Marie Pettigrew              Language Awareness and a sound knowledge of grammatical terminology Creativity Acting ability Teaching skills Knowledge of subject     Complete a pre-interview task which checks your entry qualifications and tests your knowledge of English grammatical terminology and language awareness Attend for interview and complete another task to test your knowledge of grammatical terminology and language awareness Do a presentation and complete a piece of writing  Language analysis  Teaching methodology  Phonology  CALL  Learning styles  Diversity  Cultural matters     hours Teaching Practice Written Assignments hours of classroom observation of experienced teachers with reflections Contributions in input sessions With PTLLS (Preparing to teach in the Lifelong learning sector    additional written assignments of 500 words each on a) Embedding functional skills and b) The legislative framework around TESOL  120 hours of contact with tutor    A minimum of 80 hours preparation, but this depends largely on the individual – it could be MUCH more    To pass the course 100% attendance is necessary  Where?    What institutions?    Seasonality?    Competition?  Initial  CELTA  TRINITY CERT  CELTYL    Further  DELTA  Trinity Diploma  Masters              UCLES: www.cambridge-efl.org Trinity: www.trinitycollege.co.uk EL Gazette: www.elgazette.com VSO: www.vso.org.uk Education Guardian (Tuesday) New College Nottingham Marie Pettigrew CELTA Co-ordinator marie.pettigrew@ncn.ac.uk Rose Underwood CELTA Administrator – telephone 0115 9104595 for information packs and applications rose.underwood@ncn.ac.uk