Category Archives: Cambridge ESOL

Is a TEFL diploma worth more than a relevant MA?

Posted on 04/01/2012 by alexcase

EF in China and most British Council branches think so (though they are both involved in running diploma courses), whereas I don’t know of a single university which would agree (though they are all involved in peddling MAs). I have … Continue reading →

Posted in British Council, Cambridge Delta, Diploma in TESOL, EF, MA TESOL | 32 Comments

Should the CELTA have more about technology in it?

Posted on 07/12/2011 by alexcase

So Gavin Dudeney seems to be arguing in this recent piece of his in the Guardian: No place in class for digital illiterates I just can’t see how more technology in the CELTA could be practical or useful. It’s difficult enough to … Continue reading →

Posted in CELTA, Technology | 7 Comments

Cambridge to change the Delta Experimental Lesson

Posted on 24/06/2011 by alexcase

Although the format of this part of the Cambridge Delta won’t change, they have decided to do way with the term “experimental lesson” because: a) Teachers almost always decide to do something like the Silent Way that hundreds of teachers … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge Delta | Tagged | 2 Comments

Becoming a CELTA centre

Posted on 18/05/2011 by alexcase

Apparently some people spend their free time trying to get through to boss levels of platform games. I prefer to spend my weekends trying to get through to page seven of the form that is the first stage of becoming a CELTA … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge ESOL, CELTA | 2 Comments

10 Things You’ll Learn By Doing The CELTA

Posted on 16/02/2011 by alexcase

At last, a guest piece to save me from the endless list of links that this blog is turning into! Many thanks to James Taylor, TEFLer in Belgium, blogger at https://theteacherjames.com/ and writer of the much anticipated first TEFL.net review … Continue reading →

Posted in CELTA | 14 Comments

TEFLlife.com – Doubts, contradictions and downright lies

Posted on 27/12/2010 by alexcase

See comments below for the eventual action on this matter. I’ve been meaning to do a piece of TEFL International for ages, but there are so many differing accounts, including on their own multiple sites and those of their many … Continue reading →

Posted in CELTA, Online CELTA, TEFL certificate, TEFL International, Trinity | 15 Comments

Loving and hating the Cambridge CELTA

Posted on 17/12/2010 by alexcase

The story of my three and a half years of blogging is one of a movement from attacking the Cambridge CELTA (a qualification with ridiculously low standards that is bringing the whole industry down) to spending more and more time … Continue reading →

Posted in CELTA, TEFL | 4 Comments

The CELTA failure rate

Posted on 07/11/2010 by alexcase

The number of people who fail the CELTA is approximately 3%, with another few percent of people who choose to drop out. I happen to believe that standards should be set a lot higher – does anyone think that only … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge ESOL, CELTA | 27 Comments

What I really learnt from the DELTA

Posted on 27/10/2010 by alexcase

Being a Regional DELTA Tutor made me think back to my own DELTA experience in 2002 and re-read the How was the Dip? reflections that I wrote shortly after. The Cambridge Diploma has changed since then, and so have the … Continue reading →

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New TEFL articles September 2010

Posted on 01/10/2010 by alexcase

I’ve linked to some of these already, but thought I may as well put the month’s supply together Video tasks for specific language points How to teach phonics with simple picture flashcards Classroom language for teaching pronunciation Pronunciation changes in … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge Delta, Conditionals, English as an International Language/ Lingua Franca, Future tenses, Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA, Pronunciation, Teaching English in Japan, TEFL, Usingenglish, video | Leave a comment