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Grammar Basics

If you need to boost your confidence with grammar because you are about to particpate in a CELTA course, or even if you are already a teacher and would like to review and expand your knowledge of grammar, this workshop will help clarify and give you a solid language base.

For the first half of 2013, on Saturdays from 10am-1pm:

February 2nd, 9th and 16th

April 20th, 27th and May 4th

On Thursdays from 5.30pm-8.30pm:

June 13th, 20th and 27th

 

$330 + GST or $110 per session

* We provide advanced grammar sessions when requested.

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Weekend TESOL

TESOL* training for those who would like to develop their knowledge of grammar, ESL teaching and ESL methodology.  Please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information.

* TESOL is an umbrella term meaning 'Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages'.

Next Weekend TESOL course for 2013: 7th and 8th of December, $440.

Why do the course?

Are you looking for a career change to ESL teaching but you are not sure if it's for you?  This course provides a taste of what is required to be an ESL teacher.

Would you like advice on which country to teach in and which TESOL course to do next?  Our tutors have taught all over the world and can recommend schools or organisations internationally or in Australia.  You may want to graduate from our Weekend TESOL course and join a CELTA course with us later on in the year.  Brush up on your grammar while you are here!

What does the course include?

Saturday 10.00am-4pm

Introduction and getting to know you

A Foreign Language Lesson: experience what it’s like to be a beginner student

An introduction to grammar 1: parts of speech

An introduction to grammar 2: tenses

Classroom management

A model lesson: a demonstration of ESL techniques and how to apply them in the classroom

Practising elicitation

Evaluating practice activities

Lesson planning/ preparation for teaching

Pair Teaching Practice

Feedback on teaching

Sunday 10am - 4pm

Engaging students and sustaining engagement

An introduction to pronunciation 1: raising awareness

An introduction to pronunciation 2: teaching and correcting pronunciation

Receptive skills lessons: developing reading and listening skills

Teaching vocabulary

An introduction to grammar 3: functions

Correcting students’ errors sensitively

Preparation for final teaching practice

Teaching Practice

Feedback

Professional development and employment in TESOL

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Update Your Teaching

Are you already an ESL teacher, but you feel that you still need to continue developing the new skills you have learned?  At MTA we are often asked to provide a 'post-CELTA' course to help qualified teachers consolidate or improve even further on their grammar, teaching of grammar, teaching of skills lessons and their general classroom techniques. 
$330 to attend all sessions; $110 per session

Please contact us for more details and dates for 2013 on 9229 3878 or at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

 

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Teaching Academic English

New teachers can find both developing material for and teaching academic English quite challenging at first.  Even experieneced teachers of EAP sometimes feel that materials are becoing out-of-date or they have lost relevance for the students.  Others feel that they would like more solid and consistent strategies for teaching EAP that actually work!  Our sessions cover:
  • Strategies and tools to develop thinking.
  • Integrating higher level grammar teaching
  • Bringing materials to life
  • Developing writing for academic success
  • Developing reading for academic success
  • Developing listening for academic success
  • Developing speaking for academic success

$330 + GST for three sessions.  Call us on 9229 3878 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for our 2013 dates and details.

 

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Teaching Young Learners

Would you like to teach ESL to children rather than adults?  Maybe your first teaching job overseas includes the teaching of children, as well as adults.  Some CELTA candidates want to focus on teaching younger learners/ children and our Young Leaners extension course can provide the necessary techniques.   This course is not only for our CELTA graduates; overseas teachers/ training teachers and local teachers/training teachers are welcome.  

Sessions for 2013 are on Wednesdays from 5.30pm-8.30pm:

February 27th, March 6th and 13th

June 12th,19th and 26th

August 14th, 21st and 28th

October 16th, 23rd and 30th

$330 + GST or $110 per session

Please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information.

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Gail Waugh (Secondary School Teacher)

Your grammar course renewed my interest from a more refreshing perspective!

Jairo Gomez, Internet Business Consultant

Thanks to my training with MTA I'm expanding my professional boundaries to English speaking countries and developing my business internationally. Best of all, I had so much fun learning with them that I forgot that I was learning! Now I'm speaking English all the time in a very natural way. My experience as your student was one of the best learning processes in my professional career. Now I'm doing my Masters and I feel completely confident about my communication skills.
Tawfik, Melbourne 2011

As a  non-native English language teacher I decided to take the CELTA course in order to refresh my skills and boost my career.
Niki and Barbara are experts in teaching methodology and language analysis; they helped me in improving my teaching style and adapting new teaching techniques.  At MTA, the CELTA course has been a real eye-opener.

Alison, ESL teacher, Manchester, U.K.

I did a CELTA with Niki in 2007 and found it to be a really useful course. It was interesting, challenging, and it equipped me with many skills and dynamic classroom ideas which I have found invaluable in my teaching career since then.

Pete, ESL teacher, Melbourne.

With my CELTA qualification, I found it easy to secure ESL work in Chile. The course is very interesting and enjoyable. Niki is a perfect role model for any new teacher. She is extremely inspirational and has filled me with the confidence to teach any student at any level of English. Thank you Niki.

Michael, ESL teacher, Melbourne.

CELTA will give a great start to a first time teacher or a boost to one with experience already. Your teaching will improve in leaps and bounds and so will your confidence.

Natalie, ESL teacher, Melbourne.

Completing a CELTA program was essential in terms of being able to secure employment in the highly competitive Beijing ESL market and provided excellent preparation for teaching. The opportunity to deliver real-life classes is a unique and extremely valuable component of the course and was key to building confidence in the classroom. While the program is an intense experience it was thoroughly enjoyable and one I'd recommend to anyone considering teaching English as a second language.

Trainee - March 2011

I recently completed a CELTA course at MTA. Both Barbara and Niki have extensive teaching experience and provide practical insight into the world of ESL - they really prepare you for your teaching career. The course is of a very high standard and the practical teaching component is invaluable!

Venetia Tsintos (Grammar Workshop Attendee)

I loved learning about grammar and how it works. The workshop, and in particular Barbara Munro, provided me with "imperative" knowledge that took me to another - higher - step in my learning process. Without a proper grasp of grammar you're like a cannon that doesn't know how to fire: worthless"