Cambridge CELTA Bratislava, Slovakia

Cambridge CELTA

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Important Information

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Course Details

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Course Description

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The course covers the general principles of teaching adult classes from beginner to post-intermediate level. Teaching practice is a significant component. Successful completion of the course indicates readiness to embark on a professional career in ELT, and although further guided experience and in-service training will be necessary, the trainee can begin to teach effectively with a firm basis on which to develop as a teacher of ELT.

Course Content: The course follows the Cambridge CELTA syllabus. Teaching techniques are practised by the course participants in regular teaching practice sessions with adult students of English. An overview of the topics covered:

- The general principles and techniques of teaching and learning a foreign language
- The English language: linguistic form, function, meaning and phonology
- Teaching and learning the skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing
- Classroom techniques: presentation, practice, checking learning, error analysis, correction, classroom management, group work and pair work
- Lesson planning; course planning; timetables
- Different learning and teaching styles at adult level, adult learners' motivations and learning styles
- The evaluation and use of published and non-published resources and materials
- Professional development: evaluating one's own strengths and weaknesses, preparing to become a teacher, colleague and employee

Seminars, workshops and observation of experienced teachers take up approximately half the course time. Teaching practice takes up the other half, and is conducted in small groups, each with a teaching practice supervisor. Each trainee teaches for a total of at least six hours with graded classes of students. Teaching practice includes guided preparation, analysis and reflection on teaching practice sessions, and individual tutorials to monitor and discuss progress. Preparation and homework include written assignments and lesson preparation.

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Accommodation Options

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Staying in the a shared flat will offer you the same comforts as staying with a host family but enable you to live more independently. You can study in the privacy of your own room. The shared facilities are equipped with all you will need in order to prepare your own food and relax after a hard day's work.

£250 for four weeks

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School Details - Bratislava

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The school is one of the largest private language schools in the Slovak Republic with over 40 teachers based in Bratislava and other towns around the Slovak Republic.

It is located in the city centre and is only a stone’s throw from the city’s historic centre with its pedestrian streets, myriad alleys and secluded squares, pavement cafes and restaurants and numerous small pubs.

The school is located in a recently refurbished five-storey building with most classrooms being on the ground floor. The teachers’ room, library and Academic Management are on the fourth floor, but there is a lift.

All classrooms are equipped with a cassette player or CD and whiteboard and some have TV, VCR and OHP.

The library has an extensive range of coursebooks as well as supplementary materials,cassettes and videotapes.

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Timetable

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Monday-Friday approx 9-5/6

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How to Apply

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Prices and Dates

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