TESOL application and language awareness task

The following is a combined TESOL application form and language awareness task. Please complete both sections and save the document. The completed document should be emailed to . Please keep a copy for your records.

Which TESOL course and start date are you interested in?
/ TESOL Full-time
(3 Feb, 3 Mar, 31 Mar, 12 May, 9 Jun, 10 Jul, 7 Aug, 4 Sep, 2 Oct, 30 Oct, 27 Nov 2017) / Enter date.
TESOL Part-time
(8 Apr, 6 May, 3 Jun, 8 Jul, 19 Aug, 16 Sep, 4 Nov 2017) / Enter date.
Price / £1,495
Do you require Student Insurance? / Yes ☐ No ☐ If yes, from: (select date) to (select date)
http://www.ihlondon.com/studying-with-ih-london/insurance
Agent bookings only / Agent name / Enter agent name.
Agent email / Enter agent email.


1. Application form

Personal details
Title / Click here to enter text.
First name / Click here to enter text.
Last name / Click here to enter text.
Address line 1 / Click here to enter text.
Address line 2 / Click here to enter text.
Town or city / Click here to enter text.
County or state / Click here to enter text.
Country / Click here to enter text.
Postcode or zip code / Click here to enter text.
Telephone / mobile / Click here to enter text.
Email address / Click here to enter text.
Skype address / Click here to enter text.
Date of birth / Click here to enter text.
First language / Click here to enter text.
Nationality / Click here to enter text.
Country of birth / Click here to enter text.
Main country of residence / Click here to enter text.
Do you require a Visa to study in the UK? Please see our website for advice and check the visa office for your country. / Yes, no or I don’t know.
Student Insurance
If you have purchased insurance, it is important that you read the document accessed by this link; http://ihlondon.com/media/10837092/ihl_insurance_important_information.pdf
I have read and accepted the Declaration for travel Eligibility Statements on the link above ☐
I have read and agreed to the important conditions relating to health on the link above ☐
I declare the answers given to question asked in the application form are true and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. I confirm that my travel details have been provided ☐
Sign by: Enter your name here.
Date signed: Click here to enter a date. Date of birth: Click here to enter a date.
Emergency contact details
First name / Click here to enter text.
Last name / Click here to enter text.
Telephone / mobile / Click here to enter text.
Email / Click here to enter text.
Education and experience
Current profession / Click here to enter text.
Gender / Female or male.
Do you have any health issues we should be made aware of? If so please give details. / Click here to enter text.
Please state where you have studied, and give dates and titles of qualifications obtained at Secondary School. / Click here to enter text.
Higher education / university / Click here to enter text.
Other relevant qualifications / Click here to enter text.
Which languages do you speak / read / write?
(What is your level of proficiency?) / Click here to enter text.
Do you already have any training and/or experience in language teaching? (Please give qualification, organisation, dates, grades, type of teaching experience) / Click here to enter text.
Do you have any training and/or experience as a teacher of other subjects? / Click here to enter text.
What other work experience or professional training do you have? / Click here to enter text.
Please let us know how you found out about International House London / Click here to enter text.
To the best of my knowledge, the information in this application form is accurate. / Click here to enter text.
Have you read our terms and conditions (please tick the box)? / Yes or no.

2. Language awareness task

Please complete this task carefully as it is one of the factors we take into consideration when making a decision about your application. You may like to refer to a grammar book when preparing your answers - e.g. ‘Oxford Learner’s Grammar, Grammar Finder’ by John Eastwood or ‘Grammar for English Language Teachers’ by Martin Parrott, published by Cambridge University Press.

The task is made up of three sections: correcting student’s mistakes, helping students understand differences in meaning and a writing task. Please complete all sections.

Correcting student’s mistakes
Each of the exchanges below contains a mistake. In each case:
a) Write down the mistake
b) Write the corrected version
c) Write in simple terms, as if speaking to a learner of English, how you would make the correction clear
“I’d like some informations about your courses.”
“Certainly here’s our brochure.”
a) The mistake is … / Click here to enter text.
b) The corrected version is … / Click here to enter text.
c) I would make this clear by … / Click here to enter text.
“Have you got any money?”
“Yes, I’ve been to the bank yesterday.”
a) The mistake is … / Click here to enter text.
b) The corrected version is … / Click here to enter text.
c) I would make this clear by … / Click here to enter text.
“Is John ill? He’s lost a lot of weight.”
“Yes, he is rather slender these days, isn’t he?”
a) The mistake is … / Click here to enter text.
b) The corrected version is … / Click here to enter text.
c) I would make this clear by … / Click here to enter text.
“Why didn’t you answer the phone?”
“Because I had a bath.”
a) The mistake is … / Click here to enter text.
b) The corrected version is … / Click here to enter text.
c) I would make this clear by … / Click here to enter text.
“Why didn’t you answer the phone?”
“Because I had a bath.”
a) The mistake is … / Click here to enter text.
b) The corrected version is … / Click here to enter text.
c) I would make this clear by … / Click here to enter text.
Helping students understand differences in meaning
In the following examples:
a) Comment on the differences in meaning between the following pairs of sentences.
b) Outline some ideas on how you might teach these differences in meaning.
If I had the money, I would buy a new car.
If I have the money, I’ll buy a new car.
a) The difference in meaning is… / Click here to enter text.
b) I would teach this by… / Click here to enter text.
The house was very isolated.
The house was very secluded.
a) The difference in meaning is… / Click here to enter text.
b) I would teach this by… / Click here to enter text.
Give me a hand with this bag, will you?
Could you give me a hand with this bag, please?
a) The difference in meaning is… / Click here to enter text.
b) I would teach this by… / Click here to enter text.
Writing task - Your learning experience
In approximately 300 words describe either a successful or an unsuccessful learning experience you’ve had.
State your reasons why the experience was successful or otherwise.
Click here to enter text.

Please save this document. The completed document should be emailed to . Please keep a copy for your records. We will contact you with the results and next steps within three working days.