CELTA Course Fact Sheet CAMBRIDGE CERTIFICATE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING TO ADULTS (CELTA) Ealing‚ Hammersmith and West London College is an authorised centre for courses preparing trainees for the Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA). These courses provide initial training in English Language teaching and are intended for those who have no previous experience in this field‚ or whose experience is insufficient to qualify
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In 399 BCE Socrates was wrongfully put to death. The charges and verdict were posted in the metroon (Greek temple): "Socrates is guilty of refusing to recognize the gods recognized by the state and introducing other‚ new divinities. He is also guilty of corrupting the youth. The penalty demanded is death‚" (Socrates). Regardless of the laws at the time‚ and the amount of discretion given to the court‚ the wrong moral decision was made. Socrates’ famous student‚ Plato‚ wrote about trial in Apology
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Phaedo: Plato Creative Writing Assignment Phaedo is a dialogue written by Plato‚ in which Socrates‚ a Philosopher‚ is in prison and soon will receive the death sentence. Two hours before his death sentence‚ Socrates is attempting to comfort his friends‚ in which he explains his philosophical standpoint on death. Socrates‚ being a philosopher of the time is not threatened by death‚ and in fact looks forward to death. To him‚ death is simply the separation of the body and the soul‚ and to his philosophical
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In the book‚” Plato’s Symposium‚” by Plato‚ who was a philosopher in Greece‚ he illustrates the dialectic discussion in a party at Agathon’s to celebrate his triumph of his first tragedy. In the Symposium; the guests Phaedrus‚ an Athenian aristocrat; Pausanias‚ the legal expert; Eryximachus‚ a physician; Aristophanes‚ eminent comic playwright; Agathon ‚a tragic poet and host of the banquet; Socrates‚ eminent philosopher and Plato’s teacher; and Alcibiades‚ a prominent Athenian statesman‚ orator and
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inferences of such obviously still occurred; back then‚ however‚ it was discipline known as philosophy and the people studying it were called philosophers. Alas‚ when it comes to the study of philosophy (or‚ history and the humanities)‚ Socrates is a name that arises early and often‚ ultimately serving as the very essence of western philosophy‚ as its foundation can easily be traced all the way back to his teachings3. Regarding the very early contributors of science‚ Socrates’ name is largely absent from
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is a commanding belief that our experiences of reality are just simply deceptions of the truth. In Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave”‚ Socrates illustrates his perception about human knowledge. He contends that people are rarely able to escape from personal ignorance and with greater knowledge comes confusion and conflict when their own beliefs are challenged. (Socrates 20) The parallel Socrates makes in the allegory‚ is between a prisoner who breaks from the cave and is immediately overwhelmed
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Socrates – An Ethics Philosopher In the world of business accounting‚ ethics plays a major role in the daily operations of a business. Not only are businesses responsible for incorporating ethical standards into their operations‚ but accountants are also responsible for ensuring they perform in an ethical manner. So often‚ there is a thin line between what is considered ethical and what is considered unethical‚ especially when a company is considering profit over ethics. However‚ top level professionals
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Greek philosopher‚ mathematician‚ and pupil of the philosopher Socrates‚ relays his interpretation of Socrates’ defence against the Athenian council in‚ An Excerpt from Plato’s Apology. In the writings‚ (which may be biased being as Plato was an admirer of Socrates)‚ Socrates attempts to dispel the charges laid against him. Throughout the excerpt‚ there is much acknowledgement surronding the scuttlebut in cirulation emcompassing Socrates‚ why and how he earned he vile names‚ his everlasting support
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In Kozol’s article “Still Separate‚ Still Unequal-America’s educational apartheid‚” kozolool describes the reality of urban public schools and the isolation and segregation the students there face today in the American system. Jonathan Kozol illustrates the grim reality of the inequality that African American and Hispanic children face within todays public education system. In this essay‚ Kozol shows us with shocking statistics and percentages‚ just how segregated Americas urban schools have become
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Socrates and the Sophists (Plato’s Dialogues) In chapter 4‚ The Sophist: Protagoras‚ Soccio does an excellent job discussing a group of teachers and thinkers known collectively as sophists‚ and the social environment in which they flourished for a time. These professional educators were known for being widely travelled and thus having much experience with other cultures. This experience convinced many of them that there is no such thing as ’objective standards;’ we merely have a set of culturally
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