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TEACHING THE WORLD’S TEACHERSOVER 60 YEARS OF EDUCATIONAL EXPERTISE
OUR EXPERTS
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LEARNING AND TEACHING THE BELL WAY
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THE BEST TEACHERS NEVER STOP LEARNING YOUR BELL STORY STARTS HERE
OUR STORY
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OVER 60 YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERTISEBell trains teachers at Bell Cambridge, Bell London, Bell Switzerland, Bell Teacher Campus Cambridge and Bell Teacher Campus Macao. The teaching team also run bespoke programmes for schools and organisations all over the world.
The team includes a whole host of leading ELT experts and published educational authors, including Silvana Richardson, Head of Teacher Development for Bell, and world-renowned ELT author and trainer, Jim Scrivener, Academic Director for Bell Teacher Campus.
60YEARS
OF TEACHING EXPERTISE
Courses at Bell Teacher Campus are sponsored by:
PROGRESS YOUR CAREER: DELTA 10
STUDY WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES: BESPOKE COURSES 12
DEVELOP YOUR PROFESSIONAL SKILLS: TEACHER DEVELOPMENT 08
BECOME A TEACHER: CELTA 06
BELL TEACHER CAMPUS AT HOMERTON COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
STUDY WITH WORLD-RENOWNED EXPERTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
BENEFIT FROM OVER 60 YEARS EXPERTISE TEACHING PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD
LEARN THE BEST TEACHING METHODS WITH A TEAM AT THE FOREFRONT OF ELT RESEARCH
LEARN THE BELL WAY AND DISCOVER HOW TO APPLY THE PRINCIPLES TO YOUR TEACHING
GAIN THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS QUALIFICATIONS RECOGNISED GLOBALLY
ALL COURSES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
ERASMUS+ FUNDING
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“ At Bell, I found a really deep cultural
learning environment which made me excited to go back to work and put it all into practice! As teachers, we have
to keep learning so we can engage our students and teach more effectively. ”
CARLA, FROM BRAZIL
THE BELL WAYOur unique teaching approach has been influenced by six decades of experience and shaped by an Emeritus Professor from the University of Cambridge. The six principles below will form the backbone of your learning and will benefit you in your career too, as we show you how to approach your own teaching in the same way.
MAKING OUTSTANDING THE NORMBell trainers create high expectations and engagement.
SHARING CLEAR LEARNING AIMS AND OUTCOMESBell trainers have clear, consistent learning goals and teaching methods.
ADAPTING LEARNING TO EACH INDIVIDUAL TEACHERBell trainers find out about each teacher’s ambitions and capability, and build from there.
• We challenge each teacher we teach to perform beyond their expectations, enabling them to excel.
• We expect our teachers and trainers to be the best in their field. We provide regular feedback and development opportunities and film the best lessons to share and inspire others.
HIGH EXPECTATIONS PRINCIPLE
• We make the aims of each session and activity clear in a way that inspires and engages teachers, and measure progress against these aims.
• We monitor quality through our own standardised, teaching observation system, designed by Bell’s team of experts and praised by educational inspectors.
CLARITY OF LEARNING PRINCIPLE
• We are experts in working with teachers of different needs and cultures and offer different levels of challenge to each, based on their needs, goals and context.
• We run programmes for teachers of every age and stage of experience and frequently welcome back returners on the next step of their journey.
UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL PRINCIPLE
HELPING TEACHERS TO LEARN EVERYWHEREBell trainers maximise formal and informal learning opportunities.
USING FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE TEACHING AND LEARNINGBell trainers use assessment and feedback to help teachers develop their individual skills.
BELIEVING IN THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATIONBell teacher trainers continuously refresh and renew their professional skills to support effective learning and teaching.
• Bell’s 2015 report from the Independent Schools Inspectorate praised our “culture of continuous improvement”.
• We have considerable experience in Action Research and a research partnership with the University of Warwick.
• Many of our trainers are conference speakers, researchers, webinar presenters and published authors.
ORGANISATIONAL LEARNING PRINCIPLE
• We provide a range of social and cultural activities to help teachers develop their learning outside the classroom.
• We help teachers develop their skills through the use of well-stocked learning centres, learning technology and regular self-study assignments.
