Trinity DipTESOL
(Delta equivalent)

Gain your advanced qualification in ELT with Europe’s leading course provider – now available fully online

What is the Trinity DipTESOL?

The Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (DipTESOL) is equivalent to a Cambridge DELTA and is an internationally respected, prestigious qualification for experienced teachers of ESOL/EFL. In contrast to the Cambridge DELTA, the Trinity DipTESOL provides more of a focus on phonology and the option to base your projects on your own particular context.

It is ideal if you are looking for the next step in your ELT career and you are ready to gain an advanced qualification in ELT which will impress employers worldwide. The Trinity DipTESOL will transform your teaching and help you move into roles such as examiner, coursebook writer, teacher trainer or school manager.

Since 1998, we have trained over 600 teachers on this course and become Europe’s leading course provider. Gain your Trinity DipTESOL qualification with us and we can help you advance your career in ELT.

Trinity DipTESOL Course Overview

Blended or Fully Online: Choose between studying 7 months online followed by 4 weeks face-to-face (in Barcelona, Cádiz, Hong Kong or Kerala) or studying fully online.
Practical: Emphasis throughout the course on developing teaching skills and applying insights to your classroom.
Phonology: Emphasis on teaching pronunciation unique to the Trinity course and highly valued by our graduates.
Flexible: Work at times to suit your weekly schedule and take up to 3 years to complete the course if necessary.
Professional: Learn from world-class full-time and guest tutors, including Lindsay Clandfield, Scott Thornbury and Adrian Underhill.
Supportive: Receive unlimited support via email and Zoom from our Course Director.
Transformational: Develop your teaching skills and improve your chances of finding some of the best positions in ELT via our careers service.
Recognised: Gain a prestigious, internationally recognised and advanced qualification in ELT.

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The Trinity DipTESOL Course

Who is this course for?

The Trinity Diploma in TESOL is for English Language teachers (including primary and secondary school teachers) who:

have at least two years of full-time experience or equivalent (960 hours) teaching English to speakers of other languages.
work in the private or public sector with language schools, universities or teaching privately.
are looking for an advanced professional qualification in English Language Teaching.

What is the format of the course?

Wherever you are in the world, you can gain this qualification. From 2021 we are offering even more flexibility with the format. Choose from two ways to take this course:

Option 1 (Blended)

7 months part-time online + 4 weeks intensive face-to-face training including teaching practice in Barcelona, Cádiz, Kerala or Hong Kong.

Assessment: Unit 1 (in a registered centre), Unit 2 (Online), Unit 3 and 4 (in Barcelona, Cádiz, Kerala or Hong Kong). In the case of restrictions due to COVID-19, you will be able to switch to Option 2 (below) to do units 3 and 4 online.

Option 2 (Fully Online)

7 months part-time online + 4 weeks intensive online training including your teaching practice.

Assessment: Unit 1 (in a registered centre), Units 2, 3 and 4 (Online).

Entry Requirements

Academic Background

Your application will be considered if you have a first degree (any discipline) or evidence of sustained academic study which would enable you to cope successfully with the requirements of the diploma.

An initial TESOL training qualification like the Cambridge CELTA or Trinity CertTESOL is highly recommended but not essential.

Teaching Experience

You must have at least two years of full-time teaching experience or equivalent (960 hours) teaching English to speakers of other languages (ESOL). The experience can be with any age group or teaching context.

You should not have taken more than a year’s break from ESOL teaching prior to interview.

If you do not meet this requirement, we recommend our CELTA course.

English Proficiency

Due to the demands of the course, we ask that applicants have a C2 level of English.

You do not need a certification to prove your English level.

However, we have included a table below showing what score would be required to achieve a C2 level of English on different exams:

Cambridge C1 Advanced	Cambridge C2 Proficiency	Cambridge IELTS	TOEFL iBT
Grade A and no less than 200 in any paper	Grade A, B or C and no less than 200 in any paper	Overall band score 8.5 and no less than 8.0 in any skill	Overall score 115 and no less than 27 in any skill

Your English level will be assessed throughout the application process.

What is the 7-month part-time phase like?

The 7-month part-time online phase:

Seven months online training in our virtual classroom with a group of up to 16 fellow teachers and our team of tutors, participating in forums, webinars, live video classes and email exchanges with fellow students and tutors.
Twenty, week-long modules (with some rest weeks in between) led by one of our tutor team which you are expected to contribute to regularly, but the interaction is not scheduled (other than a 45-minute live video class), so you can log into the course throughout the week to suit your own working day.
Weekly assignments helping you comprehensively prepare for exams and receive written feedback from your tutor so that you can visualise your development and performance against Trinity’s benchmark.
In total, you will complete around 350 hours of online study and support during this phase (50 hours per month).
Start in January, April, or October

What can I expect to learn during the 7 month part-time phase?

