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Cambridge ESOL teaching awards
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TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) and TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) are umbrella terms for all the various English language teaching awards available worldwide.  As such, all Cambridge ESOL teaching awards are 'TEFL courses' (or 'TESOL courses').

Please note

To ensure that you receive the latest up-to-date information, a link is provided to the course page on the Cambridge ESOL website.  You are encouraged to read this information in detail.  (The page will open in a new browser tab/window).

Provisional times, dates and fees are listed below.  N.B. We reserve the right to change these details (including course fees) at any time without notice.

All course fees are in GBP (Great Britain Pounds).

CELTA at ITI

CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) is an initial teaching qualification for new or inexperienced teachers.
http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/teaching-awards/celta.html

We offer CELTA on a part-time basis; two or three days a week over a ten week period, or on a full-time basis; either four days a week over a five week period or five days a week over a four week period.

Computer use & Internet access

We make significant use of a browser-based course management software package called 'Moodle' (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) which serves primarily as a means of distributing and collecting documents (written assignments, lesson plans e.t.c.)  If your course includes 'a Moodle component' (which all of our CELTA courses and most of our DELTA courses do), you will be provided with a Moodle enrolment key (once we have received your deposit payment) and you will be expected to upload and download course-related documents using Moodle from then on.  Regular Internet access throughout the duration of your course (and in some cases before your course begins) is therefore a must.

Although we don’t require you to word process your own assignments, lesson plans e.t.c. we strongly advise you to do so.  We especially prefer you to upload your written work (rather than give it to us by hand) if you are attending an part-time course.  This means using a word processor (in order to produce electronic, i.e., uploadable, documents).

We maintain a number of desktop PCs at the school which you can use but demand for these PCs can sometimes outstrip supply.  We therefore recommend that you bring your own laptop if you have one.  You will find it very useful.  Wireless Internet access is freely available.

Upcoming CELTA courses (with confirmed dates)

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Application procedure

Applicants must observe the following application procedure:

1. Please read the application form completion notes and then complete the online application form  including the written assignment.  On receipt of a fully completed application form we will contact you to arrange a date for your interview.
2. Face to face interviews may be conducted individually or as part of a group, and you should allow two hours for the process. Telephone interviews are approximately 45 mins long.  N.B. Telephone interviews are only for people who don't live in or around Istanbul.
3. Face-to-face interviewees will be sent a number of interview preparation tasks on various aspects of the English language and language teaching methodology. These should be completed and returned to the school by email at least one full day before the interview date.
4. Telephone interviewees will be sent the same set of interview preparation tasks as face-to-face interviewees, plus another set of tasks that face-to-face interviewees complete at the school on the day of their interview. This second set of tasks must be hand written and faxed (or scanned and emailed) to the school at least one full day before the telephone interview is scheduled to begin.
5. The aim of these tasks is to help us assess your suitability for the course, as well as your ability to develop an awareness of language.
6. If successful you will be offered a place on the next available course and asked to pay a non-refundable £200 (GBP) deposit to secure your place on that course.  Payment may be in cash, by cheque, or via electronic transfer, e.g., internet banking.  Bank account details are available upon request.  See the contact page for details of our postal address (for cheque payments).