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The EC International College of Teacher Training full-time and part-time CELTA courses in Toronto are officially approved by Cambridge Assessment English, and meet the standards for TESL Canada (standard one). EC International College of Teacher Training is registered as a career college under the Ontario Career Colleges Act, 2005. Also, the CELTA at EC International College of Teacher Training is approved as a vocational program under the Ontario Career Colleges Act, 2005. For further information regarding related Ministry policies, please click here. For more information about Ontario Career Colleges (PCC) key performance indicators, please click here.
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Our CELTA teacher training course gives you both the theory and teaching practice necessary in the English language teaching industry. Three quarters of English Language Teaching (ELT) jobs ask for the Cambridge CELTA. To watch a webinar from Cambridge entitled, ‘The ultimate guide to CELTA, click here.
At EC we offer both full-time (4 weeks) and part-time (12 weeks) options. Our CELTA course:
In addition to our General English programme, EC Toronto offers a range of special courses to help you improve your English to succeed at school and in the global workplace. These include English for Work, an intensive English course that helps you develop the skills you need to advance in your career; EC x FutureLearn, which combines immersive EC English language lessons with online courses from leading universities; and a variety of courses designed to prepare you for IELTS, TOEFL or TOEIC exams.
At EC Toronto, we offer homestays or shared student residence/apartment accommodations. If you choose a homestay option, you will live with a family in Toronto. This is a great option if you want an opportunity to practice your English with a local family over home-cooked meals. If you’re looking for more independence, you may want to consider a shared student residence.
Toronto has a continental climate with warm, humid summers and cold winters. Toronto’s weather is influenced by its location on the shores of Lake Ontario, making it cooler in the summer and warmer in winter than other Canadian cities. That said, winters can still be very cold, and there may be snow any time between December and March.
Depending on your nationality, you may need a visa to study in Toronto—but in general, Canadian visa programs are free of excessive red tape. Contact us to learn more.
As Canada’s largest city and one of the most multicultural cities in the world, Toronto has everything: music, dance, comedy, theatre, sports, galleries, museums and an active waterfront scene on the shores of Lake Ontario. Moreover, it’s one of the friendliest cities on the planet, making it a perfect place to learn English and practice with locals.
Having a CELTA certificate, along with a university degree, is your guarantee for employment world-wide. It is highly regarded in all countries and in some countries it is the standard qualification for employment as an English language teacher. Three quarters of English Language Teaching (ELT) jobs ask for the Cambridge CELTA.
CELTA graduates find jobs in private language schools in Canada and abroad, at colleges and universities, at international elementary and secondary schools, doing in-house corporate English lessons, with humanitarian organisations involved in overseas projects and with the JET (Japan Exchange and Teaching) programme.
For information on recognition of teaching certificates generally in Canada, visit the TESL Canada site at http://www.tesl.ca/. For recognition of teaching certificates in Ontario, visit the TESL Ontario site at http://www.teslontario.org/.
If you do not possess a completed university degree, even with a CELTA, you will not qualify for employment at any of the Canadian language institutes, either public or private, that are members of Languages Canada. With a university degree and a CELTA, you qualify for employment considerations with public-sector institutions (government funded programs such as LINC). However, these institutions generally prefer a TESL Ontario certification over a CELTA.
You will come across many different acronyms for types of qualifications. TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language), TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) and TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) are all common acronyms that mean essentially the same thing. All of these refer to English language teaching qualifications in general.
CELTA is the brand name for the University of Cambridge’s English language teaching qualification.
If ads say you need to have a recognised TESL/TEFL/TESOL qualification, employers expect you to have a qualification that they will recognise.
For overseas jobs, in most cases this means the CELTA or another certificate that is offered by an internationally known institution and that has international recognition.
For jobs in Canada, this will usually mean a certificate that has recognition from TESL Canada or a provincial TESL organisation – it’s best to contact employers directly to find out which standard they are seeking.
You may also see alternate names for the CELTA such as RSA, CTEFLA or Cambridge qualifications.
To research jobs currently available around the world, here are some websites where you can start your search:
http://www.daveseslcafe.com/
This site if popular for jobs in Canada, the USA and Asia
http://www.tefl.com/
This is a great website for a wider job search including Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East
http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/jobs/education/tefl/
This website is part of the Guardian newspaper published in the UK. It tends to be a good place to find jobs in Europe.
