1) Tell us a little bit about yourself (where you come from, etc.) I’m Nathaniel and come from a very bland little town called Blackwater in Surrey – where the water isn’t actually black. My mother was a hairdresser, and my father was a junior school headmaster. Neither were strict, and between them, they instilled…Continue Reading Where are they now? Nathaniel Reed
Welcome to June’s blog which is a video interview carried out by student intern, Shawn Lee (Swansea University Applied Linguistics Department) and Vanessa Ku (also from Swansea University Applied Linguistics Department) about undertaking the embedded CELTA as part of Swansea Applied Linguistics undergraduate degree, enjoy!…Continue Reading CELTA at Swansea University: Interview with Vanessa Ku
Shaw Lee is a second year student on the BA (Hons) English Language and Media Communications pathway. As part of her English Language degree, Shawn was successful in getting on to our embedded CELTA module offered on our BA programmes (you can read all about the CELTA programme at Swansea University, here) delivered in partnership…Continue Reading My First Online CELTA Teaching Experience – Shawn Lee
In this latest ‘blog’ post, we thought we’d do something a little different – a vlog. In his vlog, second-year undergraduate student Milo Coffey explains the ins-and-outs of doing the Cambridge CELTA ( Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), as part of his undergraduate degree programme. Filmed from home, during the COVID-19…Continue Reading What is the Cambridge CELTA?
Pictured above, left to right: Paul Lewis, Heidi Luk, Alex Torry, and module leader Neal Evans As we know, much of the university’s teaching went online from mid-March, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For some modules this posed more of a problem than others; those with a practical element especially. In the Department of Applied…Continue Reading CELTA in the time of COVID-19, 2020 Retrospective
I am a non-native English language speaker (bilingual Latvian/Russian), a mature student and a single parent to two busy boys. This is my ‘success story’. As a working-class immigrant and Montessori teacher/nursery nurse, you would be forgiven for thinking this would be a challenging enough pathway. I know I certainly felt that way when I…Continue Reading ‘Barking mad’, or embarking on a life changing journey?
Before going to university, I was never entirely sure as to what my career aims were, although teaching has always been something that has interested me. However, after researching Swansea University, I noticed that the Applied Linguistics Department offered the CELTA programme as part of their English language degree. This was one of my main…Continue Reading Employability: On Getting My Perfect Job by Harvey Miller
Blog Post by Ellie McHugh Over the summer, I had the fantastic opportunity to work within the ELTS department at Swansea University as an English tutor on the General Summer programme. I finished my second year of studies in the Applied Linguistics department at Swansea University at the start of June. Luckily, the programme began…Continue Reading Employability Series: Working with ELTS (English Language Training Service) by Ellie McHugh
Enya’s Story Hiya, my name is Enya Cooper. I completed my CELTA here at Swansea University in 2013 through the embedded course. Basically, a group of ten students, all doing a TEFL based degree, were given the opportunity to take part in a CELTA course alongside our studies. Although juggling university deadlines with the demands…Continue Reading CELTA Stories – Enya Cooper
Have you thought of doing a teaching qualification? Well, the CELTA course (Cambridge Certificate for Teaching English to Adult Learners), run by the department, is an internationally recognized professional qualification that gives you access to graduate employment in teaching English across the globe. The great thing about the course at Swansea University is that we…Continue Reading CELTA Stories – Andres Novi