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Start your teaching journey. Take your first step into English language teaching - travel the world or teach online from anywhere in the world. The CELTA course offers practical, initial training in teaching English as a foreign language. The part-time Online CELTA is delivered 3 days a week in an online learning environment, providing an opportunity for an international group of candidates. Your training, or input sessions, will be live sessions on a videoconferencing platform such as Zoom. You will also do your teaching practice as live sessions, with your tutor observing you, and learners who can be attending online from anywhere the world. Candidates living in the East of England may at times be eligible for a fully funded part-time Online CELTA course. Find out how. Apply
Is this course for you?Location: Online
Experience: An interest in pursuing a career in English Language Teaching
Language Level: C1/C2
Certification: Cambridge CELTA
Course Length: 10 weeks
Classes run Saturday (9.00 - 16.00), Mondays and Wednesdays (16.15 - 20.45) UK time CELTA fees:
Individuals: Course fee: £1199 VAT (20%): £239.80 Cambridge Registration Fee: £292 Total: £1730.80 Negotiable for groups Current funding opportunities Overseas institutions: VAT does not apply. More
Minimum age: 18
Max class size: 12
Tutor-led and highly interactive
Live and asynchronous eLearning platforms
Specialist ELT eLibrary
Accredited by AQUEDUTO
The course includes6 hours of teaching practice and feedback
Observation of experienced teachers in the online classroom or teaching online
About 50 hours of practical input sessions on methodology, language awareness, phonology and professional development
About 20 hours of lesson preparation, initially supervised by the course tutors
4 written assignments
At least one private tutorial to review progress
Understanding the relationship between the learner, the teacher and the teaching/learning context
Language analysis and awareness
Language skills: reading, listening, speaking and writing
Planning for effective teaching of adult learners of English and resources and materials for teaching English to adults
During input sessions you will find out more about how the English language works, in terms of grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, as well as learn about practical teaching methodology (how to set up a classroom, best use the resources at your disposal, deal with different learners, give correction and so on). These sessions aim to help you with your teaching practice. In addition to input sessions, you will do at least six hours' teaching practice and observe six hours of lessons from experienced teachers. After each teaching session you will be given detailed feedback on your performance, and you will be given an opportunity to comment, reflect on and learn from the lesson observations.
Further InformationCandidates are assessed continuously during the course and there is no final examination. An external assessor, appointed by Cambridge English, moderates each course. Completion of the course does not guarantee the award of the Certificate. There are two components of assessment: teaching practice and written assignments. To be awarded the certificate candidates must pass both components. There are three grades: Pass, Pass B and Pass A. Application process:When we receive your application form - attached to the course dates below - we will contact you for your CV and completion of an Application Task which focuses on previous language teaching/learning experience, language analysis (please see example question below) and reasons for taking CELTA. Once you send us that, we arrange an interview either face to face or via Zoom.
If you have any questions please contact delta.admin@nile-elt.com. Meet a Course Tutor: Simon Shephard
Simon has worked extensively all over the world as an English language teacher, trainer, facilitator and project manager, with over 25 years’ experience in the ELT field. He's spent most of his career in South America and the Middle East, namely Argentina, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt, along with posts in Mauritius, Turkey, and Georgia. He joined the British Council in 2003 and has been an active CELTA Tutor since 2010, working on numerous face-to-face and online courses. He was also the English Project Manager for British Council Lebanon from 2013 to 2015. Until 2020 he was a professional development mentor on the British Council’s Teacher Support Programme in Cairo, delivering a wide variety of pre-service and in-service courses, such as CELTA and TYLEC. Since then he’s been working as a freelance training consultant on a range of projects and courses. Simon currently lives in Bournemouth, England and enjoys walks by the sea and drinking endless cups of tea, but not always at the same time!
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