Course curriculum
Review the complete learning path for the COREnglish certificate. Enrollment is not open yet, but interested candidates can join the early access list and receive access details, pricing, and dates by email.
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Each module ends with a quiz focus tied to practical teaching decisions. The final exam is completed after the full module sequence.
01
Teaching roles, learner profiles, language levels, and the habits of professional online teachers.
8 hours
Quiz focus
TEFL/TESOL terminology, teacher responsibilities, learner profiles, and level-aware goals.
02
Grammar explanations, common learner errors, correction choices, and practical teacher language.
18 hours
Quiz focus
Grammar explanation choices, common learner errors, timelines, and correction decisions.
03
Word meaning, form, use, drilling, phonics basics, stress, intonation, and pronunciation feedback.
12 hours
Quiz focus
Meaning-form-use choices, pronunciation support, drilling decisions, and word stress.
04
Conversation lessons, fluency practice, listening stages, speaking confidence, and correction balance.
14 hours
Quiz focus
Speaking and listening lesson staging, fluency support, task design, and correction balance.
05
Reading stages, writing tasks, model texts, feedback, and clear skill-building lesson flow.
12 hours
Quiz focus
Reading subskills, writing task design, model text use, and feedback decisions.
06
Objectives, lesson stages, timing, materials, warmups, controlled practice, and freer production.
16 hours
Quiz focus
Objectives, timing, lesson stages, practice sequence, materials, and wrap-up choices.
07
Student engagement, behavior, pacing, instructions, online tools, and professional class presence.
12 hours
Quiz focus
Instructions, pacing, online routines, learner engagement, and professional class presence.
08
Age-appropriate routines, attention, games, parent expectations, safety, and lesson variety.
10 hours
Quiz focus
Young learner routines, games, safety, attention, parent expectations, and age-appropriate tasks.
09
Progress checks, rubric thinking, useful feedback, quiz design, and learner motivation.
8 hours
Quiz focus
Progress checks, rubrics, useful feedback, quiz design, and learner motivation.
10
Teacher CVs, intro videos, demo lesson prep, interview answers, and candidate presentation.
10 hours
Quiz focus
Teacher CV choices, intro video quality, demo lesson planning, and interview readiness.
Assessment
Requirement 1
Complete the full 10-module, 120-hour curriculum path and required learning checks.
Requirement 2
Pass every module quiz with at least 80% before moving to the final assessment.
Requirement 3
Pass the final exam with at least 85% across grammar, lesson planning, teaching skills, assessment, and online teaching.
Requirement 4
Submit a lesson plan task using the COREnglish lesson plan template for review before certificate issue.
Requirement 5
Complete any identity, integrity, or manual review requested by COREnglish before certificate issue.
Requirement 6
Accept the certificate terms, including that the credential is COREnglish-issued and not externally accredited unless stated on this website.
Assessment model
Quizzes plus a reviewed teaching artifact
The automated path will check understanding quickly, but the certificate should still be tied to a practical lesson plan submission before issue.
Lesson checks
During modulesShort checks confirm that candidates understand the key idea before they continue through the lesson sequence.
Module quizzes
10 quizzesEach module ends with objective and scenario-based questions. Candidates must score at least 80% to pass.
Final exam
CumulativeThe final assessment checks grammar awareness, learner levels, lesson staging, classroom decisions, feedback, and online teaching judgment.
Lesson plan task
ReviewedCandidates submit a practical online lesson plan so the certificate is tied to a real teaching artifact, not only automated scoring.
Issue review
Before certificateCOREnglish reviews certificate details, unusual completion patterns, and the submitted teaching artifact before issuing a certificate.