CELTA Series Part 5 - Advice and Tips
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ค. 2024
- Here we are, the end of the CELTA journey. This last video is just added tips to help you get through CELTA as smoothly as possible. Good luck with your course and tell me about your experience!
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This is who all human beings should be proud of, a girl (gender does not mean anything) that does something to help others out. Not the stupidest song clips or the football legends. You are a beast, keep it up, and thanks for the kind guidance
+Samuele Crotti This is one of the nicest comments I have ever gotten! Thank you so much! You just made my day! :)
Oh my word . . .
Grace, I cannot thank you enough. I just sat down and watched the entire playlist. I'm just about convinced to go ahead and do the CELTA. I've been looking for "insider" information for years now, and now I've been led to your videos/playlist. Thank you so amazingly much for spelling out your experience for us, as well as tips--and especially, for going into depth. This is just what I needed. THANK YOU SO VERY ETERNALLY MUCH!!!
+Joann Sifontes Thank you so much for such a kind comment! This really made my day! Honestly, the reason I made them was because I was looking for insider experience as well and couldn't find it! It's surprising! So, I'm so glad I could help you out! If you have any questions please let me know!
+GraceGoesGlobal I do have another question: I get the impression that many places put CELTA graduates (?) at the top of pile, even choosing CELTA trainees over MA holders; as though a CELTA holds more weight than a MA in TEFL/TESL. Is this true? What do you think? This is something else I've been trying to figure out for a while . . .
I feel that may only be true if someone had an MA in something totally unrelated to teaching/English. My understanding is that if you have a CELTA you are normally put at the top of the pile of TEFL applicants. CELTA is highly respected but not quite to the level of an MA.
Hello Grace,
I watched all your videos. I am starting my course in less than a week's time and your videos have definitely helped in preparing myself mentally. The tips you shared in this video seem to be very useful. Thank you for sharing your experience, expertise and insight on the course. Cheers!!!
Thank you. That was fun to watch and helpful. Ill be doing the CELTA course in 2 weeks, so Ill get on with the tips you shared. All the best. Take care.
Thank you for these videos, I'm attending an introductory weekend for the CELTA in just over a week and (hopefully) starting the course next month - these were SO useful I definitely feel more prepared and reassured!
Excellent series of videos- thanks for taking the time to put them together
I loved the closure. Thank you for these videos!
Thank you so so so much for all your valuable advice - wish you the best
Dear Grace, thank you so much for all five useful videos.
Thaaaaank you much. I'm taking CELTA next month and this video was so useful to me.
I'd like to thank you so much for all efforts you've made through these five videos in order to give us the gist of this crucial course (CELTA) they were plenty of useful and priceless information to follow and succeed. But for us as non- native speakers it would be a real challenge and only overcoming the language obstacle would be a big step forward, let alone academic issues in terms of teaching English .
Grace, thank you so much.
Thank you so much for creating these videos, they were extremely useful! :)
Thanks Grace, your videos are great.
Hi, Grace!
Thank you so much for these vídeos! I'm doing the CELTA course from 24th October to 19th November. I have to say that I'm not only exited but also scared to death! I have heard so many things about the course... I'm really scared about the four assigments and the planning of the classes. I've never taught before well just private classes but that has nothing to do with teaching a whole class.
Thank you for the tips and the advice Though I'm still scared, now I know what to expect.
I also have the book you talked about 'learning teaching' from Jim Scrivener.
Again, thank you so much for your vídeos!
Bless you for making these! You're freakin' incredible!
+Samia Siddiqui Thank you so much!!
Grace, thank you very muchfor these videos!!! They are really useful!!! Hope to get CELTA soon!
I'm so glad they were helpful! Good luck, I'm sure you will! :)
this video series is great, i watched it in stages, before my interview (got a place) and now in the run up to starting. this one made me feel so much better as i've already read Learning Teaching, hooray!! feeling much more confident now, thanks for making these :)
Thank you for your comment! I'm so glad they were helpful! :D Good luck on your course!
