By Panos Perdiclones In today’s social media-dominated world, communication has sustained considerable changes. The lack of face-to-face communication, however, means that our already existing llanguage resources need to be reconceptualized; we need to begin anew, to adapt or invent novel uses of this pre-existing linguistic arsenal. Teens are major inventors of this new code as theyContinue reading “How teenagers show emotion on social media”
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CELTA in Athens @ CELT Athens of course :-)
Some people ask me if we made up the name of the school specifically to echo the name of the Cambridge CELTA. The answer is “No, we did not!” CELT was first established in 1989 by Marisa Constantinides & fellow teacher and teacher trainer Danae Kozanoglou. In 1993, this partnership was dissolved and Marisa ConstantinidesContinue reading “CELTA in Athens @ CELT Athens of course :-)”
Your CELTA online – Training on a screen near you has never been so easy!
Semi-intensive or part-time – a flexible way to obtain this great qualification Online learning has taken over our lives and in the past year, we have trained dozens of teachers experienced and new from around the world!! So far, we have run part time courses, mainly because we believe that intensive courses where you areContinue reading “Your CELTA online – Training on a screen near you has never been so easy! “
The CELTA pre-interview
One of the frequent questions asked by potential candidates directly to us or via social platforms and groups is how to do well on their pre-interview task and what it’s about. Cambridge loves a name all of its own for things done and this one is no exception! The ‘pre-interview task’ is primarily aContinue reading “The CELTA pre-interview”
CELTA and Technology – With or Without it?
Giulia Forsythe via Compfight In a recent end-of-course evaluation report, one of our CELTA candidates suggested (complained is perhaps a better word) that her expectations of a higher grade on the CELTA course were not fulfilled because she did not know how to use technology. Had she not been encouraged to use it (by her tutor), sheContinue reading “CELTA and Technology – With or Without it?”