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What is the CELTA?
The CELTA is a TEFL qualification which prepares you to teach English as a foreign language. You don’t need any existing English language teaching experience or training. It’s usually a 4 or 5 week full time course (but you can also take it part time).
Standing up in front of a class for the first time is a daunting prospect, so you need to make sure you have the skills you need to teach effectively. The CELTA prepares you for the classroom in these ways:
- Taught sessions on methodology, lesson planning, language analysis and language skills. (In total, you’ll have 120 hours of input.)
- The opportunity to observe experienced teachers in a real-life language classroom situations – so you can see the different skills and techniques they use.
- Teaching yourself – with helpful and detailed feedback from your tutors. This practical experience is invaluable when you start your first job.
You’ll have to complete some written assignments as well, but when it’s all successfully completed you’ll be ready for your first job and first students!
Read more about the CELTA here
Full Time CELTA Online with IH Lisbon
For accessibility from wherever you are in the world, why not take a 100% CELTA online with the team at IH Lisbon.
What’s special about this is
- Full Time – you’ll complete in 5 weeks
- Live online classes with tutors ( not based on self study)
This is a flexible way to take CELTA. It leads to the same CELTA qualification and is assessed and moderated according to the same criteria.
Like the face-to-face CELTA course, CELTA Online has a significant practical component. You will complete 6 hours of assessed teaching practice in groups in an online classroom, from the comfort of your home!
If you are in Lisbon, and travel restrictions allow, we plan to offer some additional free face to face teaching practice at the end of the course as a bonus. This won’t be mandatory, but you may find it useful.
Part Time CELTA Online with IH Lisbon
If you want to take your time, and fit study around other commitments, you can take a part time course.
The part-time CELTA with IH Lisbon has Guided Lesson Planning (GLP), some input sessions, Teaching Practice and lesson feedback on Saturdays. These are live, with a tutor (on a video platform like Zoom.) Therefore you should be fully available every Saturday from 09.00 to 17.30 (Portugal time).
Other reading and short tasks you will study yourself on a self-study platform, so you can do this whenever suits you throughout the week. Some tasks are done in pairs or small groups with your fellow class mates, so you’ll have to liaise with them for that. There are usually three or four units of methodology sessions to work through per week, on days and times to suit you.
The Face to Face CELTA at IH Lisbon
IH Lisbon runs an average of seven CELTA courses a year. The tutors (and staff) have years of experience and are supportive and professional. For your teaching practice, the local students are lovely. Some have been taking courses with us for a while, and they know what its like for new teachers.
Your fellow students will be both local and international, with a range of ages and experience. This makes for an interesting group and will start to give you an insight into your future TEFL career.
IH Lisbon has well-equipped facilities, the latest technology, and very experienced tutors. There are three training rooms, a library with access to computers and photocopier, a relaxing waiting area, and a kitchen for essential drinks and snacks!