Decklan, thank you so much for your comment! I so glad the videos could help someone!! You definitely should do the CELTA and I must admit that I LOVE my job as an English teacher and I have no doubt you will to!! If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask and good luck with everything!
Taking the CELTA next week in Chiangmai. Yay!!!
Thank you SO much for making these videos! I'm hoping to apply for my CELTA soon but I've been feeling super nervous because I didn't have any information and am not too confident with my grammatical knowledge as I'm a native speaker and we never really looked into that! You've really given me the confidence to just GO for it so thanks again! Hope all is going well for you. :) x
I'm so glad you found them helpful! Believe me, if I can do it, you can do it! Grammar is not my strength! But when you learn concepts one at a time for each specific class, it's totally doable! Good luck!
Thanks a lot. That was really gold.
Thank you very much, Grace! I've been thinking and trying to saving some money for the CELTA but I was worried because I haven't found much insider info about how things go during it. Your videos have answered many questions I had. Again, thank you very much. I hope that you're doing very well and am looking forward for more videos touching on different topics in the methods of teaching English and teaching in general. Have a good one!
Thank you! I'm so glad they were helpful for you! If you have any other questions please let me know and good luck with your course!
Thank you, dear Grace!!! 😀
First and foremost I would like to thank you so much for posting this video! I am currently an Australian year 12 student and have been looking at reviews and CELTA for a while now and have not found much information about tips and advice so beautifully constructed and engaging like this! I would also like to thank you for the book recommendation, I'll be ordering that very soon to slowly read over. You have sold it for me, this is most certainly the path I will be taking for my future career and I wish you luck in Hong Kong! (I will be watching those shortly also!).
thank you very much for your helpful videos.
I have passed the interview task, and I am taking the course this summer in Malaga.
thanks for your help💪
Now I'm done watching your awesome videos on the CELTA course. Many, many thanks! As I'd said before, you gave me a lot of confidence by sharing your CELTA experience and by being very honest about everything you did and how you felt throughout the entire course; listening to you was very reassuring and can't thank you enough. :)
I'm so glad!! I'm sure you'll do great!! :)
Thanks! :) Your students are very lucky to have such a friendly, confident and high-spirited person as their teacher.
Im preparing myself to take the online version of CELTA tonight is my interview with one of the tutors. Hope I can do it well
Thanks for your videos they were really helpful
Wow thank you so much:)) Very interesting and useful!:)
Hi there! I'm on CELTA next September in Mexico City. I am so excited and curious to find out about the course from a trainee perspective. I watched all your videos and I truly appreciate your time and good will on making them. I fell in love with your persona and the way you express your experience. I am reading your recommended book and made some notes about all your advice which by the way they are life savers.
I Hope to pass A with flying colors!!!
Thank you for such a kind comment! I'm so glad you found them helpful and good luck on your course! I'm sure you'll do awesome!
Hey, Beto! I'm taking the CELTA course in September in Mexico City! Have any advice for me?
Grace, my question is whether I should do the pre-course task before or after reading the suggested books? Which order do you think would be more beneficial?
Thank you so much for your videos, Grace! I found your entire CELTA series extremely helpful. I've just finished two years of articles of clerkship and am about to get admitted as an attorney qualified to practise South African law. I'm looking to "take a break" from the profession for a while and am planning to do the CELTA through the international teaching house in Johannesburg. All the best!
That's awesome! Sounds like a great plan! Good luck & let me know if you have any questions!
Dear Grace, This is just a quick comment to thank you for your CELTA videos. I've watched all five of them today as I'm close to applying for a CELTA course and they were all helpful. The 'Learning Teaching' book recommendation was especially useful, cheers. It's also been great to see, from both your videos and your website, that you're so positive about teaching English and travelling abroad. Thank you and Bingley!
Thank you so much for such a wonderful comment! I am so, so glad you found them helpful! Good luck on your course and journey into ESL!
