Celta Ready: Comprehensive Preparation Course

Get fully prepared for the Cambridge CELTA course

What you'll learn

Understand the requirements of the Cambridge CELTA course

Become familiar with the key concepts and terminology used in the CELTA course, including language analysis, teaching methodologies, and lesson planning

Gain an understanding of lesson planning skills

Gain knowledge of language systems (grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation) and how to teach them effectively

Gain knowledge of teaching skills and techniques, including classroom management, error correction, and giving feedback to students

Gain knowledge of the four language skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking) and how to teach them effectively

Gain familiarity with the assessment criteria used in the CELTA course and understand how to meet them effectively

Requirements

No previous teaching experience is required. This course is designed for candidates who are going to take, or are planning to take, the Cambridge CELTA teacher training course, which is designed as a course for candidates without any previous teaching experience or qualifications. All you need is a pen and paper or word processing software to make notes on, as necessary.

Description

CELTA Ready is a comprehensive introduction to the Cambridge CELTA teacher training course. My name is Chris Jones, and I've trained over 1000 candidates on CELTA courses, so I know what you need to succeed.This course will introduce you to the structure and content of CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), with modules covering the timetable, managing your time, assessment, criteria, teaching practice, language analysis, written assignments and the concepts you'll learn about in input sessions.The course is delivered in video format, with a number of downloadable pdfs that you can use to help you when the CELTA itself is underway. Quizzes at the end of each module check your learning so far, and will allow you to pinpoint areas to study further.The course is designed to be taken in order, but it's also something you may wish to dip into in the order of your choosing, and you'll find it useful to return to during CELTA, too.A little about why I created this course. I took my CELTA 20 years ago, with zero teaching experience, and very little knowledge of how language teaching worked (especially when teaching learners of English *in* English!). After having cut my teeth teaching in the UK and Central Europe, I trained as a CELTA trainer, and have since trained in excess of 1000 candidates. It's become clear to me that most candidates start CELTA with little knowledge of how the course works and what's involved, and that's why I've created this course. Drawing on my experience of face-to-face and online CELTA to candidates from all over the world, CELTA Ready is the ideal way to prepare for this challenging but deeply rewarding qualification, and I can't wait to guide you through it!That's enough from me - let's get CELTA Ready!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 What is CELTA?

Lecture 3 Structure and content

Lecture 4 Overview of teaching practice

Lecture 5 Overview of written assignments

Lecture 6 Observation

Lecture 7 Assessment criteria and grading

Lecture 8 Tutorials and progress reports

Lecture 9 Managing your time successfully

Lecture 10 CELTA myths - let's get these out of the way!

Section 2: Written Assignments

Lecture 11 Focus on the Learner

Lecture 12 Language Related Tasks

Lecture 13 Language Skills Related Task

Lecture 14 Lessons from the Classroom

Section 3: Lesson Planning

Lecture 15 Introduction

Lecture 16 Cover sheet

Lecture 17 Language analysis sheet

Lecture 18 Procedure

Lecture 19 Self evaluation

Lecture 20 Materials

Section 4: Classroom Management

Lecture 21 Introduction

Lecture 22 Building rapport (and your confidence)

Lecture 23 Giving instructions and teacher talk

Lecture 24 Monitoring and feedback

Lecture 25 Pace and timing

Section 5: Teaching language

Lecture 26 Introduction

Lecture 27 Types of language lesson: Grammar, Vocabulary and Functions

Lecture 28 Conveying meaning

Lecture 29 Checking students' understanding

Lecture 30 Phonology 1 : Stress and intonation

Lecture 31 Phonology 2: Phonemes and connected speech

Section 6: Frameworks and approaches for teaching language

Lecture 32 Introduction

Lecture 33 Text-based presentation

Lecture 34 Test-teach-test

Lecture 35 Guided discovery

Section 7: Teaching receptive skills

Lecture 36 Introduction

Lecture 37 Teaching reading and listening

Lecture 38 Reading and listening sub-skills

Lecture 39 The receptive skills framework

Section 8: Teaching productive skills

Lecture 40 Introduction

Lecture 41 Teaching speaking

Lecture 42 Correcting spoken errors

Lecture 43 Teaching writing

Lecture 44 Correcting written errors

Section 9: Last-minute jitters - let me put your mind at rest!

Lecture 45 I don't know grammar!

Lecture 46 I'm really nervous at the thought of standing up in front of a class of people!

Lecture 47 I don't know how my students will understand me!

Lecture 48 English is not my first language - can I still teach?

Lecture 49 Final thoughts before you begin…

Section 10: EXTRA MODULE 1: Language analysis crash course

Lecture 50 Introduction

Lecture 51 Parts of speech

Lecture 52 Tenses

Lecture 53 Modals

Lecture 54 Conditionals

Section 11: EXTRA MODULE 2: CELTA Terminology - make sure you know your CCQs from your ICQs!

Lecture 55 Glossary of terminology

This course is for all candidates preparing to take the Cambridge CELTA.