Trinity Cert Tesol

Trinity Cert TESOL

Assignment details

Contents
Self-study 2
Reading list 3
Assignment overview 7
Teaching practice 8
Language Awareness test 1. 10
Language awareness test 2 10
Language awareness test 3 11
Unknown foreign language journal 12
Materials assignment 24
Observation journal 29
Teaching practice journal 49
Learner profile 51
Agreement to participate in learner profile 59

Self-study

Self study follows the day’s input. Although there is flexibility in how you spend this time and the times we would recommend at least the following, which reflects the very intensive nature of this course.

During the week
1 hour – background reading (as indicated on the main timetable)
1 hour – assignment preparation
2 hours – lesson preparation

At weekends (each day)

1 hour background reading (as indicated on the main timetable)
2 hours – assignment preparation
3 hours – lesson preparation

Reading list
There are a number of materials available on the course website
http://elearn.uclan.ac.uk/webct/urw/lc4130001.tp0/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct
In addition, trainees are asked to consult the reading list and recommended websites below for help with assignments and lesson planning
Recommended Purchases

Scrivener, J. (2005).   Learning Teaching. Macmillan.

Carter, R., & McCarthy, M. (2006). Cambridge Grammar of English. Cambridge University Press (This can be purchased as a book or searchable CD Rom. It is also available as a networked CD Rom on all university computers.)

Further reading

Bolitho, R. & Tomlinson, B. (1995). Discover English, 2nd edition. Heinemann.

Carter, R. (1998). Vocabulary: applied linguistics perspectives. London: Routledge.

Carter, R., Hughes, R., & McCarthy, M. Exploring Grammar in Context. Cambridge University Press.

Carter, R., McCarthy, M., Mark, G., & O’ Keeffe, A. (2011). English Grammar Today: An A-Z of Spoken and Written Grammar. Cambridge University Press. (This... [continues]

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