One of the questions prospective CELTA trainees ask most often is which books they should buy. We've already written about which grammar...

There is no right or wrong time to qualify with a CELTA certificate. The qualification is life-long – it doesn’t expire and you won’t...

Every lesson is essentially a sequence of activities. Activities come in all shapes and sizes, but ideally, they are student-centred, and...

Students, even students who can speak, read and write well in English, often struggle with listening exercises in class, and there are...

A lot of people ask this question at some point while applying for a CELTA course. Some trainees think they will be teaching...

Learning new words is one of the most important parts of learning a new language. You may be able to get your meaning across with poor...

Some people are lucky enough to have a degree in languages or linguistics before their CELTA course, and so they may feel comfortable...

Not all students are the same, but in most of the classes I've taught, when I've asked students what they want to do more of, speaking...

People often get quite nervous about a CELTA interview. I remember being nervous about my own one, which I did over the phone in 2003....

I once worked with a Director of Studies who said that when she was hiring someone for a teaching job, the first thing she always checked...

When we started doing CELTA courses that were fully online at the beginning of the pandemic, a lot of teacher trainers were sceptical....