The teacher trainees of English following two years in-service of professional development at Teachers Colleges in Sri Lanka are faced with many difficulties in following their studies in the colleges because of their lack of competencies in English. These trainees are expected to study and understand several subjects in English. Moreover, they have to perform a number of duties as teachers at schools. They need to teach their students English, they have to do need analysis about the level of their students, they have to design syllabus for additional classes and prepare materials for their students after ret after their training in the college. The purpose of the study to design a set of competency framework for the teachers of English studying in Teachers’ Colleges. A sample of 50 trainees were selected for this study. The tools of content analysis, lecturer questionnaire, and interview were used to design the competencies for the trainees. These competencies are recommended to be used to the teachers trainees who are poor at their language in English.