Courses in Brisbane (QLD),  Melbourne, (VIC) Sydney (NSW), Tahlee (NSW)

Why our course is so different!
  • Each trainee has a mentor 
  • Trainees learn through experiential,  practical exercises that they can use in their own classrooms.
  • Our training is compentency-based  which means we work with you until you are a competent teacher.  We don't give up on you!
  • Our course is a government recognised qualification that allows people to teach in Australia and overseas (conditions apply).
  • We train mono-lingual and multi-lingual English speakers incorporating a team approach in teaching English, building upon each other's strengths
  • Supervised teaching practice with real students

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By the end of the course:
  • You have the skills to start your own English classes
  • Assess the levels of your students
  • Design a syllabus 
  • Create fun, innovative, communicative lessons covering, reading, writing, listening, speaking, pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary 
  • You will know how to assess and evaluate your students
  • You will learn the importance of knowing your students' world view and cultural backgrounds
  • Think through your teaching philosophy and approach and how this applies to your ministry / church / school / university / or language centre
Course Outline:
CERTIFICATE IV IN TEACHING CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH
Accreditation No. 30664 QLD (TESOL) (for mono-lingual and multi-lingual English speakers)

Course Outline The course is comprised of 9 units of competency. Six were developed especially for this course:
  • TCE 411B Communicate with People from Other Cultures
  • TCE 412B Identify Language Learning Needs
  • TCE 413B Demonstrate Language Teaching Strategies
  • TCE 415B Manage Language Class Activities
  • TCE 418B Identify Language Difficulties and Correct Errors
  • TCE 419B Select and Apply Language Learning Resources
Three units from the Nationally Recognized training package Training and Assessment (TAA40104) these are:
  • TAADEL301B Provide Training Through Demonstration of Work Skills
  • TAADEL401B Plan and Organize Group Based Delivery
  • TAADEL402B Facilitate Group Based Learning
Time Commitment: 250 hours. Teaching Practice 25 hours.

Trainers will assist students in arranging lesson observations and practice teaching. High quality mentoring of trainees is a core value of this course. This is a full Cert IV qualification in TESOL PLUS extras.

Registered Training Organization is CALAM Training Provider No. 30002

Entry Requirements
Mono-Lingual English Speakers:
  • Year 10 level
Multi-Lingual English Speakers:
  • English proficiency at native speaker level or near native speaker level (IELTS score of 5.5 or similar level from another recognised English test) is an entry requirement. 
  • If you don't have an IESTS score or other recognised English level you can complete the ITA intake test. If you pass you can enter the Certificate IV course. If you don't pass you can enrol in the English for TESOL course. Near the end of the course you can re-take the ITA test and if you pass, you can upgrade to the Government Certificate IV course by doing additional assessment and teaching practice hours. 
  • Working holiday visa only
There may be some small additional costs depending on venue and mode

Various Venues - click on to see the various locations:  Brisbane, QLD / Melbourne, VIC / Sydney NSW, Tahlee, NSW,