CELTA at EF Quito
The CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) is the most widely recognized teaching programme worldwide. It is an initial teaching programme aimed at people who have little or no experience teaching, or those who have been teaching but have had no training. This course is designed to give teachers the basic tools to feel comfortable in a classroom; although it is assumed that they will continue to develop after completing the course.
The CELTA course enables candidates to:
- Acquire essential subject knowledge and familiarity with the principles of effective teaching
- Acquire a range of practical skills for teaching English to adult learners
- Demonstrate their ability to apply their learning in a real teaching context
Candidates who complete the course successfully can begin working in a variety of EFL/ESOL teaching contexts around the world.
Around 70% of job adverts for English Language Teachers ask for a CELTA qualification. This is one of the key findings from a recent survey by Cambridge English into English Language teaching job adverts.
The survey looked at 500 English language teaching (TEFL) job adverts posted across 23 international industry employment websites during April 2015, with the objective of gaining an insight into employers’ expectations globally and the level and variety of usage of English language teaching qualifications. It recorded which qualifications were needed for jobs in language schools and organisations in 56 countries. The survey data shows that the percentage is highest in the UK, with 91% of adverts asking for a CELTA qualification (157 out of 173 adverts).
The essential TEFL qualification that’s trusted by employers, language schools and governments around the world
