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Is a CELTA really effective for preparing teachers to teach English in the "real world"?
YES
 
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Yes
Chris
Posted On : 24-08-2012
YES It's not perfect, but it does prepare you to plan your lessons, and give you valuable initial classroom experience. If I hadn't taken the CELTA, I'd have been clueless going into my first job. If I'd had a theoretical qualification such as an English degree or similar, but no CELTA, I'd probably still have been clueless.
Yes
Mehmet
Posted On : 03-08-2010
It prepares you for the work involved and helps you understand how to plan good lessons. Many teachers I know without a CELTA are in much worse positions when they start a job. Most I know never really become good teachers.
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67%
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Kostya
Posted On : 07-01-2013
no Very few people I know use what they learnt in that course
No
Eric
Posted On : 24-08-2012
Not enough classroom management I am going to say no in that CELTA is a lot about grammar and teaching theory but light on helping teachers understand the reality (difficulties) they will face in the classroom. They should add more classroom management training
No
Michael Foy
Posted On : 14-11-2010
Cambridge says Yes. Scott Thornbury used to write that PPP was crap. But 'money talks ' and now he's flipped and it's acceptable again as he endorses this style in his CELTA books. MONOP0LY people - not the game! One organization stating what they think and what you must pay for before you can teach - restrictive practices too! Do we live in a free society or do we really need those 6 hours? Why only six - The Prisoner influence ? Regardless of content its a real restriction on our freedom of teaching.
No
Eric
Posted On : 21-06-2010
Not really. Aside from refreshing knowledge of grammar, it doesn't really apply to what happens in a classroom.
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