CELTA Online

Free places now available!*

CELTA is highly regarded throughout the world, it provides the skills you need and will make it easier to get a teaching job anywhere.  The certificate is internationally recognised and is particularly useful if you want to live and work abroad.

* Subject to conditions:

• Completion of the full course
• Committing to work for at least six months at Blackburn College in a paid teaching position
• Meeting University of Cambridge standard at a satisfactory level

Non fulfilment of the above will incur full cost payment of the course fee.

There are five main units of learning, these are:

• Learners and teachers, and the teaching and learning context
• Language analysis and awareness
• Language skills: reading, listening, speaking and writing
• Planning and resources for different contexts
• Developing teaching skills and professionalism

CELTA is an intense course and it is wise to be well prepared. For online resources to support your CELTA journey, we highly recommend ELT-Training.com a website run by an experienced CELTA tutor. In particular, the free resource The Ultimate Guide to CELTA Success and the pre-CELTA Grammar for Language Teachers are extremely helpful.

Please note the entry criteria for this course is as follows:

• The course is aimed at individuals with little or no previous teaching experience. 
• Applicants should be/have the following; A Level or equivalent standard of education.
• Applicants should have a very high standard of spoken and written English language.

There are two components to the selection process:

 Application

Here we’d like to assess your standard of written English as well as your knowledge of English grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary.  We use 2 tasks to help us do this:

1. Application form
2. Pre-interview task

 Interview

Here we assess your standard of written and spoken English as well as your communication and team working skills.  We use 3 tasks to help us do this:

1. A group discussion about an aspect of language
2. A 5 minute ‘micro teach’
3. An extended written essay style task

This course is also eligible for advanced learner loan funding - the loan fee is £1,417 - contact us for more information

If you wish to work in Further, Adult and Community Education in the UK, the Level 5 ESOL teacher training course is required.

For more information about this course, contact our specialist team on 01254 29 25 00 or email business@blackburn.ac.uk