Cambridge CELTA Course

The course follows the Cambridge CELTA syllabus. Teaching techniques are practised by the course participants in regular teaching practice sessions with adult students of English.

• The general principles and techniques of teaching and learning a foreign language
• The English language: linguistic form, function, meaning and phonology
• Teaching and learning the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing
• Classroom techniques: presentation, practice, checking learning, error analysis, correction, classroom management, group work and pair work
• Lesson planning; course planning; timetables
• Different learning and teaching styles at adult level, adult learners’ motivations and learning styles
• Other factors that affect learning such as adult literacy
• The evaluation and use of published and non-published resources and materials along with learning how to adapt authentic materials into concrete learning tools.
• Professional development: evaluating one’s own strengths and weaknesses, preparing to become a teacher, colleague and employee

The full syllabus can be found at www.cambridgeenglish.org