About the teacher training centre
Our story began in Seville in 1983. Our first school started small, but we soon grew as did our reputation for top-quality teaching, fantastic teacher training and excellent, authentic accommodation for visiting students. Our name, CLIC IH Seville comes from “Centro de Lenguas and Intercambio Cultural”, because we teach Spanish, French, English, German and Chinese – and because we are passionate about real and meaningful cultural exchanges.
Over the years we have taught over 1,000,000 students – either to become languages teachers and start their TEFL career, or to learn a language and start their own amazing life journeys.
We welcome students from all over the world. At the moment, students from about 35 countries choose to have their adventure with us. Why not start yours as well!
What is the CELTA?
The CELTA is a TEFL qualification which prepares you to teach English as a foreign language. You don’t need any existing English language teaching experience or training. It’s usually a 4 or 5 week full time course (but you can also take it part time).
Standing up in front of a class for the first time is a daunting prospect, so you need to make sure you have the skills you need to teach effectively. The CELTA prepares you for the classroom in these ways:
- Taught sessions on methodology, lesson planning, language analysis and language skills. (In total, you’ll have 120 hours of input.)
- The opportunity to observe experienced teachers in a real-life language classroom situations – so you can see the different skills and techniques they use.
- Teaching yourself – with helpful and detailed feedback from your tutors. This practical experience is invaluable when you start your first job.
You’ll have to complete some written assignments as well, but when it’s all successfully completed you’ll be ready for your first job and first students!
Read more about the CELTA here
CELTA at IH Seville
CLIC IH Seville is a lively modern language school with an international atmosphere, with two centres in the heart of Seville, offering a wide variety of courses. It is the largest and longest-running teacher training centre in Southern Spain and one of the biggest and most established in the country.
What makes IH Seville special? – the people, the atmosphere, and the learning experience you will have.
To help you with your learning we have a lending library, in which you can borrow books. Clic IH Seville provides wireless internet access in its buildings as well as computers, a photocopier and printer for the use of CELTA trainees.
*Early bird for Face to Face full time CELTA courses: €1,490 if full payment is made one month before the course start date.
What will fellow students be like?
One of the most rewarding aspects of the course is the fact that you will share your learning experience with other candidates of different nationalities, genders and ages. Although the average age of a trainee is 30 years old, we have many younger and more mature candidates, from 18 to 71 years old!
There is a 50-50 balance between native and non-native candidates (C1+ level), with Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Russian, Moroccan and Venezuelan just a few of the nationalities who have completed our course successfully.
We know that our candidates are working all over the world, from Chile to USA and Japan to Australia, although the majority choose to work in Andalucía or other parts of Spain.
