#CELTAchat topic 7 August at 7pm BST: What is the future of CELTA in the 21st century? by fiona https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf Special topic from Christian Tiplady @xiantiplady who is delivering a symposium in September in Sheffield. Pre-chat ideas & comments welcome. Click on the pink + in the bottom right-hand corner to post ideas on the future of CELTA in the 21st century in preparation for discussion on Monday 7 August #CELTAchat or click on "Add comments'' to respond to ideas - please let us know who you are by including your Twitter @name. Thanks @fionaljp en-us 2017-07-15 09:10:29 UTC 2023-02-18 05:19:40 UTC hello@padlet.com Focus https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/179262721 Shower your thoughts ladies and gentlemen... 

Let's be aspirational by all means, but I suggest we focus on the achievable rather than the unreachable. Many thanks! Christian 

(Fiona, that's such a beautiful sad song I sang in the choir not long since.)

]]> 2017-07-23 23:02:29 UTC https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/179262721 Where are we now? fionaljp https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/179342575 Maybe a good starting point...@fionaljp]]> 2017-07-24 21:18:54 UTC https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/179342575 Maybe a starting point to provide teachers with new methodologies support on teaching English. https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/179430782 Í wish Í could be there. CONGRATS. Pilar Ruano. (Spain)]]> 2017-07-25 19:12:32 UTC https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/179430782 One of the foundation stones of the ELT Ponzi scheme https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/179706633 The CELTA creates a reserve army of low-skilled workers driving down wages - which enables the 'big players' in ELT to continue to reap big profits.

On my CELTA nobody failed. One person got a failing grade for an observed lesson but the grade was changed after a 'chat' with the tutor.

CELTA is a market-driven qualification (see Block & Gray 2015 - http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01434632.2015.1071826). Many working teachers have no control whatsoever over entry to their profession, ensuring a high turnover and low professionalism in many sectors.  ]]> 2017-07-30 13:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/179706633 CELTA & DELTA - contradictory methodology-messages https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/179706772 During both CELTA and DELTA trainees are encouraged to make their lessons more 'learner-centred'.

Yet how 'learner-centred' are the CELTA and DELTA for trainees?]]> 2017-07-30 13:57:02 UTC https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/179706772 Moving with the times clare_tyrer https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/179713800 We have been trying to go with key research and adapt our input sessions accordingly, e.g. encouraging learners to develop decoding listening skills rather than comprehension skills. Still in progress. @languageeteach

]]> 2017-07-30 19:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/179713800 Train trainee instructors how flipped classrooms may work in ELT. https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/179811983 2017-08-01 01:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/179811983 In my 12-week CELTA training, the topic of teaching for tests (First Certificate or other) was not addressed and neither was the topic of assessment. How are teachers expected to go into the profession, ignorant of such vital components of classroom instruction? Many adult learners wish to receive some form of English aptitude certification for professional reasons. https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/179812195 2017-08-01 01:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/179812195 Has the teaching & learning context changed? How? https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/179841634 What would you keep,discard & add to Celta courses & why? 
@Sarah_TTrainer ]]> 2017-08-01 08:14:21 UTC https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/179841634 https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/179944733 What impact has the online/blended CELTA had in terms of delivery and outcomes? Is there enough market interest for this model to continue? What are trainers' perceptions of "virtual" training?
@bellinguist]]> 2017-08-02 12:47:11 UTC https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/179944733 Is there room for another grade ? https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/180022082 'Pass' covers from ok right through to a strong pass. ]]> 2017-08-03 06:19:45 UTC https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/180022082 Many schools in Italian cities would say there IS a future: No CELTA, no job. https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/180022486 20+ years ago, 'good' private language schools aiming to offer quality lessons would provide their own training for new and unqualified 'teachers' each year (= a significant investment).
These schools froze all training after the 2008 financial crisis - they reflected that training was costly, and why invest when teachers would leave sooner or later anyway? 
Nowadays, the training baton has been passed on to job applicants/teachers. 
In inner-city 'good' language schools (unlike in rural areas where 'teachers' are thin on the ground) the policy is very much: No CELTA, no job. 
@chriscattaneo]]> 2017-08-03 06:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/180022486 YL ? https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/180024950 Now that the CELTYL and YL extension courses are no longer with us, and teaching children is a key part of the future, could a 21st-century CELTA see trainers placing much more focus on YL teaching skills in the timetable? For example, at least three or four input sessions, two experienced teacher observations and one/two YL TPs?
@chriscattaneo ]]> 2017-08-03 07:27:44 UTC https://padlet.com/fionaljp/ap9txqm5m4cf/wish/180024950