Cambridge CELTA Sydney, Australia

Cambridge CELTA - Bondi Junction

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Important Information

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Course price is $Aus 2600.00 + approximately £86.20 Cambridge Exam fee. The course price advertised in GBP is for guidance only. The Cambridge fee is paid directly to the school on the first day.

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Course Details

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Course Description

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Course Content


- A minimum of 100 contact hours between participants and course tutors including input, tutorial support, planning and feedback on teaching practice
- A minimum of 6 hours teaching practice supervised by a course tutor
- A minimum of 8 hours directed observation of lessons taught by experienced teachers

The course is highly practical in approach and is designed to enable participants to:

- Develop an awareness of language and a knowledge of the description of English
- Develop an understanding of the contexts within which adults learn English, their motivations and the roles of the teacher and the learner
- Develop familiarity with the principles and practice of effective teaching to adult learners of English
- Develop basic skills for teaching adults in the language classroom
- Develop familiarity with appropriate resources and materials for use with adult learners of English for teaching, testing and for reference. Identify opportunities for their own future development as professionals in the field.

Entry Requirements

No previous teaching experience or training is required, but candidates must:

- Have an awareness of language and a competence in English, both written and spoken, that enables them to follow the course and achieve all assessment criteria.
- Hold a degree or tertiary entry level qualifications.
- Be at least 18 years old at the start of the course

Course Description

Language awareness

- Basic concepts and terminology to describe form and meaning.
- Language as communication - how language functions in context.
- Language analysis - the tense system, form and function, discourse.
- Phonology - stress, intonation and sounds, the phonemic alphabet.
- Analysing learners' errors.

The teaching/learning context

- Learners' needs - differences in motivation and learning styles of adults.
- Adapting your teaching for different types of adult classes

Lesson planning

- Planning lessons - staging different types of lessons and planning a series of lessons.
- Designing tasks, activities and Materials for the classroom.

Classroom management & teaching skills
Practical skills for teaching language structures, vocabulary and pronunciation at different levels:


- Practical skills for developing the skills of speaking, reading, writing and listening.
- Techniques for correcting learners' errors.
- Managing classroom activities.
- Testing - designing and using tests in the classroom.

Resources and materials

- Familiarisation with a range of current coursebooks and teaching materials.
- Designing your own language teaching materials.
- Using classroom aids - exploiting the whiteboard, cassette recorders, visual aids etc.

Professional development

- Finding a teaching position and future career development.

Assessment


Course assessment, which is continuous and integrated, is based on classroom teaching practice and on written assignments. The certificate is awarded to candidates who satisfy all assessment criteria and complete all course requirements. Final grades are validated by an external assessor appointed by the University of Cambridge, who visits each course to observe practice teaching and inspect candidates' portfolios of written work in order to standardise grading and monitor the courses.

Please note that the full-time course is very intensive and requires total commitment. There are three hours of lectures or workshops each day, as well as two hours of teaching practice with foreign learners, followed by discussion and evaluation. You should allow between two to four hours each evening for lesson preparation and writing assignments. It is highly unlikely that you will be able to fulfil the course requirements if you have any other obligations over this period such as a part- time job or a commitment to another course. You should also be in good health and be able to manage the stress arising from an intensive course of this nature.

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Accommodation Options

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Homestay
The most popular one is the homestay,living with a family with a maximum of 35 minutes travel time. Most of the families are about 10-15 minutes away. This accommodation type inlcudes halfboard - breakfast and dinner 7 days a week and lunch on weekends. Cost for homestay accommodation is $920 (approx £400) for the full four weeks.


International Lodge/Backpackers
Another option is the Bondi Beach house, an International lodge/backpackers. They offer single (approx £150 GBP/week) twin (approx £90/week) and dorm rooms (approx £70/week). All the prices include halfboard.

Apartment
Another option is the Plage apartments which are located half way between the school and Bondi Beach. These are small studio apartments that are £870 for the full four weeks. The apartments are fully equipped with kitchen, bathroom and balcony and have spectacular ocean and city views. They are close to bus stops to the school, to the city and to the airport. They are also just a short walk to the beach, cafes and shops.

Please note that there is a $190 placement fee for organising all options.

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School Details - Sydney Teacher Training

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This TESOL training centre is the teacher training division of a major English Language School in Sydney. It was the first centre in Australia to offer teacher training programs leading to the University of Cambridge qualifications in teaching English as a Foreign Language. It is now one of the largest such centres in the world, preparing over 200 teachers each year on a range of TESOL programs. Training staff are highly qualified specialists in their field and course graduates go on to take up teaching positions all over the world.

As well as being excellent stand-alone programs leading to internationally recognised qualifications, most programmes provide pathways into higher postgraduate programs by articulating into university Graduate Diploma and Masters programs as credits at a range of prestigious Australian universities.


Sydney
Sydney really does have it all. The gleaming city centre with its futuristic skyline is connected across the winding bay by the arc of the Harbour bridge. The city boasts some of the world's best city beaches in Bondi and Manly, and the city centre has a nightlife that rivals any in the world. Despite a population of almost 2 million you can travel an hour inland and find yourself in the Blue Mountains stretching, unbroken, out of sight. Travel north or south along the coast and find yourself on miles of deserted white sandy beach. Rest assured, you will never want to leave!

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Timetable

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Monday - Friday, 09.00 - 17.45 plus 2 - 3 hours personal preparation time per day.

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How to Apply

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