Start your teaching journey here. Take your first step into English language teaching - in the beautiful Italian city of Pisa. 

The CELTA course provides practical, initial training in teaching English as a foreign language, and NILE is delighted to work with our partners at The British School Pisa to deliver this course at their premises.

The mixed-mode CELTA course runs full time over four and a half weeks and takes place first online, then at The British School Pisa. 

For the weeks you study online, your training, or input sessions, will be live on a videoconferencing platform such as Zoom. You will do your teaching practice as live sessions, with your tutor observing you, and with learners who can be attending online from anywhere the world.

As the course continues face to face at the Pisa course centre, you will teach learners living locally and have full access to all The British School's resources. By the end of the course, you'll have experience in teaching both in a physical classroom and remotely.

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The British School Pisa NILE

Is this course for you?

 
Location: Online and in Pisa, Italy
 
Experience: An interest in pursuing a career in English Language Teaching
 
Language Level: C1/C2
 
Course dates:
Future dates to be announced
The course includes a short break in the middle to allow time for assignment and relocation
 
Certification: Cambridge CELTA
 
Course Length: 4.5 weeks full time
 
Course fees: €1740
 
Accommodation (2 weeks):
Available through British School Pisa
 
Minimum age: 18
 
Max class size: 12
 
Social and cultural programme
 
Centre for learning differences
 
Complementary eLearning platform

The course includes

 
6 hours of teaching practice and feedback
 
6 hours observation of experienced teachers in the classroom
 
About 50 hours of practical input sessions on methodology, language awareness, phonology and professional development
 
About 20 hours of lesson preparation, initially supervised by the course tutors
 
4 written assignments
 
At least one private tutorial to review progress
 
Understanding the relationship between the learner, the teacher and the teaching/learning context
 
Language analysis and awareness
 
Language skills: reading, listening, speaking and writing
 
Planning for effective teaching of adult learners of English and resources and materials for teaching English to adults

 

During input sessions you will find out more about how the English language works, in terms of grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, as well as learn about practical teaching methodology (how to set up a classroom, best use the resources at your disposal, deal with different learners, give correction and so on). These sessions aim to help you with your teaching practice.

In addition to input sessions, you will do at least six hours' teaching practice and observe six hours of lessons from experienced teachers. After each teaching session you will be given detailed feedback on your performance, and you will be given an opportunity to comment, reflect on and learn from the lesson observations.

 

" Excellent! Thought-provoking. Structured and balanced. Quality, detailed feedback on practical issues. Excellent provision by a talented, knowledgeable and dedicated team of professionals. "

Amanda, September

" Our teachers were incredibly communicative and supportive for our individual needs. It was a wonderful place to learn with a lovely atmosphere. "

Seamus, September

Further Information

Candidates are assessed continuously during the course and there is no final examination. An external assessor, appointed by Cambridge English, moderates each course. Completion of the course does not guarantee the award of the Certificate. There are two components of assessment: teaching practice and written assignments. To be awarded the certificate candidates must pass both components. There are three grades: Pass, Pass B and Pass A.

Application process:

When we receive your application form - attached to the course dates below - we will contact you for your CV and completion of an Application Task which focuses on previous language teaching/learning experience, language analysis (please see example question below) and reasons for taking CELTA. Once you send us that, we arrange an interview either face to face or via Zoom.

  Example language analysis question:
Look at the verb underlined in the sentences below. The verb is in the wrong tense.  
i) correct the sentence
ii) name the correct tense
iii) explain why the tense is used; what meaning is conveyed.
I worked on my assignment when the phone rang.

 

If you have any questions please contact delta.admin@nile-elt.com.

The British School

The British School of Pisa srl was founded in 1978. We now have 4 centres, Pisa, Pontedera, an online school and a Cambridge exam centre. Our main work is teaching English to Italians and Italian as a foreign language. British School Pisa works with around 3000 students each academic year. This has placed us as one of the top language schools In Italy. At present British School Pisa employs over 40 people, of which 30 are trained teachers. We are also a major centre for Cambridge Language Assessment exams, a Preliminary Preparation centre for the OET medical exams and a Platinum centre examining about 4,000 candidates a year.

www.britishschoolpisa.it

 

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