LEARNING EVERYWHERE PRINCIPLE
• We help teachers assess their own work and show them what they have to do to take their teaching to the next level.
• Reflection by teachers on their own practice is a key component of all our teacher training programmes.
ASSESSMENT AS LEARNING PRINCIPLE
OUR EXPERTSBell has been teaching for over 60 years and we are constantly innovating to develop the very best teaching methods. We are passionate about education and never stop learning or striving to be the best we can be.
Our expert teacher trainers teach our CELTA, Delta and teacher development courses and travel to teaching projects all over the world. We also regularly host ELT experts and authors as guest speakers and teachers at Bell Teacher Campus, our residential teaching development programme held in Cambridge each summer.
MEET SOME OF OUR EXPERTS
Silvana Richardson is Head of Teacher Development at Bell and has worked in English language teaching for over 25 years.
She holds an MA in Teacher Education, is PGCE and Delta qualified and has trained teachers all over the world. Silvana is a regular guest speaker at events such as IATEFL and a regular author for Cambridge English Teacher.
Silvana is the Head of Programme Quality for the Bell Foundation, the charity that works with British schools and teacher trainers to change lives through language education.
Jim Scrivener is Academic Director of Bell Teacher Campus, a Bell Teacher Training Ambassador and is internationally famous in the ELT industry for his educational expertise.
His publications include the popular Learning Teaching (Macmillan ELT) which won the ARELS Frank Bell Prize. Other books include Teaching English Grammar (Macmillan ELT) and Classroom Management Techniques (Cambridge), which have both won HRH Duke of Edinburgh English Speaking Union awards.
Lindsay Warwick is a teacher trainer at Bell and a published ELT author with Macmillan, Oxford University Press and Pearson, whose titles include Skillful Advanced, Gold Preliminary and Milestones in English.
Lindsay was selected by Cambridge English Language Assessment (part of the University of Cambridge) and English UK for their Action Research Award Scheme in 2015. She regularly gives expert talks at IATEFL.
Adrian Underhill is known for his expertise in teaching pronunciation. He is an international consultant, speaker, trainer and author. He returns to Bell Teacher Campus every year, teaching courses such as ‘Pronunciation and Storytelling: From Phonemes to Fluency’.
He is a past president of IATEFL and series editor of Macmillan Books for Teachers. He is the author of Sound Foundations: Learning and Teaching Pronunciation, and the award-winning Sounds: The Pronunciation App.
SILVANA RICHARDSON
JIM SCRIVENER
LINDSAY WARWICK
ADRIAN UNDERHILL
“ At Bell I have learnt how to effectively plan creative lessons. Our teachers have shown us simple ways to keep students engaged and have been outstanding, really amazing. They are so accommodating and have made the experience exceptional. ”
STHEFANIE, FROM BRAZIL
MANY OF OUR TRAINERS ARE ALSO
PUBLISHEDAUTHORS
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BECOME A TEACHER: CELTA
Trainee teachers that learn with us gain the practical skills, knowledge and qualification to get the best teaching jobs anywhere in the world.
OVERVIEW
The Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA) is the most highly-regarded and widely-recognised initial qualification for English language teachers globally. The CELTA is accredited by Cambridge English Language Assessment, part of the University of Cambridge.
WITH A CELTA QUALIFICATION, TEACHERS CAN:
l Teach confidently anywhere in the world
l Understand the learner
l Understand and use a variety of teaching approaches
l Successfully plan and resource lessons
l Have a greater awareness of language
l Begin a career as a English language teacher.
EXPERT SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE
CELTA is a four-week, assessed course which focuses on practical skills. Hands-on teaching practice and work on assignments begin straight away. At Bell we know this can be daunting, so our expert trainers provide extensive support and guidance, in addition to tutorials, seminars, classroom observations and access to teaching and learning resources.
Our teacher trainers are experts in their field and use a variety of effective educational methods and strategies throughout the course. This means trainee teachers benefit from an outstanding learning experience themselves before applying the knowledge and skills they have gained in their own classrooms.
REAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Trainee teachers learn within our schools at Bell Cambridge or Bell London, so become immersed in a real teaching environment with access to resources like the learning centre, teachers’ library, free photocopying, free WiFi and a whole team of experienced teachers to observe, talk to, and learn from.
