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Innovative Courses for Adult Learners

Learning a foreign language as an adult is very different from learning it as a child and requires a very different approach and techniques which will help the adult acquire language much FASTER!!!

Learning English should, thus, help learners with their immediate communicative needs and train them to become efficient communicators in order to take on and play the roles they wish within the community. Stale grammar teaching, or rote learning are far from the best course of action, particularly for the adult learner who has no time to wait and needs quick results.

Our Principles & Methodology

Our main inspiration which drives the way materials are designed and programmes taught, is, first and foremost, belief in the principles of andragogy (as opposed to pedagogy), i.e., the educational philosophy governing the teaching of adults, whether in a group situation or in a one-to-one context.

According to this, we try to keep our adult learners involved in all the stages of the process, free to learn without being afraid to make mistakes, engaged through relevant content and discovery learning

	Our approach satisfies immediate communicative needs
	Language is best learnt through interaction and not through rule memorisation
	Authentic materials are used extensively
	Our syllabus is flexible allowing individuals to develop in areas of individual interest and/or concern
	We train our students how to learn on their own, so they can keep learning and improving language skills even after the end of the programme
	The materials and activities are motivating and reflect the adult reality
	Oral fluency is one of the major objectives. Activities which promote oral fluency are used from day one!
	Learning about the target language culture and way of life is a major objective

Stale grammar teaching, or rote learning are far from the best course of action, particularly for the adult learner who has no time to wait and needs quick results.

Our Tutors

All the tutors are qualified teachers of English. They have specialized in adult foreign language education and have wide and varied experience of teaching English as a Foreign Language.

As CELT Athens is a Teacher Education centre specializing in the training of teachers of adults, the members of the tutorial team are always abreast of the latest developments in Methods and Techniques appropriate to tutoring and supporting adult groups or individuals.

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About CELT

CELT Athens is the leading teacher training institution in Greece. Here you can see some of our clients - foreign language centres as well as the local Unions of Foreign Language Centre owners in Greece for whom CELT Athens has been the official Teacher Training Institution organizing their seminars for the past 15 years.

All tutors are highly qualified, either native speakers of English or bilingual in English and Greek. They have specialized in adult foreign language education and have wide and varied experience of teaching English as a Foreign Language to adults.

The members of the tutorial team are also involved in training teachers and are always abreast of the latest developments in Methods and Techniques appropriate to tutoring and supporting adult groups. They are all RSA Cambridge Diploma holders and hold M.A. qualifications in TEFL, Linguistics or Applied Linguistics.

CELT Athens is a Cambridge Authorised Teaching Awards Centre with the right to offer courses leading to the prestigious international Certificates & Diplomas in English Language Teaching to Adults ( Cambridge DELTA Diploma and Cambridge CELTA) and to administer their examinations on behalf of Cambridge.

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