Online & F2F CELTA course at IH Guayaquil

Guayaquil, Ecuador
19 Aug 2023 - 28 Oct 2023

Date Location Mode Fee
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10 weeks
Guayaquil, Ecuador
IH Guayaquil
Online & F2F $1525.00

About the teacher training centre

IH Guayaquil is a very well established community school which started teaching in 2008. We are strategically located in the business district which is the north centre of the city.  From our centre, all of the most important areas of the city can be accessed in 10 to 15 minutes. The premises are located in an old Colonial style house. There are a total of 10 classrooms of varying sizes over three floors.

We teach a range of English courses to adults, teens and young learners. IH Guayaquil is an authorized centre for Cambridge Assessment English and British Council IELTS. In particular we specialize in teacher training courses such as: CELT P & CELT S and CELTA.

The teacher training department of IH Guayaquil is run by Daniel Miller who has been with the school for 10 years.   He is originally from Texas and has lived in multiple cities around Ecuador.

Taking a training course at a working language institute sheds light on what you can expect after the course.   At IH Guayaquil teachers-in-training are welcomed as part of the of the larger team of EFL professionals.

What is the CELTA

The CELTA is a TEFL qualification which prepares you to teach English as a foreign language. You don’t need any existing English language teaching experience or training. It’s usually a 4 or 5 week full time course (but you can also take it part time).

Standing up in front of a class for the first time is a daunting prospect, so you need to make sure you have the skills you need to teach effectively. The CELTA prepares you for the classroom in these ways:

  1. Taught sessions on methodology, lesson planning, language analysis and language skills. (In total, you’ll have 120 hours of input.)
  2. The opportunity to observe experienced teachers in a real-life language classroom situations – so you can see the different skills and techniques they use.
  3. Teaching yourself – with helpful and detailed feedback from your tutors.  This practical experience is invaluable when you start your first job.

You’ll have to complete some written assignments as well, but when it’s all successfully completed you’ll be ready for your first job and first students!

Read more about the CELTA here 

Ful Time CELTA Online with IH Guayaquil

In response to unprecedented conditions with coronavirus, it's now possible to take a 100% CELTA online with the great teaching team from IH Guayaquil.

The Cambridge CELTA Course Online (or CELTA Online) is a flexible way to take CELTA. It leads to the same CELTA qualification and is assessed and moderated according to the same criteria.

Like the face-to-face CELTA course, CELTA Online has a significant practical component. You will complete 6 hours of assessed teaching practice in groups in an online classroom, from the comfort of your home! 

Taking the 100% online CELTA with IH Guayaquil looks like this: 

  • You will spend some self studying on a moodle platfrom. This is flexible so you can choose when to study that fits around your life. 
  • Teaching practice - with real classes - is twice per week on a weekday (via Zoom). You will also get individual feedback from your tutor about your lesson. It's designed  to be constructive, so look forwrad to this!
  • Once a week you will have a live session (via Zoom) to help with your lesson planning. You can run ideas past your turtors, and they will guide you as to what works well.
  • On Saturdays there are live training sessions (via Zoom) where your tutor demonstrates best practice and discusses it with the group. 15:00 to 17:00 (GMT-5)
  • You also have assignments to complete - to fixed deadlines, but these are done in your own time.

There is no assessed teaching practice (TP) in the first week which provides the opportunity to make a start on other coursework while getting to know  students. All other weeks have two assessed teaching practice sessions, which will be either Monday & Wednesday or Tuesday & Thursday. 

One of the unique fatures of the Full time CELTA with IH Guayaquil is that there is one additional week during the course in which there is no teaching practice. We have found that students like this to provide the opportunity to catch up on coursework before the final push to the end of the course. 

IH Guayaquil offers a wide-ranging pre-course preparation package that is included in the cost of the course. This preparation becomes available as soon as you register for a course and allows you to review content that will be covered, familiarise yourself with logistical and administrative aspects of the course and even start official coursework! This service is unique to IH Guayaquil and reflects our dedication to ensuring everything is done to maximise your performance and outcome on the CELTA course.

More details about CELTA 100% Online

Part-time CELTA Online with IH Guayaquil

The duration of the part-time online course with IH Guayaquil is 9 weeks.

  • You will spend some self studying on a moodle platfrom. This is flexible so you can choose when to study that fits around your life. 
  • Teaching practice - with real classes - is once per week on a weekday (18:00 to 21:00 via Zoom).
  • Teaching Practice may happen on any evening Monday to Friday. If an applicant prefers a specific day we try to accommodate the request, however we cannot promise this and IH Guayaquil retains the final decision. Once the day is set, it will remain the same throughout the duration of the course.   
  • You will get individual feedback from your tutor about your lesson. It's designed  to be constructive, so look forward to this!
  • Once a week you will have a live session (via Zoom) to help with your lesson planning. You can run ideas past your turtors, and they will guide you as to what works well.
  • On Saturdays there are live training sessions (via Zoom) where your tutor demonstrates best practice and discusses it with the group. 15:00 to 17:00 (GMT-5)
  • You also have assignments to complete - to fixed deadlines, but these are done in your own time.

CELTA at IH Guayaquil

We are specialists at offering a part-time course at IH Guayaquil which ensures that the workload is manageable so you can engage in other activities such as working, studying or travelling. We think this marks us out. 

You will be in a class with other participants who are based in and around Guayaquil and usually have some experience in teaching English. You will also be joined by some international students who may have no previous teaching experience. All this makes an international mix, and prepares you well for a career in EFL teaching. 

 

Zoom class at Guayaquil

 

Tutors at this training centre

Daniel Miller

Daniel has been an EFL teacher for 10 years and a teacher trainer for 4 years. He want his trainees to enjoy the process of the course. It is truly a unique and rare experience to work so closely and intensely on something with a group of motivated individuals. It’s easy to get swept up everything that is going on, so it is important to stop and smell the roses from time to time.

Wouter Redelinghuys

Wouter advises his students "Don’t be afraid to take risks. That goes for what you do in the classroom or in what contexts to choose to work. There may be some trial and tribulations, but I have found that saying “yes”, generally leads to good things."

CELTA Student Testimoinials

"The CELTA tutors for my course modelled a proficiency in teaching English that engaged me so effectively as a learner that it took some time to recognize their seemingly effortless flow as a carefully constructed and minutely controlled, multi-stage processes. They served as coaches, critics and models of extraordinary teaching skill." RW