The US Embassy, along with an English language teaching organisation, launched a training program for approximately 100 teachers serving in the state governments of Karnataka, Telangana, and West Bengal.
Approximately 100 English teachers and teacher education instructors attended the February 9 launch of the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Core Certificate Program (TCCP), offered by the US Embassy here in partnership with TESOL International.
The teachers are employed by the state governments of Karnataka, Telangana and West Bengal, the US embassy said in a statement. The TESOL Core Certification Program is an intensive 140-hour English language teacher training program. The statement says program participants will learn cutting-edge research-based learning strategies.
As per the reports, Upon graduation, they will be better equipped to guide fellow teachers in creating student-centred critical thinking classrooms that provide students with English proficiency and the 21st century skills envisioned by India’s National Education Policy.
