CELTA Course Info, Help & Advice

My biggest challenge about the CELTA course is having the ability and the tools to explain the numerous grammar rules to my students when teaching. This is due to my age (62), and the simple fact that these rules were part of my education in early years of education, however, not engrained in detail my thought process.

David has helped through inspiration, encouragement, daily tips that come through with each email, and knowing that I have a resource to turn to for the coming months whilst I attend the CELTA course.

I would definitely recommend this website and newsletter for the reasons stated above, I have been inspired and encouraged since subscribing to the newsletter. The daily tips that come through with each email answer to my "unasked questions", bring me a sense of comfort knowing that I have a resource to turn to for the coming months whilst I attend the CELTA course. I say this in all sincerity, as several points that I have picked up through the newsletter and website, and ran by friends of mine that have themselves taken the CELTA course, have been confirmed as points that I will be facing and encountering in CELTA.

My biggest challenge is standing up in front of enthusiastic adult students for the first time and teaching!

The website has helped me feel a bit more confident. The resources are good and to the point. They give you a general idea of what the course will expect from you. Brilliant tips as well!

I would recommend your website. It gives a lot of insight about teaching. Eliciting, course skills etc. The interviews are also very helpful and reassuring. I must admit I'm petrified but also very curious and impatient to start! Thanks!

My biggest fear regarding CELTA was that I am not competent enough to finish it since I am a non-native speaker of English. Once you find out your CELTA tutors do not necessarily have to be English, everything gets easier. Another thing was the course intensity. Complete dedication to something for one month. It does not sound too difficult or frightening when you say it, but it really requires 24/7 work and dedication. When you work - you work for CELTA, when you sleep - you are getting rest for CELTA again. Don't get me wrong, I would do it all over again now, but that period when I was waiting for the course to start was making me nervous whether I will be able to make it.

I downloaded every possible thing which can be downloaded from this site, read/listened/watched in detail, newsletter was also enormously useful. I even exchanged a couple of private letters with David and he gave me some tips on the CELTA assignments and he was very polite and helpful. I am so grateful I was able to come up across this site and its owner before I started CELTA.

I definitely recommend David's website and newsletter for new CELTA trainees! First of all, you will get valuable advice from a person who has already passed the CELTA and decided to dedicate his life to help others who plan on doing the course. You receive newsletters which are very detailed, but coherent, containing information that would help you out a lot if you knew it before your course starts. It also helps you to create an image of what is everything regarding teaching practice and written assignments going to be like. The website and newsletters contain beneficial input from the real CELTA tutors and trainees as well.

In my opinion, this is the number one site for all of the future CELTA trainees out there.

My biggest fear is fear of lacking behind in a group of native speaker, I am scared of completing written assignments timely. Althought I am highly motivated, still somewhere in the corner of my heart something frightens me. By David's newsletters I am trying to gain inspiration and take up this course very soon and address my foremost fear of the pre-interview test paper and its language awareness part.

This website gives me courage not to give up and boosts my confidence level to cope up all 4 intensive weeks successfully. It addresses each and every part of course and how to overcome my fear and to prepare myself for the course in advance.

It's a energy booster in short, to motivate you to go for the course enthusiastically.

Although, I have been a teacher for 4 years, I'm sure that taking the CELTA is no mean feat. My biggest challenge is learning the teaching methodologies and putting them to good use.

The resources at PassTheCelta.com have been hugely enriching and have allayed my fears to a considerable degree. I'll be sure to recommend it to others.

I would really like to take the CELTA course abroad learning in a real class with real professional teachers.

Pass the CELTA is full of very valuable tips and resources from the experts. Absolutely, I would recommend the resources here to future CELTA trainees!

My toughest challenge is my lack of experience as a teacher. Having zero experience is nerve wracking, as you don't know what's in store for you.

So far so good. I really appreciate the efforts David has done, right from his newsletters, emails and resources. His ideas are simple, innovative and worth it.

I absolutely recommend Pass the CELTA. David's genuineness echoes in his emails for people who want to look forward to a career as an English instructor. His experiences during his CELTA are definitely worth note taking. I haven't started the course yet, but David's regular emails have been a constant source of support and inspiration to me. He's done a commendable job to offer help with things such as tips, advice and ideas. Go team passthecelta.com! Kudos to everyone who are part of this wonderful, innovative, simple yet knowledgeable website.

I want to express my massive thanks to you. The information you share with us is really valuable and I'm looking forward to your post about writing assignments. And I wonder which books would help me to pass CELTA successfully. In July I'm going to get CELTA training and I want to head there well prepared. I'm afraid that it is going to be a challenging and intense part of my summer. My biggest fear is that I am not sure I will be able to cope with negative feedback. Thank you beforehand ?

You really helped me.