Cambridge CELTA

Online CELTA COURSE

Course Programme

The Course includes:

• Practical workshops and seminars: there are 120 contact hours in the course including workshops and seminars which focus on language awareness, phonology, language learning, teaching methodology and professional development.
• Teaching practice and feedback: you will teach six hours of classes attended by volunteer adult learners of English. In a feedback session you will discuss the lessons taught and receive individual verbal and written feedback from tutors.
• Observation: you will observe a minimum of six hours of classes of experienced teachers (this may include three hours of audio material).
• Lesson preparation: lesson preparation is initially supervised by the course tutors, but you are encouraged to work more independently as the course progresses. By the end of the course you should have a basic toolkit which allows you to teach effectively in an EFL classroom.

• Assessment

In order to pass the course, you will be assessed on the lessons you deliver and on four written assignments of 750 -1000 words.

About the Online CELTA COURSE

All elements of the course are delivered in real time online (synchronously).

Input sessions and workshops are dynamic, practical training sessions delivered by the CELTA trainers which take place in our online classroom which you will attend in real time with your peers. We provide you with all the materials and resources you need, presentations, digital course materials, audio, and video etc. During these training sessions, you will work in pairs and small groups and collaborate with your peers as you would do in a f2f real classroom. We will also provide sessions devoted to online teaching and educational technology. You will also be trained on how to use the tool for both your Input sessions and your online Teaching Practice. 

The CELTA Certificate

The CELTA certificate you for the online course is the same as the face-to-face one.

Cost 1,700 Euros (including Cambridge Fees)

Curriculum

Online Celta: All elements of the course are delivered live in our virtual classrooms, they are dynamic and interactive. You will work in groups and pairs and experience teaching techniques as in face-to-face sessions. The CELTA certificate you receive on successful completion of the course is exactly the same as the face-to-face one.

The Course includes:

• Practical workshops and seminars: there are 120 contact hours in the course including workshops and seminars which focus on language awareness, phonology, language learning, teaching methodology and professional development.
• Teaching practice and feedback: you will teach six hours of classes attended by volunteer adult learners of English. In a feedback session you will discuss the lessons taught and receive individual verbal and written feedback from tutors.
• Observation: you will observe a minimum of six hours of classes of experienced teachers (this may include three hours of audio material).
• Lesson preparation: lesson preparation is initially supervised by the course tutors, but you are encouraged to work more independently as the course progresses. By the end of the course you should have a basic toolkit which allows you to teach effectively in an EFL classroom.
• Assessment: In order to pass the course, you will be assessed on the lessons you deliver and on four written assignments of 170 -1000 words.

Requirements

Applicants must:

• be at least 18 (It is generally recommended that candidates should be aged 20 or over, but candidates aged between 18 and 20 can be accepted at the centre’s discretion.
• have an awareness of language and a competence in both written and spoken English, which will enable them to undertake the course and prepare for teaching a range of levels (The recommended candidate language level is C2 or high C1 – Grade A or B, on the CEFR.)
• have the potential to develop the necessary skills to become effective teachers and to complete successfully the written assignments and the assessment of practice teaching.
• Candidates should have, as a minimum entry requirement, a standard of education equivalent to that required for entry into higher education.

Selection Process

• Application form

• Α language awareness pre-course task

• Interview with trained for interviews person which focuses on questions about language and teaching.