CELTA Course Aims
As a graduate of the CELTA program, you can expect to know:
- How to be sensitive to your adult students and their needs
- How to be sensitive to the different ways in which students learn and how to teach each learner
- How to manage your students and classroom
- Basics of grammar, lexis and phonology and how to teach it
- How to teach reading, listening, speaking and writing
- How to evaluate your own lessons before and after the class
- How to adapt and evaluate teaching materials
- Effective lesson planning
- A professional classroom presence
CELTA Syllabus
Are you ready to start learning to teach English? Toronto and elsewhere in Canada are quickly becoming ready for English teaching overseas with our comprehensive CELTA syllabus.
| Unit 1 | Learners and teachers, and the teaching and learning context |
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| Unit 2 | Language analysis and awareness |
| Unit 3 | Language skills: reading, listening, speaking and writing |
| Unit 4 | Planning and resources for different teaching contexts |
| Unit 5 | Developing teaching skills and professionalism |
| Assignments | 4 classroom related written assignments and 6 hours of practice teaching |
CELTA Student Evaluation
Students are evaluated through the 6 hours of practice teaching and the 4 written assignments, as well as participation in the Input Sessions and co-operation in the teaching practice groups.
| A Pass | Demonstrates a level of teaching ability, understanding, planning and professionalism that is significantly higher than needed to pass the program |
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| B Pass | Demonstrates teaching skills and professionalism that is significantly high |
| Pass | Performance meets the specified criteria, but candidates will need continued support |
| Fail | Candidates who fail to meet criteria in any assessed components |
