4-week TEFL Course Palermo, Italy
Online CELTA Course
   
Important Information
This course is a 12 week course with teaching practice in one 4 week block.
Course Details
| Course ref. |
6291 |
| Course Type |
4-week TEFL Course or equivalent |
| Min Age |
18 |
| Maximum Class Size |
18 |
| Exam Board Fee Included |
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Course Description
The Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) is one of the leading, internationally-recognised TEFL qualifications. The qualification is issued by the Cambridge University Examining Board and has been classified as a level 4 qualification by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.
The course is highly-practical and intensive and your full attendance and participation are course requirements.
On the CELTA course you will learn:
- the principles of communicative teaching methodology
- techniques to develop the reading, writing, listening and speaking skills
- how to present and practise new language
- classroom management
- lesson and syllabus planning
- how to make the most of resources and materials
Entry Requirement
Applicants must have a good standard of education. Ideally, applicants should have a level of education that would allow them entry into a university. If you do not have this level of education, your range of professional experiences will be taken into consideration. All applicants should have a standard of English to that of a native speaker. Before being offered a place on a course, all applicants will have either a face-to-face or a telephone interview.
How does the CELTA Course Online work?
It is based on the part-time model. However, instead of coming into the centre premises to do both input sessions and to do your teaching practice, you will do the input sessions online, working through multimedia materials, doing interactive tasks, discussing topics with other course participants and your tutor in forums and collaborating with other course participants in a virtual classroom. Teaching practice, feedback, supervised lesson planning and live observation will require coming into the centre.
Please note that the materials require participants to be online and cannot be downloaded or worked on off-line. This is for security and to allow progress monitoring.
How will the online component of the course be structured?
As a course participant, you will work with an orientation module and 30 units of online, interactive material based on the syllabus areas. Forum and "Live room" (virtual real-time classroom) tasks are integrated throughout the course. This means that although the number of times you need to come into the centre is reduced, there are still appointments (virtual or real) that you need to attend. Course participants work independently or collaboratively depending on the task with tutor support, evaluation and comment.
How will the Teaching Practice (TP) be structured?
Teaching practice will have a group format with each candidate teaching for a total of 6 hours. When you are not teaching, you will watch your colleagues teach (peer observation). Candidates will continue to interact with the online environment during the teaching practice phases.
How much work will there be on the course?
CELTA courses are very intensive whichever way you complete them. On face-to-face courses there are 120
contact hours or more spent at the centre. However, trainees often spend at least this amount of time again
reviewing input, preparing lessons and writing assignments. When considering the time necessary to complete the
online course please be aware of this significant additional time on top of completing online units, observing
classes and attending the face to face components.
What are the benefits of doing the CELTA Online course as opposed to the part-time face-to-face course?
- It gives you more flexibility in terms of when you complete the online component.
Although the units have to be completed in order and there will be virtual classroom appointments and
discussion forums to follow, there is flexibility in when you work with the online material which will help you to
fit these around professional and personal commitments.
- As there are fewer face-to-face sessions, you will not need to come into centre as much, saving you travel
time and expense. This will be especially beneficial to those who live further away from the centre.
- Another advantage of the CELTA Course Online will be the increased amount of time and support away from
the centre for reflection and development. The online materials will provide an excellent resource that you can
come back to at a future point. Course participants will have access to the online materials post-course (a
year from the start of the course).
Who will be my tutors?
For each course there are an Online Course Tutor (OCT) and local Teaching Practice Tutors (TPTs). The Online Course Tutor will be guiding you through the online material but will also have input into the practical side. Whilst the TPT will be observing your teaching practice, giving you feedback and helping with lesson planning, they will also be feeding in and referring to theory. The TPTs and the OCT work in close co-operation to ensure a strong link between theory and practice. Depending on how the course is run, your OCT may also be a TPT.
How will I communicate with my online tutor?
Whilst working through the online units, you will have contact with your OCT through the forum and the Liveroom
tasks. However, the Virtual Learning Environment we will be using offers several means of communicating with
your tutor directly. You will have at least one tutorial with the OCT to discuss your progress. Depending on how
the course is set up this may be face-to-face, by phone or virtually in the Liveroom.
Will I meet the other course participants?
You will work with all the other course participants online and in the virtual classroom and will meet them face-toface when you come in for the introduction to teaching practice session. During face-to-face teaching practice,
you will work most closely with your own teaching practice group.
Accommodation Options
Homestay Accommodation
Most host families live near the school. Trainees will get their own private room and share living facilities with family. This accommodation can be on a half-board of full-board basis.
Student residence and shared accommodation
The student residence and shared apartments are all fully-furnished and are located very near to the school.
School Details - Palermo
Palermo is the principal city of the autonomous Italian region of Sicily. Sicily is an island with plenty of natural wonders and a chequered history. Ruled by the Greeks, Byzantines, Arabs Normans and Spanish its colourful history can be seen in the amazing architecture and local customs today. Palermo is a bustling city with lots of local attractions to keep you entertained when you are not in class or preparing lessons.
Established in 1975 the school became affiliated to the International House World Organisation in 1984. It has been offering the CELTA course since 2002.
The school building occupies 2 floors of a traditional building in the city centre, near to the main square. There are twelve classrooms, 2 staff rooms, a student self-access centre, a photocopying area, a reception area, a patio, two offices and a small library. The school is centrally heated, with air conditioning in the summer months.
How to Apply
1. Choose the start date which interests you. If you’re still unsure, please choose an approximate date for now - you will be able to specify later.
2. Register your details with Cactus TEFL (1 minute) to help us track your application.
3. Download the application form and save it on your computer.
4. Complete it offline in your own time
5. Go back to www.cactustefl.com, sign in and submit your completed form.
You can also submit an application by email. We will explain how to do this on the application form. Please contact us if you have any problems with the application procedure.
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