English language training courses are held in Turkmenistan

English teachers from Turkmenistan are undergoing a series of seminars to improve their professional skills organized by the U.S. Embassy in Turkmenistan in cooperation with the Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan. This is reported by the Internet publication "Turkmenistan: The Golden Age."

The training is conducted by English language specialist Nancy Eccles, who introduces Turkmen teachers to the peculiarities of curriculum development and obtaining TESOL certificate. As part of the seminar, the trainees will get knowledge about communicative methods of teaching English as a foreign language.

TESOL is a training program for teachers of English using ESL methods. The TESOL certificate confirms the teacher's qualification and equates his/her knowledge of the language to that of a native speaker.