To me the experience has been very meaningful and rewarding. Many former CELTA trainees had warned me that it'd be an intensive experience, and they were quite right! But I've been fortunate enough to have wonderful and collaborative classmates, that I could share the long hours and some sleepless nights with. Our tutors have been supportive throughout the whole experience and I've been able to learn so much from them, as well as from the programme.

This has truly been one of the best experiences I've had in my life. I have always loved teaching, but before CELTA I never realised how much. My tutors were wonderful "people" before being wonderful "tutors", they stayed by my side every step of the way and I could always count on them for anything, anytime. The practicality of the course is what I loved the most. The afternoon teaching practices allowed me to transform the content of the morning sessions into something that was "real", they allowed me to increasingly build self-confidence and to thoughtfully reflect on my areas of improvement so that I could, with time, become a better teacher. Feedback was a key area as well. The keyword here was "suggestion" rather than "judgement", both from my peers and my tutors. No one meant to offend anyone, all the comments or suggestions were made to stimulate improvement, and that is something I really loved and for which I am thankful both to my tutors and my peers. I am really really glad that I decided to take the CELTA course with this particular centre, it has been a beautiful experience and I'll never forget it.

The course is very intensive and challenging but absolutely worth it because it gives you a solid preparation both theoretical and practical. The tutors and the school staff were supportive and present all the time if anything was needed. The experience was even more powerful thanks to the amazing friends I met during the course, always there helping and encouraging me at every step of the way.

I'm very happy to have completed the CELTA course at The London School. Even though the journey from Padua to Thiene was quite long, the atmosphere once at school was very friendly and attentive to our needs. It almost felt like a second home, certainly not just a school that you attend as one of a multitude of anonymous students passing through. The course is highly demanding and it's best to give it your full attention for one month but the quantity and quality of what you learn is worth every effort. You also work so closely with the other CELTA students that new friendships are established and I'm quite certain they will last for some time. It's a 'complete' course where you learn how to teach, how people learn, how to plan your lessons, how to keep on developing professionally and you also practise techniques/activities to use the classroom and are given hints as to how to find a job post CELTA.

I had a really positive experience on my CELTA course at The London School! Very helpful staff and professional and friendly environment!