Certificate Course in

Teaching English for Specific Purposes

(TESP)

 

Most people are familiar with TESOL, TEFL, TEFLA and TEYL. These are courses in teaching students and adults to read, write and speak English. They may be grouped under the category of General English.

What is ESP?

English for Specific Purposes is English that people need to know for one purpose - of which there can be many:

Technical English,
English for Nursing/ Medical English,
Hospitality English for the Hotel and Restaurant industry,
English for Police Services,
Academic English,
English for the Oil and Gas Industry,
English for Accounting and Banking/Finance. etc.

Within each of these there can be even more specialized needs.

There are many factors that go into developing and teaching an ESP course. This course will teach you to identify the needs, wants and skills learners need. Most importantly, it will teach you how to analyse the needs of your students and develop or select an appropriate course from start to finish tailored to your students' specific needs based on your analysis.

Course Topics:

Unit	Topic
1	The Origins of ESP
2	The Development of ESP
3	ESP: Approach not Product
4	Language Descriptions
5	Theories of Learning
6	Needs Analysis
7	Approaches to Course Design
8	The Syllabus
9	Materials Evaluation
10	Materials Design
11	Methodology
12	Evaluation
13	Role of the Teacher - Orientation
14	Resources
15	References

When you complete our TESP course, you will receive our coveted certificate of completion confirming that you are able to develop and teach specialized courses required by companies, organizations and students to help them or their workers accomplish specific goals in a short space of time.

Assignments:

There are four assignments during the course. The first three are based on information within the course text. The last assignment asks you to develop a sample lesson. Assignments may be submitted by email and will be commented on by your assigned mentor. No grade is given but if the mentor does not feel you have fully understood the assignment, it will be returned with comments and treated as 'in progress'.

As you can see, this is a very comprehensive course! Once you have mastered the course, you will discover that there are many ways to apply your new skills – classroom teaching, private tutoring or corporate training. ESP comes insuch as Business, Technical, Legal or Medical English),

Competitive Cost - Great Investment in your future!

Our TESP course is very competitive and at $375.00 US/CAD, costs less than most other graduate-level courses.  In fact, you will be hard pressed to find another TESP course - let alone at such a low tuition. We can only offer this valuable course at this tuition level because the course is online. When you consider the cost of education today, this is a very cost-efficient and time-effective course and a small investment in your continuing education.

SPECIAL TUITION OFFERS!

Regular tuition per course fee is $375 but...

1. Sign up for two courses and pay a combined tuition of only $700 (save $50)! Click on the registration form below and scroll down to Two Course Tuition Discount Payment.

2. Sign up for TESOL with a friend, husband, wife,partner, etc. and pay only $700 ($350 each - save $25 each)! Many schools like to hire couples. Tuition must be paid together. Click on the registration form below and scroll down to "Teach With a Friend".

Canadian Students: Click here to go to our registration form and get started today!

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Register, study and complete the e-learning assignments on your computer from anywhere in the world! All you need is access to the Internet.

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Start today and you could be on your way to a foreign country within weeks and an exciting career as a qualified, confident and knowledgeable ESL teacher!

Canadian Students: Click here to go to our registration form and get started today!

Students in the USA: Click here to go to our registration form and get started today!

Students in All Other Countries: Click here to go to our registration form and get started today!