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Qualification details

TCL Level 7 Licentiate Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (LTCL)
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Qualification summary

The award of the Trinity's Licentiate Diploma indicates that the holder is considered by Trinity to be a fully competent and effective practising member of the TESOL profession. It is also an indication of the holder’s readiness to offer support to less experienced teachers. The holder of a Trinity Diploma in TESOL has demonstrated an established base of theoretical knowledge and practical ability, together with a commitment to further personal professional development, and can aspire to a range of positions combining management and teaching responsibilities.

The LTCL Diploma in TESOL has been awarded by Trinity for over twenty years and the current version has been available since 2002. The LTCL Diploma TESOL is intended for all teachers of English to speakers of other languages, whether English is the teacher’s first, second or foreign language, who have had at least two years’ full-time teaching experience either in their home country or elsewhere.

Qualification details

100/2715/4
TCL - Trinity College London
7 (Current NQF Level)
5 (Original NQF Level)
ESOL - English for Speakers of Other Languages
International
Accreditation start date:
01/10/2002
Operational start date in centres:
Accreditation end date:
31/08/2010
Certification end date:
31/08/2013
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English
The LTCL Diploma TESOL is listed as a full qualification in TESOL under the terms of the English in Britain Accreditation Scheme administered by the British Council. It is also accepted as a full TESOL qualification by numerous employers worldwide, including the British Council, within their procedures for the selection of teaching and management staff.

Trinity’s Licentiate Diploma is also considered by Lifelong Learning UK and Standards Verification UK as providing allowable APEL towards the:

- Level 5 Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector English (ESOL) (QCF)
- Level 5 Diploma in Teaching English (ESOL) in the Lifelong Learning Sector (QCF)

Trinity has designed, in association with SVUK, specific progression modules to facilitate the above.

Candidates embarking on a course of study leading to the LTCL Diploma TESOL must hold a first degree or its equivalent, have at least two years full time ESOL teaching experience either in their home country or elsewhere and be serving teachers of ESOL at, or sufficiently close to, the start of their course of preparation for the Diploma. This is to enable them to fulfil the teaching practice requirements of the syllabus. They will normally but not necessarily have a Certificate level (initial training) qualification as defined by the British Council, such as Trinity’s CertTESOL
Higher Education Lecturer
Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages
  • 13 Education and Training
    • 13.1  Teaching and Lecturing
150
Pass/Merit
Oral Examination
Portfolio of Evidence
Practical Demonstration / Assignment
Written Examination
Unit 1 Written examination – externally assessed.
Unit 2 Portfolio – internally assessed and externally moderated.
Unit 3 Phonology Interview – externally assessed.
Unit 4 Teaching Practice – 4 lessons internally assessed, 1 lesson externally assessed. Also teaching practice journal internally assessed and externally moderated by Trinity.
All units are mandatory
  • D/101/6829 - Language, Teaching and Learning
  • R/101/6830 - The Teacher as a Developmental, Reflective Practitioner
  • Y/101/6831 - Phonological Theory in Classroom Practice
  • D/101/6832 - Learner Analysis, Preparation, Delivery and Self-Evaluation in Teaching