Venues

Gardyne Campus

Content

The CELTA qualification is the internationally recognised standard for a career in English Language Teaching.

It's a practical, classroom-based teacher training course giving a good foundation in basic teaching techniques including classroom management, lesson planning, error correction, language analysis & using resources. Interactive input sessions focus on teaching methodology and language awareness. This input is put to practical use in the preparation of lesson plans and 6 hours of assessed teaching practice. In addition there are at least 120 additional learning hours of independent background reading, assignment writing and lesson preparation.

You will be offered the opportunity to gain valuable skills by working as volunteers in our ESOL classes (Covid permitting).

Entry Requirements

Applicants should be at least 18 years old and hold four SQA Highers (Grade C or above) or equivalent. If English is not an applicant's first language, a very high level of spoken and written accuracy is required (minimum CPE or a recent IELTS score of 8.0 overall, including 8.0 for written English). Applicants are required to submit a pre-interview task and, if successful, will be invited to attend a group interview.

Progression Routes

This course is the basic requirement for those embarking on a career in English Language Teaching / TEFL / TESOL. Internationally recognised, this qualification can lead to stimulating work all over the world or in the UK.