You can take as many modules as you demand, over any period. You get a Cambridge English certificate for every module you complete.
Language and background to language training and teaching
Lesson planning and management of sources for language teaching
Maintaining the teaching and training method. Teaching knowledge is evaluated using objective-format tests, which are simple to administer and to take. There are further professional modules, which can be taken separately or added to the core modules:
CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning)
Young Learners (YL).
Background to language learning and teaching
Lesson planning and use of support for language teaching
Managing the teaching and learning process
Content and Language Integrated Learning
Background to language learning plus teaching. This module tests applicants’ knowledge of words and concepts common in English language teaching. It also concentrates on the factors underpinning the learning of English and knowledge of the range and functions of the choices teachers have at their disposal to cater to these learning factors.
Lesson planning and use of support for language teaching. This module concentrates on what teachers consider and do while planning their teaching. It also explores the linguistic and methodological reference resources that are available to guide teachers in their lesson planning.
Maintaining the teaching and learning process, This module tests teachers’ knowledge of what happens in the classroom in terms of the language used by the teacher or learners, the roles the teacher can fulfill, and how the teacher can manage and exploit classroom events and interactions.
This module tests knowledge of the intentions and rationale of a CLIL approach. It includes the planning, teaching, and assessment of CLIL. It also concentrates on teachers’ awareness of learning demands and support strategies for learners in CLIL programs.
YL is an exam for teachers and classroom assistants who need to teach English to young learners. It tests knowledge of concepts compared to young learner learning and development, and knowledge of young learners from a teaching perspective, including the planning, teaching, and assessment of young learners’ work.