Trinity TESOL - Hong Kong

01/09/2026

Most teachers use AI as a general assistant. The problem is that general assistants know very little about your teaching context.

By creating your own custom GPT, Gem, or Project, you can build something closer to a real teaching assistant. One that knows your students, your coursebook, the activities you like, and the format you want your plan to be in.

That doesn’t mean it plans perfect lessons. But it does mean you spend less time explaining the same things over and over again, and more time deciding which ideas are actually worth using.

Has this happened to you? You ask ChatGPT to plan a lesson, and the result is rubbish. So you spend the next five or ten minutes explaining who your students are, what level they’re at, where you teach, how long the lesson is, and what you actually want them to learn. The next version is a bit bet...

18/08/2026

What are the best secrets to make it to the end of our four week Trinity CertTESOL course?

22/07/2026

Supporting social, emotional and mental health is foundational work. It is the bedrock upon which communication flourishes, upon which learning becomes possible, upon which every other area of SEN can develop. When we help our learners move from survival mode – where anxiety, shame, and dysregulation dominate – to genuine resilience and wellbeing, we give them something far more valuable than academic achievement: we give them the capacity to thrive. And in doing so, we change not just individual lives, but the very culture of our schools.

In our ‘Inclusive Teaching for Learners with SEN’ series, we’ve explored communication needs, cognition and learning, and sensory needs. Now, we are looking at arguably one of the most important aspects of SEN in our Hong Kong context – Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs.

13/07/2026

End of Course Party - Highlights Hear our January Part-Time & March Full-Time Trinity CertTESOL graduates reflect on the best bits of their TESOL course experience, and why they chose to study with English for Asia.

02/07/2026

Supporting social, emotional and mental health is foundational work. It is the bedrock upon which communication flourishes, upon which learning becomes possible, upon which every other area of SEN can develop. When we help our learners move from survival mode – where anxiety, shame, and dysregulation dominate – to genuine resilience and wellbeing, we give them something far more valuable than academic achievement: we give them the capacity to thrive. And in doing so, we change not just individual lives, but the very culture of our schools.

In our ‘Inclusive Teaching for Learners with SEN’ series, we’ve explored communication needs, cognition and learning, and sensory needs. Now, we are looking at arguably one of the most important aspects of SEN in our Hong Kong context – Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs.

21/05/2026

🎉 End of Trinity CertTESOL Party!

Our very first part-time course of 2026 is officially a wrap!

At the celebration, we asked our newly qualified teachers to sum up the whole experience in just 3 words…

13/05/2026

Every child in your classroom has something to say. Some of them just need us to listen differently. When you notice a learner struggling with communication and interaction, you are not looking at a ‘problem to fix’, you are spotting an opportunity to build a deeper connection and be the adult who finally understands them. That changes everything. For them, and for you.

In our ‘Inclusive Teaching for Learners with SEN’ series, we’re exploring how to build truly inclusive classrooms, and more importantly, how to spot what learners actually need and give it to them. This post focuses on communication and interaction needs, how to identify learners who may need ...

17/07/2025

With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years, the technology has become an important tool for some top scorers looking to boost their performance, though they said they had remained cautious and avoided overreliance on it.

Caron Fung Yuet-kiu, a top scorer at the True Light School of Hong Kong, said she had used some AI tools, such as DeepSeek, for Chinese writing inspiration and even for English speaking practice when she could not find anyone to talk to.

Some top performers looking to study overseas, while one set to enrol in veterinary medicine.

11/07/2025

"My child cried all night after hearing the news—their long-awaited farewell party is gone." Others vented about logistical headaches, with one netizen writing, "I took a day off work for today’s graduation, only to have to request another leave for Monday’s rescheduled event. Why couldn’t they decide this morning when it’s clearly not raining?"

Hong Kong parents and students expressed frustration after schools were abruptly closed on Friday (July 11) due to fears of severe thunderstorms—only for the day to turn out mostly sunny, disrupting long-awaited graduation ceremonies and year-end events.

17/05/2024

"Apply for your preferred course early. This will avoid disappointment if places are not available if the course gets filled early. The later you apply, the less time you have to prepare for the course. This is important as everyone needs to complete the ‘Starter Pack’ before day 1 of the course. The Starter pack will take around 20 hours to complete and is compulsory. The earlier you apply, the less stress you will encounter in completing the Starter Pack before the course begins. You can always buy the Starter Pack separately in advance too."

Nobody will disagree when I say that the Cert TESOL is demanding. There’s no denying that it is intensive, it does have high standards, it does need hard work. As with everything, whether it’s achievement in sport, any other skill or academic pursuit, you won’t be surprised to learn that it is...