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pravda · Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 4 Location: Montreal

Hello,

I wanted to ask any posters whom happen to be or have been in Vilnius if they know of a place aside from International House which offers CELTA certification courses. Unfortunately they are holding their program in August and I plan on being in Leituva from Sept.-Nov. It need not be a CELTA per se, so long as its regionally recognized. I have had a hard time finding info on this online or in the archives, and I would greatly appreciate any and all assistance.

Cheers,

Juan

EnglishBrian · Joined: 19 May 2005 Posts: 189

I didn't even know IH Vilnius offered the CELTA! Sorry, I don't know of any places (but you never know). There aren't that many big native speaker schools here and what there are, are being hard pressed now by the profusion of start ups employing local school teachers and students p/t to supplement their measly incomes.

You could try posting the same question on the General Europe forum too. It's a long shot but you never know. Most Lithuanians wouldn't thank you for lumping them in with the CIS I'm sure you know.

Good luck.

dreadnought · Joined: 10 Oct 2003 Posts: 82 Location: Sofia, Bulgaria

Actually, I don't think they do run the CELTA. I know on their website it looks as if they do, but if you look closer you'll see that they have run CELTAs in the past, but the course they are doing at the moment is the IH Certificate. This is a kind of in-house certificate organised by IH. It's not a bad certificate per se, but it doesn't have the international recognition that some of the other big certificates (CELTA, Trinity etc) do. However, I'm sure it's recognised by International House!! For long term prospects it's better to pay a bit extra and get the CELTA or Trinity.

As far as I know, no school in Lithuania offers the CELTA. If you want to do that, you would probably have to nip over the border to Poland and go to one of the IH centres there (Krakow, Katowice or Wroclaw).

BELS · Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 402 Location: Moscow

BELS · Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 402 Location: Moscow

Montreal! Just realised you location, a major City, surely their is a suitable course in Montreal.

Aramas · Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 4:07 am Post subject:

First stop for CELTA matters should always be http://www.cambridgeesol.org/index.htm

The cheapest CELTA in the region is at IH Kiev, Ukraine (590GBP). Schools in Poland, Bulgaria and Hungary also offer courses at a reasonable price (~700GBP). The Trinity TESOL can be done at several schools in Poland, but they don't seem to have websites and I don't know the course dates or prices. Any other certificate is of limited value and usually no cheaper.

Aramas