CELTA

Who is Cambridge CELTA for?

CELTA is suitable for people who are interested in teaching English abroad or in the UK with little or no teaching experience as well as teachers who are already in the profession but who have no formal or practical teaching qualification.

• New teachers with no experience or starting within their career

• Teachers with some experience who want to develop their skills

• First language English speakers and non-first language speakers

• Teachers who want to travel and teach English

What does Cambridge CELTA cover?

The course includes tutorial support, supervised lesson planning, peer observation, feedback sessions, submission of a portfolio of work and much more. The Cambridge CELTA focuses on developing practical techniques and can be delivered in a variety of formats, from full-time or part-time.

Course structure:

• Provides a minimum of 120 contact hours between tutors and trainees involving input, tutorial support, supervised lesson planning, feedback, and peer observation

• Introduces you to the principles of effective teaching

• Helps you understand more about the English language

• Provides you with a range of practical skills for teaching English to adult learners

• Give you hands-on teaching practice with real students

Builds your confidence in the classroom

Cambridge CELTA

The Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA) is the world’s most recognised EFL qualification and your first reliable step to teaching anywhere in the world.

It is an internationally recognised, externally accredited TEFL course (not self-validated like many others). It provides fluent speakers of English with high quality training in teaching English as a foreign language, and it’s taken by over 10,000 candidates each year.

The course is ideal for people with no teaching experience as well as teachers who are already in the profession, but who have no formal or practical teaching qualification.

How am I assessed?

Candidates are assessed continuously throughout the course and there is no final exam. Each course is moderated by an external assessor, who is approved by Cambridge ESOL.

Candidates are assessed on their overall ability over 6 hours of teacher practise, working at two levels of ability (A2 Pre-Intermediate and B2 Upper Intermediate).

There are four written assignments: Language Related Tasks; Skills Related Tasks; Focus on the Learner and Lessons from the Classroom.

The grades for successful candidates are PASS, PASS A or PASS B.

What are the entry requirements?

• Applicants must be at least 18 years old by the end of the course

• Applicants must have an awareness of language and a competence in English (equivalent to C1 level / IELTS 7.5), both written and spoken, that enables to undertake the course

Full-time

Study for your Cambridge CELTA certificate in the way that suits you. Our full-time course is a 4-week intensive programme at LILA* College.

Whichever route you wish to take when studying for your Cambridge CELTA certificate, you will experience the same standard of training from CELTA-certified teachers.

At LILA* College we are working to make our courses as accessible to as many candidates as possible.

As part of our relationship with EF English First, LILA* College is pleased to be able to provide teaching opportunities for our eligible teacher training course graduates. EF English First is the world’s largest privately owned education company. Founded in 1965, EF operates in over 50 countries around the world and has 43,500 employees.

EF has TEFL job positions across China, Indonesia and Russia in over 350 Kids & Teens’ schools and Adult schools as well as in their online teaching centre in Shanghai.

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