Applicants should normally be native speakers of English, and over 21 years. This course is intended for people wishing to start a career in teaching English as a foreign language either in Britain or overseas. The classes run from 9am to 5.00pm every day.
Afternoons are devoted to supervised teaching practice with genuine English language students.
Teaching practice is observed so that help and advice can be given. We are fortunate that we can recruit foreign language students to free classes throughout the four-week course so that trainees get experience in real teaching at different levels of ability. The award of the certificate is conditional on full attendance at all morning sessions and satisfactory completion of teaching practice. Native speakers Successful applicants will be asked to attend an interview Contacts abroad Members of the training staff have worked overseas in, for example, Sweden, Italy, Hungary, Libya and Nigeria. The Centre has a strong link with a language-teaching enterprise in Tallinn, Estonia, and can now provide interested trainees with the opportunity of working there on short contracts.