Australian Government Accredited TESOL Course
​11025NAT Certificate IV in Teaching an Additional Language - TESOL

Why our course is so different! 
  • 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  ELS students
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:
11025NAT CERTIFICATE IV in Teaching as Additional Language -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:

The course comprises nine units of competency.

The six core units have been developed especially for this course.
  • NAT11025001 Communicate with people from another culture
  • NAT11025002 Identify English language proficiency levels and learning needs
  • NAT11025003 Facilitate English language teaching strategies
  • NAT11025004 Manage English language teaching
  • NAT11025005 Identify and correct English language errors
  • NAT11025006 Select and apply English language learning resources
The three elective units have been drawn from the Nationally Recognised TAE Training and Education Training Package.
  • TAEDEL301 Provide work skill instruction
  • TAEDEL401 Plan, organise and deliver group-based learning
  • TAELLN411 Address adult language, literacy and numeracy skills
One elective unit has been drawn from the BSB Business Services Training Package.
  • BSBCMM411 Make presentations
Time Commitment:  Volume of learning: 610 – 630 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.
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 6.0 or similar level from another recognised English test) is an entry requirement. 
  • If you don't have an IELTS 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. ​