How much do they cost?
Been on;
http://www.cambridgeesol.org/teaching/celta.htm
(and the other delta site)
But you get to beg for this information by writing for it or calling.
1, Does anyone know?
2, Is this really better than any TEFL or TESOL certification? and if so, is it because it comes from Cambridge?
Seen cheap(ish) rates on other random sites for TEFL/TESOL and tempted to sign up.
Help will be very much appreciated.
I did CELTA in 2003 over four weeks. No sleep for a month.
It cost about £700.
DELTA is something you generally do over a teaching year after at least 3 years of teaching full time. It costs about £800. No sleep for a year!
There are different options as to course duration, I think this changes the cost but as I did the four week option I never looked into other pricing.
CELTA was the second best thing I ever did!
PS I would definitely take CELTA. I could elaborate, but the internet stuff on offer wouldn't get you a job either anywhere I've worked so far or anywhere I've applied to. They all want CELTA or the Trinity College equivalent, and from what I've seen CELTA by far the most requested.
If you are a native English speaker, with a degree and CELTA, with say, over 2 years' TEFL experience, you can get work anywhere in the world barring Denmark, Holland and Norway (they don't need us).
www.tefl.com will show some of the opportunities taking CELTA will get you.
Originally posted by asromacalcioThe CELTA ranges in price depending on the country. I did mine for about 1500USD.
I did CELTA in 2003 over four weeks. No sleep for a month.
It cost about £700.
DELTA is something you generally do over a teaching year after at least 3 years of teaching full time. It costs about £800. No sleep for a year!
There are different options as to course duration, I think this changes the cost but as I did the four week option I never looked into other pricing.
CLETA was the second best thing I ever did!
The DELTA as stated before is better after a few years of teaching. That said, I have taught for over 8 years in three countries and have found no USE to get a DELTA. It depends on the market in Each Country. Where do you want to work. If you want to work at the BC then a DELTA would help you a lot. Most schools dont care if you have a DELTA. Also, if you are going to Asia, you mainly need a four year University Degree. A CELTA is helpful but not necessary in Asia. IT is more poplular in Europe.
Originally posted by mochironDELTA will get you small payrise in most Italian schools, maybe €50 a month. It does open the door into other jobs, like Director of Studies, but the biggest advantage is that it improves you as a teacher because the course is quite intense and you are required to learn and put into practice a mass of theory. I was in awe of a colleague once who was doing DELTA because he knew so much, but not envious that he worked 8 hours a day at weekends every weekend for a school year.
The CELTA ranges in price depending on the country. I did mine for about 1500USD.
The DELTA as stated before is better after a few years of teaching. That said, I have taught for over 8 years in three countries and have found no USE to get a DELTA. It depends on the market in Each Country. Where do you want to work. If you want to work at the BC then a D ...[text shortened]... University Degree. A CELTA is helpful but not necessary in Asia. IT is more poplular in Europe.
Originally posted by asromacalcioAgreed. I had two mates who completed the DELTA> it is alot of work. It will give you some advantages. But , for example in Russia, it wont help you at all.
DELTA will get you small payrise in most Italian schools, maybe €50 a month. It does open the door into other jobs, like Director of Studies, but the biggest advantage is that it improves you as a teacher because the course is quite intense and you are required to learn and put into practice a mass of theory. I was in awe of a colleague once who was doi ...[text shortened]... much, but not envious that he worked 8 hours a day at weekends every weekend for a school year.
Originally posted by mochironSure. I'm not showing off here, I mean, this applies to a few of us at RHP and thousands of other TEFL teachers, but if I want to work in China, the hardest part is packing my suitcase. Same for Japan (although their online application forms are time consuming). Russia, Korea parts of Africa and even South America. There is work whenever I want it. And hundreds of summer jobs too, all over the world.
Agreed. I had two mates who completed the DELTA> it is alot of work. It will give you some advantages. But , for example in Russia, it wont help you at all.
The downside is the lack of long-term financial stability, but IMHO there are very few better things to do while you're young and I would recommend it to anybody provided you can take the odd knock along the way.