ELT Today: A Frameworks Education Podcast

From warm, Mediterranean island to ELT powerhouse: Malta is in the midst of a huge ELT industry shift. At the fourth annual ELT Malta Conference in November last year, the industry was feeling the aftereffects of change. Just months prior, the old government-moderated EFL monitoring board had become defunct; replaced by a newer, slicker, ELT council. And with it came a renewed set of rules for teachers. Read this podcast as a blog article: http://www.studycelta.com/how-malta-is-shifting-its-elt-image

After realising that trainees on his own courses were struggling to come to terms with a lot of new concepts and techniques, teacher trainer Jamie King decided to look for a solution. After a chance conversation with an English teacher-cum-course-designer who’d noticed the same thing, the ELTcampus TEFL preparation course was born. Read this podcast in a blog: http://www.studycelta.com/laying-the-foundations-for-better-celta-trainees

Ever thought about starting your teaching career in South Korea? We speak to someone who did just that - and she's now the president of a national teachers' organisation. Read this article as a blog: http://www.studycelta.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-teaching-english-in-south-korea

We sit down with a CELTA expert to put to rest all of your frequently-asked questions about the course. With more than 90 centres worldwide, hundreds of students a year and 13 years in the business, it’s little surprise that we often get thrown some curveball questions here at StudyCELTA. But there are also a few that we field every day. The same few that if you do a basic internet search, you’ll find a range of different, inconsistent answers. So, with that in mind, we’ve spoken to Claire Potter, head of teacher training in Seville and a Cambridge assessor, to answer – once and for all – your most burning CELTA questions. Forget the five different responses you’ve seen mused in social media groups and on TEFL forums – to find out everything you need to know about the CELTA course, this is the only podcast you'll need. Read the article of this podcast here: http://www.studycelta.com/ten-definitive-answers-to-your-most-common-celta-questions

Much has been said and done about teaching students with dyslexia; as our understanding and awareness of learning difficulties grow, so too does our ability to support those afflicted. And yet, and yet… as the movement for dyslexia-friendly ESL charges forward, a lesser-known side to the story is pushed aside in its wake. We investigate what teaching English is like for someone who has dyslexia.

In this podcast, we look at the best ways to fund a CELTA course, all around the world. See the full blog story here: http://www.studycelta.com/how-to-fund-your-celta-course