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missilovevintage · Joined: 20 Oct 2009 Posts: 7 Location: Gold Coast

Hello, im from the Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.
I have completed a cert IV in TESOL at Gold Coast Tafe, I am looking at doing a Diploma does anyone have any experience with this?
Not sure which one to enrol in, there seems to be many online ones..not sure if this is a good option!
thanks
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Chancellor · Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:09 pm Post subject: Re: TESOL DIPLOMA

Chris_Crossley

Both the Cambridge DELTA and the Trinity Diploma in TESOL, both of which are UK TESOL qualifications (though I do believe that some centres in Australia and NZ also offer them), are aimed principally at those who have at least two years' worth (about 1,200 hours) of front-line classroom teaching experience with groups of students (thus effectively excluding one-to-one teaching).

They both can be done by online and distance learning, except that they also require full-time intensive attendance in order to complete the requirements. The DELTA requires students to attend an orientation course at the starting point but the Trinity Diploma apparently does not.

Both of them nevertheless require the completion of practical teaching in front of properly-appointed Cambridge and Trinity tutor-moderators who should be satisfied that they are sure that your teaching and knowledge are up to the standard required for you to be awarded the qualification.

The two website links below should prove useful to you:

http://www.cambridgeesol.org/
http://www.trinitycollege.co.uk/