LILA*:
Located on Merseyside in the heart of Liverpool city centre, LILA was established in 2004 by teachers who identified a demand for top quality English language teacher training. We provide quality TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) courses including CELTA Certificate courses, an English Teaching Methodology course, and a Teaching Knowledge Test prep course for experienced English teachers.
The Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA):Cambridge CELTA is an internationally recognised, externally accredited TEFL qualification and your first reliable step to teaching anywhere in the world. This course provides fluent speakers of English with high quality training in teaching English as a foreign language and is taken by over 10,000 candidates each year.
CELTA is suitable for people who are interested in teaching English abroad or in the UK with little or no teaching experience as well as teachers who are already in the profession but who have no formal or practical teaching qualification.
The course includes tutorial support, supervised lesson planning, peer observation, feedback sessions, submission of a portfolio of work and much more.
If you would like to learn more about this course contact Jim@lilalovetolearn.com. To apply please download and complete the CELTA booking form and email it to Jim@lilalovetolearn.com.
Intensive Full-Time 4-Week Course:
- An intensive course providing a minimum of 120 contact hours between tutors and trainees involving input, tutorial support, supervised lesson planning, feedback, and peer observation
- Requires the submission by each candidate of a portfolio of work including materials related to teaching practice and written assignments
- Includes six hours of assessed teaching practice per trainee
- Includes six hours of classroom observation of experienced ELT professionals
Additional Teacher Training Courses:
English Teaching Methodology (2-weeks):
Our teaching Methodology course is designed for teachers of English to improve their teaching skills and is aimed at non-native teachers of English. There are two sessions a day and these sessions have been chosen and developed to encompass a broad range of EFL topics and to cover the most recent developments in English language teaching. This is a refresher course on methodology for English language teachers of adults and teenagers.
Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT): ( Intensive: 22.5 hours or Full time: 15 hours)
1 Week Intensive - Our intensive Cambridge TKT course is perfect for teachers who not only want to improve their teaching skills but also come away with an internationally recognised qualification.
2 Week Programme - Our 2 week Cambridge TKT course is for teachers who not only want to come away with an internationally recognised teaching qualification, but also have the chance to see some of the sights of Liverpool.