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CELTA with MTA was a great experience as tutors were very supportive and responsive. As a non-native speaker of English, I felt welcomed and supported. I was nervous at first but gradually gained confidence thanks to the tutors, peers, and also the learners. The course was really intensive and challenging. I learned a lot from a variety of resources and the experience was fruitful and unforgettable.

My experience with the intensive CELTA course, run online by Melbourne Training Associates (MTA), was truly commendable. I am amazed at how much I learned over the 5-week period. The running of the course online was great, as it gave me flexibility with my study whilst still following a daily class structure.
I have previous teaching experience; however this course has filled the gaps in my knowledge and helped me excel in my teaching practice.
MTA ran the course with professionalism and great organisation. The tutors were highly knowledgeable, and I now feel completely prepared for upcoming English-teaching opportunities. I would highly recommend the course for people looking for a challenging and rewarding English-teaching certification.

I completed my Delta with MTA from 2019 to 2020. Niki, Barbara and Ron were all extremely supportive throughout this very challenging course, and their knowledge helped me obtain distinctions for multiple parts of the course. Thanks to everyone!

I’m an experienced ESL teacher and my work was paying for me to take the CELTA. I assumed I’d have a pretty cruisy time of it on course, however, I was really surprised how much I didn’t actually know (or do). I should have taken the CELTA a very long time ago as I’ve wasted a lot of time and effort in my teaching not having followed their methodologies. I could not recommend the CELTA enough for anyone interested in English teaching, beginner or not. Barbara and Ron’s guidance was absolute top-
notch. I’m now confident that my students will benefit a lot from my lessons and my annual performance report will be better too.

It is a well-designed course that inspires a learner to become a better teacher. With succinct grammar explanations, challenging and engaging interactive exercises, I learnt much more about the methods of presenting grammar and of how to take a self-reflective approach to instruction and communication. The convenience of doing it from home was an additional bonus.

…Before attending this CELTA course, I haven’t received any education abroad. We usually adopt the word-by -word translation method to teach English. In another word, one English word matches one Chinese counterpart. In this way, students do not have a full comprehension about the functions and usages of the words… This course really opened another door for me. It taught me how to elicit the target language, instead of telling them directly… It really taught me how to pass on knowledge, instead of spoon-feeding students. What’s more, tutors, teaching director and classmates in Melbourne Training Associates were super amazing… classmates helped me a lot in the rehearsals; tutors gave me very constructive advice; even the teaching director always encouraged me a lot in person. Finally, I passed the course successfully.
I am so glad that I did attend this on-line course during the COVID -19. It enabled me to study this CELTA course at home with classmates from all over the world. Thank you for all the tutors, teaching director and classmates.