With a CELTA certificate, you show employers that you:

• have gained essential knowledge of the principles of effective English teaching
• have developed a range of practical skills for teaching English to adult learners
• have demonstrated your ability to apply your learning in a real teaching context
• are ready to begin working in a variety of ESL teaching contexts around the world.

CELTA Requirements, You must:

• be at least 20 years old.
• have an awareness of language and a competence in both written and spoken English.
• have the ability to develop the necessary skills to become an effective teacher and to successfully complete the written assignments and the assessment practice teaching.

What are the course aims?
The course will enable you to:

• Acquire essential subject knowledge and familiarity with the principles of effective teaching.
• Demonstrate your ability to apply your learning in a real teaching context.
• Candidates who complete the course successfully can begin working in a variety of ESOL teaching contexts around the world.
• Is great for recent graduates, people who are changing career, or teachers who want to gain a formal qualification.
• Provides you with hands-on teaching experience and more classroom confidence
• Offers you an internationally recognized qualification.
• Is also the first step towards being qualified to teach ESOL to adults in the UK.

CELTA Materials

What does the CELTA course include?

• Input
• Supervised lesson planning.
• Teaching practice (six assessed hours).
• Feedback on teaching.
• Peer observation.
• Observation of experienced teachers (minimum six hours).
• Candidates will need to dedicate a minimum of 80 hours for the required reading, research, pre- and post-session tasks, assignments and lesson preparation.

What does the syllabus consist of?

The syllabus consists of five specific topic areas:

• CELTA Topic
• Learners and teachers, and the teaching and learning context

What is the topic?

This topic includes:

• Cultural, linguistic and educational backgrounds.
• Learning and teaching preferences.
• Context for learning and teaching English.
• Varieties of English.
• Multilingualism and the role of first languages.
• Language analysis and awareness.

This topic includes:

• Basic concepts and terminology used in ELT for describing form and meaning in language and language use.
• Grammar – grammatical frameworks: rules and conventions relating to words, sentences, paragraphs and texts.
• Lexis: word formation, meaning and use in context.
• Phonology: the formation and description of English phonemes; features of connected speech.
• The practical significance of similarities and differences between languages.
• Reference materials for language awareness.
• Key strategies and approaches for developing learners’ language knowledge.
• Language skills: reading, listening, speaking and writing.

This topic includes:

• Basic concepts and terminology used for describing reading skills.
• Purposes of reading.
• Decoding meaning.
• Potential barriers to reading.
• Listening.

- Basic concepts and terminology used for describing listening skills.
-Purposes of listening.
-Features of listening texts.
-Potential barriers to listening.
-Speaking.

This topic includes:

-Principles of planning for effective teaching of adult learners of English.
-Lesson planning for effective teaching of adult learners of English.
-Evaluation of lesson planning
The selection, adaptation and evaluation of materials and resources in planning (including computer and other technology based resources).
-Knowledge of commercially produced resources and non-published materials and classroom resources for teaching English to adults.
-Developing teaching skills and professionalism.

This topic includes:

-The effective organization of the classroom.
-Classroom presence and control.
-Teacher and learner language
The use of teaching materials and resources.
-Practical skills for teaching at a range of levels.
-The monitoring and evaluation of learning.
Evaluation of the teaching/learning process.
-Professional development: responsibilities.
-Professional development: support systems.