CELTA training for teachers
Corsi di Inglese individuali
Lezioni personalizzate per aiutarti a raggiungere i tuoi obiettivi
Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults
The CELTA course, previously managed jointly by IH and the British Council of Milan, is now offered exclusively and managed by International House Milan according to the internationally recognised high and rigorous standards of IH.
The pre-service CELTA course is aimed mainly at people with little or no teaching experience. It is also suitable for people with teaching experience but without any formal training. It is considered a solid base for teaching English as a foreign language.
The course is recognised by EFL organisations throughout the world and the certificate is the most highly respected of its type.
Enrolment requirements
The requirements to join the course are: minimum level of English C1 and a high school diploma or equivalent. Please note that many employers require a degree as well.
Candidates must be at least 18 years old (at the start of the course) and, generally speaking, must have a level of education which will enable them to enter higher education in their own countries.
The course is open to native and non-native speakers although candidates must have a competence and knowledge of English, both written and spoken, that enables them to take the course and teach English.
The courses are held in our school in Milan.
The enrolment process and the price (€ 1,940.00) are the same for all our CELTA courses (intensive, part-time, blended and extensive).
HOW TO ENROL: download and fill in the enrolment form; you will then be contacted for an interview with a Teacher Training Coordinator.
The course consists of seminars with your tutors in the morning, where you will learn about different teaching techniques and aspects of the English language, and teaching practice in the afternoon. Here you will have the opportunity to teach real students, and afterwards you will get feedback on your lessons from your tutor and peers.
Dates
- 27/02/2020 – 31/03/2020
- 07/05/2020 – 04/06/2020
- 18/06/2020 – 15/07/2020
- 10/09/2020 – 07/10/2020
- 14/10/2020 – 17/03/2021 (extensive)
- 22/10/2020 – 24/11/2020*
Frequency
5 days a week for 4 weeks (intensive course) or 1 day a week for 21 weeks (extensive course)
*Note: intensive course of 5 weeks with sessions 4 days a week (no sessions on Wednesdays)
Timetable
A typical daily timetable:
09:30-11:00 Input session 1
11:15-12:30 Input session 2
12:30-13:30 Assisted lesson planning (ALP)
13:30-14:30 Lunch
14:30-17:00 Teaching practice
17:10-18:30 Feedback
The part-time CELTA course, with frequency two evenings a week and some Saturdays, is the ideal solution if you have weekday commitments, e.g. studying or working. The course length is 12 weeks. Contact time per week is6 hours a week (two days from 18.30 to 21.30) and some Saturdays (from 9.30 to 16.30).
The part-time course is less intensive than the full-time one, but it is equally demanding. You will be expected to spend time outside the course hours on preparation, assignment writing and revision.
Dates
01/02/2020 – 21/04/2020
Frequency
Tuesday and Thursday from 18.00 to 21.30 and 10 Saturdays from 9.30am to 4.30pm.
Teaching Practice takes place on an evening, followed by feedback.
Timetable
A typical timetable for a Saturday:
09:30-10:45 Input session 1
11:10-12:15 Input session 2
12:15-13:00 Lunch
13:00-16:00 Assisted lesson planning
Course format
This course consists of online activities and face to face sessions at our school in Milan. The face to face sessions might take place one day a week or in a two week slot, when candidates attend sessions every day for a period of 10 days.
Candidates are required to teach a total of 6 hours during the course. This supervised teaching practice requires the candidates’ attendance at the school. It is followed by face-to-face feedback and reflection.
In their own time, candidates can complete the online component of the course, which is accessible at any time.
Assessment
The online part of the course is assessed and externally moderated according to the same criteria as face-to-face courses and leads to exactly the same qualification.
The blended CELTA course is identical to all the other CELTA courses: full time, part time or extensive courses (this includes the price). The only differences are the timetable, course format and delivery.
The online component
The online component consists of online and interactive material based on the course syllabus. Forum and ‘live room’ (virtual real-time classroom) tasks are integrated throughout the course. You work independently or collaboratively with the other trainees on these tasks, with tutor support, evaluation and comment (www.cambridgeenglish.org). There will also be online tutorials with the main course tutor.
Note that, to take the online CELTA course, you do not need advanced computer skills: the ability to use email and the internet and have basic typing skills is all that is required.
For more information about the Cambridge CELTA Course Online, see Cambridge’s FAQs page.
Dates
09/03/2020 – 22/05/2020
Face to face component: 17-30 April 2020
Frequency
TP (teaching practice) will take place over a two week period. In this period the trainees will attend face to face classes every day (from Monday to Friday).
Timetable
A typical morning might look like this:
09:00-09:30 Preparation for the day
09:45-12:30 Teaching practice
12:30-14:00 Feedback and assisted lesson planning