CELTA (TEFL/TESOL) courses at IH Palma de Mallorca
CELTA: the initial TEFL qualification
The Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA) is probably the most widely recognised qualification within the English language teaching (ELT) profession.
The CELTA course is suitable for both those new to the profession and it can also act as a refresher course for those with some TEFL experience but with no formal training.
Course design
The course timetable is divided into two closely related parts. Methodology and language analysis input sessions are preceded by daily teaching practice where groups of up to six trainees work with small classes of students and gain experience of teaching at different levels.
After each teaching practice session there is a feedback in the group about the day's lesson. The observation of practising teachers is an intrinsic part of the course.
Course content
The CELTA course is an introduction to the teachings of English as a foreign language and aims to lay a firm foundation on which a teacher can build as s/he gains experience. During the course, the following aspects are covered:
- Introduction to the underlying principles of teaching language
- Ways of presenting new language items
- Techniques for further practice with emphasis on speaking
- Use of visual aids, drama techniques and video
- The listening skill, including use of taped material
- The reading skill, including use of authentic material and readers
- The writing skill
- Timetabling from coursebooks
- Alternative approaches to language teaching
- Analysis of language from a foreign learner's point of view
- Correction techniques
- Teaching pronunciation
Your tutors
The tutors on your course are qualified ELT professionals, with many years' classroom experience teaching EFL to all levels and in a variety of contexts. They have undergone the rigorous selection and training procedures specified by Cambridge, as well as holding DELTA or an equivalent qualification.
All this means that CELTA trainers are informed and authoritative ELT professionals, and so trainees receive the highest possible quality of input, observation and feedback during their CELTA course.
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