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Why a Trinity CertPT in Teaching Lexically?

Written by Andrew Walkley on . Posted in Teacher Development and CPD, Teaching lexically, Trinity CertPT. No Comments on Why a Trinity CertPT in Teaching Lexically?

The Trinity CertPT in Teaching Lexically is the official title of our course for this level 6 qualification . Some of you may wonder how that works and whether out assessment is different to other ones listed on the Trinity website. Same assessment with Teaching Lexically content The short answer to this is no. All the different courses use the same assessments and follow the same criteria in terms of grading them. The focus is on evaluating published material, adapting material to your learners, writing material for your learners and assessing the success of your class with this...

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CELTA or Trinity CertPT?

Written by Andrew Walkley on . Posted in Teacher Development and CPD, Trinity CertPT, Uncategorized. 4 Comments on CELTA or Trinity CertPT?

When Trinity CertPT is not for you. For some people there is no choice between a CELTA or a Trinity CertPT. The name tells you what you can and can’t do. The Cert PT is for Practising Teachers. If you have never taught before you can’t do a Trinity CertPT. Instead an initial course like CELTA or the Trinity Cert TESOL, is probably the best choice, though other courses are available.  These short initial courses provide some background to principles of language teaching. However, they are mainly about mechanics of teaching – giving instructions and explanations, organising...

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The Trinity CertPT with Lexical Lab

Written by Andrew Walkley on . Posted in Courses, Teacher Development and CPD, Teaching lexically. No Comments on The Trinity CertPT with Lexical Lab

We are now 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...

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Meet learners’ needs by following language desire paths

Written by Andrew Walkley on . Posted in Exploiting Exercises, Grammar, Opinions, Teaching lexically, Uncategorized. No Comments on Meet learners’ needs by following language desire paths

If we want to meet learners’ needs, then try following their conversations and teach the language they desire rather than just what we set out to teach. Desire paths: a metaphor for meeting all the learners’ language needs while using a coursebook I was out walking the other day and it being somewhat damp and muddy, I decided to stick to the paved pathway rather than take this more direct route which I have now discovered is called a ‘ desire path’. But as I did so, I started thinking that the this kind of path, which you see all over the place, could be a kind of...

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