Certificate in English for Specific Purposes

Why study the Certificate in English for Specific Purposes?

This course is ideal if you:

• Want to teach Business English to Adults.
• Want to teach in a University.
• Want to have access to more lucrative teaching positions (ESP).

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What's included in your course fee?

• INTESOL Certificate in English for Specific Purposes (with grade)
• All assessment fees
• Course materials
• Course textbook
• Use of INTESOL Course Director and /or Personal Tutor as a referee
• Online TESOL careers advice and job vacancies via www.huntesl.com
• Option to gain further advanced TESOL qualifications with INTESOL, namely the Advanced Certificate in Teaching English to Young Learners and Diploma in TESOL

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Course Aims

This course prepares you to teach English to adults in a business/professional environment. As an ESP or Business English teacher you need to be able to design course materials that suit the everyday needs of your students in their place of work, i.e. banks, hospitals, oil companies, government organisations and commercial enterprises. After completing the course you will be able to conduct your own needs analysis and design a syllabus according to the individual needs of your students.

Eligibility

This course is available to those who have already studied the Cert TESOL with INTESOL, or those who hold a 100 hour + TEFL/TESOL certificate issued from an accredited organisation. To check if you qualify, please email .

Course Structure

The Certificate in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) was developed as an advanced TEFL qualification, to be studied in addition to the INTESOL Cert. TESOL. The course consists of 6 units/modules and at the end of each module there will be a task for you to complete and return to your personal tutor. With each returned module you will receive an assessment sheet, which allows your trainer to comment on your progress, give advice and guidance for future modules.

Courses are available on CD-ROM or paper copy, which gives you the option to study by email or correspondence; whichever works best for you.

Course Duration

This course contains approximately 90 hours of work, which can be completed in your own time. You may take as long as you need to complete the course, although most trainees finish within 1 - 2 months.

There are no set start dates. You decide when you start. The full course is sent out on acceptance of your application.

Award of Certificate in English for Specific Purposes

Certificates are graded as follow:

Course Fees

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Course Syllabus

Unit 1 - Types of E.S.P. - this looks at the purpose for which the student needs to learn English, i.e. occupational e.g. hospital medical staff; academic e.g. those intending to study in English mother tongue higher education establishments; for science & technology etc.

TASK - Identifying learners.

Unit 2 - Class profiles, needs analysis and motivation

TASK - Identifying learner groups and their motivation. Ways of increasing motivation and maintaining motivation.

Unit 3 - Testing and Examinations - looking at placement and diagnostic tests; progress tests; types of testing etc.

TASK - Test design, marking and monitoring progress

Unit 4 - English for Academic Purposes -

TASK - Looking at different types of exercise and identifying the purpose of each; note writing etc.

Unit 5 - English for Occupational purposes - looking at anaphoric and cataphoric reference, substitution, ellipsis, coherence markers etc.

TASK - Planning lessons on note-taking, telephone skills etc.

Unit 6 - Lesson and Syllabus planning - choosing textbooks, designing your own materials.

TASK - Designing a syllabus and detailed lesson plans from given class profiles or your own if you have access to students.

There are many examples of exercises and texts given throughout the course.

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