Classes are offered in one intensive four-month semester of study. You will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge in teaching language, the skills and strategies. Upon completion of our program, you are eligible for TESL Canada Professional Certification.
Open up to a World of Possibilities
Got a degree or diploma? Not sure what’s next? Our certification allows you to build out your resume with valuable international experience. Are you ready for a new experience? TESOL can take you around the world.
Or help you make a difference right at home:
- Working with refugees
- Working with literacy challenges
- Working with children of newcomers to Canada
- Working with adults newcomers to Canada who are not in school
- Working with Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada programs
- Working online
The TESOL Program
The program includes course work in the areas of second language acquisition theory and linguistics, curriculum design, materials development, intercultural communication, grammar, phonology, classroom management, multi-media resources and assessment.
In addition to the 18 hours a week of class time, students observe and teach in one of Selkirk College’s multicultural ESL classes on the same campus. TESOL students also have the opportunity to participate in language partnerships with ESL students and gain work experience as ESL tutors.
Program At-A-Glance
In the News
For those with the urge to travel and explore new cultures on a deeper level, few experiences can match teaching English in foreign countries. Accountant Suzanne Paquette was looking for a little educational adventure and found the jumping off point with the Selkirk College TESOL Program.
Selkirk College’s Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Program has brought a world of cultural experiences to one alumna who’s chosen to build a career at home in the West Kootenay. Emily Kandborg teaches English to speakers of other languages with the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy.
Two teachers with roots in the West Kootenay have launched new careers abroad with the help of Selkirk College’s Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Program.
What Students Say
