The Native Speaker Legend
Much has been recently said and written about the divide between teachers of English (or of any other language) native vs non-native and, clearly, this is a discriminatory divide that […]
4 Ways DELTA Module 2 Made me a Better Academic Manager
by Geoffrey Adamson Words like ‘management’ and ‘human resources’ do not come up often in conversations in or about DELTA Module 2. Terms like these, it seems, are relegated to […]
The CELTA Syllabus
These are the amended guidelines to the April 2020 syllabus document which include information about the online option Download it from the Cambridge English website. or read it here
On Training up to Become a Cambridge CELTA tutor
Many of my Delta Diploma graduates and even CELTA graduates, often ask me if we would train them up so they can become CELTA tutors. This is a post to help them […]
The Cambridge Delta Syllabus
An informative document to help you understand what you need to know in order to pass each Delta Module. Click to view full screen or download to read later. Our own […]
The Cambridge CELTA Pre-interview Task
One of the frequent questions asked by potential candidates directly to us or via social platforms and groups is how to do well on their pre-interview task and what it’s […]
Teaching Assessments Online during the CELTA
In this second blog post contributed by Sara Katsonis, a trainee on the same online/blended CELTA course which was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing restrictions, lockdown and inability to […]
Online TP’s – Online Teaching – My thoughts
The post below has not been edited in any way and is a letter sent to me by one of our recent CELTA trainees – her group started online but […]
Are you Ready to be an Online Teacher?
The future of teaching may well be online, despite the fact that face-to-face teaching has so many benefits. Advantages of online teaching Online teaching poses many challenges to the teacher […]
The elusive present perfect continuous in the passive
Image from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Jewels_of_the_United_KingdomIn all my years as a teacher, I have been reading about the elusive present perfect continuous in the passive as a classic example of that which […]