CELTA stands for “Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults”. It is the original certificate course in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) or teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL), and it has been running for four decades. It is highly respected and recognized globally, with 7 out of 10 employers worldwide asking applicants to have it.
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Teo, where and when did you start teaching English as a foreign language? I started teaching in 2010 right here, at IH Bucharest. How long have you worked with International House? Tell us about your career path, please. Well, I’ll be celebrating my 10th...
Author: Ilinca Stroe, International House Bucharest Jazz isn’t the kind of music you like as a teenager. Or in your twenties. Its subtle manipulation of a symphonic range of rhythm patterns and melodic lines, its mesmerising blending and fusing, its puzzling mélange of sounds and sensations...
Article originally published in the IH Journal, issue 47. Author: Hall Houston. Are you tired of always being in charge of the class? Are your students, on the other hand, a bit frustrated that they never get to have their say when it comes to how...
Article originally published in the IH Journal, issue 47, adapted for this site. Author: Emma Gowing. Do you sense a difference between reading and listening when it comes to general talk about “receptive skills”? Do you wonder how to teach better listening classes particularly to students...
Author: Ilinca Stroe Whether you are a more or a less experienced teacher, surely you must have, at some point, lived a moment when, casually monitoring your students mid-activity, you were shocked to notice that they were doing something totally unrelated to what they had been...
Article originally published in the IH Journal, issue 47. Author: Christopher Walker. Are you often taken aback when students ask you where a word comes from? Or are you sometimes short of mnemonic techniques that help your students remember and retain vocabulary? This article gives you...
Article originally published in the IH Journal, issue 44. Author: David Petrie. Are good examples always good? What if bad ones are even better? Correct your students’ bad English, by all means, but also give them plenty of chance to get their own head around bad...
Author: Ilinca Stroe Tick tock. It’s almost here: that time of the year when we’re all starting to sense magic in the air. The world around us is turning festive and celebratory, as glittery lights and shiny colourful decorations take over the town. And our students’...
Article originally published in the IH Journal, issue 44. Author: Mike Bridge. Are you occasionally taken aback by a student question like, “What does ‘youthquake’ mean?” Do you sometimes feel out of your depth trying to clarify the latest slang or tech jargon in some article?...
Article originally published in the IH Journal, issue no. 46. Author: Sandy Millin. Is your work-life balance right? Are you able to stay away from the perils of burnout? Do you know your teaching strengths well enough to build up on them? Can you cope with...
