Overview
English teachers are in demand across the world. This qualification will give you the confidence and teaching techniques you need to start your cultural and linguistic adventures.
Our 12-week part-time and 4-week full-time CELTA courses provide you with a practical, work-related qualification which is a first step in learning to teach English as a foreign language to adults.
Why Celta?
Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) is an internationally recognised teaching certificate. There are CELTA centres world-wide, all running a similar programme and all moderated by Cambridge English Language Assessment, which is part of The University of Cambridge.
Course dates for 2025
- Part-time: 27 January 2025 to 23 April 2025
- Full-time: 27 May 2025 to 20 June 2025
Timings
Monday to Friday, 9am to 4.30 (full-time courses)
Tuesdays and Wednesdays 9am to 1pm + Monday OR Wednesday, 2.30pm to 4.30pm for teaching practice (part-time course).
The course was challenging, the teachers were supportive and inspiring. They gave me the confidence and the opportunity to become an English language teacher.Laura
Entry requirements
Candidates should normally have, as a minimum entry requirement, a standard of education equivalent to that required for entry into higher education. For non-native speakers of English, applicants should demonstrate a high level of both written and spoken English such as an IELTS score of 6.5 or level C2 on the CEFR.
Many candidates who come on courses have experience of teaching or training in other or related fields and some have a little, usually informal, experience of teaching foreign students. The certificate should enable you to find employment in private language schools and some state institutions either in the UK or overseas.
If English is not your first language you require an IELTS overall score of 6.5 with no element below 6.0.
Please note that all applicants will be interviewed as part of the selection process.
6.5
IELTS or C2 on the CEFR
How you’ll learn
The course is aimed at anyone with the above requirements who has an interest in language and communication and would like a career in teaching English language to speakers of other languages. Many of our trainees immediately start their teaching careers either at language schools in the UK or at schools/institutions around the world. After having gained some classroom experience, some of our trainees have returned to Christ Church to study for the Diploma/MA in TESOL.
The CELTA course offers practical seminars which teach you "how to teach", for example, how to teach and practise grammar and vocabulary or how to teach the skill of listening.
The students also have opportunities to practise and reflect on what they learn:
- Teaching Practice. You need to teach foreign students at two different levels of English language proficiency over the course. Your teaching is assessed by a tutor and is the most important assessed element of the course.
- Observations of practising teachers and video observations of teachers and classes.
- Written Assignments which are practical and very much based on the observation, teaching and learning you do on the course.
- Tutorials in which your strengths and areas for development are discussed. You will be given clear guidelines for improving your performance.
- Keeping a Portfolio of your work over the course.
For the part-time course, you will attend seminars and workshops for up to two mornings per week and also one afternoon for teaching practice.
For the full-time four-week course, you will attend seminars and workshops for the whole day.
According to Cambridge guidelines, there are 120 contact hours, which are for the following:
- Input seminars/workshops
- Supervised lesson planning
- Tutorial support and consultation
- Six hours’ assessed teaching practice
- Feedback on teaching practice
- Peer observation of teaching practice
- Six hours’ directed observation of lessons taught by experience English language teaching professionals
Our Graduate College provides a friendly, diverse and supportive environment for all our postgraduate students.Professor Susan MillnsDean of the Graduate College
How you’ll be assessed
The certificate is at Level 5 (equivalent of a second-year undergraduate programme). There are no written exams.
Assessment is continuous and integrated ie. based on each trainee’s progress throughout the course. This is largely based on the teaching but also on the four written assignments that trainees are a required to write.
Your future career
The School is in close contact with local language schools, who visit on the last day of the course to meet trainees and very often, offer them teaching work straight away. We are also frequently notified of job opportunities abroad and the programme director passes these on to alumni. Recently, trainees have found teaching work in Vietnam, France, Spain and China, to name a few.
Changing career nowadays isn't easy, but the CELTA course at Christ Church gave me just what I needed in terms of knowledge and above all confidence to start teaching.NigelEnglish Teacher
Fees
2025 tuition fees for this course
| UK | Overseas | |
| Full-time | £1,942 | N/A |
| Part-time | £1,942 | N/A |
These figures include the Cambridge assessment fee of £179.
Additional fees information:
There will be an additional administrative charge for international applicants who require a Student Study Visa.
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