Certificate in English Language Teaching - Secondary (CELT-S)

Ms. Jillian Estrop

Lead Trainer
CELT-S is a 120-hour course, which combines online study and teaching practice.

Teachers can develop their classroom skills and teaching confidence with CELT-S.

It’s a practical English teaching qualification that gives teachers the relevant skills to get the best from 6–12 year old learners.

The course helps teachers to create strategies for the key challenges of teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) in a secondary school context, such as classroom management with large classes and motivating learners.

Teachers build on their teaching knowledge and skills, through a combination of online study and observed teaching practice with an approved trainer.

CELT-S is at Foundation to Developing stages on the Cambridge English Teaching Framework.

What's included?

  • 8 modules
  • 2 certifications
  • 3 teaching practices
  • Online blended learning: Self study + Tutor led
  • 120 learning hours

With CELT-S, teachers can show that they:

  • have developed their understanding of, and ability to respond to, the specific needs of secondary school learners
  • have extended the range of approaches for developing their learners’ language skills
  • have become more aware of ways to make effective use of resources to support learning in and beyond the classroom.

Reasons to choose CELT-P:

  • Ideal for teachers who speak English as a second language.
  • Flexible and convenient study options.
  • ‘Theory to practice’ assignments enable teachers to apply what they have learned to their own classes.
  • Teachers gain two Cambridge English certificates: CELT-S and TKT: Module 1.

Course Lessons