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Hello. Thanks so much for sharing your experience. Would it be also possible for you by any chance to make a video about the pre-course interview? I'm interested to know how long did it take and what kind of questions were you asked during the interview.

Hello, could you tell me, what questions they asked you in the interview, please?

Hi! I am going to start my CELTA in the month of November 2021 from the UK at IH London.

Great Video!! It was very useful considering I'll be taking the course in a few months... I just have a question...since it was formerly known as certificate of English language teaching for adults... are the classes focused on adult students? Do you get to teach adults in the teaching practice or children/teenagers?

Hello! Thank you for the really helpful video. Do you think that doing CELTA abroad would be a good option? I would like to, so it's a full English experience, but since it's so intense I'm a little worried about being alone abroad...

CELTA is no.1 compared to others

Formaggino Mio, viene sciolto nella pappa dei bambini!

Hello , Do you need TOEFL or IELTS certificate to enroll this course?

Is the CELTA even more stressful if you don't have any prior teaching experience? Or would it be the same as any other TEFL course in that regard? I am graduating college this December with my B.A. in Spanish, I have a very small amount of prior teaching experience just with volunteering to help with some English language learning groups. I want to teach English abroad but I'm trying to determine whether CELTA would be too overwhelming for me given my amount of experience

Hi poppy I started celta last week at Leicester uni. Had my 1st 20 min lesson, which i dont think went well I ran out of material as i was doing a topic on compound adjectives with another person who went before me and he said all the points which left me with not alot to say or do. I was the last to teach out of 5 who went before me in the same class but by the time i came on stage to teach i found the students all drain out and not responsive at all. I tried to engage the class with a joke and pic particular students to answer questions but i got not much from them. In the end i was done in 11mins. I have taught secondary IT before and i thought i would do better, how wrong I was. I feel awful as students who haven't taught before i felt did better than me. Any advice? Thanks Shaz

I'm taking the part-time course because I don't want to overwhelm myself with the full-time one. Thanks for sharing :)

Thank you!

In celta course, Is writing the most vital in this course or grammer??? Thank you to share your story...

You are pronouncing sbadigliare as "sbidigliare", remember that the letter "a" always sounds like the "a" in father (at least in American English pronunciation). I'm sure after almost 3 years of living in Italy you've figured that out, just wanted to leave a note for anyone who comes across the video. :)

Hi Poppy. I'm starting my CELTA on Monday!!! Because of the lockdown it's going to be fully online. Also the teaching practice. I'm so scared. Fingers crossed for me please. And thanks for sharing.

Please demonstrate the correct pronunciation of "trattoria."

I wanna apply for celta.. It's too hard in 4 weeks to get it.. Thus, I prefert to get in 3 months not to rush your self throught it.. By the way, it's worth to obtain it... Thank you dear for this viedo...

That was great. Thanks so much!

Whenever I see these videos saying how intense the course is regarding homework, I feel more and more that I should take the one day a week option and do it over a longer stretch. I don't want to rush it, I want to be able to savour and process it. I might well do this once my daughter is no longer home-educated. I find it a very exciting idea.

Thanks your experiences are really helpful! I'm thinking of taking Celta but I've never taught English and my English skills are B2 level. Could you tell me how do you think if I should get teaching experience in Japan in your opinion please?

Your video help me. A lot. I am about to take the celta course in the UK un the ínternational house in London

So my aunt saw the course online last week. I never really researched much or at all even. I just applied and I recently received my acceptance. My course begins next week. From all the information I’ve found, It’s apparently going to be very intensive. I’m dyslexic and my spellings are a bit messy. Other than that I’m not worried. But the constant use of the word “intensive” is something I find daunting. I haven’t left myself any prep time, as such. Just this week!😰 So I wanted to ask, what was it like to cope with the workload and actually be happy with what you’re putting out during submissions? Also, thank you for sharing your experience.

