British Council Chennai opens registrations for the March 2017 CELTA Batch
British Council Chennai is delighted to announce its next batch of Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA) in the month of January 2017 with an option of signing up for the Blended Learning Teacher Training Scheme 2017.
CELTA is a 4-week, 120-hour intensive course that is an international benchmark of English Language Teaching. It is an initial qualification for people with little or no previous teaching experience and is equally relevant to those who want to gain an internationally recognised qualification. Some of our CELTA graduates in the past were engineers, pilots, sports instructors, lawyers, amongst others.
The Blended Learning Teacher Training Scheme 2017 includes:
50% sponsorship on the four-week full time Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages(CELTA) on the courses mentioned below:
City | Course dates |
Chennai | 6 March - 31 March 2017 |
To qualify for the course, prospective candidates must be advanced users of the language (C1 Level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) and successfully pass all three stages of the interview.
Throughout the CELTA course, a candidate will
* develop their teaching skills
* learn to plan lessons and design materials
* be assessed on their teaching during practice sessions.
Assessments:
This course is assessed through a combination of teaching practice and written assignments with our dedicated Cambridge approved CELTA tutors, providing specialist guidance and support. Every course is approved and moderated by a Cambridge English external assessor.
Venue:
British Council, 737, Anna Salai, Chennai 600 002
How to apply:
Download the application form from https://www.britishcouncil.in/teach/teacher-training/cambridge-celta (or) contact abraham.david@britishcouncil.org / 044 4205 0613.
For more details call 0120 456 9000 / 0120 668 4353
Last date to send in applications: 20 February 2017
Note: Applications are processed in order of receipt, hence, we advise early application as our courses are regularly over-subscribed.
Other Teacher Training Courses:
Apart from the CELTA, British Council also runs the following courses on teacher training
- BE TT (Business English Teacher Training)
- IELTS TTT (IELTS Train the Trainer)
