🎓TEACHER TRAINING
120-Hour TESOL Certification: What Does 120 Hours Actually Mean?
Understand how a 120-hour TESOL course may divide live training, guided study, assignments, lesson planning, teaching practice and portfolio work.
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Cambridge Veritas publishes practical guides for English teachers, TESOL professionals, IELTS trainers and language learners. Explore evidence-informed resources on TESOL and TEFL certification, teaching methodology, lesson planning, classroom assessment, pronunciation, IELTS, technology and professional development.
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🎓TEACHER TRAINING
What Is TESOL? A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Learn what TESOL means, where TESOL teachers work, what teacher training covers, and how to decide whether English teaching is the right path for you.
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🎯IELTS
How to Give Effective Feedback to IELTS Students
Give IELTS learners feedback they can act on through specific observations, worked Writing and Speaking examples, revision and independent follow-up tasks.
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🎯IELTS
Common Mistakes New IELTS Teachers Make
Audit seven IELTS teaching decisions and use practical classroom fixes to improve diagnosis, lesson focus, feedback and evidence of learning.
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🎯IELTS
CELTA to IELTS Trainer: How to Specialise in Exam Preparation
Apply your CELTA foundation to IELTS preparation through accurate task analysis, focused teaching practice, careful feedback and a useful portfolio.
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🎯IELTS
TESOL vs IELTS Teacher Training: What's the Difference?
Understand how general English-language teacher education and IELTS specialisation fit together, then choose training around your actual classroom needs.
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🎯IELTS
IELTS Teacher Training: What Should a Good Course Include?
Compare IELTS teacher-training courses using an original evidence rubric, questions about teaching practice and examples of useful tutor feedback.
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🎯IELTS
How to Plan an IELTS Lesson
Build an IELTS lesson around observable learning, using a complete 60-minute writing example with materials, adaptations and an independent exit check.
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🎯IELTS
How to Teach IELTS Listening: A Teacher's Guide
Use original listening scripts and diagnostic activities to teach prediction, sound recognition and the ability to follow a speaker's final decision.
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🎯IELTS
How to Teach IELTS Reading: Strategies for Teachers
Teach IELTS Reading through evidence, paraphrase and purposeful practice, with original activities that show why learners choose an answer.
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🎯IELTS
How to Use IELTS Speaking Band Descriptors
Use Speaking descriptors to separate assessment criteria, collect appropriate evidence and turn a classroom judgement into focused practice.
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🎯IELTS
How to Teach IELTS Speaking Effectively
Build IELTS Speaking lessons around meaningful responses, clear delivery and focused second attempts instead of repeated unstructured mock interviews.
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