Course Overview

The aim of the CELTA qualification is to give you practical teaching experience, as well as exploring a number of techniques to help motivate and encourage your learners. You will also cover all the fundamental principles of teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) and observe qualified teachers in a classroom setting.

Once you have successfully completed this qualification you will be eligible to work anywhere in the world.


As part of your CELTA application process, you must download and complete an Application Task. Your completed Application Task must be emailed to elts@swansea.ac.uk.

You can download the Application Task here:

CELTA Application Task


To find out more, please sign up to the Eventbrite session below:

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Part-Time CELTA Course

Start Dates and Duration

27th January - 17th April 2025 (12 weeks)

Entry Requirements

Age 18 or over

Qualifications that enable access to higher education

English Language requirement minimum 7.5/High C1 or C2

Programme Fee £1650

*N.B. A non-refundable deposit of £179 is payable to secure a place. Courses with fewer than 6 candidates may not run.

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"The tutors were incredibly supportive! Giving ideas and asking useful questions. On occasion even helping outside of office hours! They really wanted me to do the best I possibly could, every step of the way."

"Amazing supportive staff. Great university. Beautiful campus. Plenty of opportunity to train and learn more about teaching elts."

"Keep up the amazing work! You've helped me believe in myself, and I am becoming a better organised and more confident person because of it. Thank you for helping me complete this course. I'm really grateful for everything you taught me! Thank you!"

"I did a teaching course before this one, but I can honestly say I learnt more from this course than any other.  It’s fantastic."

Contact us

Call us: +44 (0)1792 295391; Email us: elts@swansea.ac.uk

If you have any questions about your application or ELTS in general, you can pop along to one of our weekly Zoom sessions, now running on Tuesday mornings at 11am.

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