CELTA is a must for a non-native speaker trying to emerge into TEFL.

It was a great experience I'll never forget. Yes, it was hard and daunting at times, but with all the support from our great tutors, Tania and Nick, we managed to do it! The staff was friendly and helpful, and we had all the facilities we needed. Life will never be the same after Delta 2, so if you're brave and ambitious, this course is for you!

Although the course was really intensive and hard, the experience itself was one of the best I have ever had. Tutors were very supportive and caring. They were always there for us. I have learned alot from them. I strongly recommend this center for the course and I wish to come again for more courses in the near future.

For me taking CELTA course in IH Kyiv was the most exciting period of my life. It was like a light in the darkness, although I have been teaching English for many years, only here I got the "true taste" of teaching. There was a wonderful team of 12 participants, super professional trainers and their assistants (future CELTA trainers). I had an opportunity to observe professional teachers ' lessons as well as my peers' ones. Now I know my strong and weak points in teaching and have got a lot of useful input information materials available in my thick folder which I can refer to in the future. And this course encouraged me to continue my development as a teacher. O. Malkova, CELTA trainee, June 2019

Good.

It's been challenging but most useful and inspiring experience, one of the best trainings I have taken in my more than twenty-year-long teaching career.

This course is definitely worth taking. It was very useful to observe the teachers. I learned a lot of new information and got new teaching skills. The trainers were qualified, supportive and knowledgeable. All the necessary facilities were available (the laptops, a big variety of books etc.) I would recommend this course for everyone. For me, it was the most valuable experience in my life. It's worth it.

Other than passing, I didn't have any real expectations regarding the course. Regardless, I was thrilled by the level of high-quality teaching/tutors, administrative support, and facilities. The combination of Tetiana (Tanya) & Amir as CELTA tutors was great: their knowledge, different yet complementary teaching styles, and levity provided an environment conducive to learning (they're both engaging, open, & have a sense of humor, but from different angles). And the CELTA teacher trainees (trainee tutors) were also readily available, supportive, and involved throughout the course. The facilities included a teachers room with a high-speed internet equipped computer, a printer/copier/scanner that CELTA students were not only welcome to use, but encouraged to do so. Both "teaching practice" rooms had high-speed internet equipped computers. There were also projectors, a "smart board," Wi-Fi, a small kitchen, a coffee & snack vending machine, etc. I think one of the biggest annoyances regarding I.H. Kyiv is that most of the doors are security card protected, so if you don't have a card, every time you want to enter a room, you have to get someone who works at I.H. to open it for you. It's not that big of a deal, but it did get annoying at times.

Learned alot and it was great value for the experience. Great class dynamic and a welcoming environment.

There were sleepless nights, no social life, a lot of chocolate and coffee. But there were also eleven other incredibly interesting people, two fantastic tutors and a sense of unity. That was my experience on the Cambridge CELTA in a nutshell. My personal highlight from studying for CELTA was the language immersion class that we did in Arabic, to make us appreciate the difficulties both of being an ‘absolute beginner’ when learning a language, and of teaching students with absolutely no prior knowledge of the language. The session was exclusively in Arabic, but I was staggered by how much we all learnt in that time. I loved the teaching practice sessions where we could apply the skills, we had learnt in a real classroom situation with real students. Another great opportunity was being able to observe experienced teachers do their magic in the classroom. None of what I’ve achieved and plan to in the future would have been possible without completing CELTA. The course is very demanding but it’s well worth it. They will be four short weeks, but I guarantee, their effect will be felt for a long time.

I learned a lot and got a job

It'd have been great if the tutors were a bit friendlier and fairer in their decisions. Overall the course was very useful and informative, although stressful.