| Type | Dates | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Online full-time | 04 Jan -05 Feb2021 | AUD3100.00 |
| Face-face full time | 15 Feb -19 Mar2021 | AUD3100.00 |
| Online part time | 01 Feb -30 Apr2021 | AUD3100.00 |
…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.
Having recently finished the CELTA online blended course, I would heartily recommend it, even for the over 60’s and those with a science background! The online version was every bit as good as the intensive course but gave more opportunity to interact with the materials, concepts, teaching practice preparation and assignments and at a more sustainable pace. The weekly tutorials with our group proved both helpful and an incentive to keep going, giving more of a group or class feel. Tutors were very helpful, fair and kept us up to standard. The teaching practice had to be done online, but this proved a useful learning exercise also. I feel like I have a much clearer grasp as to how to break down the English language and analyse where students have problems. I appreciated learning techniques to draw the students out to work things out for themselves.
I am very lucky to complete my CELTA course at MTA and have you two as my tutors. I will definitely recommend the school to my friends who want to have a CELTA. Also, I am grateful for the internship opportunity.
The site is very clean and easy to use. I am amazed at how comprehensive the teaching is, while also being concise and easy to understand. There is so much useful and easy to digest information, and all of it is so helpful for anyone to learn what makes the English language tick. It is great for improving writing, expression, and great for anyone just a little curious about diving deeper into English!
Celta has been a great course for preparing me to plan lessons, teach quality classes and support students. Taking CELTA online has been great because I am able to do complete my work on a flexible schedule. The tutors are so helpful and they provided great resources to help with my learning.
I commenced the online CELTA course in April 2020 from Perth with MTA Melbourne during lockdown. The course is run on an online platform which is comprehensive and easily accessible. The time differences between states were catered for during input sessions, and the interaction with the other students has been invaluable.
The tutors are extremely knowledgeable, approachable, supportive and responsive and the course has exceeded my overall expectations. I recommend this course with MTA to anyone who is interested in pursuing a career teaching English as a second language.
The Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching (CELTA) is the most widely recognised pre-service ELT qualification in Australia and throughout the world. If you would like to teach in a university language centre or private language school the requirements are usually a CELTA, plus an undergraduate degree. The CELTA is the most well known and recognised TESOL certificate. It is externally validated and overseen by Cambridge University.
If you wish to gain further qualifications and develop a career in ESL, the CELTA is a pathway to the Masters in TESOL at the University of Melbourne or the Cambridge DELTA course.
It’s possible to do the course intensively in four weeks or part-time over 10 weeks. We also run a blended/ online CELTA, where teaching practice takes place over two separate intensive weeks at the centre and the rest of the course is conducted online. Watch a video demonstration of the online course here.
The CELTA provides training to people with little or no previous experience in teaching English to adults and is therefore very practical in content. The course aims to increase candidates’ language awareness and develop competence in communicative language teaching as well as an understanding of current teaching methodologies.
Candidates must:
The full-time course is 4 weeks long and consists of approximately 120 hours.
Due to its intensive nature, the course requires a high level of commitment.
To help ensure success, candidates should be free of any other work or study commitments for its duration. Our 4 week courses run every month apart from April.
Contact us to know more about the next part-time face-to-face course that runs for 10 weeks. Teaching practice is on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Input sessions will be on Saturday mornings (over nine Saturdays).
The tutors will run training sessions online and there is plenty of support available from tutors even though you are not in the classroom. The blended CELTA (incorporating face-to-face and online training) is popular with trainees who are unable to attend all the sessions at our centre, but who wish to complete the CELTA within a relatively short time-frame. The face-to-face teaching practice element of the blended course will take place over two weeks.
See a sample timetable to get an idea of a typical day on a CELTA course.
The course is divided into:
Language Analysis
These sessions:
Methodology
These sessions cover:
Teaching Practice
Observation of Experienced Teachers
Assessment is continuous and is based on:
It is possible to pass the course at three levels:
The final grades are awarded by the tutors and ratified by the visiting assessor after the course.
Certificates are awarded by UCLES. In addition, each candidate receives a final report from Melbourne Training Associates.
If an applicant fails to meet the entry requirements, it may be possible to complete the course as an ‘observer’. Observers participate in most components of the course but are not formally assessed. At the end of the course, they receive a full report from Melbourne Training Associates outlining the course content and their progress.
The part-time blended CELTA course runs for 12 weeks. Teaching practice will take place two intensive weeks at the end of the course. The rest of the course will be taught online. The tutors will run training sessions online and there is plenty of support available from tutors even though you are not in the classroom. The blended CELTA (incorporating face-to-face and online training) is popular with trainees who are unable to attend all the sessions at our centre, but who wish to complete the CELTA within a relatively short time-frame. It also appeals to trainees living outside of Melbourne by reducing the number of days at the centre: the teaching practice element can be completed intensively in two weeks.
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) about the Cambridge CELTA Online.
Feedback on the online CELTA:
Melbourne Training Associates
Level 1
245 Cardigan Street (just south of Grattan St)
Carlton, AUSTRALIA 3053
Phone (03) 9041 5341
Email: [email protected]