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Heartpower is a registered CELTA centre with University of Cambridge ESOL.
Teaching English to speakers of other languages can be a highly rewarding career, offering you the chance to live and work abroad. You will need an internationally recognised teaching qualification, and CELTA - highly regarded throughout the world - gives you the skills you need and will make it easier to get a teaching job anywhere. CELTA is an initial qualification for people with little or no previous teaching experience and opens up a whole world of exciting teaching opportunities. Because it is awarded by Cambridge ESOL, part of the world-famous University of Cambridge, you can rely on its quality and recognition.
Over 10,000 people successfully complete a CELTA course each year.
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Part Time - 12 weeks
Full Time - 4 weeks |
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You are assessed throughout the course on your:
- 6 hours of teaching practice (lesson planning, classroom teaching and self-evaluation)
- 4 written assignments (totalling 1500 words), and
- professional development.
Your performance is measured against criteria which you are given at the start of the course.
There is no final examination.
CELTA grades at IH Sydney - Teacher Training Centre, 2002 - 2008
- 12% Pass A
- 33% Pass B
- 50% Pass
- 2% withdrawn
- 3% fail
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Ideally you should:
- have a standard of education equivalent to that required for entry into higher education
- be aged 20 or over
- have a standard of English which will enable you to teach at a range of levels.
We may still accept you if you do not have formal qualifications at this level but can demonstrate that you would be likely to complete the course successfully. We may, at our discretion, accept applicants aged between 18 and 20.
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COURSE CONTENT:
Click here for CELTA syllabus
Click here for Credit Tranfers to Australian Universities
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CELTA covers:
the principles of effective teaching
provides a range of practical skills for teaching English to adult learners
gives you hands-on teaching practice
There are five main units of learning:
- 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.
108 hours of seminars and demonstrations to explore communicative teaching methodologies including:
How to teach speaking, writing, reading, listening, grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, function and form
- teaching adults in a variety of contexts including general English, business English, exam preparation
classes, and how to adapt these methodologies to the younger learner classroom
- lesson planning
- how to use or adapt course books and design your own classroom materials
- language analysis and awareness
- factors affecting motivation, cultural backgrounds and learner styles
- teaching practice preparation
- detailed feedback of your teaching practice
six hours of assessed teaching practice with real classes
six hours directed observation of lessons taught by experienced teachers
80 hours of work at home including lesson preparation, assignments and course reading
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| Course Intake: Part Time Weekdays | | DATES: | | 16 Aug 10 to 10 Nov 10 |
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Mondays, Tuesday & Wednesdays 1:00pm to 4:30pm
12 weeks
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| Course Intake: Part Time Weekends | | DATES: | | 21 Aug 10 to 14 Nov 10 |
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Saturday AND Sunday 9:00am to 4:00pm
12 weeks
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| Course Intake: Full Time December School Holiday Intake | | DATES: | | 22 Nov 10 to 17 Dec 10 |
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| | FURTHER INFORMATION: | | Mondays to Fridays 9:00am to 4:30pm
4 weeks |
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