Tag: celta
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When Teaching EFL Should You Use the Textbook?
I’ve just completed my first semester as an EFL teacher. Before that I had taken the CELTA teacher training course. On the course our students we taught followed various textbooks. All of our lessons faithfully followed the book from week to week. Each of the 6 trainees in each group would take one particular section […]
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So Who Exactly Studies for the CELTA TEFL Certificate?
I did my CELTA in 2015. On my course were 18 attendees (including myself). For our teaching practice we were divided into 3 groups of 6. So who exactly signs up for a CELTA and puts themselves through the gruelling training regime? One thing that was different on my particular CELTA course was that I […]
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Cast Adrift in the Classroom – What The CELTA Course Doesn’t Teach You
So I did my CELTA back in 2015, and 2 years later I got my first ever teaching job. Coincidentally (or maybe not) I started my first teaching job the same month as my sister stated her PGCE training*. However, while on the first day she was learning about teaching, I was being thrown in […]
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Do You Actually Need a CELTA To Teach English Overseas?
If you want to teach English overseas then you sometimes need a teaching qualification. Generally the best thing to do if you want to teach English in another country is to find out what is required, then work backwards from that. I’ll give you one specific example of a country. If you want to teach […]
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Do IT Geeks and Introvert Types Make Good Teachers?
I did my CELTA English teacher training at International House in Barcelona. One of our more memorable input sessions was taken by a teacher who ran the IT department there. One of his activities was to get all us trainee teachers to line up into the order of how technically inclined we were. We all […]
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Worried About Burning Out on the CELTA? Here Are My Experiences of the Part-Time Course…
The CELTA is a famously tough course. It is usually taught over the course of a month. In that time you will live and breathe teacher training. There won’t be time for anything else. It’s not for everybody. I recommend you think twice if you have family or side-hustle commitments. Also I recommend you avoid […]