Take your first steps to an exciting new career as an English teacher abroad. A CELTA course gets you ready for a professional career teaching English, whether in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East or in Europe. After a four-week course, you could be living a completely different life abroad, supporting yourself with a new career.
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CELTA is the gold standard of English teaching qualifications, and is accredited by Cambridge.
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CELTA is practical course, with a focus on real teaching practice with real students, equipping you with the practical skills you'll need to teach English abroad.
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It is the most widely recognised English teaching qualification in the world. Research by Cambridge Assessment shows that three out of four international English teaching jobs advertised require a CELTA qualification.
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You can qualify quickly - a full-time course takes just four weeks and a part-time one takes twelve weeks.
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You can feel confident walking into a classroom because of the practical teaching experience you get during the course.
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You will benefit from the support we provide after the course in finding a job and moving overseas.
We run regular face-to-face classroom based CELTA courses in Bournemouth, in the spacious Bayswater school premises. Bournemouth has a large English language teaching sector, so there are a number of schools in the area offering employment to new CELTA graduates.
Dates and fees
Full-time
face-to-face courses
4 weeks
Monday to Friday
9:30 am - 5:30 pm
£1400 (early bird price £1250*)
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27 May - 21 Jun 2024
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5 Aug - 30 Aug 2024
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9 Sep - 4 Oct 2024
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25 Nov - 20 Dec 2023
*The early bird price applies to candidates who pay in full 21 days before the course begins
Part-time
face-to-face courses
12 weeks
Tuesday and Thursday evenings
6:00 pm – 9:30 pm
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Saturday mornings
10:00 am – 1:45 pm
£1400 (early bird price £1250*)
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7 Sep - 28 Nov 2024
*The early bird price applies to candidates who pay in full 21 days before the course begins
Is CELTA for me?
CELTA is for you if you love discovering new cultures, languages and places and you feel like life should offer more than just a predictable 9-5 job in a sleepy office. it's for you if you're the kind of person who aspires to an exciting career and you want to have authentic experiences meeting new people in interesting places, while supporting yourself with a sustainable career.
A typical day on a full-time face-to-face CELTA
9:30 am - 11:00 am - Input session 1 (learning about teaching theories and techniques)
11:15 am - 12:30 pm - Input session 2 (learning about teaching theories and techniques)
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - Assisted Lesson Planning (planning for the following day's teaching)
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm - Teaching Practice
4:45 pm - 5:30 pm - Feedback on Teaching Practice
Coursework - background reading, assignment writing, lesson planning - in your own time
A typical week on a part-time face-to-face CELTA
Saturday 10:00 am - 11:15 am - Input session 1 (learning about teaching theories and techniques)
Saturday 11:30 am - 1:00 pm - Input session 2 (learning about teaching theories and techniques)
Saturday 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm - Assisted Lesson Planning for Teaching Practice
Tuesday 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Teaching Practice
Tuesday 8:15 pm - 9:30 pm Feedback on Teaching Practice
Thursday 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Teaching Practice
Thursday 8:15 pm - 9:30 pm Feedback on Teaching Practice
Coursework - background reading, assignment writing, lesson planning - in your own time