Chester School of English, Madrid:
Chester School of English in Madrid, Spain provides a 4-week intensive CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) course. The CELTA certificate is a highly-recognised and renowned teaching certificate. This course aims to help trainee teachers to learn the principles of effective teaching, to gain the practical skills you will need for teaching English to adult learners and to get valuable hands-on teaching.
Cambridge ESOL CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) Course:
This is an initial qualification for people with little or no previous teaching experience or teachers who do have some experience but no training & need a solid grounding. It is one of the most widely taken qualifications of its kind with over 10,000 people each year taking a CELTA course that opens up a whole world of exciting English language teaching opportunities.
Topic areas include:
- 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 teaching contexts
- Developing teaching skills and professionalism
Assessment:
CELTA is awarded to candidates who have completed the course and who have met the assessment criteria for all written and practical assignments. The overall assessment aims for each topic are that candidates should be able to:
- Assess learner needs, and plan and teach lessons which take account of learners’ backgrounds, learning preferences and current needs.
- Demonstrate language knowledge and awareness and appropriate teaching strategies.
- Demonstrate knowledge about language skills and how they may be acquired.
- Plan and prepare lessons designed to develop their learners’ overall language competence.
- Demonstrate an appropriate range of teaching skills at this level and show professional awareness and responsibility.
For further information on our CELTA course in Madrid, please email us via our Contact Us page.