CELTA stands for “Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults”. It is the original certificate course in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) or teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL), and it has been running for four decades. It is highly respected and recognized globally, with 7 out of 10 employers worldwide asking applicants to have it.
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Alex, where and when did you start teaching English as a foreign language? I was 19 years old, and I taught Tibetan Buddhist monks in a monastery in the north of India. I loved the experience but I was, despite my lack of experience, self-aware...
Úna, when and where did you start teaching English as a foreign language? Tell us about your background in TEFL. I started my English teaching career in Budapest, Hungary, back in 2003. It was a fantastic first experience, as I met really talented, motivated...
Robert, when and where did you start teaching English as a foreign language? Tell us about your background in TEFL. I started teaching English in Bogota, Colombia, in 1994 at the Centro Colombo Americano. I had just finished college and was in Bogota when...
Article originally published on the IH Journal blog. Author: Anthony Ash. This article can be useful to teachers of English as a Foreign Language who have some teaching experience and look for variety in their lesson frameworks. Flipped Learning basically implies setting the Presentation stage of...
Iulia, where and when did you start teaching English as a foreign language? Actually, I started my teaching career with International House Bucharest on 15th October 2009. I remember the date exactly, because this was my first ‘real’ job after uni and I was very...
The benefits of doing a CELTA course (“Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages”) are multifarious. The greatest advantage is, of course, that on successful completion of the course you get a professional qualification which is accredited by Cambridge University, and the corresponding...
Val Weston, the Director of Studies at IH Terrassa, where she has been a DoS for more than 20 years, reflects on her career in TEFL as she approaches retirement. Her career has spanned 40 years on and off, and in that time she...
OK, so you’ve been teaching a language for a while, you’re comfortable with the job, you’ve got good feedback from your employer and students - overall, you’re getting on. Why bother doing a language teacher training course? The short answer is, because it makes the difference...
