:: Bangkok
:: Barcelona
:: Sydney
:: Brisbane
:: Budapest
:: Cape Town

:: Cheltenham
:: Ho Chi Minh City
:: Palma de Mallorca
:: Milan
:: Norwich
:: Seville

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I was a middle/ high school teacher in the USA, and I was getting bored with the same type of person and in the same classroom day in and day out, so I decided it was time to give my career a change while still doing what I loved (teaching) and opted to travel and teach. Read about the course Edward did.

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Vivienne Lingard

I have nothing but praise for the course I attended at Barcelona House. It was very well organised, right from the outset. The course was condensed and the pace constant but all teachers worked alongside students to enable the best outcomes. The course content and delivery was of a high standard and most relevant, as teaching post-course has proved. Read about the course Vivienne did.

:: Sydney

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Susan Garrett

Up until the course I had worked in an office environment, which was rewarding in some ways, but I finally reached a point where I wanted to try something different, learn new skills and travel more widely. After much soul searching, TEFL seemed to be the way forward. Doing the course in Sydney was ideal - I have a friend based in Bondi who I wanted to visit and I also wanted to see some more of Australia. I was therefore able to combine getting qualified with a bit of an adventure to set the tone for my new life!! I rented out my flat, sold my car and took off on 11 April. I haven't looked back since! Read about the course Susan did.

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Judy Larkin

I am a secondary school teacher looking for a change. The CELTA course in Brisbane, Australia was recommended to me by the university I approached to teach ESL. I found the course to be very well- structured and presented by a talented and dedicated team of instructors. The practical nature of the course and the attention to grammar leads me to suggest it would be well-placed as an inclusion in any Bachelor of Education Degree. Read about the course Judy did.

:: Budapest

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Agnes Marton

I am in Hungary teaching English. I finished the CELTA course in August here in Budapest at International House and by the second half of September I started work. I cannot take on any more students I am fully booked! I have various classes to give the range is from a 6 year old boy to a group of bankers who need business English.

It is still rather scary but I am getting the much needed teaching experience. Read about the course Agnes did.

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Caroline Devane

CELTA in Cape Town was an extremely tough, exhausting and rewarding experience. Other than teaching ballet to children, I had no teaching experience before the course, but felt ready to handle anything that was thrown at me after it. Expect tears and heartache, but also a huge sense of accomplishment and a massive learning curve. Since my CELTA, I have already been offered a teaching job and cannot wait to begin! CELTA is an excellent investment and Cape Town is a beautiful city to surround yourself with whilst going through it. Read about the course Caroline did.

:: Cheltenham

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Michelle Higgins

I took my course at Inlingua Cheltenham because it was local (ish) to where I live.
It was a very good course: I was warned that it would be HARD WORK, and it was, but no pain, no gain.
I took the course 1) to enable me to supplement part-time FE teachers' earnings (although now, miraculaously, I am full-time) 2) to supplement pension when I move to soemwhere HOT on retirement (8 or so years away). Read about the course Michelle did.

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Jamie McGeorge

I had been teaching in South Korea for approximately 2 years (based on a glamorous background in pizza-making) before I decided I needed some sort of change in my teaching abroad career path if I was ever going to feel worthy of calling myself a teacher. The opportunity to legitimize myself presented itself nicely in the form of the CELTA program in Ho Chi Minh City. I think it would be safe to say that in the CELTA orientation alone, I learned more about teaching methodology than I had in all my time in Korean classrooms. So by the end of the month, happily exhausted and nearly bursting with knowledge, I'd' say I reaped the full benefits of the program. I'm now in China, further honing my teaching skills and dutifully employing the logic presented from the course. To grossly understate, the things I do in the classroom just seem to make much more sense to me now. Read about the course Jamie did.

:: Milan

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Joanna Keen

I thoroughly enjoyed the CELTA course in Milan. The teachers are all highly experienced with a very sound knowledge of the CELTA teaching method and are also very easy to get along with. The facilities at teachertraining.it are excellent and easily accessible from either of the Main Train stations in Milan.

The structure of the course is well organized with very effective use of time. Although the workload is intense you are led through it well and given all the correct tools to do the job. I had absolutely no trouble finding a job in the Milan area after completing the CELTA course. I would recommend this course as a great experience and a good investment. Read about the course Joanna did.

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Andy Cowan

Doing a Cambridge CELTA course in Norwich was a wonderful experience for me! I met some fantastic fellow student teachers, I was able to teach a wide range of students from all over the world, and I was very fortunate to be taught by 2 supportive and extremely able course tutors. We were warned before the course that it was going to be hard work and it certainly was! So I would definitely advise anyone considering doing this, to clear all other commitments during the month of the course. But if you put in the effort, the rewards are high and you come away with some very useful skills which have been developed and tested to a very high standard. Read about the course Andy did.

:: Palma de Mallorca

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Fiona Thwaites

There was a lot of help and support from the
trainers. We had an hour every morning to ask last minute questions before teaching and time after school if we needed to ask further questions. We also had a session every week with our tutor in which we could ask about our lesson or anything more general. Read about the course Fiona did.

:: Seville

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Sam Mansbridge

About the course: do it somewhere where there are no distractions. It's hectic enough as it is, you don't want a gloomy day and a friend at a loose end disturbing you, there was plenty of time for that after the course. Do it abroad. Read about the course Sam did.

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