Our goal is to provide a course which is dynamic and practical and meets the needs of the participants, so your work in our virtual classroom will be backed up with tasks which get you to apply ideas in your own teaching situation. With a team of highly experienced and qualified tutors, the online modules will help you to deepen your theoretical knowledge and practical skills while preparing for the four assessed units of the Trinity Dip.TESOL course:

Unit 1: Teacher Development and Language Awareness
Unit 2: Research projects
Unit 3: Phonology
Unit 4: Teaching practice

Read the full course syllabus

What is the 4-week intensive phase like?

The 4-week intensive phase:

4-week intensive teaching practice phase including lesson planning, teaching practice and feedback from our expert team of tutors.
Choose to complete this phase face-to-face in one of our centres or fully online.
You will have four internally assessed lessons and one externally with a Trinity examiner. You will also have an opportunity to teach unassessed to get to know the students and get feedback and advice from tutors.
External assessment of phonology and teaching practice with Trinity examiner.
Including lesson planning time, you will study for around 40–50 hours per week during the four weeks.

What can I expect during the intensive phase?

If you choose our blended study option, you will complete your unit 3 phonology interview and unit 4 teaching practice assessment during a four-week phase in Barcelona, Cádiz, Kerala or Hong Kong. You will deliver your classes to adult students in one of our centres and receive support from our tutors who will be with you in the school.

If you choose our online study option, you will complete your unit 3 phonology interview and unit 4 teaching practice assessment online. You will deliver your classes to adult students using Zoom and receive support from our tutors online. We can provide the students for you, or you can use your own students.

In both cases, there are various options for dates (see “Assessment Dates” section below).

How will this qualification help me in my career in ELT?

Once you have completed the course and passed the assessments, you will be awarded the Trinity Diploma in TESOL. This is an internationally recognised professional qualification for English Language Teaching. Many UK universities are now offering credits and/or exemptions on their MA and other courses for those who have obtained their Trinity Diploma in TESOL.

This qualification opens doors to other areas of the ELT profession. Our graduates have gone on to become:

Teacher Trainers
Coursebook Writers
Directors of Studies
Managers at major ELT publishers
School Managers and Owners

How will I be assessed?

Unit 1

You will complete a written exam consisting of a grammar section and two sections with essay questions about teaching and learning. This can be taken in an Oxford TEFL centre or at any Trinity authorised centre (there are currently 45 around the world). If you have chosen to take this course fully online, this will be the only assessment for which you will need to attend a centre. Exams are offered in May, August or November.

Unit 2

A coursework portfolio including three action research projects. The projects involve observation of other trained teachers, reflection on your own teaching and a research project, where you collect data. Work on the portfolio will be completed throughout the course, guided by a tutor with expertise in your chosen areas. You will need to base the reflection task on teaching a group or groups of at least 6 students for 15 hours in total. These projects are submitted online.

Unit 3

In this 30-minute interview with a Trinity examiner, you will deliver a short presentation on a pronunciation activity you have designed and delivered, transcribe a short utterance into phonemic script and have a discussion of the theory and practice of phonology. This unit is usually taken alongside the final externally assessed lesson. This is completed during the four-week intensive face-to-face or online phase.

Unit 4

Assessment of your teaching of five one-hour lessons, each preceded by a discussion of your lesson plan (10 minutes) and followed by a discussion of the lesson with the examiner (20 minutes). Four lessons are assessed by Oxford TEFL tutors, the fifth by a Trinity examiner. For this part of the exam, you will be teaching students in one of our centres. This is completed during the four-week intensive face-to-face or online phase.

The Tutors

Our team of trainers are experts in their field and qualified to a minimum of DELTA / DipTESOL level, which means they are qualified to train teachers of English. They offer support every step of the way throughout your course and are active contributors to the TEFL industry.

Course Dates

Below you can find the available dates for the Trinity DipTESOL course.

April 19th
2021

Application deadline:
April 12th at 12:00 noon (Spain time)

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October 11th
2021

Application deadline:
October 4th at 12:00 noon (Spain time)

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January 10th
2022

Application deadline:
January 3rd at 12:00 noon (Spain time)

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Course Fees

Trinity DipTESOL (Standard Option)

€450 deposit to reserve your place + €2150 before the course starts.

