Trinity College London certTESOL assignment sample: Guided Observation Journal (GOJ) Grade A

As much as many of you will sigh at the thought of written assignments, yes, there are assignments and they form the spine of the Trinity CertTESOL. There’s no getting away from it. The course is accredited at level 5 on the UK National Qualifications Framework, is equivalent to the first year of undergraduate study at a UK university, so does require a high standard of academic writing. Accurate and appropriate referencing of sources is required; plagiarism is taken very seriously. But, without exception though, trainees who successfully complete the course find the assignments beneficial, despite the hard work that goes into them. They are all focused on your development as a teacher, in both skills and language awareness. Not counting the teaching practice and the language awareness test, there are four assignments: The Unknown Language Journal (UNL) The Guided Observation Journal (GOJ) The Learner Profile (LP) The Materials Assignment (MA)