Trinity Diploma in TESOL
For experienced EFL teachers

(For an initial TEFL qualification, Trinity Cert TESOL)

With a TEFL Diploma you can deepen your practical and theoretical knowledge of English Language Teaching and expand your career opportunities. The Trinity Diploma is one of the two internationally recognised and externally validated advanced level qualifications in EFL. (The other is the Cambridge DELTA.)

Our Distance Diploma (Blended learning), is 6 months part-time online followed by four weeks face-to-face in Barcelona. You can begin the Trinity Diploma course in February or November each year. The face-to-face component is offered in July or August. Course dates

To apply for the Diploma course you need a minimum of 2 years full-time experience of English language teaching. The experience can be with any kind of learners, adults or young learners, business English or general English. A degree and a Trinity Cert. TESOL or CELTA qualification are desirable, but not essential. You will have the opportunity to demonstrate solid teaching and writing skills in the application process.

Our course fees are very competitive and we keep groups on our Distance Diploma to a maximum of 12, to ensure you get the support and personal attention that you need on a course as challenging as this one. Our online modules involve a variety of tasks and activities and plenty of interaction with tutors and fellow course members using our online classroom.

The TESOL Diploma course content itself is highly practical with teaching practice as a key element. Assessment for the Diploma in TESOL includes project work and observation of your teaching as well as a traditional written examination.

Our team of highly qualified and experienced tutors includes Lindsay Clandfield, author of Straightforward elementary coursebook and Dealing with Difficulties, and Duncan Foord, author of The Developing Teacher. As well as having a wealth of experience teaching and training teachers, our course tutors are specialists in the area of the course they teach and in many cases have published articles in their field. Our Trinity Diploma course includes guest tutors such as Mark Powell, author of the coursebooks Business Matters and In Company, Scott Thornbury and Graham Stanley. Meet our Tutors

Our key features page explains what we think makes our Trinity TEFL Diploma course stand out from others. A good way to find out what the Trinity College course is like and how it can develop your teaching and your career is to read some feedback from our graduates. You can also contact them by e-mail, or contact us if you have any questions.