- Homework to write your Unit documentation (self-study)
- Unit 1: Teaching Skills – In-class assessment (self-study)
DAY 15
- Unit 2: Language Awareness – Adjectives and Adverbs (self-study)
- Unit 2: Language Awareness – Needn’t / Mustn’t, Shall / Should, Ought to (self-study)
Day 15 live classes
Unit 1: Teaching skills – Observed Teaching Practice 6 (Live, 1 hour per trainee)
You will receive a ZOOM link for this class which you must open on the scheduled date and time.
You will teach your practice class under the observation of your trainer.
NOTE: you may also be joined by another member of staff who will also observe for quality control purposes.
Your trainer will send you written feedback about the class you taught.
- Homework to write your Unit documentation and start revising for your English language test (self-study)
- Unit 1: Teaching Skills – Alternative approaches to lesson planning (self-study)
Week 3 – mission accomplished!
I have finished most of my online 4-week Trinity College CertTESOL course work.
Next week, week 4, will be my language test and the group and individual external moderation with a Trinity College appointed external moderator. I am a bit nervous, but I have done all my assignments, “the Units”. I have been on time on uploading them. I have thoroughly enjoyed my six teaching practice classes, and my tutors’ feedback on my work so far has been positive.
I feel ready for external moderation and happy to know that my CertTESOL certificate is not far behind.
Woohoo! See you tomorrow for Week 4.