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Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults

Teaching English to speakers of other languages is 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.

CELT Athens offers two types of attendance options leading to this well-known Cambridge qualification:

1. An intensive 4-week course

2. A part time course completed over 12 weeks

Course Content:

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


The course includes seminars and workshops on the areas of the syllabus as specified by Cambridge which can be downloaded here*.

 

The list below includes the main topic areas but you can get a better idea by looking at a sample course timetable which we use for our 4-week courses here.

* The Cambridge Syllabus is in pdf format.  Acrobat Reader can be downloaded from here.

Selection and Pre-testing

Selection of participants is determined through

  1. a pre-course/pre-interview task which must be completed and sent in before the interview. This task aims to ensure that your language knowledge and skills are of a high enough level to be able to deal with the course successfully as well as to teach adult learners at a range of levels.

  2. a personal interview with the Course Tutor. In cases where a face-to-face interview is not possible, it is acceptable to be interviewed over the phone, Skype, Google Talk or other voice messenger.

Both native and non-native speakers are accepted on the course and both are expected to have a level of education, language awareness and competence in English which will enable them to deal with all aspects of the assessment in a successful way. 

Am I eligible to apply?

Ideally you should:

  • have a standard of education equivalent to that required for entry into higher education
  • be aged 18 or over
  • have a standard of English which will enable you to teach a range of levels including advanced classes

You may still be accepted you if you do not have formal qualifications at this level but can demonstrate that you would be likely to complete the course successfully. 

If you have read the information above and think you qualify, please complete an online application form which you can download by clicking here.

How can I apply?

Follow these instructions to apply for the CELTA course:

  1. Download the CELTA application form

  2. Complete the document and return via email to info@celt.edu.gr

  3. Print out a copy and post to the CELTA Course Tutor, CELT Athens, 77 Academias Str., 106 78 Athens, Greece

  4. CELT will contact you to arrange a date and time when you can complete the Pre-interview task and return it completed within approx. two hours fromr eceiving it.

  5. On the day, you will then the Pre-Interview Task via email (attached as a Word.doc)

  6. Complete and return the Pre-Interview Task

  7. CELT Athens will contact you to arrange an interview. The interview can be conducted face-to-face if you are in Athens, by phone or by Skype (or other type of messenger service)

  8. If you are offered a place on the course, you should pay in your tuition & assessment fees

  9. Undertake the preparation programme that will be sent to you

How will I be assessed?

You will be assessed throughout the course, with no final examination. An external assessor, appointed by Cambridge ESOL, moderates each course. There are two components of assessment:

1.        Teaching practice
You will teach for a total of six hours, working with classes at two levels of ability. Assessment is based on your overall performance at the end of the six hours.

2.        Written assignments
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.

To be awarded the certificate you must pass both components. There are three grades - Pass, Pass 'B' and Pass 'A'.

Tuition Fees

Tuition  is 1450 Εuros.  Fees must be paid fully up to one month in advance of the start of the course. 

To check our tuition fees in any currency you wish   XE.com Personal Currency Assistant
 

The Centre

CELT Athens is an Authorised Cambridge Teaching Awards Centre for CELTA and DELTA and has been running Cambridge Diploma level courses since 1993 (previous versions of this Diploma were the DTEFLA, for native speaker teachers of adults, & the DOTE, for non-native speaking teachers). CELT supports trainee teachers in a variety of ways:

CELT Athens accepts a limited number of course participants, a maximum of 8 on any individual course, so a lot of personal attention and support is available to each trainee on the course, a free library membership, free photocopying of all Teaching practice material as well as Wi-fi access and access to PC's and the internet. 

Teaching Practice Classes are organised at the centre and they are available throughout the programme.

To contact the centre, please send an e-mail to:  info@celt.edu.gr

 

Links to Other Courses offered at CELT Athens
 
Trainees who have attended the CELTA course DO NOT need to attend the preparation course for the ASEP examinations.
 
The Cambridge CELTA course is also excellent as preparation for those who wish to later follow more advanced level courses, such as the Cambridge DELTA Diploma or the Trinity Diploma.
 
Cambridge CELTA holders DO NOT need to attend any further preparation courses for the TKT - all our trainees who have sat for these examinations were successful and received top grades.
 
For further development after completing this course, you may be interested in one of our short refresher/top up courses such as the one on Teaching English to Young Learners, Teaching Exam Classes. Please check the  CELT Athens  course chart to view a full list of these short 20-30 hour courses.

 

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FULL TIME COURSES  (4 WEEKS)
 01-01-10 to 26-02-10
31-05-10 to 25-06-10
05-07-10 to 30-07-10
02-08-10 to 27-08-10
30-09-10 to 24-09-10
01-11-10 to 26-11-10

PART TIME COURSE
02-02-10 to 27-05-10 (weekdays)

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Study TEFL in Athens Greece

CELT was established in 1993, primarily as a teacher education centre offering quality training programmes for foreign language teachers of English, Modern Greek and other Modern Languages. A Camrbridge  Authorised Teaching Awards Centre from the outset, CELT has an excellent local and international reputation for quality training programmes and for producing trainees of high calibre.

Situated in the
heart of Athens, in the very centre of the capital of Greece, an excellent place to start or develop your Modern Greek  as well as experience living in an exciting European city with so much to do in its present and see of its past.
 

But following a course at such a great location is not enough! CELT  trainees are supported in more than one ways both prior as well as while and after completing their courses. Here are some of the ways:

Excellence in Tutors

The CELT Athens tutorial team includes some of the best-known teacher trainers around. Most are well-known authors with Macmillan ELT or Cambridge University Press. 

Excellence in Resources

Our trainees have free access to one of the best TEFL & teaching  Methodology  Libraries   including all the books they need for background as well as articles and journals (more than 4,000 titles) plus:

  • Copies of keynote articles

  • Journals on Teaching,
     Language. Linguistics 
    & Applied Linguistics

  • Practical teachers' magazines

  • Dictionaries

  • Grammars

  • Board Games

... and of course, all currently used EFL coursebooks &  supplementary books on the market.

In addition, they have access to:

  • PC's for their use

  • Free Wi-Fi

  • Free photocopying

  • Printing faciclities

Course Support on the Web

Each course has a dedicated support website for trainees. Entry is exclusive to CELT trainees who gain access to

  • Keynote articles

  • Assessment documents

  • Assignment templates and guidelines

  • Lesson planning templates

  • Example lesson plans

  • A bookshelf with downloadable books in electronic format

  • Revision Links

  • Self-Access material online

Self-study & Preparation Packages

CELT Trainee Teachers receive specially designed preparation study packages both BEFORE the course starts as well as SELF ACCESS material for use  DURING and AFTER the course. Material is given both in print and CD-Rom format

Job Support

CELT trainees are added to a teachers' database and receive job support for life both for local (in-Greece)  and international jobs.

Help for jobs includes

  • A job board at CELT

  • A job board on the web

  • Counseling for job interviews

  • Practice in creating a professional CV / resume

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