CertTESL Course for English Teachers

Certificate of Teaching English as Second Language (CertTESL)

CertTESL course is for English teachers. It can be taken as a pre service teacher training or as an in service teacher training.

This course is available at various universities in India.  For Example, from BAOU, Ahmedabad, IGNOU, New Delhi  and VMOU, Kota.

The courses of BAOU and IGNOU have the same syllabus and study material. However, the syllabus and study material of VMOU is different.

 

Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University, Ahmedabad

Certificate of Teaching English as Second Language (CertTESL)

Minimum Duration: 6 Months
Maximum Duration: 2 Years
Course Fee: Rs. 2,400
Minimum Age: No bar 
Maximum Age: No bar 

Eligibility:

Graduates or three (3) years of BELED
Or
2 years PTT, ETT or 10+2 with two years of teaching experience.

 

Aims and Objectives of the course:

• To Promote teaching of English with the competency in English language.
• To encourage education of English language in the rural and remote areas for the balanced development of the state.
• To Promote equal Opportunities for acquiring competency in English language.
• To develop human recourses knowledge of English language in the rural areas.
• To provide opportunities of learning English to the present in-service employees working in public and private sectors.

·         There are four subjects containing 16 credits.

Sr. No.	Name of the Subject	Subject   Code	Credit	No. of Blocks
	Optional Courses :
1.	The Language Learner	CTE-1	4	4
2.	The Structure of English	CTE-2	4	4
3.	Teaching Strategies	CTE-3	4	4
	Optional Courses : (Select any one)
4.	Teaching English - Elementary School	CTE-4	4	5
5.	Teaching English - Secondary School	CTE-5	4	4

 

 

 

 

Indira Gandhi Open University, New Delhi

Certificate of Teaching English as Second Language (CertTESL)

Minimum Duration: 6 Months
Maximum Duration: 2 Years
Course Fee: Rs. 2,400
Minimum Age: No bar 
Maximum Age: No bar 

Eligibility:

Graduates or three (3) years of BELED
Or
2 years PTT, ETT or 10+2 with two years of teaching experience.

Fee Structure: Rs. 2,400 + Rs. 200 Registration fee

Aims and Objectives:

In a nutshell, the programme will enhance the teachers understanding of learners, the learning process, the nature and structure of language, and the teaching of it in terms of new and more effective methodologies of classroom management, material selection and evaluation. This programme will help the teacher to:
 

1. Gain insights about the language learner, not only as cognitive entity, but as a social being, functioning in a multilingual environment.
2. Understand the nature of language as a dynamic entity, subject to variation and change.
3. Enhance her/his proficiency in English, not only in terms of the structure of English (sounds, words, grammar) but also at the level of discourse.
4. Critically reflect over her/his classroom experience and innovate in teaching strategies, so that s/he may be able to more effectively teach the four skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing.
5. Upgrade herself/himself in the new theories that are prevalent in terms of the learner, the learning process, classroom management, material selection      and creating,
6. Conduct action research.

Sr. No.	Name of the Subject	Subject   Code	Credit	No. of Blocks
	Optional Courses :
1.	The Language Learner	CTE-1	4	4
2.	The Structure of English	CTE-2	4	4
3.	Teaching Strategies	CTE-3	4	4
	Optional Courses : (Select any one)
4.	Teaching English - Elementary School	CTE-4	4	5
5.	Teaching English - Secondary School	CTE-5	4	4

 

 

Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University, Kota

Certificate of Teaching English as Second Language (CertTESL)

Maximum Duration 24 Months | Minimum Duration 6 Months

Eligibility:

Graduate in any discipline

Code	Programme
CTE	Certificate in Teaching of English CertTESL	Credits 12
	Course	Type*	Credits
Compulsory	CTE-01 Spoken English : Phonetics and Phonology	TH	4
Compulsory	CTE-02 Written English : Morphology and Morphemes	TH	4
Compulsory	CTE-03 Teaching workshop (practical)	PRAC	4