Certificate In English Language Teaching To Adults

Course Summary

CELTA is a highly practical qualification that gives you the essential skills, knowledge and hands-on teaching experience you need to teach English as a second language to adults. It is recognised in the UK and internationally as the gold-standard teaching qualification needed to teach English.

By studying for your CELTA qualification at UEL you will benefit from learning in a supportive university environment with experienced trainers, while having access to all the excellent resources and facilities on our campus.

The course is very practical and enables you to link theory to practice through extensive classroom training overseen by experienced teacher trainers.

You will learn all the professional skills you need in an authentic context, preparing you in the best possible way for your future career whether you want to teach English, pursue a full teacher training qualification or simply develop pedagogical skills.

This course is ideal if you're completely new to teaching, or if you have some teaching experience but want a recognised qualification to help you gain employment.

Reputable employers across the world request the qualification as a basic requirement for teaching English. The certificate is accredited as a level 5 qualification and is awarded by Cambridge English, which is part of the University of Cambridge.

CELTA is the Gold Standard teaching qualification for English Language Teaching.

What You'll Learn

Throughout the course, you will acquire essential knowledge of the English language and develop familiarity with the principles of effective teaching. You will put this theoretical knowledge into practice and acquire a range of practical skills for teaching English to adult learners.

You will have the opportunity to apply your learning in a real teaching context and, once you have completed the qualification successfully, you can begin working in a variety of ESOL and EFL teaching contexts around the world.

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• assess learner needs, and plan and teach lessons which take account of learners' backgrounds, learning preferences and current needs;

• demonstrate language knowledge and awareness and appropriate teaching strategies;

• demonstrate knowledge about language skills and how they may be acquired;

• plan and prepare lessons designed to develop their learners' overall language competence;

• demonstrate an appropriate range of teaching skills at this level and show professional awareness and responsibility.

How You'll Learn

We teach using a wide variety of methods to ensure your learning experience is diverse and that different aspects of your course are suited to develop specific skills. You will benefit from a mixture of classroom teaching, practical teaching experience, independent study, tutorials and written assignments - all of which will develop your theoretical and practical understanding in different ways.

Our superb academic staff have a wealth of teaching experience and will assist you with supervised lesson planning, provide feedback on your teaching experience, and guide you through observation sessions with peers and qualified teachers.

The timetable is also designed to meet the needs of students who are currently in employment, so you can juggle work and study. 

Who will teach on this course The teaching team includes qualified academics, practitioners and industry experts as guest speakers.

Full details of the academics will be provided in the student handbook and module guides.

Module Specification

Accordion

Teaching Practicum (CELTA) ED7705

The module enables students to acquire essential subject knowledge and familiarity with the principles of effective teaching; acquire a range of practical skills for teaching English to adult learners and demonstrate their ability to apply their learning in a real teaching context.

Candidates who complete the course successfully can begin working in a variety of ESOL teaching contexts around the world.

• Topic 1: Learners and teachers, and the teaching and learning context

• Topic 2: Language analysis and awareness

• Topic 3: Language skills: reading, listening, speaking and writing

• Topic 4: Planning and resources for different teaching contexts

• Topic 5: Developing teaching skills and professionalism

What You'll Study And When

• Topic 1: Learners and teachers, and the teaching and learning context

• Topic 2: Language analysis and awareness

• Topic 3: Language skills: reading, listening, speaking and writing

• Topic 4: Planning and resources for different teaching contexts

• Topic 5: Developing teaching skills and professionalism

How You'll Be Assessed

100 percent coursework for the entire course.

Four assignments:

• focus on adult learners and learning contexts

• focus language systems

• focus on language skills

• focus on reflection on classroom teaching and the identification of action points

Assignments are between 750 - 1000 words.