Introduction to Christian ESOL 70-hour course
A practical 70-hour course that looks at the essential elements of teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages. Designed by qualified and experienced ESOL practitioners, this course gives you all you need to know to get started teaching ESOL learners in the classroom or online.
Why this course?
This is a comprehensive introduction to ESOL teaching, which gives candidates exactly what you need to teach English to second language learners effectively. The course includes material and video demonstrating how teaching takes place and looks at the specific needs of ESOL learners, particularly those who have come from disadvantaged backgrounds and may be seeking asylum or are refugees.
Your personal tutor will guide you through key ESOL concepts and help you as you develop practical, functional lessons, alongside learning the essential grammar ESOL students need, so you can engage and develop effective classes for your learners, from beginners onwards.
The course leads to a Global English Introduction to ESOL certificate and comes with full support from a Christian ESOL tutor.
This course is accredited to ACTDEC (Accreditation Council for TESOL Distance Education Courses) Level 2 and a separate certificate from ACTDEC is also available.
How this interactive course works
This course is ideal if you’ve got a good broadband connection and can work entirely online via a tablet/PC/Mac. You’ll complete interactive exercises, create lesson plans and view video and graphics that bring the course to life. Enjoy all the benefits of our interactive platform.
Enjoy personal tutor support for advice, marking and feedback on your work.
Eligibility
Open to native and non-native English speakers over 17 years old with good written and spoken English. If you are a non-native English speaker, please see the course eligibility requirements on our FAQ page. Remember you can always ask us if you are not sure about your level of English.
Duration
Usually candidates complete this course within three-six weeks, but we go at your pace and allow up to six months for course completion for maximum flexibility. You can complete it as quickly as you wish and certification within a month is possible if you plan to study full time.
Everything you require to finished the course and gain your certificate is included in the single fee above. However, check out these optional extras:
- Additional time course extensions available if you need to go beyond 180 days
- Printed and embossed certificate available for an extra fee
- ACTDEC Level 2 certificate available
This course blends perfectly with any other Global English specialist TESOL course, for an additional 10% discount.
Introduction to ESOL 70-hour Course Content
This course covers all the 70-hour course material in 20 modules, using interactive HTML5 to present information, with you answering questions online.
There are several 'stop and reflect' sections with computer-assessed questions, a number of tutor-marked questions and one lesson plan.
M1 Introduction to TESOL
What is ELT? Introduction to English language teaching, the ELT industry and qualities of a good teacher.
M2 Reasons for learning English
Wants and needs of adult ESOL learners, especially within a second-language community.
M3 Classroom Management 1
Traditional vs. communicative classrooms, classroom layouts, basic class planning.
M4 Classroom Management 2
Getting lessons started with engagement activities, group work and pair work, differentiating tasks, what makes a good pair or group activity?
M5 Classroom Management 3
Spoken and written corrections, classroom sensitivity and the importance of learning consolidation through homework.
M6 Materials and Levels
Different levels of learners, how to choose effective material for levels and the major ELT publishers, along with the best free or subscription-based teaching websites.
M7 Planning a Functional Lesson
How to create and plan for practical lessons that help learners develop their English ability, with a sample lesson plan for a classroom-based lesson with low-level learners.
M8 Skills Lessons – Speaking
How to give effective speaking lessons, including fluency, themed conversation-based lessons, and pronunciation, including consonant clusters and similar vowel sounds.
M9 Skills Lessons – Listening
The different stages of a listening lesson, ideas and materials for listening lessons, including songs and activities for both adults and young learners.
M10 Skills Lessons – Reading
Language acquisition and planning reading-focused lessons, with pre-teaching, concept and comprehension questions, controlled and free practice activities, aims and objectives.
M11 Skills Lessons – Writing
Different ideas for helping learners develop their written English ability, semi-controlled and free writing, project or topic-based lessons.
M12 Getting Started with Grammar
Discover how to teach basic English grammar, including verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs and other basic building blocks of our language.
M13 Present Tense
How to teach the verb ‘to be’, the present simple and continuous forms, with easy teaching lesson ideas.
M14 Past Tense
How to teach the past simple and continuous, regular and irregular forms with a sample past tense grammar lesson.
M15 Auxiliary Verbs
Using Do, Does and Did as auxiliary verbs in sentences and questions.
M16 Future Forms
Using different future forms to make predictions, talk about plans and instant decisions, make arrangements and speak about timetabled events in English.
M17 ESOL Vocabulary
How we learn the language, including lexis and storage, learning new language semantically.
M18 Classroom confidence
Getting ready to teach, building confidence and feeling comfortable in the classroom environment, teaching your first lesson.
M19 The World of EFL
Teaching around the world, a brief history of EFL, finding work and TESOL contracts, CV/resume help and suggestions, passing TESOL interviews, advantages and disadvantages of working online.
LP1 Skills Lesson Plan
Using our lesson plan template and guided by a model plan, create a lesson plan for a one-hour speaking lesson for ESOL learners.
M20 Outreach
Where will you be using your training? Ideas for putting your learning into practice, further development and support
CC – Course conclusion
Course review and steps towards certification
Introduction to English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
It is an enormous TESOL world for those with the skills, confidence and a solid, TESOL certificate behind them.
A Global English PDF certificate is awarded upon successful completion. A printed, embossed version is also available for an extra fee from our TEFL shop page.
An additional Christian TEFL certificate is also available, again at a small additional cost.
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Who delivers this course
TEFL Global is a trading name of Edventure Abroad Limited, launched in 2026 by Jonathan Siddall. Your course is delivered by our partner Global English, a UK online TESOL school in Exeter, established in 1997.
- Delivered: you study on the Global English platform, using Global English course content.
- Marked: a Global English tutor marks your assignments and writes feedback on them, and you can message your tutor with questions. Some short questions inside the modules are checked automatically.
- Certified: your certificate is issued by Global English and carries a code anyone can check at global-english.com/verify/.
- Accredited: ACTDEC-accredited | actdec.org.uk
What Global English’s students say
These are reviews of Global English, not of TEFL Global, which is new and has few reviews of its own yet.
- TEFL Course Review: Global English TESOL, 4.79/5 from 123 reviews (checked 7 Oct 2026).
- Trustpilot: Global English TESOL/TEFL, TrustScore 4.5 from 72 reviews (checked 7 Oct 2026).
Why some sites list us separately
Review sites list Global English TESOL under its own name, and TEFL Global is not listed there as a separate school. That is correct: they are two brands. TEFL Global sells the courses and Global English delivers, marks and certifies them.