International Training Institue Alumni

Hilal Hastaoğlu - CELTA - March 2007  |  Emek Dedeoğlu - CELTA - March 2007
Gamze Uslu - CELTA - March 2007  |  Sharon Leach - CELTA - March 2007

Hilal Hastaoğlu - CELTA - March 2007

Hilal kept an interesting blog-like diary of her ITI CELTA experience, courtesy of the popular EFL website eslbase.com.  (In fact, she won the competition for best course diary).

"I feel confident when I'm teaching.  I don't worry about questions coming from students anymore.  I enjoy teaching grammar.  I can categorize students into their learning styles (and I thought you need to be a psychologist to be able to do that).  [...] When I'm teaching, I don't see blank faces anymore.  I learned to listen (yes, I know that is unbelievable).  I know what 'synonym' means!  I can handle criticism!  I don't need pink stuff to help me overcome stress! (I wonder if any of my tutors and colleagues realised that I don't bring my pink folder, pink pen, pink pencil, pink eraser to class anymore)."

Emek Dedeoğlu - CELTA - March 2007

"My teaching before and after CELTA is totally different, I never hesitate or question the time spent in my classrooms as I know what I'm doing well now, it also improved the idea of how planning a lesson works. Awareness and setting up the most effective activities in order to reach the aim of the lesson has helped me a lot."

Gamze Uslu - CELTA - March 2007

"The CELTA is for beginners and this was what I needed to start all over from the beginning in order to gain my confidence back."

"The CELTA showed me how to look at the picture from the student's eyes.  When you know what the students see you know what to show better."

"You definitely learn. It's for sure. You pay a good deal of money but you receive the course from the best tutors (at least this is the case at ITI Istanbul)."

Sharon Leach - CELTA - March 2007

"I think the CELTA is a great start for those interested in teaching English as a foreign language. With its hands-on approach and emphasis on self-evaluation and reflection, it is challenging, empowering, stimulating and interactive. It's all about self-discovery and entering the endless, but wonderful cycle of learning and teaching. Doing the CELTA helps give you more confidence to go into a classroom . You'll develop a greater awareness of the needs of the students and an understanding of the rationale behind classroom activities. You'll also make some great new friends!