Some prior knowledge of English grammar is beneficial and will increase your chances of being accepted onto the course and passing your assessments.

We will provide you with a free 20-hour pre-course task which will help you familiarise yourself with English grammar and get prepared for the course.

During the CELTA course in Barcelona, you will also learn more about English grammar. We believe in learning through involvement and in your grammar and language awareness sessions you will mostly experience a workshop approach, where your tutor acts as a “facilitator/animator” rather than as a lecturer. 

The practical nature of the CELTA course is emphasised from the very beginning. You will be in small groups (3–4 trainees with one tutor) and you will begin teaching real adult students in the first week. After each class you teach, there will be a feedback session with your tutor and fellow trainees, followed by lesson planning help for your next lessons. For our trainees, this is usually the most fun part of the course!

We provide group and individual lesson planning support throughout the course. You will also observe some of our tutors so you can see first-hand how experienced teachers plan and deliver classes, providing further insights into lesson planning, staging and management. The feedback that we provide at the end of each lesson will enable you to keep building on your teaching skills and improve your lessons day by day.

You will attend sessions Monday–Friday. Apart from the timetabled sessions, trainees also need to spend time independently working on lesson planning and written assignments. You can expect to spend 8–10 hours per day in total.

We are a friendly and welcoming school so feel free to use our facilities as much as you like (opening times 8:00 – 21:30). We are here to help you, so personalised tutorials with your main course tutor are also available on a case by case basis.

Due to the high workload, you will need to clear your schedule. If you have other commitments during the four weeks, this will affect your chances of passing.

Please note that the sample timetable below is only a rough guideline. Your course may start as early as 09:00 or finish as late as 21:00.

Throughout the course, you will be using our online learning platform, Teams. This means you will have everything you need for the CELTA course in one place and will find this helps greatly with the organisation of your work.

The Teams platform is simple to use and it is not necessary to have any prior experience of using this platform. You will receive access to Teams as soon as you have secured your place on the course.

All of our school classrooms are equipped with modern technology and we encourage the use of YouTube, interactive online teaching platforms (Kahoot, Quizlet, etc.) and social media alongside the use of books and other more traditional activities. Our school in Barcelona has a wide variety of resources available to you to use to help create engaging classes for your students.

Our school is paper-free. So, you will be using your laptop, the screen and whiteboard for the majority of the course. For this reason, you will need to have basic technological skills in order to participate in the course and provide engaging lessons. This includes things like creating powerpoint presentations, integrating online games, displaying texts on the screen and organising your work.

You will learn a variety of teaching methodologies to use with your students during the CELTA course in Barcelona and after you graduate. We provide workshops, tutorials and video content, as well as reading materials to help you understand and use these techniques. 

It is not necessary to have a university degree, to be a native speaker of English, to speak a foreign language, or to have any previous teaching experience. To be considered for the CELTA course, you will need to:

• Be at least 18 years old.
• Be educated to the standard required for entry into higher education (e.g., “A-levels” in the UK, a high school diploma in the US/Canada). 
• Be in good enough health to deal with the demands of an intensive training course.
• Demonstrate your ability to cope with the academic demands of the course (assessed via the application process).
• Have basic computer skills (save, organise and share files, prepare a powerpoint presentation etc)
• Have a C1.2 (high C1) or C2 level of English.

While we do not require any certificates, we have included a table below showing what score would be required to achieve a C1.2 level of English on different exams:

Your English level will be assessed throughout the application process.

Graduates of our Cambridge CELTA course in Barcelona typically go on to work in private language schools, teaching adult or young learner students around the world. Some also teach students online or work for language training agencies. One of the great things about the Cambridge CELTA qualification is that once you have it, you can work anywhere (visa permitting).

During the CELTA course in Barcelona, you will meet our careers advisor who will provide a session on finding work after your course. You will be given expert advice on preparing your CV which highlights your background, education, experience and skills. You will be able to meet our careers advisor as many times as you like during and after the course. See our careers service page for more information.

First, complete the application form. We will check your application and get in touch within one working day to send you a pre-interview task (grammar and language awareness) .

Once you have completed the pre-interview task, you will be able to select the day and time of your online interview.

During the online interview we will ask you about the pre-interview task, your background and reasons for wanting to take the course. We will make sure that the course is a good fit for you and vice versa. 

If accepted, you will receive a full place offer and information about how to secure your place on the course via email.