Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, the “A” stands for adults, but when you finish the course you’ll be able to teach English to children, too, as many of the skills and techniques you learn on the course are transferable. During the course, we also run TESOL Sessions on working with ‘younger learners’ (the TESOL industry name for teaching children). There is such a strong market abroad for younger learner classes that most teachers will teach them at some point, and many of our graduates go on to specialize in working with younger learners.

There is also very high demand for CELTA teachers to teach younger learners in the United States during the summer months (June-August). Between 200,000-300,000 younger learners from all over the world come to the U.S. each summer to learn English. They are centered around the main tourist cities - New York, San Francisco, LA, Boston and Washington DC are particularly big hubs – though there are younger learners studying English in virtually every major city in the United States during the summer. Our graduates are in very high demand during these months!

Yes. The CELTA is the most highly regarded TESOL Certification for working in a private language school in the United States and many schools will not consider recruiting teachers who haven’t completed their CELTA. Outside of language schools, our graduates find work in the U.S. with organizations working with immigrants, community centers and in universities. Whether you're looking for work in the U.S. or abroad, you will often see CELTA listed as the preferred or only accepted qualification on job vacancy descriptions.

Yes.

Places on our courses are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Once a candidate has completed the application process and is accepted to do the CELTA course, they are able to pay a deposit to reserve a place on any course that has availability. For more information about the application process, go to our application page.

We pride ourselves on the work we do to ensure our trainees successfully complete the CELTA course. This begins at the application stage, where we interview every applicant to ensure that the CELTA is the correct TESOL Certification course for them and that they are able to complete it successfully. In addition, our trainers provide support (through private tutorials) for any trainee who needs it, which normally makes the difference in helping a candidate pass the course.

This is why Teaching House’s pass rate – at 99% - is so high.

If you’re teaching a grammar lesson and a student asks you why one tense is right and another is wrong, you need to be able to explain it in a way that the student understands. This does not mean that you need to be a grammar wiz before you begin the course. We will teach you how to analyze grammar and how to present it in a way that a student can understand and learn from it.

In addition to the grammar that you learn during the CELTA course (during  the TESOL Sessions and the Real Classroom Experience component), when you start teaching English you will continue developing your grammar knowledge. Each time you teach a grammar item you will learn about it so that the next time you teach it you’ll already have a base understanding. But don’t worry: it’s still normal for even the most experienced English teachers to refer to a grammar book to answer a question from time to time. The key is understanding how to analyze grammar and present it effectively in class; two skills that you’ll learn in the CELTA course.

Yes. At Teaching House, we offer a part-time CELTA course. The course runs over 10 weeks - two evenings a week and Saturdays face-to-face. We're also offering CELTA Online (blended) formats as well, you can learn about these here

Not all of our centers offer the part-time and CELTA Online courses. See the course dates page for the next part-time start date and locations, or contact us to enquire about upcoming courses.