CELTA on Saturdays

The Cambridge CELTA is the most widely recognised English teaching qualification in the world. It’s the qualification most often requested by employers; three out of four English language teaching jobs require a CELTA qualification.

Our relaxed pace part-time CELTA online course on Saturdays has been designed for people who are working or studying full time.

How does the CELTA Saturdays course work?

This is a relaxed pace, part-time CELTA course, offered fully online, with attendance every Saturday (10:00 to 16:30 Eastern European Time). All input, tutorial and teaching practice sessions take place in a live interactive learning environment on Zoom.

Who is this course for?

The CELTA course is intended for those with little or no teaching experience, who wish to be able to teach English anywhere in the world, but is also ideal for practising teachers who wish to refresh their knowledge and get a recognised qualification.

Our CELTA on Saturdays is intended for people who do not have the time to attend classes during the week or spend more than three or four hours a week studying for the course. It is also ideal for those who prefer to take their time to ensure that they fully absorb the course input.

To be considered for the CELTA course, you must be a proficient English language user (CEFR Level C1+), educated to the standard required for entry into higher education.

Course Components

The course aims to give you insight into the fundamentals of English Language Teaching: lesson planning, language analysis, classroom management, and materials selection and design. You will also get hands-on experience by teaching real English language learners and observing a variety of lessons by experienced teachers.

On a typical day on the course there will be input sessions and workshops in the morning followed by lesson preparation, teaching practice and feedback in the afternoon.

Dates and Times

The CELTA on Saturdays course comprises 135 contact hours. The course starts on 23 September 2023 and ends on 16 March 2024, with sessions from 10 am to 4.30 pm EET every Saturday.

If you’d like to explore other course options, please visit our other CELTA pages for CELTA Online courses or CELTA face to face courses in Athens, Greece.

Certification

Successful candidates will be awarded the Cambridge CELTA Certificate, issued by Cambridge Assessment English, as well as a detailed report on their progress and achievement.
The certificate that you will get is exactly the same, whether you have completed an online or a face to face course.

Fees

The tuition fee for this course is €1,080. There is an additional Cambridge assessment fee of €300 for online CELTA courses.
It is possible to pay in up to four instalments. You can pay your fees via bank trasfer, PayPal or with your credit/debit card.

Application Process

Click below to download the application form; once you have completed it, please email it to hello@acetefl.com and we will get back to you the following day to make arrangements for the pre-interview task and interview.

CELTA Application Form 2023Download

Trainees’ Reviews

“Excellent, thorough, and very insightful course. It equips you with everything you would need as a teacher, and its practical aspect makes it even more interesting as you get to do some real teaching. Highly recommend it.” Taoufik (July 2022)

 “It was a superb journey. I have improved a lot and […], now I’m a new teacher with more confidence, so proud that I studied with kind and respectful tutors. Celta gave me millions of lessons in a short time to make me a better teacher.” Aisha (July 2021)

​ “I am lucky that I studied at ACE. The tutors are very helpful and they try their best to help trainees.”  Khalid (September 2022)

 “The tutors were really approachable and helpful when needed. The course was very practical and interesting so you were able to know where you need to focus on , your strengths and weaknesses and improve them. Also the course offers you a creative and methodical way to teach in order to achieve each lesson’s purpose.” Kelly (January 2022)

“It was a great experience and I felt I gained a lot of knowledge on a number oftopics. The tutors were approachable and always clear on their instructions. It was a highly beneficial course!” Aphrodite (February 2022)

“It was a great experience that offered me a lot of important knowledge. Alexander, George and Alexandra are amazing tutors, experts in what they do, and were supportive and professional in every step of way.” Stavriani (July 2023)

 “Excellent tutors who were very supportive every step of the way. Everything was done with the utmost professionalism by people who really love what they do and care about the trainees.” Eva (July 2023)

Frequently asked questions

CELTA Online FAQs

All Cambridge CELTA courses, whether they are fully online, blended or face to face, cover the same syllabus provided by Cambridge and lead to the same Cambridge certificate, which does not state the mode of course delivery. No matter how you choose to take your course, you get the same standard of training and receive the same internationally recognised CELTA certificate from Cambridge Assessment English. Please check also the information on the Cambridge Assessment English site here.

No, there is no exam! The CELTA is a course-based award. Your assessment is continuous and integrated: it is based on your performance in the teaching practice and the written assignments that you complete during the course.

Yes, it is. The CELTA is intended as an entry-level professional qualification. It does not assume any previous knowledge of teaching methodology or any previous teaching experience. You do, however, need to have a very high level of English to be accepted on the course. At ACE TEFL we only accept candidates with a C2 level of English.

Yes, you do. You will be teaching students at two different levels, pre-intermediate and upper-intermediate. You will get the chance to practise teaching them on at least eight different occasions, so that you can plan and teach a variety of different types of lessons.

In the case of fully online CELTA courses, teaching practice takes place with online classes of students at two different levels. At ACE TEFL, we use Zoom for our online classes, which consist of adult students from a variety of backgrounds.

There are two types of online CELTA that you can go for. In both cases, your teaching practice takes place online: you teach real learners and observe other trainees teach in an online live classroom and then get feedback on your lesson from both your peers and your tutors. The difference between the two modes of online CELTA course delivery is in the way the input is handled, that is in the way you learn.

On an asynchronous CELTA online course, you learn by doing tasks on your computer on your own in your own time. You interact with your tutors and the other trainees mostly asynchronously through forum discussions, i.e. written messages.

On a synchronous CELTA interactive online course, the whole course is based on synchronous interaction: you meet the tutors and other trainees online, on a platform like Zoom, and interact with them live; you work on tasks together, ask questions live, discuss issues live and, if you are attending a full time course, you see your tutors every day.

At ACE TEFL, we have selected the interactive format for our online CELTA courses. While we acknowledge that for some people an asynchronous format works better, we find the interactive course format more representative of our educational philosophy:

  • We believe that even online, people learn better by interacting with one another face to face, so that they can learn from each other as well as from their tutors.
  • We believe in the value of personal contact between tutors and trainees and in the value of immediate support and feedback.
  • We believe teaching skills should be demonstrated in a live classroom, rather than being merely talked about (or worse still, written about).
  • We believe tutors should have the opportunity to adjust and adapt the materials and tasks they use continuously, in response to the needs of the people in the classroom, whether that’s a physical or a virtual classroom.

More information

If you aren’t sure what type of course is most suitable for you or you’d like to discuss your options with one of our tutors, please fill in the form below or email us to schedule an online meeting or call us on +30 2112672499. We’d be happy to answer any questions you might have.