CERTIFICATE FOR INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS OF ENGLISH (C.I.T.E.)

C.I.T.E is designed to give competent teachers of any subject, who may or may not have any other English teaching qualifications, a chance to obtain international recognition for their language skills, knowledge and experience.

There are no formal entry qualifications for the C.I.T.E test. It can equally be taken by teachers who are currently teaching English, or students who are planning to teach the language, and have gained knowledge of classroom language and practice through study. It may, for example, be taken by High School mathematics teachers who find themselves timetabled with two lessons of English a week, by Primary School teachers who have been coopted into teaching English under a government initiative, or English teachers who want to have a focus for updating their classroom language skills.

For the C.I.T.E YL it is likely that your level of English will be at least at B2 on the Common European Framework for languages. For C.I.T.E. your level is likely to be C1. In the Anglia Examination Syndicate suite of General English Examinations this means you will be at Advanced or Proficiency level.

The tests are being launched in December 2005. There will then be 2 opportunities a year to take the tests, i.e. July and December.

If you would like further information about C.I.T.E, contact your local representative who will tell you how to register, and give you the time and place of the next test session most local to you. Alternatively please contact: