By the way, I’ve really enjoyed this first week, the course really meets my expectations and I think it will only be better! Not only the experience about the language and teaching but also the learning of dealing with this new way of teaching online, that will be used more and more in the future, I guess. It’s like attending a two-course-in-one course!
CELTA training for teachers
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
- 11/05 – 19/06/2020 – COURSE FULLY BOOKED
- 22/06 – 31/07/2020** – course held entirely online face to face on Zoom
- 10/09 – 07/10/2020
- 14/10 – 17/03/2021 (extensive)
- 22/10 – 24/11/2020*
Frequency
5 days a week for 4 weeks (intensive course) or 1 day a week for 21 weeks (extensive course)
*Intensive course of 5 weeks with sessions 4 days a week (no sessions on Wednesdays)
**Thursday 2 July there will be no lesson
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
HOW TO ENROL: download and fill in the enrolment form; you will then be contacted for an interview with a Teacher Training Coordinator.
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
HOW TO ENROL: download and fill in the enrolment form; you will then be contacted for an interview with a Teacher Training Coordinator.
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 fully booked
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
HOW TO ENROL: download and fill in the enrolment form; you will then be contacted for an interview with a Teacher Training Coordinator.