CELTA – TEFL Qualification - International House World ...

The CELTA is an intensive, initial TEFL qualification designed for people with little or no previous English language teaching experience or training. Skiptocontent Thiswebsite usescookiestogiveyouthebestpossibleexperience.Bycontinuingtousethissite we'llassumethatyouarehappytoreceiveallcookies asperourcookiepolicy. Continue HitentertosearchorESCtoclose CELTA Home Teach BecomeaLanguageTeacher TEFL CELTA TheCELTAisanintensive,initialTEFLqualificationdesignedforpeoplewithlittleornopreviousEnglishlanguageteachingexperienceortraining.ItiscertifiedbyCambridgeAssessmentEnglishandishighlyregardedinternationally. Thecourseisverypracticalandyouwillteachreallanguagelearnersfromthefirstweek. Length:4-weeksfulltime,12-weeksparttime Hours:120hoursintotal,including6hoursofobservedandassessedteachingpractice Iwilllearn:teachingmethodology,lessonplanning,languageanalysisandlanguageskills, howtodeliveralesson Didyouknow IHhas58CELTATeacherTrainingCentresglobally In1962IHcreatedthecoursethatbecametheCELTA Around4,000teacherstakeCELTAwithIHeachyear ReadytotakeaCELTA? Browseourlistofavailablecourses. CELTACourses CELTAtestimonials FAQsaboutCELTA WhatisCELTA? TheCELTAisanintensiveTEFLqualificationdesignedforpeoplewithlittleornopreviousEnglishlanguageteachingexperienceortraining.Itishighlyregardedandrecognisedinternationally. WhyshouldIdotheCELTA? TherearemanychoiceswhenitcomestoTEFLqualifications.Theyrangeinpriceandcoursecontent,whethertheyaredeliveredonlineorinperson,andwhethertheyarecertifiedbyanofficialbody.TheCELTAisanestablishedqualification,recognisedgloballyandhighlyregardedacrosstheTEFLindustry(notonlyinInternationalHouseschools).ItwillequipyouwiththeessentialrequirementsneededtolandyourfirstTEFLjobandoffersopportunitiestodevelopyourskillslaterifyouchoosetoadvanceyourteachingcareer. WhatqualificationsdoIneedtodotheCELTA? TheentryrequirementisthatyouareaproficientEnglishlanguageuser(betweenCEFRLevelC1andC2orabove)andeducatedtothestandardrequiredforentryintohighereducation. IstheCELTAofficiallycertified? Yes,theCELTAiscertifiedbyCambridgeAssessmentEnglishandisrecognisedbyOfqualatlevel5ontheQualificationsandCreditFramework. WhatdoestheCELTAinvolve? Standingupinfrontofaclassforthefirsttimeisadauntingprospect,soyouneedtomakesureyouhavetheskillsyouneedtoteacheffectively.TheCELTAcoursehasthefollowingcorecomponentstoprepareyoufortheclassroom. Thecourseis120hoursintotalandyouwillreceivealotofinputfromyourtutorsonteachingmethodology,lessonplanning,languageanalysisandlanguageskills. You’llhavetheopportunitytoobserveexperiencedteachersinareal-lifelanguageclassroomsituationandlearnaboutthedifferentskillsandtechniquestheyuse. Youwillteachreallanguagestudentsthroughoutyourcourseandbytheendyouwillhavehad6hoursofobservedandassessedteachingpractice.Thispracticalexperienceisinvaluablewhenyoustartyourfirstjob. Aswellasbeingassessedintheclassroom,youwillcompletefourwrittenassignmentsbasedontheinputyoureceive.Thereisnofinalexam,youareassessedthroughoutthecourse;soyoucanlearnandimproveasyourprogress. Everycourseismoderatedbyanexternalassessor,appointedbyCambridgeEnglish,soyouwillreceiveacertificatefromCambridgeEnglish,partoftheUniversityofCambridge. Howlongisthecourse? Youcaneithertakethecourseintensivelyover4weeksorparttimeover12weeks.Somecentresalsoofferablendedversionwithsomeinputdeliveredonline. WhyshouldItaketheCELTAwithInternationalHouse? TakingtheCELTAwithusmeansyoucanbenefitfromallthesupportandmaterialsthatweoffertoourstudents.Thisextendstoouralumnicommunitytoowhentheybecometeachers.WehostaWellbeingSeasoninMarch,withworkshopsfocusingontipsandadviceonthementalwellbeingofteachers,andaTeachersOnlineConferenceinMay,withaseriesofsessionsonanythingteaching-related,includingyounglearners,classroomgamesandtechnology. IfItaketheCELTA,canIgetajobwithInternationalHouse? Absolutely.OurJobsboardisupdatedonaregularbasiswithcareeropportunitiesfromaroundtheInternationalHousenetwork,fromEFLteacherstoacademicmanagers.OnceyouhavegainedyourCELTAqualification,youcangetstartedwithTEFL! Asaminimum,allEnglishteacherjobswithInternationalHousemust… beexternallyvalidatedbyareputableexaminationbody(e.g.auniversity,recognisedexaminationboardorotherbodywithRoyalCharter) have6hoursofobservedandassessedteachingpractice(i.e.teachingpracticewhereaqualifiedassessorobservesthetraineeteacherteachingrealstudentsandgivesfeedbackonhisorherperformance) includeatleast100hoursofface-to-faceELTinputfromasuitablyqualifiedtrainer TheCELTAwillequipyouwithallthesebasicrequirements. WherecanIdotheCELTA? InternationalHousehasmorethan60centresworldwidewhereyoucantaketheCELTA.Thecoursecontentisthesamethroughout,soreallyitisuptoyoutodecidedwhereyouwouldliketolearn! I’vedonetheCELTA…what’snext? InternationalHouseoffersopportunitiestofurtheryourknowledgeandexperience,whetherthat’sbytakingtheDELTA(DiplomainTeachingEnglishtoSpeakersofotherLanguages)forexperiencedlanguageteachers,orbyspecialisingbytakinganonlinecoursethroughtheIHOnlineTeacherTrainingInstitute.YoucanspecialiseinteachingYoungLearnersandTeenagers,teachingone-to-one,orinBusinessEnglish.YoucanimproveyourtheoreticalknowledgeofteachingbytakingtheIHCertificateinAdvancedMethodology.Youcouldeventuallybecomeanacademicmanager.Somecertificatesarealsoofferedinourschools. Butyoucanalsochoosetotakeyourteachingskillsandtransferthemovertoanothersectororcareerpath,suchaswritinganddevelopingcoursematerials,marketing,teachertraining,academicmanagement,orsomethingcompletelydifferent! WhatisthehistoryoftheCELTA? TheCELTAasitisknowntodaywasbornfromaninitialteachertrainingcoursecalledtheIHCertificatethatInternationalHousefirstranin1962.ThiscourserapidlysetthestandardforteacherqualificationsinTEFL,withthousandsofteachersworldwidebecomingIH-traineesandteachers. Nowapproximately4,000teacherstakeaCELTAwithIHeveryyear. Readytofindaschool? InternationalHousehasmorethan60CELTAcentresworldwidewiththesamecoursecontent,soitisuptoyoutodecidewhereyouwouldliketolearn! AllIHschools Relatedblogposts 13June2018 WhyWeLoveTeaching-Part1 Readmore 25July2018 WhatistheCELTA? Readmore 20June2018 WhyWeLoveTeaching-Part2 Readmore 28March2018 5ReasonstoStudyAbroad-Part1 Readmore 28June2018 WhyWeLoveTeaching-Part3 Readmore 14May2019 TEFL–Yourquestionsanswered Readmore