TEFL teacher training courses in The Hague

British School in the Netherlands, The Hague:
The BSN Language Centre is a unique and dedicated department of The British School in The Netherlands, located in The Hague, to the west of the country. The BSN offers a Cambridge ESOL CELTA course which is the most highly regarded and widely recognised qualification for new English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers.

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University of Cambridge CELTA:The CELTA syllabus includes:

- Learners and teachers, and the teaching and learning context
- Language analysis and awareness
- Language skills: reading, listening, speaking and writing
- Planning and resources for different contexts
- Developing teaching skills and professionalism.

The syllabus areas are covered in a variety of ways including: input sessions, written assignments, live observation of experienced teachers, teaching practice with ‘real’ students and feedback from tutors and peers

The course is structured as follows:

- Input sessions: There are around 60 hours of workshops and seminars. These focus on language awareness and analysis, learners and language learning, phonology, teaching methodology and professional development.

- Teaching practice and feedback: You teach 6 hours of classes attended by volunteer adult learners of English from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds. After each teaching practice there is a feedback session to discuss the lessons taught. You receive individual oral and written feedback from tutors on all your lessons.

- Observation: 
You will observe a minimum of 6 hours of classes of experienced teachers. Observation may include 2 hours of watching DVDs.

- Lesson preparation: You will need to prepare all your lessons and document your plans on lesson planning sheets. This will initially be guided and supervised by the course tutors, but you are encouraged to work more independently as the course progresses.

- Written work: You will complete four written assignments: one focusing on adult learning; one on the language system of English; one on language skills; and one on classroom teaching. You must expect to spend a considerable amount of time outside course sessions on lesson planning as well as on written assignments.