An extraordinary playlist about the CELTA course. Honestly speaking, you uncovered this mysterious one month tough, rigorous and demanding journey. The information about dividing the candidates into two groups to deal with two different levels is decisive. According to your experience, how to teach language skills to elementary students? Was that a bit challenging given that their linguistic abilities are limited? What kind of material to use for teaching receptive skills and productive ones to elementary learners? Many thanks in advance.
Janet your videos are so helpful! my interviewer recommended a previous edition of that book (purple cover), but i bought the one you have! Now my only worry is that I'm not a native speaker...but whether or not that'll affect me won't be obvious until long after i finish the course :p
Thanks a lot!!! you helped me very much! God bless you)
Thank u so much to all ur tips
Hey!
Thank you so much for your videos about CELTA courses! I'm going to apply for it next month ( the difference only is that I'm going to the part-time courses as they don't have full-time for now) and your explanations and advices were really helpful! Like!
Anastasia Boldurchidi Thank you so much! I would have done part time if I could have! Good luck on the course!
I've just applied for the CELTA in International house
I wish I could have seen your videos earlier 😁
Thank you so much, it was a load of useful information😍
thank u so much !!! I highly appreciate your feedback on the course, especially coz I have recently enrolled for the course. I nee your advice on how o gain confidence and overcome shyness since I am a very shy person and I am not really good at public speaking but I want to improve and get over this issue since I want to pursue a career in teaching
Grace- thank you so much! I have just applied to take the CELTA in Minneapolis and am waiting to hear back from them. I have watched all your videos and really appreciate the honesty and tips! Seriously how much do I need to prep for grammar before my class starts next month? Also will we be needing to know and use the phonemic chart? I want to get ahead of these things as best I can in the month before my class starts--- thanks!
Shipping out this weekend to take the CELTA for a month. Wish me luck!
Good luck!!
Thank you so much Grace. Your tips and advice are incredibly helpful. I'm about to take the CELTA in 3 months (well, I need to pass the interview first) and a little nervous but so excited about it. I will definitely read the book. Since I'm in Vietnam, I can't order the book from Amazon but I found the pdf version online. Does it have 432 pages? I just want to make sure I got the right book before printing it out.
Thank you so very much.
Grace, you recommended we get Learning Teaching (Jim Scrivener). How would you advise to best go through the book to prepare for the course? or any advice on grammar preparation and other topics? thanks.
- Omg I'm starting my course on Monday and only received my pre course task today. There's so much to do for it there's no way I'm going to finish all of that before Monday I'm starting to freak out!! *cries* ps your videos are so helpful
V Le What is your pre course task consisted of?
Do you mind stating by which grade you finished the course? And the videos are amazing by the way, I really, R-E-A-L-L-Y appreciate for your help =)
Hi Janet (I can't seem to link your channel, so I hope you get this!) Thanks so much for watching and I'm so glad they were helpful! You don't need to use the phonemic chart. We discussed it one day but for the course it wasn't necessary. Most grammar concepts weren't very complicated so you were able to prep during the course. Of course, the more knowledge you already have the easier you'll have it. However, I am personally not very good at grammar rules (I just find it boring) and I made it through unscathed!
Have you ever taught English in Japan? Do you have any recommendations or thoughts, regarding teaching ESL in Japan? Also, how do you become a Celtra trainer?
I've only been an assistant to an ESL teacher in Japan when I was younger, but Japan is a great place to work. There are so many choices, so it's all about your personal preference. Just know that the hours will probably be quite long, but the pay and benefits are good! Just peruse ESL job sites and you'll come upon tons of jobs in Japan, and see what you like. To become a trainer I think you have to have a certain amount of years of experience and then you just apply with companies that do CELTA training. Some companies require a certain grade like A or B in order to be a trainer.
Hello Grace, I will start CELTA next January, I am concerned about the writing that we have to give to our tutors. How is it? Could you show me an example?
Hi Grace. I can't believe how detailed, exact,kind-hearted, sweet, lovely, helpful person you can be. I just watched all 5 videos of yours about CELTA and it was so helpful. I had good info but enjoyed the way you explained every detail. I appreciate your kindness and thank you so much for your time. The only thing I am afraid of is the assignment and writing. how can I find writing samples to know what and how exactly I am supposed to write?
