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Article by Dr Angelos Bollas Professional development is one of those phrases that teachers hear so often that it risks losing meaning. For many in ELT, it brings to mind mandatory workshops, accreditation requirements, or reflective forms completed at the end of the academic year. Yet the need for professional growth has never been more…
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Are you interested in following the Cambridge CELTA but are not sure whether it will help you in your future jobs that involve teaching young classes? Watch this short first FAQ’s vlog post and we hope it will answer your questions of whether you will need an extension course after your CELTA. Learn more…
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How Module 2 can benefit Academic Managers by Geoffrey Adamson Words like ‘management’ and ‘human resources’ do not come up often in conversations in or about DELTA Module 2. Terms like these, it seems, are relegated to Module 3 and its ELT Management option. Clearly, the ELTM option provides academic managers with the opportunity of…
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Many of my Delta Diploma graduates and even CELTA graduates, often ask me if we would train them up so they can become CELTA tutors. This is a post to help them understand the process and why it is so difficult to get accepted on such an induction course. Why are some teachers so keen…
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One of the frequent questions asked by potential candidates directly to us or via social platforms and groups is how to do well on their pre-interview task and what it’s about. Cambridge loves a name all of its own for things done and this one is no exception! The ‘pre-interview task’ is primarily a test…
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Would you like to attend some free English classes? Take the test and let us know your results We will contact you for some free online English this summer! Throughout the year we offer free English Language classes so that our teachers in training can practise the latest methods of English Language Teaching. We…
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Well into our second fully online course, we are pleased to announce that in view of the continued lockdowns and rise in cases in different parts of the world, Cambridge has extended permission to run fully online courses till the end of this calendar year. Clearly, this is not the ideal case for every single…
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Teaching Online – my Thoughts and Reactions I was not quite half way through a CELTA course when the lockdown started in Greece and, as a result of forced school closures, we were told that TPs* would be suspended indefinitely. At this point I had taught three classes face to face in Athens and had…
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The post below has not been edited in any way and is a letter sent to me by one of our recent CELTA trainees – her group started online but with the teaching practice component done in situ, at CELT in Athens. Until, suddenly, one day in March, we were told we had to close…
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