Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, is one of the oldest cities in the world and the second-oldest European capital city. With its backdrop of an illustrious and historic city of learning, the Lisbon CELTA centre, based in the district of Lisbon, is a wise choice for your CELTA course. The online CELTA course via Lisbon provides the perfect grounding with very experienced CELTA trainers for you to become a qualified English language teacher.
But let’s find out more. We had a chat with Diana England, Lisbon CELTA Head of Training and Teacher Development, to find out why taking your CELTA course part-time online via this excellent location is such a shrewd, intelligent choice…
Where can the CELTA take me in my career?
Following the CELTA with with the Lisbon centre can be the first leg-up onto the ladder of your teaching journey, giving you the potential to start teaching in a reputable school. If you already have some experience in teaching, but no recognised teaching qualifications, this is the ideal course to enable you to hone your skills and possibly even get a job with some additional responsibility.
What are the benefits of doing a part-time online CELTA course via the Lisbon centre?
There are a number of reasons why our part-time option is so popular:
- Teaching practice and live input takes place exclusively on Saturdays. This means that if you are in work or a student, you can still work or study during the week;
- You can decide when to work on the other aspects of the course during the week, or on Sundays;
- The course takes place over ten weeks, rather than stretching out for several months;
- Our reputation speaks for itself – many of our CELTA trainees choose us specifically after a recommendation of a friend, family member or work/study colleague (N.B. you can see Lisbon CELTA reviews here)
- Our tutors are all very experienced CELTA trainers and many are CELTA assessors;
- We have a dedicated online course tutor who moderates and provides valuable feedback to trainees of the Moodle self-study component of our CELTA course;
- We supply all of the teaching materials you’ll need for teaching practice in our online CELTA library;
- The teaching practice students that our CELTA trainees teach on Saturday mornings come from all over the world: not just Europe, but also South America, Asia and the Middle East. This means our trainees gain valuable experience in teaching multi-national and multi-lingual classes;
- Our CELTA graduates can join our CELTA Alumni group. This is free and exclusive to our trainees, and allows them access to job opportunities, courses and webinars on various aspects of English Language Teaching;
- And last, but not least, we provide all applicants who have been offered a place on one of our courses a free Grammar Overview to help them prepare for their CELTA course.
Does it make sense to take a fully online course when I also want to teach face-to-face?
Absolutely! Whilst many teaching institutes and language schools have now reverted to face-to-face teaching post pandemic, it is also true that many also have more online classes than ever before. Employers are interested in CELTA graduates and prospective teachers who not only have presential teaching skills, but also those who can provide a professional online teaching experience, with knowledge of the many teaching apps and features of online lessons. Our online CELTA provides training in these online skills, whilst also ensuring that our trainees become proficient with classroom management skills and resources specific to face-to-face teaching.
How do you get feedback in the online CELTA course via the Lisbon centre and what is communication like between the course tutor and a trainee?
The care and support that our tutors offer all our trainees is one of the things most frequently cited by our ex-trainees. This is managed in various ways: trainees are given verbal and written feedback after each of the lessons they teach on Saturday mornings, with plentiful guidance in terms of their lesson plans, their language analysis, their teaching skills and materials and resources they design. To help trainees prepare for their Saturday morning lessons, there are weekly meetings between tutors and trainees. There are also one on one tutorials between tutors and trainees to help ensure trainees can achieve their best by the end of the course. And trainees can be sure of prompt and helpful responses from their tutors via email. So whilst you will not meet our tutors in person, they’re never far away from you!
What would be your advice for candidates preparing for the interview?
- The CELTA course is specifically designed for people who may not have any experience of teaching, or teaching English to speakers of other languages. However, we’ll need to see that you have given some thought regarding what is involved in learning English, and what is involved in teaching it;
- Consider what makes you a suitable candidate for this course, what would make you a potentially effective teacher;
- Be able to explain why you wish to follow this course and why you think our online part-time option is suitable for you;
- Make sure you’ve completed your application form and pre-interview tasks as thoroughly as possible;
- Proofread your work carefully before you submit it. Try to avoid unnecessary spelling, grammar or other typos;
- Relax! The interview is not a ‘test’ as such. We need to feel you would have a reasonable chance of passing the course if we were to offer you a place;
- Think of some questions you would like to ask during the interview.
See more CELTA interview tips here
What tips do you have for candidates to prepare for the Lisbon CELTA online part-time course?
- Immediately after we’ve offered applicants a place on the course, we’ll send you the CELTA Pre-Course Handbook of Tasks and the Grammar Overview. It’s imperative that you complete these in good time before your CELTA course starts. These will give you valuable pre-course preparation;
- Make sure you have considered how you are going to manage your time during the course. To this end, you may wish to complete weekly planners.
- You’ll be expected to have access to grammar and methodology books. We suggest you get these as soon as possible and read through them before the course starts to help introduce you to language analysis and current teaching methodologies and approaches;
- If you are offered a place on one of our courses, we’ll tell you why we have offered a place and also things you’ll need to work on in particular before and during the course. Make sure you to take our advice to heart!
Click to find out more about preparing for the CELTA
Apply to take the online CELTA via Lisbon, Portugal today!
If you are looking to embark on an exciting career where you can teach around the world, the online CELTA course via Lisbon, Portugal is a great place to start! You can apply for the CELTA through our online form. There are no application fees and the form usually takes five to 15 minutes to complete.
You can discover more in this amazing city by taking your CELTA course online in this amazing location in Portugal. Interested? You can see face-to-face Lisbon CELTA courses, held in nearby town of Torres Vedras, here.
Do you have any questions about taking the CELTA? Get in touch with a member of our team today!
Check out TEFLwork for opportunities for post-CELTA jobs