[quote=“gnat”]Does anyone know about getting CELTA certified in or around Taiwan? Also, does anyone have an opinion on the value of the program? the difficulty? methods? etc?
I’ve been in school to long to stop taking classes.[/quote]Lots of threads on this already. Here are some.
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[forumosa.com/taiwan/viewtopic.ph … ight=celta](IELTS or CELTA in Taiwan
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I think for real CELTA you need to go to HK or Thailand. Yes, I’d say the course is worth it, especially if you already have some teaching experience. It’s even better if the teaching practice/observation they give you during the course is with real ESOL classes rather than “mock-teaching” your fellow students. I believe some CELTA centres only offer the latter.
The Trinity Cert. TESOL is the only equivalent qualification AFAIK. It is also recognised internationally and covers pretty much the same material, in the same period of time. But I haven’t heard of any places offering this course in Asia.