Besides, every site I look up for more information it is just mentioned that it is really good for you if you want to teach abroad. I want to ask how if I want to take this course to find better job opportunity in the US?
I am not a native speaker, I am teaching for some years and now I am living in Japan. but my goal is to move to America in a year. so if you have any info about finding a better job opportunity please let me know. Thanks a billion again sweetheart
Thank you for such a kind comment! It really made my day! I'm so glad they were helpful to you! :) Don't worry to much about the writing, your instructors will explain in great detail what you need to write about and they are about two pages, double spaced. I found the writing to be one of the easier aspects of the course. It will help you get a job in the US, but you'll just have to know where to look. Without a teaching certificate from the US you won't be able to teach in schools, but in the bigger cities they'll have learning centers to work at. I hope this helped!
Thanks Grace, for these highly informative videos. Please share your grade with us. Hopefully, pass A?
Dear Grace, thanks a million! I sit my CELTA in Bangkok, January 2016 and wasn't sure what to expect, but you laid it all out nicely. I'm 64, so hope that won't hold me back! I've been brushing up on grammar for months now and have read the book you recommend, so feel as ready as I'll ever be. I've warned my family and friends to pretend I'm dead for a month, so hey, bring it on :-) When do you find out the result?
+Daniel Sencier Oh, you'll do great and good luck! Yeah, it's probably good that you warned your family that you'll be very, very busy :) You should find out your results about 2-4 weeks after you finish the course.
Hi Grace,
I am planning to take the CELTA but I am not a native speaker.Will it be challenging for a non-native speaker with a CELTA to get a job as an English teacher? If no, then could you tell me the countries that accept non-native speakers.
Thanks in advance!
I Just wanted to thank you for your help...I'm taking my Celta course this Summer and there's just one question that comes to mind: which are the reasons that can make you fail your celta course?Can you easily fail???Please let me know...
One question!!!! After taking the CELTA am I gonna be able to find a job basically..anywhere??? Where are the limits for this course??...I mean I guess you cant teach after taking the CELTA only at a university?? Right?
And thank you so much for your advice !!!
Hi Grace, I'm from China. Was there anyone from your group a non native English speaker and still got a pass in the end? I'm so on the fence right now 'cause I only got 7 in IELTS, besides the course is so expensive and I'm a poor college students about to graduate in the summer. Plus will your trainers help you land a job right after the course? If so, then that would be perfect. 'Cause you know, teaching a language one has a passion for, meeting different people with varied cultural backgrounds, nothing beats that. So pleeeaaaasse let me know if I stand a chance.
Grace, thank you for an absolutely OUTSTANDING series of videos!! I am extremely grateful, to say the least.
I have tried to make sure my questions below haven’t already been covered in one of your videos. So my apologies if any of them have.
I thank you sincerely in advance for your reply.
1. For the job that you successfully applied for in Hong Kong, were you also required to have a degree of sorts along with your CELTA qualification?
2. I am a relatively slow-paced learner. I like to read slowly, make summaries, re-read, read from different angles, blah, blah. It may take time to understand and absorb certain concepts. Provided I have pre-prepared for the CELTA course by reading the recommended books and doing the pre-course task, in your opinion, do you think I would cope?
3. Grammar: You mention that the grammar on your CELTA course was not complicated. Can you elaborate? I have an opportunity to prepare in advance, but boy oh boy, there’s an incredible amount of grammar out there. I don’t know how advanced I need to go!!!!
4. For your teaching lessons, did you have to do a lot of class management? I.e. arrange student group discussions, re-arrange desks etc.?
5. Other than reading the CELTA recommended books, how else can one prepare for the course? It’s easy to read and read and read but for example I wish there was a way one could practice speaking in front of a class!
6. For your teaching lessons, how did you gain access to teaching tools such as Cuisenaire rods; flash cards; posters? Did you rush off to your local stationers each time?
