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Qualify to Teach Anywhere in the World

Teaching English to speakers of other languages can be a highly rewarding career, offering you the chance to live and work abroad. You will need an internationally recognised teaching qualification, and CELTA - highly regarded throughout the world - gives you the skills you need and will make it easier to get a teaching job anywhere

The CELT Athens course

CELT Athens offers a 140 course with two types of attendance options:

1. An intensive 4-week course leading to this well-known Cambridge qualification. The course is highly intensive and candidates need to commit themselves fully to ensure a successful outcome but it is also a highly rewarding course which leads trainee teachers to acquiring professional competence in the classroom very quickly. Sessions are every day for four weeks and from Day 1, methodology sessions are immediately followed by teaching as the CELTA is a very practical course with hands-on classroom teaching experience.

2. A part time course which is completed over 12 weeks with input sessions and Teaching Practice twice per week. This is a less intensive option allowing course participants more time although it should be understood that full commitment is necessary for them to be able to attend the course fully.

CELT Athens accepts a limited number of course participants, a maximum of 8 on any individual course, so a lot of personal attention and support is available to each trainee on the course, a free library membership, free photocopying of all Teaching practice material as well as free access to PC's and the internet. 

Teaching Practice Classes are organised at the centre and they are available throughout the programme

Course Content:

There are five main units of learning:

• Learners and teachers, and the teaching and learning context
• Language analysis and awareness
• Language skills: reading, listening, speaking and writing
• Planning and resources for different contexts
• Developing teaching skills and professionalism

The course includes seminars and workshops on the areas of the syllabus as specified by Cambridge which can be downloaded here*.

The list below includes the main topic areas but you can get a better idea by looking at a sample course timetable which we use for our 4-week courses here.

Lesson Planning Classroom Management Teaching Grammar Teaching Vocabulary Teaching Pronunciation Developing the Language Skills Testing and Evaluation Testing & Evaluation Teaching Young Learners Skills Integration Mixed Ability Classes Materials Adaptation & Design

* The Cambridge Syllabus is in pdf format.  Acrobat Reader can be downloaded from here.

Selection and Pre-testing

Selection of participants is determined through

1. a pre-course/pre-interview task which must be completed and sent in before the interview. This task aims to ensure that your language knowledge and skills are of a high enough level to be able to deal with the course as well as to teach adult learners at a range of levels.

2. a personal interview with the Course Tutor. In cases where a face-to-face interview is not possible, it is acceptable to be interviewed over the phone; however, you should be prepare to bear the cost of the telephone charges and to make every effort to be available at the date and time arranged.

Both native and non-native speakers are accepted on the course and both are expected to have a level of education, language awareness and competence in English which will enable them to deal with all aspects of the assessment in a successful way. Non-native speaker participants should have appropriate qualifications which would allow them to teach English in their country.

The pre-course task can be sent to candidates by fax, e-mail or can be downloaded from this web page. In order for their application to be considered, the pre-course task to be reviewed and an interview arranged, participants should confirm payment of a 60 Euro non-refundable deposit. This deposit will be deducted from the fees of those accepted on this course. Details of the deposit can be found in the application form (see next section).

How will I be assessed?

You will be assessed throughout the course, with no final examination. An external assessor, appointed by Cambridge ESOL, moderates each course. There are two components of assessment:

1.        Teaching practice
You will teach for a total of six hours, working with classes at two levels of ability. Assessment is based on your overall performance at the end of the six hours.

2.        Written assignments
You will complete four written assignments: one focusing on adult learning; one on the language system of English; one on language skills; and one on classroom teaching.

To be awarded the certificate you must pass both components. There are three grades - Pass, Pass 'B' and Pass 'A'.

Am I eligible to apply?

Ideally you should:

• have a standard of education equivalent to that required for entry into higher education
• be aged 18 or over
• have a standard of English which will enable you to teach a range of levels including advanced classes

You may still be accepted you if you do not have formal qualifications at this level but can demonstrate that you would be likely to complete the course successfully. 

If you have read the information above and think you qualify, please complete an online application form which you can download by clicking here.

How can I apply?

Follow these instructions to apply for the CELTA course:

The Application form and Pre-Interview Task are in Word format.

Tuition Fees & Dates of Forthcoming Courses

Tuition  is 1650 Εuros.  Fees must be paid fully at least one month in advance of the start of the course. 

The Centre

CELT Athens is an Authorised Cambridge Teaching Awards Centre for CELTA and DELTA and has been running Cambridge Diploma level courses since 1993 (previous versions of this Diploma were the DTEFLA, for native speaker teachers of adults, & the DOTE, for non-native speaking teachers). CELT supports trainee teachers in a variety of ways:

1. CELTA CANDIDATE SUPPORT ON THE WEB
   CELTA candidates have access to a special password-protected website with lesson plans, articles, and links to materials for better preparation and preparation of their Teaching Practices. In addition they are given access to extra links with

Sample lesson plans 
Useful articles
Whole books to download

2. FREE LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP
   CELT Athens trainee teachers have free access to one of the best TEFL and Linguistics/Applied Linguistics Libraries with additional Greek education texts and a full collection of published materials & resources
    

3. SELF ACCESS & STUDY  PREPARATION PACKAGES
   CELT Athens trainee teachers receive specially designed preparation study packages both BEFORE the course starts as well as SELF ACCESS material for use  DURING and AFTER the course. Material is given both in print and CD-Rom format

N.B. CELT Athens has the largest and best designed SELF ACCESS centre for teacher training with material collected and designed by experienced tutors on TEFL and Cambridge teacher training courses since 1989.

4. FREE INTERNET ACCESS & USE OF PC's for lesson preparation and materials design

To contact the centre, please send an e-mail to:  info@celt.edu.gr

Links to Other Courses offered at CELT Athens
 

The Cambridge CELTA course aims to provide participants with a solid foundation for effective teaching and further professional development and can be used as a preparation level course for the courses listed below:

Trainees who have attended this course DO NOT need to attend the preparation course for the ASEP examinations.
 

The Cambridge CELTA course is also excellent as preparation for those who wish to later follow more advanced level courses, such as the Cambridge DELTA Diploma or the Advanced Studies in ELT Courses.

 

Cambridge CELTA holders DO NOT need to attend any further preparation courses for the TKT unless they wish to revise some of the examination content- all our trainees who have sat for these examinations were fully capable of dealing with the examination and have received high grades.

 

For further development after completing this course, you may be interested in one of our short refresher/top up courses such as the one on Teaching English to Young Learners, Teaching Exam Classes. Please check the  CELT Athens  course chart to view a full list of these short 20-30 hour courses.

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