Teaching practice takes place in real classrooms at our schools, with enthusiastic people from the local community that want to improve their English (Bell offers all lessons with trainee teachers free of charge to students).
“ Once you get inside the classroom you get a taste for it and you get lost in the moment. The school has been amazing and the facilities are really good. The staff are great – there’s a really friendly vibe and everyone is lovely to one another. ”
TARSILA, FROM BRAZIL
“ My teaching skills have improved drastically! I’ve never taught before and I didn’t know anything about teaching, so to be where I am now is just amazing. I have gone from zero to confident in the classroom. It’s a really great feeling – suddenly I’m a teacher! ”
REBECCA, FROM THE UK
“ Bell’s CELTA course has given us the opportunity to realise our dream of living and working in a different country and experiencing a new culture. The techniques we learnt on the course help us to independently plan and teach effective lessons with confidence. ”
TOM AND RICA, FROM THE UK, NOW LIVING AND TEACHING IN VIETNAM
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IN 2015, TRAINEE TEACHERS FROM
14 COUNTRIESSTUDIED FOR THEIR
CELTA IN BELL’S UK CENTRES
Courses at Bell Teacher Campus are sponsored by:
“ The courses at Bell and the opportunities to meet so many people are really rejuvenating for the mind. There’s so much choice – cultural talks, social outings – and I particularly enjoyed the plenary session on pronunciation and the workshop on how the English speak. ”
KARINE, FROM GUADELOUPE (RIGHT)
“ The courses at Bell and the opportunities to meet so many people are really rejuvenating for the mind. There’s so much choice – cultural talks, social outings – and I particularly enjoyed the plenary session on pronunciation and the workshop on how the English speak. ”
KARINE, FROM GUADELOUPE (RIGHT)
DEVELOP YOUR PROFESSIONAL SKILLS: TEACHER DEVELOPMENT
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Teachers from all over the world join us each year to share experiences and develop their professional skills.
OVERVIEW
Bell’s teacher development courses are designed to educate and inspire the global teaching community, giving teachers the knowledge and skills they need to develop their careers and motivate their students. The highlight of our year is the annual gathering of teachers from around the world at Bell Teacher Campus, held in a beautiful University of Cambridge college with world-renowned ELT author and trainer Jim Scrivener as its Academic Director.
TEACHER DEVELOPMENT COURSES ENABLE PARTICIPANTS TO:
l Share experiences with teachers from all over the world
l Experience British culture and explore Cambridge or London
l Develop professionally and learn from the experts at Bell
l Gain courses and points to add to a CV or resume
l Become part of a global teaching community committed to lifelong learning.
BELL TEACHER CAMPUS
Bell Teacher Campus hosts a series of two-week courses during the British summer. Its varied programme offers something to suit every teacher at every stage and includes creative teaching methods, the use of technology, culture and language trends, ELT specialisms and teacher training. Visit bellenglish.com/BellTeacherCampus to view the full selection of courses.
The weekly guest lecture programme features well-known ELT experts such as Pete Sharma, Adrian Underhill and Chaz Pugliese. Teachers can be further inspired by additional workshops on topics such as differentiation in the classroom, collaborative technology and motivating students.
A full social and cultural programme is available, giving participants the chance to mix with colleagues on campus, explore the beautiful city of Cambridge and take excursions to other destinations in the UK.
OTHER TEACHING CENTRES
We also run two-week teacher development courses at our year-round centres, Bell Cambridge and Bell London, on topics such as enhanced teaching and language skills and teaching British life and culture. Visit our website or contact us for more details on these courses.
COURSE FUNDING
If you are a teacher in Europe ask your institution if they have Erasmus+ funding to cover the cost of your course. All Bell teacher development courses are eligible.
