Why is CELTA so highly regarded?
CELTA is a standardized course overseen by the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations, which is part of Cambridge University in Cambridge, England. Cambridge ESOL ensures that all CELTA courses meet their standards regarding curriculum and methods of assessment. Cambridge-appointed assessors visit every CELTA course in the world to ensure standardization. LSC runs 9 CELTA courses per year, and is therefore visited 9 times per year by Cambridge assessors. Because CELTA is offered in centres all over the world, employers have become familiar with what the course entails. They tend to know what they are getting when they hire a person with a CELTA certificate. Employers have confidence that anyone with a CELTA certificate has received effective, practical, real-world training that has prepared them to go directly into a teaching position.
