| Type | Dates | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Online part-time CELTA | 10 Jan 2022 -23 Mar 2022 | AUD 3100.00 |
The 5-week CELTA experience at MTA was absolutely one of my 2021 highlights. It was so intensely challenging yet extremely rewarding. I really enjoyed the overall learning experience and I am truly grateful for my CELTA tutors – Barbara and Ron, and the other trainees in my group. I learned a lot of great techniques while watching them during my observation sessions and they always gave constructive feedback on my teaching practices. Without a doubt, I can honestly say that MTA was definitely a perfect place to have undertaken this course.
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.
…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 five weeks or part-time over 10 or 12 weeks. We also run a blended/ online CELTA, where teaching practice takes place over three intensive weeks in the January school holidays. 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 5 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.
Contact us to know more about the next part-time online course that runs for 10 weeks. Teaching practice is on Tuesday and Thursday evenings or Monday and Wednesday evenings. Cambridge online units provide the input along with expert guidance and support from tutors.
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 online CELTA is popular with trainees as they can attend the course from all over Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
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]