*** The Assessor ***
The topic of my entry sounded like The Godfather didn’t it? hehe.. That would be a good name for a movie!Anyway, on the same day as my last teaching practice, we had a visit by Steve Darn (http://www.stevedarn.com/) as our assessor. You may wonder what the deal with assessors’ is. Well, they are there to make sure everything is going in the track set by Cambridge University, throughout the CELTA course. You know… to make sure everything is alright!
Most of us were waiting for someone like… hmmm I don’t know how to put this… but you know! When we met Steve Darn, we all admired him! We all felt relaxed around him and it wasn’t like the classic assessor thing going around in our conversations ANDDDD……….. he was super kind enough to share a couple of words about the course with you! 
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“CELTA courses are a good ’starter pack’ for teachers. No one can claim that you can learn to teach in the space of a one-month course or its part-time equivalent, but CELTA at least equips you with the tools you need to be able to begin to ‘make a difference’. As someone who has been in ELT for more than 20 years, I am constantly amazed at how much there is still to learn - about teaching, about language and about people. It is an unending process, sometimes frustrating, but often rewarding.” - Steve Darn |
Conclusion: Assessors are cool! They give you great advice and you look up to them! By the way, Steve Darn has some good articles you may want to check out (just Google his name).
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March 13th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
really? i thought they would be strict and boring
March 25th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
That’s what I thought too! I did’nt wear jeans that day thinking it might look “argh”. Hehehe.