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What Jobs Can You Get After a CELTA?
Typical Employers and Real-World Career Paths for New English Teachers If you’ve completed, or are planning to complete, the CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), the question that naturally follows is: What kinds of jobs can I get once it’s done? People often picture a classroom like the one they grew up in with thirty teenagers, fixed timetables, long school terms. But most English-language teaching around the world looks very different. T

Connor O'Donoghue
Oct 23, 20255 min read


2025 Guide to Teaching English in Spain: From CELTA to the Classroom
Why Spain remains a top choice for English teachers For many CELTA graduates, Spain offers the perfect mix of lifestyle and opportunity:...

Connor O'Donoghue
Oct 8, 20253 min read


What’s the Difference Between CELTA and TEFL?
If you’re researching how to teach English abroad, you’ve probably come across two acronyms: CELTA and TEFL. So what’s the difference? In...

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Jul 8, 20254 min read


Acing Your First Teaching Job Interview After CELTA
Now that you've finished your CELTA , having worked hard, developed a new set of teaching skills, and earned one of the most widely...

Connor O'Donoghue
Jun 24, 20256 min read


Standing Out in a Sea of Applications: Crafting an Attention-Grabbing Teaching CV After CELTA
Why Your CV is Important Like most job markets, the English teaching market can be competitive, and your CV is often your only chance to...

Connor O'Donoghue
Jun 13, 20254 min read


Embrace the Adventure: Teaching English in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Why Buenos Aires? Maybe it’s the late-night energy, the café culture, the affordability, or the sheer size and spirit of the place....

Connor O'Donoghue
May 31, 20256 min read


How to Prepare to Teach English Abroad
How can I get ready to move abroad and teach English? There is no need to be scared to move abroad and start a new career teaching...

Connor O'Donoghue
May 9, 20252 min read


Teaching English in the Philippines: A Step-By-Step Guide
Why the Philippines? When people decide to teach English in East Asia, there are a lot of options to choose from and many will think of...

Connor O'Donoghue
May 3, 20253 min read


Applying for a first job after your CELTA course
How do I get my first job after CELTA? The most obvious place to start is to look at job advertisements. Jobs in English language schools...

Connor O'Donoghue
Apr 4, 20254 min read


Teaching English in Mexico: A 2025 Guide
Why choose Mexico? Mexico is a dream destination for many people, whether because of its beaches and tropical climate , or its jungles,...

Connor O'Donoghue
Mar 28, 20254 min read


The 3 tools you need to master classroom management
Every lesson is essentially a sequence of activities. Activities come in all shapes and sizes, but ideally, they are student-centred, and...

Connor O'Donoghue
Jul 4, 20233 min read


Why do students find listening so hard?
Students, even students who can speak, read and write well in English, often struggle with listening exercises in class, and there are...

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Jun 27, 20233 min read


Vocabulary: conveying meaning to students
Learning new words is one of the most important parts of learning a new language. You may be able to get your meaning across with poor...

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Jun 20, 20233 min read


How to teach speaking
Not all students are the same, but in most of the classes I've taught, when I've asked students what they want to do more of, speaking...

Connor O'Donoghue
Jun 5, 20234 min read


Finding work after a CELTA course
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,...

Connor O'Donoghue
May 26, 20233 min read
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