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Cost of CELTA in various countries ?

 
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sharpe88



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 3:52 pm    Post subject: Cost of CELTA in various countries ? Reply with quote

I'm basically looking for a decent place to do a CELTA and wonder if there's much disparity in cost.

Can anyone tell me the usual cost in UK ? Korea ? Japan ? Shanghai ? and various places in Asia ?

I believe it's about CAD$2000 in Canada and US$3000 in Beijing.

Thanks a lot
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sharpe88



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 2:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

errr.. surely a few of you know ?
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zorro (4)



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The only providers I know are ECC Bangkok (not sure of the price, but you can research it), British Council Kuala Lumpur (again not sure of the cost) and ILA Vietnam. There are loads of other providers of course, but these may be a starting point for your research.
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Greg 09



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.cambridge-efl.org/

You have to navigate around a bit but there is a page that lists all programs worldwide, with timetables and costs. The program cost varies widely. I live in the US, and I can fly to E.Europe and take the course for the same net cost. Easy choice.
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jonniboy



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Riga the price is currently 749 lats - $1336 at International House. That's cheaper than last year when the price was 800 lats (at that time over $1600.)
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Carll101



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

1500 USD at ECC Bangkok a year ago.
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sharpe88



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It seems a school listed on cactusefl in south africa offers it for only US$1000...
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father Mackenzie



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi,

I did some research earlier this year for costing CELTAs and this is what I found. I hope this helps

Thailand Phuket $1600
New Zealand Auckland $1622
Australia Sydney $1718

England is $1800
Prague is even more and so on.
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sharpe88



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think costs have changed since then due to the economic crisis and falling currencies maybe ?

Schools in the UK are offering it for 800 GBP... US$1100
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haopengyou



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 4:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes...you should not only consider the cost of the program but also the cost of 4 weeks of accomodations and airfare to get there. 3 years ago I was looking at the Thailand program and the cost of the program, room and board and airfare from Beijing was just under $3,000. Airfare from Los
Angeles to Thailand at that time was only $100 more (go figure).
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beetles



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 1:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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you should not only consider the cost of the program but also the cost of 4 weeks of accomodations


Very true.

I did mine in Phuket in 2006 with IH.

Current costs are $2445 fully inc.

http://www.ihbangkok.com/celta_in_pk.html

Definitely worth consideration.

Pros =

- no traveling to school,
- good accomodation,
- excellent on-site food,
- laundry services,
- computer facilities (needed!),
- sports facilities,
- quiet, clean, relaxing surroundings,
- the support of a group of other people all doing the same thing.
- It's Phuket, get there on the backpacker trail for 50 cents and some pocket fluff.

Cons =

- the internal photos are a little glossier than reality, and that boarding room shown is way larger than mine was,
- there is no smoking on-site, so a long walk is needed to get to the gate (if you partake),
- can be difficult to get away from it all except for a few hours at the weekend.
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roywebcafe



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 8:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

IH Krakow in Poland charges the equivalent of 799 GBP in zlotys, 749 if you book in advance by about 4 weeks. Same in Budapest, Hungary.

Just completed mine and very happy.
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