Our Trainees
 When I did the CELTA course last autumn, I don't think I was sure how exhausting it would be. Looking back, it was without doubt the most intensive month of vigorous studying that I've ever undertaken in my life.
The golden rule of the CELTA is the (in)famous PPP approach to teaching - or in other words Presentation, Practice and Production. You learn that each part of this three-step approach is significant in the building of students' confidence and ability to master the foreign language.
The CELTA course leaders are obviously very experienced and give constructive, objective feedback throughout the course. The major part of this feedback is based on the lessons that the teacher trainees give. Needless to say, it can be a rather daunting experience to teach under these circumstances.
In retrospect, I think that the CELTA course taught me a thing or two about the importance of being hands-on, at the students' own level so to speak rather than lecturing. This highly practical approach works particularly well for the relatively small classes that we have at BKC and at many other language.
Ole Abildsness - CELTA Course, September 2003
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