These teacher training courses help you develop your skills whether you are looking for a first qualification in EFL teaching (CELTA), an in-depth diploma extension including Delta or a specialized qualification in teaching English for business (Cert. IBET). The pre-CELTA Grammar Course and some Post-Celta options complete the range. The Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT) and Bridge to SBEV1 will be on offer from 2011.

Our team of trainers include John Potts, Paul Kelly, Graham Workman, Helen Brügger-Clarke and Nancie Gantenbein, all highly respected local EFL-trainers with years of experience. Mark Powell is the Cert. IBET trainer.

Whichever course you choose, the training will add immediately to your competence and confidence and so to your enjoyment of teaching EFL. Gaining any of these certificates or the diploma will improve your chances of getting and keeping a teaching position in an increasingly demanding job market.

Getting Grammar across: Grammar for Language Teachers

John Potts' popular grammar course for language trainers is an excellent course for pre-CELTA trainers and the ideal way to boost your confidence in the classroom generally. All CELTA trainees are advised to do this course.

This very practical course establishes comprehensive techniques for researching and analysing grammar points, and develops a wide repertoire of interactive techniques and approaches for use when introducing and practising the new grammar in the classroom. We'll focus on concept, function and use, as well as on form and pronunciation. Teachers of languages other than English are very welcome - please note that the working language will be English.

Course Dates: 24 August to 5 October 2010  or 26 October to 14 December 2010

Time: Tuesdays, 9.00 - 12.15
Price: CHF 720.00 including all course materials
Group size: 5 - 10 participants

CELTA (Cert. in Teaching English to Adults)

TLC - The Language Company, Baden runs two part-time 12-week CELTA courses every year from January to April and from September to December - the only part-time CELTA on offer in Switzerland. These courses are run by the some of the most experienced and popular local EFL trainers, with John Potts as the director.  The TLC CELTA takes place in a real school environment over some 144 contact hours (more than the minimum required by Cambridge ESOL) and the part-time format makes for optimal learning. As a result the course is very popular and interested teachers need to apply well in advance.

From 2011, you can do a 5-week intensive in May - June. The extra week makes this a less hectic option than the usual month-long course.

The CELTA  is by far the most widely recognized introductory teaching qualification for candidates who have little or no previous English language teaching experience. It may also be suitable for candidates with some experience but little previous training.

Course dates:  27 Aug - 3 Dec 2010 > Course full / 6 Jan - 1 April 2011. (Registration deadline 30 Sept.) / 9 May - 10 June 2011 /  26 Aug - 25 Nov 2011.

For more information:http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/teaching-awards/celta.html

Certificate in Advanced Teaching Skills (CATS)

This Graham Workman course is for teachers who have the CELTA qualification or its equivalent and want to further develop their knowledge and teaching skills.  The course is pitched at a level between CELTA and Delta and is ideal preparation for those who would like to go on to do the Cambridge Delta qualification.

CATS consists of 10 sessions on Friday afternoons from 2.30 to 5.30. The input sessions cover areas such as Learning Styles and Strategies, Experimental Practice, Exploiting Authentic Materials, Integrating Phonology, and Designing Course Programmes.  The first session on each topic will be input, and the following session will be participants reporting back on the related tasks they carried out in their classroom teaching.  Participants then write up what they did and hand this in as a course assignment. Altogether there are 5 assignments.

Graham Workman is a well-known trainer both in Switzerland and England and is author of many books. He has successfully taught this course many times.

Course dates : 3rd September, 24th September, 22nd October, 12th November, 10th December 2010, 21st January, 11th February, 4th March, 25th March, 15th April 2011
Course location: TLC Olten, Frohburgstrasse 5, 4600 Olten
Course fees: CHF 920.00
Signup deadline: 13th August

Cert IBET (International Business English Training)

The Cert IBET encourages participants to develop practical teaching skills and an awareness of the principles behind them in a Business English context. A mixture of workshops, mini-lectures and hands-on tasks provides a dynamic and intensive 50 hours of learning.

The course leader, Mark Powell, is a dynamic presenter, experienced teacher trainer and expert in business English teaching. Mark is the author of several business English course books (including Business Matters and In Company) and resource books. He has been instrumental in setting up and defining the Cert IBET course in Europe.

Participants who complete the course and assignment will be awarded the Certificate in International Business English Teaching. This is a prestigious qualification, which enhances status in the job market. The Cert IBET is for qualified and experienced (at least two years), native and non-native speaker teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL).

Course dates: 30 July - 6 August 2010 (incl. Saturday and Sunday plus 1 August)Course fees:    CHF 1'800.- plus around CHF 300.- for the certificate

For more information about this teaching award from Trinity College und English UK http://www.trinitycollege.co.uk/site/?id=1469

Delta (Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
Delta is a widely recognised qualification which builds your teaching skills and techniques. It is a practical alternative to an MA and helps you further your career in English Language Teaching. You become more effective and so you enjoy your teaching more.
John Potts, Paul Kelly and Graham Workman are the trainers for the modular DELTA course running in TLC, Baden. You can decide to take just one module or all three and so gain the full Delta qualification. There is no time limit. Experience has shown that Module 2 is best done after Module 1.

• Module 1: Background to teaching and learning. From 27 Aug - 26 Nov 2010
Course fees CHF 2090.- excl. exam fees

• Module 2: Developing professional practice. Input sessions from 8 January - 9 July 2010 with assignments and observations continuiing until November 2010.
Course fees CHF 4290.- (plus travel expenses for observations more than 100km away.) This course will be on offer again from Jan 2011.

• Module 3: A specialist option (English for Special Purposes, One-to-One). From Jan 2011. Course fees CHF 2090.-

For more information: http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/teaching-awards/delta-modular.html