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Start your teaching journey. Take your first step into English language teaching - travel the world or teach online from anywhere in the world. The CELTA course provides practical, initial training in teaching English as a foreign language. On a 4-week face-to-face course at NILE in Norwich, you will be taught in a group by our experienced trainers, have full use of NILE's resources and teach a real class of learners living in Norwich.
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Is this course for you?Location: Norwich
Experience: An interest in pursuing a career in English Language Teaching
Language Level: C1/C2
Course dates:
4 - 29 August 2025 6 - 31 October 2025 Certification: Cambridge CELTA
Course Length: 4 weeks full time
CELTA fees:
Course fee: £1199 VAT (20%): £239.80 Courier and Cambridge Registration Fee: £214 Total: £1652.80 Overseas institutions: VAT does not apply. More
Accommodation (4 weeks):
Homestay (half-board): £1120 Residential (half-board): £1344 Residential (self-catering): £1120 More information Minimum age: 18
Max class size: 12
Tutor-led and highly interactive
Live and asynchronous eLearning platforms
Specialist ELT library
The course includes6 hours of teaching practice and feedback
6 hours observation of experienced teachers in the classroom
About 50 hours of practical input sessions on methodology, language awareness, phonology and professional development
About 20 hours of lesson preparation, initially supervised by the course tutors
4 written assignments
At least one private tutorial to review progress
Understanding the relationship between the learner, the teacher and the teaching/learning context
Language analysis and awareness
Language skills: reading, listening, speaking and writing
Planning for effective teaching of adult learners of English and resources and materials for teaching English to adults
During input sessions you will find out more about how the English language works, in terms of grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, as well as learn about practical teaching methodology (how to set up a classroom, best use the resources at your disposal, deal with different learners, give correction and so on). These sessions aim to help you with your teaching practice. In addition to input sessions, you will do at least six hours of teaching practice and observe six hours of lessons from experienced teachers. After each teaching session you will be given detailed feedback on your performance, and you will be given an opportunity to comment, reflect on and learn from the lesson observations.
Further InformationCandidates are assessed continuously during the course and there is no final examination. An external assessor, appointed by Cambridge English, moderates each course. Completion of the course does not guarantee the award of the Certificate. There are two components of assessment: teaching practice and written assignments. To be awarded the certificate candidates must pass both components. There are three grades: Pass, Pass B and Pass A. Application process:When we receive your application form - attached to the course dates below - we will contact you for your CV and completion of an Application Task which focuses on previous language teaching/learning experience, language analysis (please see example question below) and reasons for taking CELTA. Once you send us that, we arrange an interview either face to face or via Zoom.
If you have any questions please contact delta.admin@nile-elt.com. Meet a Course Tutor: Rose Aylett
Rose is a freelance training consultant and CELTA tutor, based in Liverpool, UK. She has been working in ELT for almost 20 years, predominantly in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, and has a long-standing professional interest in critical pedagogy, global citizenship and social justice education. Her MA thesis (completed in 2020) explored critical literacy within teacher education, and informed NILE ELT’s ‘Global Citizenship in Language Education’ course, for which she is the course leader. Rose is a former IATEFL Global Issues SIG Coordinator and editor of the GISIG e-zine FUTURITY. She speaks regularly at national and international conferences about how to teach controversial issues, promoting critical dialogue in the classroom, and the integration of critical perspectives into ELT. In her free time, Rose enjoys hiking, biking and camping - and generally spending as much time as possible outdoors.
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