^€2600*

Trinity DipTESOL (Instalments Option)

€450 deposit to reserve your place + 3 instalments of €750.

Instalments Option—Payment Deadlines

Course Starts	19^th April 2021	11^th October 2021	10^th January 2022
Deposit Paid (€450) by	12^th April	4^th October	3^rd January
1^st Instalment (€750) by	19^th May	11^th November	10^th February
2^nd Instalment (€750) by	19^th July	11^th January	10^th April
3^rd Instalment (€750) by	19^th September	11^th March	10^th June

^€2700*

Your course fees include:

*Please note: Aside from the course fees, the following will also have to be paid in order to complete the course:

Trinity Examination Fees — In 2021 the fees to submit all 4 units of the Trinity DipTESOL in order to complete the course are a total of €534. These fees are to be paid at least two months before your first submission. Full Fee Details

Required Books — There are 6 books you’ll be required to have in order to complete the course. Diploma Reading List

Some of those who take our Trinity DipTESOL courses are partially/fully financed by their schools, usually in return for a commitment to stay on with them after graduation. You may wish to ask your employer about any funding for development available.

Assessment Dates

Once you have completed the 7-month part-time phase, you will be eligible to take the Trinity assessments.
The assessments can be completed in any order.

Unit 1 : The Written Exam

This assessment must be completed in-person—there is no online option. The exam can be taken at any centre which is authorised to run the Trinity DipTESOL, CertTESOL, or TYLEC courses (check here, here, and here).

We will contact you 10 weeks before each exam date to ask if/where you would like to take the exam.

Please note that you must complete the 7-month part-time phase before you can register for the unit 1 exam. You will also need to pass a mock exam with at least 55%.

Examination Dates	Oxford TEFL Registration Deadline
Friday, 21^st May 2021	Friday, 2^nd April 2021
Friday, 13^th August 2021	Friday, 2^nd July 2021
Friday, 26^th November 2021	Friday, 8^th October 2021

Unit 2: The Research Projects

You will electronically submit all three projects. There is no set date for submission, but you will need to work with your assigned tutor to complete the projects before support expires. You can request extra support after the deadline for a fee of €200 by emailing David Young, your Course Director.

Unit 3 and 4: The 4-Week Intensive Phase

During the 4-week intensive phase of the course, you will complete the phonology interview (Unit 3) and the observed lessons (Unit 4).

We will contact you 10 weeks before each session so you can tell us if/where you would like to attend.

Please note that you must complete the 7-month part-time phase before you can register for the 4-week intensive phase.

Location	Dates
Barcelona	5^th July – 30^th July 2021 2^nd August – 27^th August 2021 30^th August – 23^rd September 2021
Kerala	25th October – 19th November 2021
Cádiz	2nd August – 27th August 2021
Hong Kong	2^nd August – 27^th August 2021
Online	5^th July – 30^th July 2021 2^nd August – 27^th August 2021 3rd January – 28th January 2022

Terms and Conditions

If a candidate fails to complete a minimum of 80% of the course work, Oxford TEFL reserves the right to refuse entry for assessment. This will be discussed individually with the candidate prior to the entry dates.

Careers Support

We are committed to providing our graduates with the best lifelong careers support possible. We work with you before, during, and after the course to help you secure a new job if that is your aim.
Since 1998, we have helped hundreds of our graduates find work all over the world. We have an Oxford TEFL Jobs Facebook page which is updated regularly with jobs around the world.
You can also stay in touch with our community of teachers, trainers and graduates by joining our Trinity DipTESOL Facebook group (exclusively for our teachers, graduates and trainers).

What do graduates say?

"While doing the course I felt I was under a deep process of deconstruction as a professional."

"The Trinity DipTESOL lead directly to a position as a teacher trainer and ultimately to teaching jobs in two prestigious universities."

"The course has been extremely helpful in developing my teaching skills and getting into teacher training."

"I was particularly impressed by the fact that I got to learn from some of the most eminent professionals in ELT today."

"The online Trinity Diploma gave me the flexibility I needed to work and study.”

"Completing the Diploma has been one of the best decisions I have made in terms of professional growth."

"Increased confidence, job prospects and industry respect…..it was worth every penny and every minute."

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Trinity DipTESOL
(Delta equivalent)

What is the Trinity DipTESOL?

Trinity DipTESOL Course Overview