Teacher Development and CPD

Target Language and planning

Written by Andrew Walkley on April 29, 2026. Posted in Grammar, Lesson planning, Teacher Development and CPD, Teaching lexically. No Comments on Target Language and planning

Target language will be a familiar term for anyone who has studied a course such as CELTA or Trinity Cert TESOL, but it is a core idea for many teachers practice, even if they are unfamiliar with the term. It basically refers to the language that we plan to teach. I’m not against having a goal for a class or even having language in mind that you think will be useful for your students. However, in this post I want to outline some of the problems that arise when we let the target language dominate our thinking and actions above other goals.Choosing language for learners...

The Trinity CertPT with Lexical Lab

This year we will be offering the Trinity CertPT as part of our teacher development provision. In this post, we’ll be looking at what the CertPT is and how it fits with our programmes.What is the Trinity CertPT?The Trinity CertPT is a way to provide assessment and accreditation for teachers’ ongoing professional development. The PT stands for practising teachers and is, therefore, aimed at teachers who have two years’ language teaching experience or an initial training certificate with a national or international provider + 6 months’ teaching experience. The...