This new format was only authorized in July of 2021, and aims to give teachers the necessary skills to plan for and teach both online and face-to-face lessons at CELTA level by the end of the course.

Input sessions (where candidates learn about the theory and practice of teaching English as a foreign language) are delivered both online and face-to-face, at an even ratio of 50 percent each.

Of the six hours of mandatory teaching practice, three are taught online via Zoom, and 3 are taught face-to-face.

Since candidates are learning to teach in both formats, we provide extra support for these courses. This includes:

• A free Zoom for teaching workshop;

• A free online grammar refresher pre-course workshop;

• 22 days of training rather than 20 (2 extra days of training for the same cost);

• Demonstration lessons taught by trainers in both formats before candidates teach in that format;

• Candidates teach an unassessed full-length lesson in both formats before being assessed in that format;

• Joint reflection sessions to enable candidates teaching in one format to exchange with candidates who are teaching/have taught in the other format;

• Access to our online course library as soon as candidates are accepted onto the course;

• Access to video recordings of lessons taught by experienced teachers as soon as candidates are accepted onto the course.

• The use of Slack as a workspace before and during the course, to facilitate communication and sharing of documents and resources.

• A free GuideBook to help you understand what to expect from the course.

The format of the course does not appear on the CELTA certificate you receive from Cambridge English Assessment. In other words, the certificate is identical to the ones delivered for fully face-to-face courses.

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