Success on your Certificate Course in English Language Teaching
A guide to becoming a teacher in ELT/TESOL
- 240 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Success on your Certificate Course in English Language Teaching
A guide to becoming a teacher in ELT/TESOL
About This Book
`Extremely comprehensive and well written in terms of style â accessible to the reader, but intelligent and expressing some fairly subtle concepts. Would that more ELT practitioners could do the same!... Certainly a good read for those thinking about and also those engaged in initial training â or even post initial training stage? - Jenny Pugsley, Head of TESOL, Trinity College London
?It's essential reading whether you are simply curious about what is involved in training in ELT, need advice on choosing the right course, have already enrolled and want to make the most of your course, or are a new teacher just starting out. It's a book I wish I'd had when I was starting out in my ELT career, and that I wish had been available to many of the course participants I have tutored? - Lyn Strutt, ELT author and Chair of the British Council Families Association
Each year, thousands of people all over the world take one of the hundreds of available short pre-service courses that lead to the award of a certificate in English Language Teaching (ELT) or Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). Caroline Brandt?s book is an invaluable guide to anyone thinking of enrolling on one of these courses. With a clear and concise structure that follows your general interest in TESOL right through to the intricacies of the course itself, it can be used from initial research stages to final qualifications, and beyond. Brandt?s decades of experience in this field across the globe shine through.
Chapters include:
-introducing English Language Teaching
-becoming qualified
-knowing your certificate course
-getting started
-learning
-working together
-being qualified.
Throughout the book there are snapshots of students? experiences in their own words, and summaries of key points for you to take with you - whether into the next stage of learning or the next day?s teaching. The chapters are stand alone resources as well as the building blocks to becoming a fully-qualified English Language teacher.
The book is supported by a companion website, which provides quizzes to test understanding of each chapter, lesson plan proformas, a full glossary and annotated website links.
Frequently asked questions
Information
Chapter 1
Setting the scene
- English Language Teaching and the kind of people the profession suits
- who this book is for
- why people take certificate courses
- the four aims of this book: to clarify the field of ELT/TESOL; to enable you to identify a good certificate course; to help you to succeed on your certificate course; and to help you to prepare for employment in ELT/TESOL
- the background of the author
- how to use this book.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
- you like the thought of a job that involves working with language (though you do not need to speak English as a first language to become qualified to teach it; nor do you need to know a lot about English grammar before you begin)
- you would like a job that involves meeting and working with adults from other countries and cultures
- you like the idea of living and working in another country (though a career in ELT/TESOL does not necessarily mean you have to work abroad â you might well be able to stay in your home town).
WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR
- interested in learning about ELT/TESOL and what the field has to offer
- considering applying for a place on a certificate course with a view to gaining an initial ELT/TESOL qualification
- currently taking an ELT/TESOL certificate course.
WHY DO PEOPLE TAKE ELT/TESOL CERTIFICATE COURSES?
- are interested both in teaching and in English language
- want to support yourself during a âgap yearâ, before you continue with higher education
- are a recent university or college graduate, and see ELT/TESOL as a temporary career, until you decide what you want to do
- want to work in a country or countries other than your own
- have retired after a career in a different area but would like to continue working â ELT/TESOL can be a flexible and interesting choice
- are dissatisfied with your current job, or have been made redundant, and are seeking a change of career
- are a qualified teacher, and would like to expand your range of skills and qualifications to include an ELT/TESOL qualification
- are well qualified in another area, but living in a country where it is difficult to find employment in your field â you might be in this position if you accompany your partner overseas
- have children to take care of and would like flexible part-time work with opportunities for full-time employment and career development in the future.
THE AIMS OF THIS BOOK
- the Cambridge ESOL CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults)
- the Trinity College London CertTESOL (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages).
- CELTA and CertTESOL courses and qualifications enjoy significant popularity and are widely recognized and accepted by employers internationally.
- Many alternative courses, available all over the world, take a comparable approach.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1: Setting the scene
- Chapter 2: Introducing English Language Teaching
- Chapter 3: Becoming qualified
- Chapter 4: Knowing your certificate course
- Chapter 5: Getting started
- Chapter 6: Learning
- Chapter 7: Teaching
- Chapter 8: Working together
- Chapter 9: Succeeding
- Chapter 10: Being qualified
- References
- Index