To apply for the CELTA course you should:

• Have a standard of English which will enable you to teach at a range of levels (Minimum CEFR Level high C1 or above).
• Have a standard of education equivalent to that required for entry into higher education.
• Be aged 18 or over.

CELTA gives you the Skills, knowledge, confidence and hands-on experience to start teaching English anywhere in the world.

It will most definitely change your perception of what effective language teaching is.

You will be able to plan lessons to effectively achieve your class aims.

You will gain the insight necessary to reflect on your own teaching and planning to improve independently in the future.

Some aspects of teaching you will learn and develop:

• Effective strategies for teaching grammar and vocabulary
• Techniques to inspire your students
• Ways to maximize student involvement with teaching materials
• Analysis of language for teaching purposes
• Lesson planning for a variety of lesson types
• Ways of using, adapting and creating teaching resources and materials for effective teaching
• How to stage a variety of lesson frameworks
• Dynamic classroom management skills for effective teaching
• And more

The 100% online course Asynchronous

• Input – Self-Study of Theory and methodology on Cambridge platform and trainer led sessions in real time on Zoom.
• Teaching Practice – the practical part is live teaching of real students observed by Tutors and peers, follow by feedback, on Zoom.
• Feedback on teaching practice – This is carried out in a relaxed and friendly manner and usually leads to amazing insights about the learning teaching process, on Zoom

 The 100% online course Synchronous.

• Input –Theory and methodology sessions, led by our team of experienced CELTA tutors, in real time on Zoom
• Teaching Practice – the practical part is live teaching of real students, observed by Tutors and peers, follow by feedback, on Zoom.
• Feedback on teaching practice – This is carried out in a relaxed and friendly manner and usually leads to amazing insights about the learning teaching process, on Zoom.

NB.: The online courses have the same syllabus and lead to the exact same international certificate as the face-to-face CELTA courses.

The Face-to-Face CELTA:

• Both teaching practice and input are given Face-to-Face at our centre with the same content as in the other course formats.

• Six hours’ assessed teaching practice per candidate, supervised by course tutors: These 6 hours are usually divided into 8 lessons of 45 minutes.
• Feedback on teaching: where you get to voice your own opinion of your class, and your tutor will share their view on how it could be improved and what worked well.
• Input: This will be given through pragmatic learning units on a platform, and through interactive sessions with experienced tutors.
• Supervised lesson planning: You will be provided with teaching material and brief with instructions for what you need to do, and you will have an opportunity to run your ideas for teaching by your tutor.
• Peer observation: Trainees will be divided into groups for teaching practice, and when you are not teaching, you will participate in observing and giving feedback to your peers.
• Observation of experienced teachers (minimum 6 hours): You will not only observe your tutors teaching live, but you will observe experienced teachers teaching multilingual groups of students as well.
• Four written assignments: The assignments are super practical, focusing on language analysis, students’ learning needs, developing a reading or listening lesson and reflecting on your own development as a teacher.

Course length – 120 hours

Candidates will need to dedicate about 80 hours to the required reading research, pre- and post- session tasks, assignments and lesson preparation.

The assessment for you to obtain the Cambridge CELTA certificate is based on your performance in:

1. Teaching Practice
   You will be observed teaching 6 hours to adults at a minimum of 2 levels of ability.
   Assessment is based on your overall performance.
2. Written assignments
   You will complete four written assignments with 750 – 1000 words each.

The assignment topics are:

• Analysing and responding to adults’ learning needs;
• Analysing language for teaching purposes;
• Teaching language skills;
• Reflecting on classroom teaching.

There are three different grades: Pass A, Pass B and Pass.

For more information, you can download a more detailed summary of CELTA course topics, or find the full details in the CELTA syllabus.

Course fee:

US$ 1450.00 (Cambridge fee included)