“ I chose to study at Bell because of its reputation for teacher development and have had some highly motivating tutors here. I’m going back to my classroom with lots of techniques to improve language skills and classroom awareness. I’m so pleased as this is what I was hoping for when I enrolled on the course. ”
SERGIO, FROM SPAIN
“ Bell Teacher Campus is a really great chance to share your teaching experiences with other teachers and make new friends. I studied on the course Creativity in the Classroom and my teacher Claire has inspired me a lot. ”
EMMA, FROM CHINA
PROGRESS YOUR CAREER: DELTA
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“ I was fairly experienced when I started the Delta course, but I soon realised that an experienced teacher is not the same as an expert teacher. The Bell Delta will help you become an expert teacher. So much of what I learned on the course still influences my teaching today. ”
CHRIS, ADVANCED PRACTITIONER, FROM THE UK
The Bell Delta is a globally-recognised qualification that sets teachers apart from the crowd as advanced practitioners.
OVERVIEW
The Delta (Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other languages) is a globally-recognised, advanced qualification for experienced English language teachers. There are three modules you must pass to become Delta qualified:
l MODULE ONE: Understanding language, methodology and resources
l MODULE TWO: Developing professional practice
l MODULE THREE: choose between Extending Practice and ELT Specialism or English Language Teaching Management
All modules are accredited by Cambridge English, part of the University of Cambridge.
WITH A DELTA QUALIFICATION, TEACHERS CAN:
l Develop their careers and apply for more senior roles
l Be at the forefront of English Language Teaching methodology
l Critically examine their own teaching practices
l Gain knowledge and skills to take their teaching to the next level.
FLEXIBLE COURSE OPTIONS
Bell offers a choice of online and face-to-face Delta options with full support available from our expert tutors. There is no time limit on completing the three modules, so you can study at your own pace and apply and pay for them separately. For full details of all our modules, visit bellenglish.com/Teacher.
STUDY ANYWHERE WITH ONLINE MODULES
Doing the Delta online enables teachers to study in their own time wherever they are in the world. Participants receive detailed individual feedback on all of their work, and online forums provide peer support and encouragement.
l For Module One you can sit the exam at a local exam centre near you.
l The teaching practice in Module Two is observed and assessed by an experienced tutor who you nominate to be your regional Delta tutor (RDT).
l For Module Three all support is given through our virtual learning platform, and the submission of your assignment for grading is done entirely online.
STUDY IN CAMBRIDGE WITH FACE-TO-FACE MODULES
Coming to study Delta Module One or Two with us in Cambridge gives you the chance to meet our expert trainers face-to-face and make use of our outstanding facilities.
l Our Module One course combines two-weeks of face-to-face sessions with some self-study preparation on our online Moodle platform before the course starts.
l Our Module Two course runs for six weeks and includes all the required teaching practice plus assessment.
“ I have learned so much and really feel that my way of teaching has changed in such a short time. ”
SUSANNA, FROM AUSTRALIA
“ Studying for the Delta online is great because it gives you the freedom and flexibility to fit the reading around other commitments. ”
EMILY, FROM THE UK
EACH YEAR, BELL HELPS MORE THAN
200 TEACHERSSTUDY FOR THEIR DELTA
QUALIFICATION
STUDY WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES: BESPOKE COURSES
We can design and implement a bespoke training or development programme for your educational institution.
Bell is the perfect partner to help schools, colleges and universities develop language and education programmes that deliver positive, measurable results.
From Brussels to Bangkok and Switzerland to Shanghai, we have worked with ministries, schools and universities around the world to develop the capabilities of teachers and their students through a range of face-to-face and online learning programmes.
We pride ourselves on designing solutions that are appropriate to context, respecting local culture, languages and traditions.
We have a long list of pioneering achievements across five continents that showcase the diversity and scale of our capabilities. These include:
l Training university teachers in Saudi Arabia as part of the world’s largest English language teaching project
l Offering residential courses to teachers in Asia through Bell Teacher Campus Macao, delivered in partnership with Macao Polytechnic Institute
l Overseeing the management of the Institute of Languages, Angola and providing expertise to local teacher training universities
l Designing and delivering a training programme for the English Language Teachers Association of Albania, in partnership with the British Council.
Teacher training can take a number of forms, from campus-style events with multiple trainers to blended programmes combining face-to-face and online training. All our programmes are designed by our own experienced teacher trainers.
Contact us to discuss your requirements and we will create a bespoke course for you.
