CELTA: my personal outcomes

 Here you can read about my reasons for taking CELTA

Here you can see my tips how to survive CELTA

Today I will share in what way CELTA helped me become a better teacher.

My personal learning outcome after doing CELTA

My teaching has shifted from deductive to inductive approach. I started eliciting rather than giving myself. My role as a teacher is to provide the language the learners will need to discover the rules, to guide them in discovery and to provide more opportunities to practice.

When introducing new vocabulary I tend to use a personal story about myself or my family or my friends to elicit the words students will encounter later during the lesson. This way this information is more likely to stick and later it’s easier for me to trigger their memory.

I learnt how to use CCQ = Concept Checking Questions. They are not flawless, but they become pretty helpful with low level students and in case I need students to believe they came up to the idea without my help.

During my first lesson with individual students I analyze their sensory, cognitive and personal learning styles to use their strongest sensory channels (VAKOG) as well as cognitive skills and intelligence type to help them learn faster and more efficiently.

I prefer to work with authentic materials. If they are too complicated I follow CELTA rule - grade the task not the language. I tend to teach the language in manageable tasks.

I take notes of what students said – both errors and examples of great language and mention it while providing the feedback.

Since CELTA I always thank students for their work during my lessons.

So thank you for reading. I do hope I helped you clarify some unclear moments about the course.

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