CAMBRIDGE ASSESSMENT ENGLISH
Teaching Qualifications
CELT-P AND CELT-S EXPLAINED
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How do I get there?
Have a plan
Cambridge
English
Teaching
Framework
www.cambridgeenglish.org/Images/165722-teaching-framework-summary-.pdf
Framework competency statements
Teaching Qualifications
Teaching Knowledge Test
Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
TKT Modules
TKT: Young Learners
Teaching Knowledge Test for Teachers of Young Learners
TKT: CLIL
Content and Language Integrated Learning
TKT: Module 2
Lesson planning and use of resources for language teaching
TKT: Module 1
Language and background to language learning and teaching
TKT: Module 3
Managing the teaching and learning process
1 hour 20 minutes 3 parts 80 questions
TKT modules overview
CELT-P / CELT-S
Certificate in English Language Teaching –
Primary
Certificate in English Language Teaching –
Secondary
CELT-P and CELT-S
The complete development package
Online self-study course
Face-to-face training
sessions
Assessed tasks, teaching practice, TKT
Module
Qualification
CELT-P
CELT-P
Practical, communicative focus on primary English teaching context
• Designed to meet the needs of English teachers in primary
education (6 – 12 year-olds)
• Online / blended study
• 120 hours online input, and assessment, + 27 hours of
face-to-face training
CELT-P
Content
9 Modules of study:
Module 1 – The young learner, language and the primary classroom
Module 2 – Developing listening and speaking skills in the primary classroom
Module 3 – Developing reading and writing skills in the primary classroom
Module 4 – Developing language use in the primary classroom
Module 5 – Managing the primary classroom
Module 6 – Planning language learning in the primary classroom
Module 7 – Resources for primary young learners
Module 8 – Assessing language learning in the primary context
Module 9 – Language awareness for teaching
Each of the modules
• key concepts and principles related to the overall topic
• provides a range of activities which ensure that participantsengage with course content
• ensures participants can apply what they have learned totheir own classrooms
• Includes regular progess tests to check learning
120 hours
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Teaching Practice
Practical portfolio tasks
• For each module there is a practical written task to
enable participants to apply their learning in their own
classrooms.
CELT-P
Assessment
• Portfolio tasks
- at the end of each Module
• Assessed teaching practice
- 2 developmental observations, and 1 assessed observation
of teaching practice
• Written assessment
- TKT: Young Learners
To gain the CELT-P qualification, teachers successfully complete:
Grades
• Pass
• Pass with Merit
CELT-S
CELT-S
Practical, communicative focus on secondary English teaching context
• Designed to meet the needs of English teachers in
secondary education
• Online / blended study
• 120 hours online input, and assessment, + 24 hours of
face-to-face training
CELT-S
Content
8 Modules of study:
Module 1 – Classroom management in the secondary classroom
Module 2 – Language learning and the teenage learner
Module 3 – Teaching language skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking)
Module 4 – Language awareness for teaching
Module 5 – Teaching language (grammar, lexis and phonology)
Module 6 – Planning language learning (lessons and courses)
Module 7 – Language learning resources and materials
Module 8 – Assessing language learning
CELT-S
Assessment
• Portfolio tasks
- at the end of each Module
• Assessed teaching practice
- 2 developmental observations, and 1 assessed observation
of teaching practice
• Written assessment
- TKT: Module 1
To gain the CELT-S qualification, teachers successfully complete:
Grades
• Pass
• Pass with Merit
CELT-S
CELT-S
CELT-S
CELT-S
CELT-S
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Further reading recommendations
CELT-S
CELT-P & CELT-S candidates
• B1 English
• Practising teachers of English of the required age group
CELT-P & CELT-S
Minimum requirements
CELT-P & CELT-S
Course Schedules
Modules 1 - 4 Online Portfolio Tasks 1 - 4
Modules 1 - 4 F2F workshop
Modules 5 - 8 F2F workshop
Module 5 - 8 Online Portfolio Tasks 5 - 8
55 hours
60 hours
12 hours
12 hours
3.5 months
3.5 months
2 days
2 days
7 – 9 months150 hoursTotal
1st observed TP
2nd observed TP
3rd observed TP
TKT Module
Course orientation 5 hours 1 day
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CELT- P testimonial
Tudor Frunza,
Twinkle Star
Thank You