2020 has been momentous. CELTA is one of many realms that had to adapt with a (temporary) move online and questions have been raised regarding practicality, assessment and credibility issues. In this talk, we'll address these questions and how we can make the most of this opportunity for better quailty hybrid teaching. 

1. CELTA Online:
Spilt Milk or Red, Red Wine?
Giovanni Licata
James Egerton

3. Jewish Quarter, Rome

4. CELTA Online:
Spilt Milk or Red, Red Wine?

5. Practicality
Assessment
Credibility

6. Practicality
Assessment
Credibility

9. In one sentence, what comes to mind when
you hear the word ROME?

11. Practicality
Assessment
Credibility

13. Topic 1 - Learners and Teachers, and the
Learning and Teaching Process

14. Topic 2
Language
focus and
practice; error
correction
Communicative
purpose: students
are facing each
other
Pronunciation practice
The challenges of choral
drilling
Teacher language
Error correction:
Chatbox and
Google docs
Learner language is easier to
hear and so is making notes
for DEC
Language
Analysis and
Awareness

16. Topic 3 - Language skills

17. Topic 4 - Planning and Resources

18. Topic 5 - Developing Teaching Skills and Professionalism
5a Seating arrangements

19. Classroom management

20. Comfortable classroom silence
vs. Eerie Zoom silence
Encourage extra commentary:
“Now I’m going to share my
screen. One moment….”

21. Instructions -------------------------> BORs

22. Practicality
Assessment
Credibility

23. Micol’s experience
https://youtu.be/ffRIJpbZV0c
Trustworthy
Professional
Hard-working
Honest
Fair

25. Will this
red, red
wine go
bad?

26. Jewish Quarter, Rome L
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27. Useful links
Webinar write up (online at 15.45 BST):
www.jamesegerton.wordpress.com
Online teaching and CELTA Criteria:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19CnzREbUC3k91Xoinm-
U--03s5Aj7ay0/view?usp=sharing