International Training Institute, İstanbul

ITI specialises in teacher training and development.  We've successfully trained over five hundred EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teachers since we began conducting courses in 1987.  We offer EFL courses for academic purposes and the financial, legal and medical professions and provide consultancy, recruitment and placement services for ELT (English Language Teaching) institutions worldwide.

Teacher training

We are an internationally recognised training centre for the following Cambridge ESOL¹ qualifications and ITI is the only Cambridge Assessment² (previously UCLES) approved centre for both the CELTA and DELTA courses in Turkey:

Learning English

We offer the following EFL courses for people wishing to learn English for academic purposes (typically university entrance) and people working in the financial, legal and medical professions:

We also host the Aston University TESOL studies MA (Master of Arts) programme¹³ in Turkey.

Consultancy

ITI provides an ELT (English Language Teaching) consultancy service, specialising in the following areas:

• Curriculum development
• Teacher development
• Placement testing & progress assessment
• ESP (English for Special Purposes)
• EAP (English for Academic Purposes)
• Developing learner autonomy
• Drama in English language teaching
• Communication skills & management
• CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning)

Recruitment & Placement

Our familiarity with the unique needs and expectations of Turkish learners coupled with our extensive network of contacts throughout Turkey means we are perfectly positioned to provide a job placement service for teachers and a recruitment service for ELT institutions.

As the ELT industry grows, so the competition for teaching quality increases.  Our team of experienced teacher trainers is committed to raising teaching standards year on year and using our flexible services, tailored to meet specific needs, we can provide ELT institutions with the means to respond swiftly in the fast changing ELT environment.

Rsources centre

We are located in central İstanbul and provide an extensive resources centre, including a complete ELT methodology and course book reference library.  We also provide wireless Internet access, quiet study space for teachers and our café area overlooks the famous Bosphorus strait.