CELTA study plan
CELTA · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Teaching practice (assessed on teaching skills, observed by a trainer)
Map the eight teaching-practice assessment criteria into a personal checklist and rate your current ability on each using a 1-5 scale
Draft three 45-minute lesson plans using columns for stage aim, procedure, interaction pattern and timing
Script and rehearse instruction-giving for three activity set-ups, cutting each to under 60 seconds
Build a feedback log template with columns for tutor comment, action taken and evidence of change
Your checkpoint
A planning pack containing 3 complete lesson plans, a scored self-audit against the TP criteria, and a blank feedback log template
Teaching practice (assessed on teaching skills, observed by a trainer)
Deliver two 20-minute recorded micro-lessons and hold every stage to within 2 minutes of the planned timing
Write three anticipated problems with a matching solution for each micro-lesson
Convert every tutor or peer comment into one observable action verb in the feedback log
Grade your own language in instructions and use concept-checking questions in at least two stages per lesson
Your checkpoint
Two recorded micro-lessons plus a feedback-to-action sheet listing 5 concrete changes to make in the next lesson
Teaching practice (assessed on teaching skills, observed by a trainer)
Plan and deliver one receptive-skills lesson with a lead-in, pre-, while- and post-task sequence
Write 6 concept-checking questions and pre-teach 4 vocabulary items with meaning, form and pronunciation specified
Rehearse the lesson aloud once and mark on the plan where you will cut content if you overrun
Record a 3-minute spoken self-evaluation against three TP criteria immediately after teaching
Your checkpoint
One full receptive-skills lesson plan containing 6 CCQs, 4 vocabulary entries with pronunciation notes, and a written self-evaluation
Teaching practice (assessed on teaching skills, observed by a trainer) & Written assignments
Write and submit Assignment 1 on adult learners and learning contexts within the word limit and with in-text citations
Deliver one productive-skills or language-systems lesson and self-rate it against all eight TP criteria
Compile an error bank of 10 learner errors observed, each with the target form and a teaching idea
Draft a 200-word reflection naming two strengths and two priority areas drawn from feedback so far
Your checkpoint
Assignment 1 submitted plus a completed eight-criterion self-rating with written evidence for each rating
Written assignments
Analyse 6 language items (3 grammar, 3 lexis) into meaning, form, pronunciation and anticipated problems
Write a 45-minute systems lesson plan built directly from that analysis
Cite two published grammar or lexis references using correct author-date format in the assignment
Edit the draft down to the word limit while keeping all analysis sections intact
Your checkpoint
Assignment 2 draft at the word limit containing 6 fully analysed language items and a formatted reference list
Written assignments & Teaching practice (assessed on teaching skills, observed by a trainer)
Revise and submit Assignment 2 after incorporating tutor or peer review comments
Outline Assignment 3 by selecting a skills area, writing the rationale and choosing the teaching material
Deliver the lesson built from that material so the assignment is grounded in your own classroom evidence
Peer-review one colleague's assignment against the assessment criteria and log two takeaways
Your checkpoint
Assignment 2 submitted plus a one-page Assignment 3 outline with rationale and chosen material attached
Written assignments
Write Assignment 3 to the word limit with separate rationale, analysis and evaluation sections
Complete and log 6 hours of classroom observation, organising notes by teacher action and learner response
Extract three transferable techniques from the observations and schedule them into your next lesson plan
Your checkpoint
A complete Assignment 3 draft plus an observation log covering 6 hours with structured notes
Written assignments & Teaching practice (assessed on teaching skills, observed by a trainer)
Submit Assignment 3 and Assignment 4 after a final check of word count, referencing and rubric wording
Deliver your final assessed lesson, evidencing at least three actions taken from the feedback log
Repeat the eight-criterion self-rating and compare it line by line with your week 1 self-audit
List every remaining criterion rated below 3 and write one specific action for each
Your checkpoint
All four written assignments submitted plus a final self-audit charted against the week 1 baseline
Milestones
Week 2: Two recorded micro-lessons exist and every stage was delivered within 2 minutes of the planned timing
Week 4: Assignment 1 is submitted and at least six of the eight TP criteria are self-rated 3 or above with written evidence
Week 6: Assignment 2 is submitted and Assignment 3 has an approved outline, chosen material and a lesson delivered from it
Week 8: All four assignments are submitted and the final self-audit shows measurable movement on at least five criteria compared with week 1