Why isn’t CELTA offered online?
Just like it’s impossible to learn how to swim without ever getting in a pool, it’s impossible to learn how to teach without ever getting in a classroom. Any program that purports to be able to do so should be approached with extreme caution. On the CELTA course, you’ll teach at least nine separate lessons and to at least two different levels of language learners. Each lesson taught is observed by one of our trainers and feedback on performance given afterwards. Because of its location in downtown Manhattan, Teaching House attracts numerous ESL students of different nationalities, who fill the classes that you’ll teach while on the course. This teaching practice is by far the most beneficial aspect of the course. And it is one of the good reasons for taking a CELTA in New York. And, simply put, there is no online substitute for teaching to real students in a real classroom.
