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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
18 hours ago4 min read
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Six tips for improving your timing in your CELTA lessons
Some handy tips to help improve your timing when planning and teaching CELTA lessons
Connor O'Donoghue
4 days ago3 min read
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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 284 min read
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How to Teach English One-to-One
Should I be scared of teaching one-to-one? When a new teacher starts teaching, they sometimes get asked to teach English one-to-one and...
Connor O'Donoghue
Mar 253 min read
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Lessons from the Classroom - help with CELTA Assignment 4
Lessons from the Classroom is usually the final written assignment set on a CELTA course . Some people say it's the easiest assignment to...
Connor O'Donoghue
Jan 222 min read
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Summer school teachers needed in the UK!
Teaching English in the UK Many people travel to the UK to improve their English language skills. They do this for a variety of reasons....
Connor O'Donoghue
Jun 8, 20243 min read
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Online CELTA courses in 2025
DC Teacher Training are pleased to announce our online CELTA course dates for 2025. We have scheduled eighteen courses for next year,...
Connor O'Donoghue
May 30, 20243 min read
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Interaction Patterns in the English Language Classroom
Teaching English is different from teaching maths or teaching geography because English is a language and this means that practising...
Connor O'Donoghue
Apr 9, 20243 min read
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Teaching English as a foreign language in Ireland
Why teach English in Ireland? Ireland is a famously friendly country, with a welcoming social culture that newcomers often love. Many...
Connor O'Donoghue
Mar 28, 20243 min read
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Language Skills Related Tasks - help with CELTA Assignment 3
Language Skills Related Tasks is often set around the mid-point of a CELTA course. Like all CELTA written assignments, it is 750 to 1000...
Connor O'Donoghue
Mar 26, 20243 min read
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Helping students to record vocabulary
On a CELTA course, we spend a long time looking at what happens in the lesson itself. How do we get the meaning of a word across to our...
Connor O'Donoghue
Mar 17, 20243 min read
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Teaching Abroad as a Single Parent
Navigating the journey of teaching English abroad as a single parent Single parents sometimes think that they need to limit their dreams...
Connor O'Donoghue
Mar 2, 20245 min read
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What is DELTA Module 3?
What is Cambridge DELTA? Cambridge DELTA is a post-CELTA qualification for teachers who already have experience. Many teachers do it...
Connor O'Donoghue
Feb 22, 20244 min read
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David's story: Where did CELTA take him?
This week, we have a guest post from one of our CELTA tutors, David Tipple. Read on to find out more about his life teaching English both...
Connor O'Donoghue
Feb 15, 20243 min read
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Teaching English In Italy: What It's Really Like
Why choose Italy for TEFL teaching? Italy is one of the most visited countries in the world. Some people chose it for its pasta, pizza...
Connor O'Donoghue
Feb 3, 20244 min read
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Language-related tasks - help with CELTA Assignment Two
Language-related tasks is often assigned early in a CELTA course and, like all other assignments on the course, it needs to be completed...
Connor O'Donoghue
Feb 1, 20243 min read
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Teaching English in Istanbul, Turkey: Step-By-Step
At the fringes of both Europe and Asia, Turkey, or Turkiye, is a beautiful and exciting country with a lot to offer English teachers...
Connor O'Donoghue
Jan 11, 20244 min read
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Deciding when to deviate from a lesson plan
New teachers can sometimes cling to a plan, and there are good reasons for this. A lesson plan is your roadmap. The final stage of a...
Connor O'Donoghue
Jan 9, 20243 min read
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Am I too old (or too young) to teach English abroad?
Some people worry that moving abroad and teaching English is a young person's game and that they might have missed their chance by...
Connor O'Donoghue
Jan 4, 20245 min read
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Teaching English in Colombia: Your 2024 guide
Why Colombia? From the peaks of the Andes to the Amazon rainforest, from the Caribbean coast to large modern cities, to the desert to the...
Connor O'Donoghue
Dec 4, 20236 min read
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