150-hour International Diploma in English Language Teaching (IDELTOnline™)
Issued by
Bridge Education Group
The earner of this badge is able to explain and develop researched-based classroom instructional strategies to teach different types of ESL lessons; create lesson plans with essential components; recognize and defend the varied ESL debatable topics in use of first language, error correction, and technology in the classroom; use technology, when available, to inform classroom teaching; and differentiate instruction to meet the varied language labels in the ESL classroom.
- Type Certification
- Level Advanced
- Time Months
Skills
- 21st Century Teaching Practices
- Action Research
- Classroom Instruction
- Classroom Management Strategies
- Cross Cultural Communication
- Educational Technology
- English Grammar
- Language Skills
- Lesson Planning
- Lesson Preparation
- Preparing An Effective Lesson
- Research-based Instruction
- Teaching Productive And Receptive Language Skills
- TEFL
- TESOL
Earning Criteria
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Complete the 12 week graduate level course overviewing best practice in English language teaching methodology and theories supporting it.
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Obtain an accumulative score of 70% on quizzes, discussion forums, case studies, written papers, performance rubrics (checklists), and lesson plans. For graduate level credit, trainees must obtain a score of 80% or higher.
Standards
Bridge Education Group is accredited by ACCET (Accrediting Council for Continuing Education and Training), a US Government Department of Education recognized agency and has over 20 years of experience in language teaching and teacher training. This program has been reviewed and adheres to ACCET’s standards, policies, and procedures.
For ACCET accredited BridgeTEFL courses, successful trainees earn one Continuing Education Unit (CEU) for every 10 hours of TEFL course instruction.
Successful Bridge IDELTOnline™ graduates who are accepted into our partner universities' programs can apply the credits they've earned through the IDELTOnline toward a graduate certificate, master's degree, or doctorate in fields such as TESOL, Education, and Applied Linguistics.