As the demand for English language teachers continues to grow around the world, many aspiring educators are seeking ways to gain the necessary qualifications to enter this rewarding field.
The CELTA is a rigorous and intensive course that requires a significant time commitment, so it’s important to ensure that you have the necessary knowledge and skills to succeed.
As the demand for English language teachers continues to grow around the world, many aspiring educators are seeking ways to gain the necessary qualifications to enter this rewarding field.
The CELTA course, or Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults, is a qualification designed for those who want to teach English as a Second Language (TESL) or English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).
When I’m interviewing applicants for my CELTA courses, one of the questions that pops up with increasing frequency lately has been ‘Is it true that some schools don’t accept the certificate if the course was done online?’
One of the first things you learn on your CELTA course is that, when it comes to language learning, practice activities are more important than theory.
Modern teachers know that we need to teach vocabulary in a way that learners can process it and use it correctly in the future.
Since 2020 the growth in online teacher training has made gaining CELTA certification significantly more accessible and convenient. But for many teachers and aspiring teachers, this is a step into the unknown.
Much of the teacher’s role in a learner centred class is to monitor the students while they are busy with a task. But what are we doing while we monitor? And why are we doing it?
Whole class feedback is a great way to round of an activity and let learners know how they’ve done. Is there a trick to make sure we always pick the student that has the correct answer?