Thank you so much for such a kind comment! I am so glad you found the videos helpful! I will do my best to answer you questions!
1. For my job in HK, yes, I did have to have a degree. It didn't matter what it was in, however. I'd say that's fairly standard for ESL jobs to need the applicant to have a degree, mostly for visa purposes. Although there may be exceptions.
2. I'm actually pretty slow paced as well so I think you should be fine. The only aspect that really requires speed sometimes is the lesson prep because you might not know what your teaching until a day or two in advance. It is fast paced, but I think you'll be fine!
3. To be honest, it's been a few years and I can't remember exactly what we taught but it never got SUPER crazy. You spend two weeks with beginners, easy stuff, and two weeks with more advanced. Nothing is so complicated that you can't relearn it in the couple days before you teach. I'm no grammar genius, so honestly, if I can do it, anyone can!
4. Nope. Most of the time I just paired the students with the person sitting next to them or to the other CELTA trainees.
5. I'm not sure what to tell you there, except maybe you can see if there are any ESL classes in your area that you could come and teach or assist with a lesson? Try community centers or libraries. I'm sure they'd accommodate you.
6. We pretty much exclusively made our own or used the few tools the school had. You could print stuff for free at the school.
Hi Grace! I just wanted to thank you for making these videos! For the effort and the planning and time and all sorts of trouble it took you to make this. It helped a lot! I enjoyed learning from you and I think that's what ESL teaching is about - making English learning fun and something to look forward to everyday. Anyway, I don't have a lot of questions to ask you since you've covered almost everything (that weren't explained by others who took the CELTA). But there are just a few questions that came into my mind while watching.
1) Did they ask you to pass any kind of document from your university (transcript of records/diploma)?
2) Did you have any non-native English classmates?
3) I'm planning to take CELTA in Thailand because it costs a lot cheaper (and the closest to where I'm from - the Philippines). I believe that you lived in Thailand, specifically in Chiang Mai. Which site would you recommend (International House Bangkok/Chiang Mai/ Phuket)?
5) Lastly, I'm planning to take it in January 2016. Is this advisable? Would I find schools that are hiring in February? And how long did it take you to get to your first job?
I wanted to send you these as a message but I just thought it would be beneficial to the viewers if I posted it here instead. Again, thank you for your videos!
took my CELTA in Thailand. Great experience. Thanks for the tips Grace!
I'm going to take my CELTA in four days, and I'm starting to freak out... english is my second language, and this makes me very nervous! So thank you very much for your vides, is both helpful and consolatory to have some detailed feedbacks from the inside! P.S. I'm reading the book before the course! XD
Nerfeel I'm sure you'll do fine and good luck! If you have any questions let me know! My top advice is just - don't procrastinate! You'll be fine otherwise!
Francesco MidKnight how did you do?
Thank you for creating these videos!
I do have one question though. How much grammar should I know, before taking the course?
Well, you're talking to someone who is notoriously bad at grammar, and I survived! I would teach myself the grammar concept for my lesson the night before. If you can do grammar prep beforehand, that's awesome, but you'll be fine regardless.
Thank you for answering Grace :)!
Thanks so much. Did your teacher suggest you " learnin teachin" by Jim Scrivener. 3 rd esition?I want to take celta next month. Should I get this book? As a pre course book.
Yeah, I got the book near the end of the course, but I wish I'd had it from the start. Lots of what is taught on the course is in the book, so it'd be great to be familiar with the concepts since it is so fast paced.
Dear Grace! Thank you so much for these useful videos! They helped me to gain more confidence before my CELTA course. I'm having it in few weeks. Can you advice something for not native speakers, who wants to take CELTA. For example, I'm ukrainian. And the scariest thing for me is if the students ask me questions and I don't know how to explain things... what I have to do? my reaction
+Mila Makarevich Hi Mila! I actually had the same fear even as a native speaker so don't worry too much! Just know that English grammar is far to extensive for ANYONE to know all the rules, so if a student asks you something you don't know just say: "That's a great question, and I will find the answer for you and get back to you." Then, once your lesson is complete you can search the internet or something to find the answer. I hope that helps!
