CELTA Preparation Modules
What's in the course
The CELTA course covers the principles of effective teaching, and gives you a range of teaching techniques and practical experience. You get hands-on teaching practice and observation of experienced teachers, and you’ll apply your learning by delivering communicative teaching with English language learners.
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Course length
120 hours
Formats
Choose from:
-face-to-face or online
-full time or part time
All options give you teaching practice in English language classes.
Assessment
-written assignments
-assessed teaching practice
Minimum entry requirements
-proficient English language user (CEFR level high C1 or above)
-educated to the standard required for entry into higher education
-age 18+
The CELTA course in detail
CELTA courses are delivered by authorised centres on behalf of Cambridge English. All CELTA courses include at least 120 hours of contact between candidates and course tutors, and include:
tutorial support and consultation
supervised lesson planning
6 hours’ assessed teaching practice per candidate supervised by a course tutor
feedback on teaching practice
peer observation of teaching practice (i.e. watching the other candidates’ lessons)
6 hours’ directed observation of lessons taught by experienced ELT professionals, up to 3 hours of which may be of filmed lessons
You should also allow for 80 additional learning hours for pre-course preparation, reading, research, assignment writing, lesson preparation and record keeping.
The maximum ratio of candidates to tutors is at least one tutor for every six candidates (one tutor for every four candidates on online courses), and there are at least two tutors on each course.
Course topics
The CELTA course covers a range of topics:
learners and teachers, and the teaching and learning context
language analysis and awareness
language skills: reading, listening, speaking and writing
planning and resources for different teaching contexts
developing teaching skills and professionalism