I love to go for Celta but I must try double harder to make my grammar stronger as much as I can put effort cuz unfortunately I have some difficulties in grammar and pls do pray for me I wish u all get what u want and what u wish to get god bless you Xoxo ❤

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God. You’re so cute poppy

I can’t digest you’ve only got 140 subscribers. I simply couldn’t believe it. I took it as 140 million subscribers but it seemed too much. You deserve much more appreciation poppy. Good luck

Do you need a C2 or CPE certification before you take a CELTA or TEFL course?

Hi Poppy! Thank you for sharing your experience. I'm from Italy and I'm going to start my CELTA course next month. Based on tour experience, do you think that it won't be difficult to find a job, even if I am NOT a native-speaker?? Thank you in advance and have a nice day ;)

Hi Poppy, I did a Celta course myself last February (I also got a pass only! :); I agree with everything you say about the Celta course in your video. Only one exception: getting help from instructors outside the classroom. We only had two instructors as it was a small group. On the second or third day I approached the head instructor (a Victorian lady almost in her seventies) after class to get some help about something I didn’t quite understand; she looked at me really offended with a face expression saying that she thought I was retarded or something. It was without saying that I didn’t try to get any help outside the classroom ever again during the course. It would have been SO much easier I could have approached instructors a few times. I guess this varies from center to center. All the best,

Thanks for sharing...

Nice video, Poppy! How is it going in Italy now? Spero che tutto vada bene! :) PS you are dead right - *nothing* will prepare people for the intensity of the CELTA!

It is interesting how Poppy pronounces an audible "g" at the end of words such as "nothing".

I m from India but I want to crack CELTA course in London .Is it possible . I wanna go there for study this course .

Please guide me

Good morning mam please guide me I want to do CELTA course please guide me Where I have to start

Hello, how r u? Can u give me ur Instagram. Need to talk to u

Wait! there's a chance of not passing? They'd better give me my certificate. It's expensive and I'm not paying for that sh!t again

Thanks for sharing your experience with us Was it hard to get accepted? I have a BA in English, but I'm not a native speaker, do you think they'll accept me? Do I have to take any test?

Hello Poppy,I am doing my Delta module 3 and in September I am going to apply for the Celta 4 weeks course, I have a BA in english language teaching so I hope that it will be a little bit easier. I would like to ask you how much time you had to dedicate to extra reading to complete the tasks and in general, because I have a tight schedule, I deliver private lessons so I don't know how much time I am going to have for that. Thank you in advance

Did you take a laptop/notebook with you? If yes, is it indispensable?

Thanks for the awesome video. I'm going to take the intensive CELTA course at International House in Cape Town in January, and I was thinking that I was going to be able to explore the city in the evenings after the course...you crushed my plans hahaha. There isn't time for fun not even during the weekends?

Thank you for the tips. Much appreciated. Kindly advise on which other grammar books to consider apart from the one you have.

Thanx for sharing your experience. Could you recommend some books to read before doing the CELTA course? I'm planing to take the course in autumn this year and trying to do maximum to make it less stressful.

"TOH" and "TIE'" they both mean "take" or "hold" or "grab" . They are both used all over Italy but "toh" I believe is more common in the Centre and North. Depending on the tone you use while saying toh or tie' they could be intended as rude words

I applied for the CELTA course in London and got offered a place and then pulled out. The idea of standing in front of 12 trainee teachers and your class and teacher just caused me so much stress. I couldn't sleep for a week after being offered a place. I think its absolutely ridiculous that in order to teach English you need to be in front of all your colleagues, just your tutor and class is fair enough. But really? It just seems way over the top a sort of typical Oxford Cambridge thing. Not even UK teacher trainers are expected to have all their colleagues scrutinising their every move while teaching.

Giving me motivation to clean our house for a party tonight!!

I litterally died when you pronounced "merenda", the accent was so on point 😂

Haha no way, I bought the same playsuit 😂

All gorgeous but I LOVE Wednesdays

That 5 year diary is cool!