CELTA Advice from Radwa Younis
Radwa is a CELTA trainer at IH Cairo How long were you an EFL teacher, and how long have you been a teacher trainer? I’ve been an EFL teacher for 13 years. I’ve been a teacher trainer for 7 years. Did you have a different career before EFL? Yes, but only a brief career in […]
CELTA Advice from Laura Woodward
Laura Woodward is a CELTA Tutor at IH Cairo How long were you an EFL teacher, and how long have you been a teacher trainer? I have been an EFL teacher for thirty-four years and a teacher trainer for nearly thirty years. What are your hopes/aspirations for your trainees? Essentially, I want to bring out […]
6 Fun Facts About Celta
You already know that CELTA is the most widely recognized recognised English Language Teaching Qualification, accredited by the University of Cambridge. All EFL teaching jobs recognise the CELTA. You already know that it will open a lot of new possibilities for your career, and you can study it online, face to face, full time, part […]
CELTA Advice from Lewis Richards
Lewis Richards is Director of Studies and Head of Teacher Training at LSI IH Portsmouth How long were you an EFL teacher, and how long have you been a teacher trainer? I’ve been an EFL teacher since 1996, and still teach regularly, and I’ve been a CELTA trainer since 2016. Did you have a different […]
10 MORE things to know about CELTA
Following on from our blog last week, here are 10 more things about CELTA. Whether you decide to take the CELTA full time face to face, online part time, or any of the other combinations, all these things hold true. 11) You will learn aspects of the English language you didn’t know about Being surrounded […]
10 Things to know about CELTA
What is CELTA? Is it worth taking? What can you learn during the course? What does it help you achieve? We have gathered 10 facts to answer some of the questions you might have about this qualification and its use. 1) It the most widely recognised English Language Teaching Qualification It is accredited by the […]
7 Little Things that will Make a Big Difference with your CELTA
So you’ve decided to take the plunge and do the CELTA? Congratulations! You’ve started on a path that will quite literally take you anywhere that you want to go. It’s open doors and job offers from here on out. Now that you’ve decided, you may be looking around for stories from graduates, hunting for clues […]
10 Things Our CELTA Graduates Want You To Know Before You Start
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, so we spoke to some recent CELTA graduates who came up with a list of things they wish someone had said to them before they started their CELTA courses… 1. Do your pre-course task This one might seem obvious, but it really is worth devoting some proper time to completing […]
Thoughts about the Online CELTA course with International House
International House schools have been busy offering the 100% online CELTA course to hundreds of trainees who want to get qualified to work in TEFL. The certificate you get from taking the online CELTA is exactly the same as the face-to-face one, and one major benefit of taking the CELTA virtually is that you can practice […]
CELTA Advice from Wouter Redelinghuys
How long were you an EFL teacher, and how long have you been a teacher trainer? I have been in EFL since 2003. I have worked for two years or more in China, Vietnam, Thailand, Afghanistan, Seattle and currently in Ecuador. During this time, I have worked as an English Instructor, Teacher Trainer and Director […]