DEVELOPING TEACHING METHODOLOGY IN LIBYA
We created a bespoke programme for a group of secondary school teachers from Libya, who visited Bell Cambridge to develop their language skills, learn new teaching methodology and prepare for the Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT). The intensive programme included lectures, workshops, group tasks, lesson observations and individual tutorials, which gave each teacher the opportunity to focus on individual areas for improvement.
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“ On the TKT course at Bell, I’ve learnt lots of practical techniques for kindergarten and primary learning using activities and pair work. The environment here makes you eager to learn; there are so many opportunities to improve yourself and the staff are very helpful. ”
AREIJ, FROM LIBYA, ON A BESPOKE GROUP COURSE AT BELL CAMBRIDGE
EXPERIENCED AT LEADING TEACHING PROJECTS IN OVER
30 COUNTRIES
ESTABLISHING YOUNG LEARNER PROGRAMMES IN KAZAKHSTAN
We designed and delivered a two-year series of summer camps to improve the language skills of 12-13 year olds at the Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools (NIS) network. NIS teachers received intensive training from Bell experts including seminars, observations, team-teaching sessions and ongoing support to enable them to deliver and grow the programme, preparing hundreds of Kazakh students for subject study in English.
ENHANCING ENGLISH TEACHING SKILLS IN CHINA
Over the last few years, we have worked with a variety of partners in China to enhance and improve the teaching of English to children of all ages. Projects include:
l The opening of two kindergartens in Hangzhou in partnership with the Qian Jin Education Group. Bell experts trained local staff and worked with them to develop a curriculum based around the UK’s Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
l A two-week training and development course for primary teachers, as part of a long-term framework for the Nanjing Education Bureau.
l A showcase of English language teaching methodologies to over 400 primary and secondary school teachers, principals and officials at a conference in Foshan, which encouraged participants to discuss innovation in education at a regional level.
FRANK BELL
INSPIRING HERITAGEBell’s own story began with Frank Bell, a University of Cambridge graduate, who developed a vision to promote intercultural understanding through language education after his experience as a prisoner of war. Frank opened the first Bell language school in Cambridge in 1955.
1939-1945AS A PRISONER OF WAR DURING WORLD WAR II, FRANK TEACHES HIS FELLOW PRISONERS SPANISH AND FRENCH, WHICH LEADS TO THE CREATION OF A SECRET UNIVERSITY. DURING THIS TIME HE BECOMES CONVINCED THAT THE ROUTE TO INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING LIES IN LEARNING
1955FRANK ESTABLISHES THE FIRST BELL SCHOOL AT 9 CRANMER ROAD IN CAMBRIDGE
1986FRANK SETS UP THE BELL EDUCATIONAL TRUST. ALL FEES ARE REINVESTED TO IMPROVE STUDENT SERVICES AND FACILITIES
1916FOUNDER FRANK BELL IS BORN IN CALCUTTA, INDIA
OUR STORY OVER 60 YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERTISE
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LEARN FROM THE EXPERTSToday, Bell offers English courses for young learners (7-17) and adults (16+) and university preparation courses, as well as training and development for teachers.
Join us and start writing your Bell story today. Inspire your students. Never stop learning.
1991CONTRACT SECURED WITH THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, ANGOLA, TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL LANGUAGE TEACHING INSTITUTE
2015BELL LAUNCHES ITS FIRST CELTA PROGRAMME IN BELL LONDON WITH A COURSE TAUGHT BY ELT EXPERT JIM SCRIVENER
2007BELL RUNS THE LARGEST ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING PROJECT IN THE WORLD AT KING SAUD UNIVERSITY IN SAUDI ARABIA, TEACHING 20,000 STUDENTS AND TRAINING OVER 70 TEACHERS
2009LAUNCH OF BELL TEACHER CAMPUS AT HOMERTON COLLEGE, PART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, THAT WELCOMES AROUND 800 TEACHERS EVERY SUMMER
2013BELL TEACHER CAMPUS MACAO WELCOMES TEACHERS FROM ACROSS EAST ASIA
2016NINE TEACHING EXPERTS ARE SELECTED TO SPEAK AT THE PRESTIGIOUS IATEFL CONFERENCE – A NEW BELL RECORD
60YEARS
OF TEACHING EXPERTISE
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