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An MA in English is not a preparation for teaching English as an additional (or second, or third or foreign) language. An MA in Education might be, if there is some attention paid to language acquisition. Teaching "English" to those immersed in an English speaking community is very differe...

Certainly a post with strong comments. The "A" in CELTA refers to adults. But it does seem that most of the work available at the moment is teaching young people, across a range from tiny 4 year olds, to bored teenagers. So expecting a 4 week course to prepare an individual to teach the co...