CELTA - Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults
Anglo-Continental is an approved Training Centre for the University of Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA). Full-time, Part-time and Online (Blended Learning) Courses are available.
Click here for the official Cambridge ESOL website for the CELTA Qualification
CELTA Courses
The CELTA Qualification
is the essential qualification for native English Teachers entering the English Language Teaching profession. The course does not assume any previous teaching experience. The scheme is administered by the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations which ensures that the regulations and fundamental aims of the scheme are implemented. Anglo-Continental is an approved centre for CELTA courses.
The CELTA course covers the basic principles of teaching vocabulary, grammar, phonology, speaking, listening, reading and writing, as well as how to correct students’ errors and how to manage the class. Of course, you will learn many other things, but these are the basic areas of language teaching.
Full-time CELTA Course
The full-time course lasts for 4 weeks and consists of 120 hours of instruction, observation and teaching practice programmed between 0845 and 1700 hours, Monday to Friday, and up to 60 hours of home study, lesson planning and assignment writing. All participants will also be required to observe 6 hours of lessons at Anglo-Continental.
Your tutors will use a variety of methods and techniques. You will have input from your tutors in the mornings and you will teach, observed by your tutor, in the afternoons. You will also have the opportunity to observe the lessons of practising, professional teachers.
Part-time CELTA Course
The part-time course lasts for 16 weeks and consists of 120 hours of instruction, observation and teaching practice programmed between 16.30 - 20.30 hours, on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and up to 60 hours of home study, lesson planning and assignment writing. All participants will also be required to observe 6 hours of lessons at Anglo-Continental.
Online (Blended Learning) CELTA Course
The Online CELTA Course is based on the part-time model. However, instead of coming into the centre premises to do both input sessions and to do teaching practice, participants will do the input sessions online, working through multimedia materials, doing interactive tasks, discussing topics with other course participants and the course tutor in forums and collaborating with other course participants in a virtual classroom. Teaching practice, feedback, supervised lesson planning and live observation will require coming into the centre once a week.
The course lasts for 16 weeks and includes an online orientation course lasting 6 hours. This latter short course will orientate you to the Virtual Learning Environment and will also get you thinking about aspects related to the learning and teaching of English. Click here for further information about Online (Blended Learning) CELTA Courses.
Assessment
You are assessed continuously and your tutors will always tell you how you are doing. You do not take an examination. There are three components of the assessment:
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Written Assignments To pass the course you must pass the written component. There are four assignments, totalling approximately 3000 words. They are spread over the course to ease the workload, and are in a variety of formats. If you fail an assignment, your tutor will give you guidance and you are allowed to re-submit it. |
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Teaching Practice We hope to see you put into practice the things you have been shown in the methodology sessions. However, the course does not assume previous experience and we do not expect to see flawless lessons at the end of it! |
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Professional Development You should remember that this is a professional qualification. Therefore you are expected to conduct yourself in a professional manner throughout the course. |
Applying for the CELTA Course
You should be at least 18 years old at the start of the course and have a level of education that would allow you to enter higher education. Click here to download a
Teacher Training Application Form. Complete the application form and return it to Anglo-Continental. We will arrange an interview so that you can find out more about the course and profession.
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Click here to download a
Teacher Training Prospectus.
Including course
details, an
application form and
pre-interview task.
Full-Time Course Dates 2012
9 January to
3 February 2012
5 March to 30 March 2012
8 May to 2 June 2012
13 August to 7 September 2012
17 September to 12 October 2012
5 November to 30 November 2012
Part-Time Course Dates 2012
22 February – 14 June 2012
26 September 2012 – 24 January 2013
Online (Blended Learning) Course Dates 2012
5 March – 19 June 2012
CELTA Course Fees 2012 |
£-Sterling |
| Course Number | C-1.40 |
Tuition
(including VAT and University of Cambridge assessment fee) |
£ 1,230 |
Any CELTA candidates with specialist aviation knowledge, who would be prepared to teach part-time on English courses for these subjects, may be eligible for part or full payment of their CELTA course fees. Please contact us for further details.
Anglo-Continental Equal Opportunities Policy
Courses provided by Anglo-Continental are based on the principle of open and equal opportunities for all, irrespective of gender, marital status, sexual orientation, creed, colour, race, ethnic origin, age or disability.
The principle is promoted in all aspects of course provision including:
- Statements of eligibility for entry on all courses that are based solely on academically relevant criteria.
- The methods of recruitment, selection and training of all those working for or on behalf of Anglo-Continental.
- Review procedures ensure that all aspects of the provision of courses are, and remain, non-discriminatory.
