Category Archives: Cambridge ESOL

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 http://www.theteacherjames.blogspot.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 conclusions that … 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

Beyond the pale in the Cambridge DELTA

Posted on 28/09/2010 by alexcase

… but perfectly okay in real life? After putting a poor DELTA candidate through the torture of being observed by me when I was a Regional DELTA Tutor last term, I had my own formal observation to go through last … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge Delta, TEFL | 1 Comment

Guides to Cambridge Delta Module 2

Posted on 25/09/2010 by alexcase

I feel slightly less guilty than usual putting links to my own stuff first, as almost everything I could find not from a course provider on the topic was by, well, me. Top two are new this week: An A … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge Delta, Cambridge ESOL, TEFL | 6 Comments

Being a Bell Regional Delta Tutor

Posted on 22/09/2010 by alexcase

What is a Regional DELTA Tutor? Bell is one of various providers of the online Cambridge Delta, and have their own way of supporting candidates which is similar to other providers but with slightly different roles and titles. During Delta Module … Continue reading →

Posted in becoming a teacher trainer, Bell, Cambridge Delta, Cambridge ESOL | 9 Comments