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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Author: Ilinca Stroe There are people who enrol on a CELTA course to become qualified teachers of English without really knowing whether teaching is right for them. Despite the alluring prospect of getting an international certificate which can land them a job anywhere in the world,...
Author: Anastasiya Shalamay. Article originally published in issue no. 48 of the IH Journal. You’re basically a face-to-face teacher who’s had to transfer their in-presence teaching skills online. Have you noticed all the differences between the two ways of teaching? What changes do you have to...
Author: Thomas Entwistle. Article originally published in issue no. 48 of the IH Journal. Do you have classes where all the students come from the same mother tongue? Monolignual classes pose specific challenges for teachers, e.g. the extended use of L1 in class. This article explores...
Author: Claire Parsons. Article originally published in issue no. 48 of the IH Journal. Correcting your students’ spoken English is always a topic of interest. Is it better to correct on the spot or to resort to delayed correction? And what type of errors are there...
Author: Xana de Nagy. Article originally published in issue no. 48 of the IH Journal. Have you at some point taught kids? If you’re an ex-YL teacher, this article will certainly make you miss those times! If you’re still currently teaching children, you’ll certainly confirm why...
Author: Ilinca Stroe While coursebooks seem increasingly more shaped by authenticist ELT philosophies such as Dogme, including radio show extracts for listening exercises and (adapted) newspaper or magazine articles for reading tasks, using unedited authentic materials in the language class as a complement to the textbook...
Author: Jamie King. Article originally published in issue no. 42 of the IH Journal. ELT, CCQs, TBL – how crazy are you about acronyms in teacher training? And have you ever wondered whether they might not favour form over meaning? This article cautions trainers and trainees...
Author: Elna Coetzer. Article originally published in issue no. 42 of the IH Journal. Practising and consolidating critical thinking skills in the YL language class is no novelty to 21st-century teaching. How do you do it best, as a teacher? By answering questions. Chubby questions. As...
Author: Kylie Malinowska. Article originally published in issue no. 42 of the IH Journal. What are coursebooks still for? With such a massive amount of online resources (games, crosswords, stories, songs, worksheets, flashcards, you name it), we might feel very tempted to do away with textbooks....
Author: Ilinca Stroe Language exams such as TOEFL or those in the Cambridge suite seem to be growing more and more popular. And important. Many times, people’s education, career or residence status depend on the exam score, while for many others the exams are a matter...
