All CELTA courses share many features in common. Every course has the same basic elements: At least 120 contact hours At least 80 hours...

DELTA is an in-service qualification in teaching English – this means that it’s aimed at experienced teachers. The standard...

Some CELTA tutors will avoid giving trainees writing lessons to teach, even though it is part of the syllabus. It is true that it's...

When I was 21, I didn't really know what I was doing with my life. I'd finished a degree in law and I knew I wanted to go on an adventure...

Some parts of writing a lesson plan are easier than others, and many CELTA trainees complain that they just don't know where to start...

The EFL world is littered with acronyms (there’s one in this sentence already). These can sometimes get confusing. This blog hopes to...

Drilling simply means repeating things aloud. It's one of the simplest language teaching tools we have and it's one of the ones we've...

There has never been a better time to get CELTA qualified in the UK. Demand for teachers of English as a foreign language have been at...

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...

So, you’ve researched CELTA and you think you might like to teach your way around the world. You know you’ll have to brush up on your...

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

I’ve interviewed many, many CELTA candidates over the last few years and a common question I get asked is ‘What was your experience after...

The short answer to this is ‘yes’ – it is possible to fail a CELTA course. Thankfully, this is extremely rare. The overwhelming...

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....

Home of chocolate, Peaky Blinders and the chicken balti! Birmingham has long been a vibrant and attractive city for young people,...