Until Brexit, European countries like Spain and Italy were among the most popular options for teaching abroad for British citizens after...

All CELTA courses share many features in common. Every course has the same basic elements: At least 120 contact hours At least 80 hours...

Some CELTA tutors will avoid giving trainees writing lessons to teach, even though it is part of the syllabus. It is true that it's...

When I was 21, I didn't really know what I was doing with my life. I'd finished a degree in law and I knew I wanted to go on an adventure...

Some parts of writing a lesson plan are easier than others, and many CELTA trainees complain that they just don't know where to start...

The EFL world is littered with acronyms (there’s one in this sentence already). These can sometimes get confusing. This blog hopes to...

Drilling simply means repeating things aloud. It's one of the simplest language teaching tools we have and it's one of the ones we've...

As you progress through a CELTA course, you will start to get comfortable with all the things you need to do when you're teaching new...

Do I need a degree to do a CELTA? The short answer is ‘No’ – you don’t need a bachelor’s degree to be accepted onto a CELTA course and in...

One of the questions prospective CELTA trainees ask most often is which books they should buy. We've already written about which grammar...

There is no right or wrong time to qualify with a CELTA certificate. The qualification is life-long – it doesn’t expire and you won’t...

Some people are lucky enough to have a degree in languages or linguistics before their CELTA course, and so they may feel comfortable...

A CELTA Interview is a time to ask any questions you might have as well as answer the ones we have People often get quite nervous about a...

So, you have your CELTA, and you know a lot more about how to plan a lesson, about how to manage students and how to analyse grammar,...

When we started doing CELTA courses that were fully online at the beginning of the pandemic, a lot of teacher trainers were sceptical....

The UK's second city is a vibrant, young and exciting place to enrol onto a CELTA course Home of chocolate, Peaky Blinders and the...