Celta syllabus and assessment guidelines

Topic 1 assessment
Key assignment
See Focus on the learner on page 17.
Key teaching practice criteria
See page 15 for criterion 4a and criteria 1a–c. 

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Topic 2 – Language analysis and awareness
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Syllabus content
Learning outcomes
Successful candidates are able to:
Assessment
2.1
Basic concepts and 
terminology used in ELT
to discuss language form 
and use
understand key terminology used in ELT to talk about language and 
apply this terminology to planning and teaching
Assignment:
Language related tasks 
Language analysis
for teaching
2.2
Grammar
Grammatical frameworks: 
rules and conventions 
relating to
words, sentences, 
paragraphs and texts
a. understand a range of the rules and conventions relating to 
words, sentences, paragraphs and texts 
b. demonstrate a basic working knowledge of how the verb 
phrase and the noun phrase are formed and used in English,
for example:
• tense and aspect
• voice
• modality, including the expression of hypothetical meaning
• finite and non-finite forms
• the adverbial element
• countability
2.3
Lexis
Word formation, meaning 
and use in context
a. understand basic principles of word formation and lexical 
meaning, for example:
• meaning and definition
• pronunciation
• spelling
• affixation and compounding
• synonymy and hyponymy
b. understand the effect on word choice of factors such as:
• co-text (e.g. collocation)
• context of situation (style)
2.4
Phonology
The formation and 
description of English 
phonemes
Features of connected 
speech
a. demonstrate a working knowledge of the sounds of English 
b. understand some features of connected speech, for example:
• linking
• assimilation and elision
• word and sentence stress
• intonation patterns
2.5
The practical significance of 
similarities and differences 
between languages
identify some significant differences between their own language 
and a foreign language, and demonstrate in practice their 
understanding of the relevance of some of these differences for the 
teacher and learner
Assignment:
Focus on
the learner
2.6
Reference materials for 
language awareness
use a range of reference material to analyse and describe language 
for teaching purposes
Assignment:
Language related tasks
2.7
Key strategies and 
approaches for developing 
learners’ language 
knowledge
use strategies, approaches and techniques to develop learners’ 
language knowledge, for example inductive and deductive 
presentations.
Teaching practice