CELTA
The CELTA will open the door to a rewarding and enriching career in English teaching that can take you all over the world.
The CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) is evaluated and awarded by Cambridge Assessment. It is without doubt the best known and most widely recognised English language teaching qualification in the world.
Embark on an exciting new career or upgrade your current teaching as part of your professional development.
The EIM CELTA course consists of a minimum of 120 contact hours, divided between input sessions and teaching practice with real learners. You will work closely with other trainees and the course tutors in small groups (six trainees per tutor). By the end of the course, you will have done at least six hours of observed and evaluated teaching.
Fee until 9th January 2025: 1.600€
Fee from 10th January 2025: 1.730€
Tue, Thurs, Fri | 09:00-14:30 | 24/04/2025-20/06/2025
Teacher: Available soon
Registration: 1st, - April 6th, 2025
Classroom: Available soon
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thurs, Fri | 09:00-15:00 | 26/06/2025-29/07/2025
Teacher: Available soon
Registration: 1st, - June 9th, 2025
Classroom: Available soon
Tue, Thurs | 09:00-14:30 | 16/01/2025-10/04/2025
Teacher: Available soon
Registration: 1st, - December 18th, 2024
Classroom: Available soon
Open Days (via Zoom). Please register beforehand by clicking on 'Sign up' below and completing the form 'More information / Open days' on the right.
November 2024
Fri, 15th Nov. 10-11h
December 2024
Tue, 10th Dec. 16-17h
January 2025
Fri, 10th Jan. 10-11h
February 2025
Thur, 13th Feb. 16-17h
March 2025
Mon, 24th Mar. 16-17h
April 2025
Tue, 1st Apr. 10-11h
May 2025
Wed, 14th May. 12-13h
June 2025
Fri, 6th Jun. 16-17h
Why CELTA?
- Flexibility: Candidates can choose between different formats (face-to-face or videoconferencing). Part-time courses allow you to work and study at the same time, while full-time, intensive courses enable you to qualify in a shorter time.
- Quality: The CELTA is awarded by Cambridge Assessment, which ensures the standard of one of the leading experts in evaluation in the world.
- Guarantee: The CELTA guarantees teachers have the techniques and confidence to start working effectively as soon as they finish the course.
- Practical experience: Working with real learners in a real classroom environment equips trainees with invaluable skills they will transfer to their working roles.
- Employability: The CELTA is a widely-accepted qualification. Three out of four teaching jobs in language schools worldwide request this qualification as a minimum requirement!
Why EIM?
- City of Barcelona: Barcelona is one the most visited cities in the world for good reason. Doing your CELTA on one of our face-to-face courses allows you to train while experiencing life in the city.
- Location: Our centre is located in the heart of the city, a stone’s throw away from the commercial and transport hubs and within walking distance of many local attractions.
- Universitat de Barcelona: Being part of the University of Barcelona, one of the leading universities in Spain, is a guarantee of quality and stability in an uncertain climate.
- The EIM: The school is one of the longest-established language schools in Barcelona with more than 60 years experience in language teaching, with a diverse and active teacher development programme.
- Tutors: Our courses are run by internationally-recognised expert tutors, who will share their years of experience of teaching and training in multiple contexts.
Course content
- Input sessions: These classes cover the main aspects of planning and teaching English to adults in different contexts. Topics include classroom management, language analysis, teaching techniques and designing appropriate teaching materials.
- Teaching practice: In the practical component, trainees will apply what they have studied with real classes at two different levels. Furthermore, observation and feedback provides the opportunity to reflect on the elements of successful teaching.
- Evaluation: The CELTA is internally assessed and externally moderated. Assessment consists of a portfolio of observed classes and feedback, and four extended written assignments.
Typical day (morning groups)
Typical day (afternoon groups)
Requirements
- Min. age 18.
- Good C1 - C2 level of English
- Ability to follow the academic requirements of the course
Selection procedure
To apply for this course, you will need to complete and submit the following:
- Information/Open days
If you want further information please complete the More Information / open Days form on the website. - Application form
If you already have the information, and you are interested in requesting an interview, please select the group that you are interested in and complete the ‘Enrolment’ form. This asks for personal details, academic and work experience. We will then send you the pre-interview task and invite you to interview. - Pre-interview task
Related to language and teaching. No previous experience is needed for this. - Interview
If your application is successful, you will be invited to an interview of approx. 30-40 minutes.
Once you have been accepted:
- You will be informed of the result of your application within three days of your interview
- You will also be sent payment details and a course information pack.
Payment methods are the following:
- Debit or credit card.
- Bank transfer.
- Payment in instalments via a bank loan.
Gerard McLoughlin (DipTEFLA, MA in ELT)
Main Course Tutor CELTA and DELTA
Gerard has taught and trained all over the world. Co-author of Next Generation, a Bachillerato coursebook for CUP, Fast Track, a ESO4 coursebook for Richmond and author of several teacher books for McGraw Hill (Platform) and Heinle (Outcomes), Gerard is the main course tutor for CELTA and DELTA at the EIM-UB, a CELTA assessor and president of TESOL-SPAIN.
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Scott Thornbury (DipTEFLA, MA in Applied Linguistics)
Guest tutor, Delta
Scott is the award winning author of numerous methodology books for ELT including The CELTA Course (with Peter Watkins & Sandy Millin, CUP, 2023); 101 Grammar Questions (CUP, 2019); The New A-Z of ELT (Macmillan, 2018); Teaching Unplugged (with Luke Meddings, Delta, 2017). He taught on the MA TESOL program at The New School in New York and is the series editor for Handbooks for Language Teachers, CUP.
Dragan Milović (Dip TEFLA, MA in Linguistics, PGCE Modern Languages)
Main Course Tutor CELTA and DELTA
Dragan has taught English and Serbian in London for over 13 years and worked as a teacher trainer both in the UK and Spain for 10 years. He has also worked as a teacher of Serbian at UCL London and the Foreign Office, where he taught and designed language exams for diplomats. He collaborated on the English/Bosnian Dictionary for Oxford University Press and on the Colloquial Croatian for Routledge.
Jessica Mackay (DipTEFLA, MA & PhD in Applied Linguistics)
EIM Head of Teacher Training, CELTA tutor
Jessica has taught EFL at the EIM for more than 25 years. She is the co-organiser of the EIM Jornades Multilingües (Multilingual Teaching Days) and ELTRIA (ELT Research in Action) conference and co-editor of the ELTRIA publication. She is also on the IATEFL Research SIG committee and co-editor of ELT Research, and Barcelona Area Coordinator for TESOL Spain.
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