What's it like to train as an English language teacher?

CELTA is a qualification for people who want to teach English as a foreign language. CELTA stands for 'Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults' and it is the most widely-recognised English teaching certificate of its kind. It's sometimes called TEFL or TESOL.

IH London teaches a CELTA training course which can be taken full time or part time. It opens up doors to teaching jobs all over the world.

Read reviews by CELTA trainees who completed IH London's full time March 2010 course

There are lots of differnt reasons for taking a CELTA course. Some people want to have a career break, some want to take a GAP year and travel while earning money, and others may have been teaching English for a while but want a recognised qualification.

CELTA training is very rewarding and motivating, but also hard work. At the end of each course we ask our trainees how they found the programme. The feedback is overwhelmingly positive, and our most recent group of full time CELTA trainees has been no exception.

Here's a highlight:

"I've been a teacher for a while but I didn't realise how challenging and rewarding teaching can be until I got here."

Read reviews by trainees on our March CELTA course

If you are thinking of training to teach English as a foreign lanague, the comments by our CELTA trainees will help you get an idea of what the course involves, and what you can expect to learn.

Visit the IH London website to view all teacher training courses we offer.