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 offers practical, initial training in teaching English as a foreign language.

The part-time Online CELTA is delivered 3 days a week in an online learning environment, providing an opportunity for an international group of candidates.

Your training, or input sessions, will be live sessions on a videoconferencing platform such as Zoom.

You will also do your teaching practice as live sessions, with your tutor observing you, and learners who can be attending online from anywhere the world.

FUNDING AVAILABLE!

Candidates living in the South West or East of England may at times be eligible for a fully funded part-time Online CELTA course. Find out how.

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" Excellent! I really enjoyed how personalised the input and Teaching Practice sessions were, it feels like all the tutors really care about us as students and our future teaching careers. Input sessions were really fun, and the staff utterly lovely, all round. "

Catherine, August Course Participant

Is this course for you?

 
Location: Online
 
Experience: An interest in pursuing a career in English Language Teaching
 
Language Level: C1/C2
 
Course dates:
Future dates to be announced. 
Contact us for group options. 
 
Certification: Cambridge CELTA
 
Course Length:  10 weeks
Classes run Saturday (9.00- 14.00), Mondays and Wednesdays (16.00-20.30) UK time
 
Course fees:
Individuals:
Course fee: £1199
VAT (20%): £239.80
Cambridge Registration Fee: £292
Total: £1730.80
Negotiable for groups
Current funding opportunities
 
Overseas institutions: VAT does not apply. More
 
Minimum age: 18
 
Max class size: 12
 
Tutor-led and highly interactive
 
Live and asynchronous eLearning platforms
 
Specialist ELT eLibrary
 
Accredited by AQUEDUTO

The course includes

 
6 hours of teaching practice and feedback
 
Observation of experienced teachers in the online classroom or teaching online 
 
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' 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.

 

" Excellent! Thought-provoking. Structured and balanced. Quality, detailed feedback on practical issues. Excellent provision by a talented, knowledgable and dedicated team of professionals. "

Amanda, September

" Our teachers were incredibly communicative and supportive for our individual needs. It was a wonderful place to learn with a lovely atmosphere. "

Seamus, September

Further Information

Candidates are assessed continuously during the course and there is no final examination. An external assessor, appointed by Cambridge ESOL, 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 to complete our Application Task focussing 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. Please note, this process varies slightly for groups. Contact us for details.

  Example language analysis question:
Look at the verb underlined in the sentences below. The verb is in the wrong tense.  
i) correct the sentence
ii) name the correct tense
iii) explain why the tense is used; what meaning is conveyed.
I worked on my assignment when the phone rang.

 

If you have any questions please contact delta.admin@nile-elt.com.

Meet a Course Tutor: Kateryna Protsenko

Kateryna Protsenko NILE

Kateryna has been in ELT for over 15 years. She has taught English, managed a number of language schools and teacher training centres, and co-authored an exam prep course book for state school-leaving exams in Ukraine. But her passion has always been with teacher training, which is why she has spent a big part of her career working as a CELTA and DELTA trainer in different countries, including Hungary, Turkey, Lebanon, Thailand, Italy, the UK, Greece, Azerbaijan, Ukraine etc.

These days she is working as a Head of Tutors at Promova, where she is managing live online lessons.

Outside work, Kateryna loves sport, especially jogging, travelling and learning new things.

 

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