CELTA Syllabus and Assessment Guidelines Third Edition CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) is accredited by Ofqual (the regulator of qualifications, examinations and assessments in England) at level 5 on the Qualifications and Credit Framework. University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations 1 Hills Road Cambridge CB1 2EU United Kingdom Email: ESOLhelpdesk@CambridgeESOL.org www.CambridgeESOL.org EMC|2254|0Y12 © UCLES 2010 CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: CELTA SYLLABUS
Assignment 4: Lessons from the classroom. In this assignment I have been asked to reflect in detail on my experience of the classroom during the CELTA course (both teaching and learning) for self-assessment and professional development purposes. Before the course I already had one-year experience as an English teacher, using my own teaching methodology, which was not efficient and lacked in many essential stages and aims of my lessons. At the beginning of the CELTA course I realised that it was
CAMBRIDGE CELTA COURSE 24 June – 19 July 2013 Dear Trainee, Welcome to British Side and the course! You are now trainees on the Cambridge CELTA Course and students at British Side. The former means that you are following a training course designed by the University of Cambridge ESOL. The syllabus and assessment criteria are laid down by this organisation, and the course will be inspected and moderated by an externally appointed assessor. You will not be assessed by this person (s/he will inspect
CELTA Pre-course task sheet Section 1 – Learners and teachers, and the learning and teaching context A – Teaching and learning contexts Task 1 1. Lesson in groups, Multilingual & Open groups, full time course, mixed ability & gender groups, day classes, smaller classes, teachers with English speaking background 2. One to one lessons / lessons in groups, monolingual groups, closed / open groups, fulltime / part-time course, mixed / similar ability groups, mixed / same gender groups