{"id":215,"date":"2019-05-22T08:15:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T08:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.celta.ilsc.com\/?p=215"},"modified":"2023-11-15T11:51:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:51:52","slug":"celta-at-ilsc-meet-the-trainers-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.celta.ilsc.com\/index.php\/celta-at-ilsc-meet-the-trainers-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"CELTA at ILSC: Meet the Trainers (Part 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quality training begins with quality trainers, and the CELTA program at ILSC offers a crack team to guide trainees through the rigours \u2014 and surprising delights \u2014 of CELTA.<\/p>\n<p>Breana Sproul is an assistant CELTA tutor at ILSC and teaches and evaluates trainees during the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.celta.ilsc.com\/celta-cambridge-course-program-montreal.aspx\"><strong><u>intensive 4-week course<\/u><\/strong><\/a> as well as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.celta.ilsc.com\/celta-cambridge-course-program-online.aspx\"><strong><u>online<\/u><\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.celta.ilsc.com\/celta-toronto-cambridge-course-tesol-program.aspx\"><strong><u>part-time<\/u><\/strong><\/a> CELTA programs.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Get to know\u2026 Breana Sproul<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-220\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.celta.ilsc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8327.jpg\" alt=\"This is Breana\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.celta.ilsc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8327.jpg 480w, https:\/\/blog.celta.ilsc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_8327-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Q: How\/Why did you get into ESL teaching?<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A friend of mine wanted to take a TESL course so I joined her; best decision I ever made!<\/p>\n<p>I started teaching young learners in Taiwan, where I stayed for two years.\u00a0 I then moved to Prague, gaining experience in teaching adults at mostly intermediate levels.\u00a0 I did some private tutoring in London for a few years before moving to Amman, where I had the opportunity to teach both young learners and adults at levels ranging from elementary to intermediate.\u00a0 After Jordan, I went on to teach in Istanbul, where I got a vast amount of experience teaching all ages and levels.\u00a0 It was also there that I began to branch out into teacher training, first as the Senior Teacher at my school and then for OUP.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">That CELTA Life<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Q: How did you break into the rockstar world of CELTA?<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I was very fortunate to work for a school in Istanbul that had a CELTA department so after completing my DELTA, I trained up to be a tutor. They paid for me to do the DELTA and then trained me up to be a CELTA tutor.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Q: What does an average day in the CELTA department look like for you?<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I am an assistant course tutor, which means I give input sessions, observe teaching practice and provide feedback to CELTA trainees.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Q: What\u2019s the skill most CELTA trainees need to work on?<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I would have to say that trainees tend to struggle most with language analysis.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Personal Colour<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Q: What is the <u>one<\/u>\u00a0grammar mistake that makes your blood boil?<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Grammar mistakes are just teaching\/learning moments!<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Q: What is your favourite English word? (Bonus points if it\u2019s rutabaga)<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>While I do love a good Rutabaga, I would have to say \u2018shenanigans\u2019<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Q: What is one grammar mistake you can\u2019t stop making?<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>There\u2019s many mistakes I make in grammar\u2026<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>Q: What is your favourite thing about teaching CELTA?<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Guiding my trainees to reach their highest potential!<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Next Up<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Get to know the rest of the CELTA team at ILSC-Montreal in interviews with <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.celta.ilsc.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/08\/celta-at-ilsc-meet-the-trainers-part-1\/\">Christopher Cooke<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.celta.ilsc.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/24\/celta-at-ilsc-meet-the-trainers-part-2\/\">James Meanwell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Does teaching English to adult learners sound like an adventure you can see yourself taking? 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