Your accent is as beautiful as you. As anyone else I enjoyed the video a lot too.Bye the way I would like to ask what would you suggest as pre course task?
You're so kind! Thank you! CELTA will send you the pre-course task once you're accepted. It's not required but I recommend doing it.
thank you so much for grace for your interesting videos i really learnt a lot from them i am thinking to apply for CELTA in August but i still don't know if to do it in my country Morocco or in London ? can you hive a tip concerning this?
+sanaa najil I'm glad they could help! Honestly, I don't think there's any difference where you take it, it's all up to you. CELTA courses across the board are the same and have the same standard, so location shouldn't matter at all.
Grace, here's a thought. Would you recommend scanning the class handouts in your Celta classes?
This way, you can take them with you anywhere around the world. It maybe best to scan the lessons
each evening, for that particular day's handouts. This way, it won't pile up. Obviously, one needs a
functioning scanner to do this.
Yeah that's a great idea!
Dear Grace! Your mind-bogglingly beautiful videos really encouraged me to apply for CELTA without any second thought. Really greatful to you
Thank you for your excellent videos. My interview is tomorrow. I'm really nervous as they didn't say anything about the pre-interview tasks 😂😂
How did you get on? My wife has her interview next week and she's quite nervous about it all.
Hi Grace,
Thanks for all your lovely videos. They were quite insightful. My question to you is about getting job opportunities and a work visa post doing Celta. I'm an Indian and what I've heard is that non-native speakers find it really difficult to get work visas because people are usually racist at times. They feel that if an American or an European is teaching them, then they're getting value for money. Non-native speakers are usually looked down upon because of they're accent..So I would like you to give me a little piece of information regarding this.
Hi Priscilla! Thank you so much for the question. Sadly, that is quite true in many countries. It's either a pride issue, where the student wants the "look" of being taught by a European or American, or they want to develop an accent like one of those countries. It's very ridiculous. BUT it really just depends on the country. Hong Kong was very, very picky but Indonesia seems more open to diversity. So, you may find it a bit more difficult but I'm sure you can still find work abroad. I hope this help! Good luck!! :)
Hello Grace, I like your personal advice on getting into the celta certificate . By getting this certificate do you need to be native English speaker to get it? I am a bilingual teacher currently teaching both English n Spanish in a public school but I have taught ESL. I am really interested in getting this certificate ... I will appreciate your advice . THanks
+Norma Mejia There's no requirement to be a native speaker and if you're already teaching I think you'll do just grand! It's intense and challenging for everyone, but anyone can do it if they stay focused and work hard! Good luck!
Do you think this course would be difficult for someone who studied linguistics and taught esl as a volunteer?
That will definitely be a big help for sure! The main thing that's challenging is the schedule, really. So, if you don't have to teach yourself a lot of the grammar, then it will help so much!
Hello Grace! After watching these videos, I feel so much confident about taking the CELTA course. I am from Argentina and I studied English Translation for three years, however I couldnt finish my studies. This course looks like the perfect option for me! I have only one question, do you think there is certain level needed for this course taking into account the content learned in the course? Do you think the applicants should have an advanced/profficiency level? Thanks in advance!
Hello! Thank you for the comment & I'm so glad you found these useful. I don't believe there is a specific level of English you have to have in order to take the course. The grammar was actually easier for the non-native speakers in my course. It is probably on the more advanced side of English teaching, but if you've studied English translation, I think you'll be fine!
Thank you Grace!
Hi Grace, thank you for your videos. I wanted to ask how your journey in Hong Kong? Upon my completion I am thinking of going to Hong Kong and wanted to get your opinion on it. Thank you in advance.
I love Hong Kong! It was such a wonderful place to live and work! I can't recommend it enough! I would absolutly move back there.
Hi Grace, thank you for your replay!
Was it just for a season that you were there for? Any good tips/recommendations on where to seek work there?
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IT'S USEFUL. BUT YOU SPEAK QUICKLY. WHY?