Why do the CELTA at British Side?

Our School

Founded over ten years ago, British Side is renowned for its commitment to quality in the field of ELT (English Language Teaching). Our school is the largest provider of Cambridge English services in Turkey and the Middle Eastern region. We are centrally located with easy access to public transport and shops. We have a high quality restaurant which serves breakfast, lunch and dinner for well-deserved break times as well as our comfortable roof-top terrace which offers fabulous views of the Bosphorus.

Our Staff

At British Side we continue to maintain our high level of quality due to the experienced staff we employ. Our teacher training department consists of both full-time and freelance tutors. All of our tutors are fully CELTA and DELTA qualified with several years of teaching and training experience in ELT.

What We Provide

As well as a fully supportive and committed team to help you achieve your goal of becoming a qualified English teacher, British Side provides you with:

• All resources and course books you’ll need for your teaching practice; including all photocopying/scanning facilities for the course.
• Access to all technology; our classrooms are well-equipped with projectors, laptops, whiteboards, sound systems, and WIFI is available on every floor.
• A resource library for CELTA participants to help you research for your assignments.
• Student’s resource library

Our Courses

You can take the CELTA course in one of four ways. We offer:

• Full-time courses (4 weeks) - summer intensive course.
• Part-time courses (8 weeks) - Tuesday, Thursday evening and Saturday classes for teachers already working part-time.
• Online courses (12 weeks) with flexible ‘Teaching Practice’ options for local or international candidates.

Who does the CELTA?

CELTA candidates are not required to have any previous teaching experience as the course provides you with the basic skills and techniques to become a confident teacher. Candidates with some previous teaching experience also benefit from taking the course as they refine their teaching skills and techniques, as well as gain an invaluable qualification for future employment. Candidates are required to be at least 18 years old with a high C1 or C2 level of spoken and written English. Applicants are also assessed on their potential to develop themselves through feedback and reflection. It is free to apply!

Gain Practical Experience
As British Side is a fully functioning language school, we offer CELTA candidates the unique opportunity to gain practical, unassessed and paid* teaching experience. You have the opportunity to run additional conversational classes or even our SAC events to help you build your classroom confidence and experience. Ask us how!

Course Structure and Workload

The Celta course consists of 120 hours of face-to-face work in the centre during which you will teach six hours of observed lessons, working in a group and giving and receving feedback from your peers.

You will teach at two different levels, onserved and ecvaluated by two different tutors.

You will receive input sessions from the tutors on various aspects of language and metthodology.

You will observe six hours of lessons taught by experienced teachers.

You also have to complete four written assignmnets during the course.

It is estimated that you will have to do at least 50 hours of work at home during the course.

Grading

The majority of candidates receive a pass grade.

Exceptional candidates may receive pass A or Pass B. 

It is also possible to fail the course.  If this looks possible we will do everything we can to help the candidate to pass.

Certificates

These are issued by Cambridge between two and eight weeks after the course ends.  In the meantime you will receive a report from your tutors which states your provisional grade and serves as a reference.

Free Lessons

We have free lessons from 10.30 to 1.00pm every day except Wednesday.  please join us.