30 years of teacher training
Established in 1993, INTESOL Worldwide Limited has over 25 years of experience, a global presence and an exceptional staff of teacher trainers. You will be assigned a personal tutor for the duration of your INTESOL course who will be on hand to offer academic support and guidance, mark your assignments, provided detailed feedback and advice and help with any difficulties you face.
All our tutors have impressive educational credentials, a wealth of teaching and teacher training experience and are friendly and helpful. They fully understand that a new teacher needs support and encouragement during the INTESOL course and are there to assist you throughout your course.
Lynda Hazelwood – Course Director
Lynda Hazelwood has been teaching languages since 1971. Since then she has taught in England and overseas, in both the public and private sectors, in primary, senior and adult education. She also has experience of English for Academic Purposes and materials writing at university level. Lynda has been employed by the British Council for whom she taught all levels including Cambridge exam classes and English for Specific Purposes. She has been an examiner for the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate and for the Pan-Hellenic Association of Language School Owners in Greece.
Lynda founded INTESOL in 1993 in Bristol, England. A variety of courses and services were provided including one-to-one language tuition; adult language classes; French clubs for 5 – 11 year olds; English home stays for foreign learners and weekend introductory courses in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. The most successful of these became the weekend introductory courses in TESOL. 80% of the participants wanted to take a course, which would qualify them to teach ESOL, but most could not give up four weeks of their time to study. Lynda decided to develop course materials for home study which soon developed into the world renowned INTESOL Certificate in TESOL by distance learning. A short time later the course achieved accreditation and is now one of the most respected courses worldwide.
Vincent Ferrer – Senior Tutor
Vincent has an impressive professional and academic background holding an MA in Education and English Language Teaching and The Trinity London College Licentiate Diploma in TESOL. Of American and Spanish descent, Vincent has had a long career in TEFL / TESOL. He has had a number of teaching and managerial positions over the years: from teaching young learners to Director of Studies on EFL Summer Camps to Course Director and Academic Consultant on a number of TEFL training courses.
Vincent is the author of a number of articles on various aspects of TEFL and has been a guest speaker in international conferences and symposiums. Currently he is utterly committed to training English Language teachers and his main motivation is, in his own words, to ‘better our courses constantly so that our teachers not only satisfy the demands of the market but actually make a difference when they teach’. In his free time Vincent enjoys cinema and playing old pop and rock songs on his acoustic guitar.
Rocco Nigro – Tutor
Rocco has been involved in the TEFL industry for over 15 years as a teacher, teacher trainer, academic manager and examiner. He is currently based in Brisbane, Australia and has previously worked for several years in Japan and China. His initial studies were in Electronic Engineering, and afterwards he completed a Master of Applied Linguistics through Macquarie University in Australia to add to his CELTA qualification. Rocco sees teaching English as a foreign language as a fantastic way to travel and immerse yourself in other cultures.
Mihaela Dascalu – Tutor
Rocco has been involved in the TEFL industry for over 15 years as a teacher, teacher trainer, academic manager and examiner. He is currently based in Brisbane, Australia and has previously worked for several years in Japan and China. His initial studies were in Electronic Engineering, and afterwards he completed a Master of Applied Linguistics through Macquarie University in Australia to add to his CELTA qualification. Rocco sees teaching English as a foreign language as a fantastic way to travel and immerse yourself in other cultures.
She is the co-author of the In-service Distance Training Course for Teachers of English, British Council. She holds a Licentiate Diploma in English Language and Literature and French Language and Literature and an MA in Teaching at the School for International Training, Vermont, USA. Being a non-native speaker of English, she has experience of being a learner of English that is invaluable for developing the native speakers’ awareness of teaching their own language. Mihaela loves music from all over the world, travelling and dancing.
