Our Trainers
Our Trainers
All CELTA trainers are experienced teachers who have a postgraduate level TESOL qualification. They are trained by Cambridge Assessment English and take part in standardisation sessions every year to ensure the high quality of training.
Rob Wood is a freelance English language and teacher trainer based in Jakarta, Indonesia and has been teaching English for over 30 years mainly in Turkey, Thailand and Indonesia. Rob has been a CELTA tutor for over 20 years and a CELTA assessor and DELTA local tutor for most of that time. He has taught and assessed Cambridge CELTA courses in many countries including China, Japan, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Vietnam and India. He has also trained up many new CELTA tutors. In addition to teacher training, Rob is also an experienced examiner for the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).
Robert Wood
Education and Qualifications:
Cambridge CELTA Assessor
Cambridge Delta local tutor
Cambridge DELTA (Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults)
Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults)
IELTS Examiner
Ophelia is an experienced teacher and trainer with a Master of English Education, the Cambridge DELTA and CELTA. She has taught English as a foreign language to a range of learners in various contexts, including English for specific purposes, business English, academic English and exam preparation courses for international English proficiency exams. Apart from teaching and training, she is also an examiner of Cambridge English exams. She is now based in Jarkata, Indoesia and trains teachers on our online CELTA course.
Ophelia Novita
Education and Qualifications:
Cambridge CELTA tutor
Master of English Education
Cambridge DELTA (Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults)
Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults)
Cambridge English Examiner
Daryna is a Teacher of English and Teacher Trainer based in Kyiv, Ukraine. Daryna is also a Mentor, which involves helping less experienced colleagues on a daily basis. She is an experienced teacher with almost 10 years of teaching experience, teaching all levels and ages: Very Young Learners, Young Learners, teenagers, adults; in a variety of contexts: one-to-one, groups, exam preparation, CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning), Business English. She regularly attends and presents at ELT (English Language Teaching) conferences in Ukraine and internationally. Teacher training and teaching are among Daryna’s greatest passions as she considers sharing knowledge to be rewarding and empowering.
Daryna Luhovska
Education and Qualifications:
BA in English Language, Literature and Translation
IH COLT (International House Certificate in Online Tutoring)
Delta (Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults)
CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults)
TKT (Teaching Knowledge Test, Modules 1, 2 and 3)
IHCYLT (International House Certificate in Teaching Young Learners & Teenagers)
LCCI (FTBE) First Certificate for Teachers of Business English
IH Modular Courses (Methodology for Teaching Exam Classes, Methodology for Teaching Young Learners)
British Council Certificate in “Applying special educational needs practices”
New Skills ACADEMY, Child Psychology Certification
Cambridge English Teacher (Introduction to Blended Learning)
Thomas is an English teacher and teacher trainer based in Hong Kong. Having taught in a range of contexts including local schools, tertiary institutions and language schools like the British Council, he is experienced in teaching various classes from YLs and adults to ESP and exam preparation. For teacher training, he has delivered training to teachers from Hong Kong, Mainland China, Malaysia and the Middle East on a variety of topics. In addition to teaching and training, Thomas has taken on roles in academic management and examining.
Thomas Feng
Education and Qualifications:
MA in Language Education
Cambridge DELTA
Cambridge Train the Trainer Certificate
Bachelor of Education in English Language
Cambridge CELTA, TKT
International House certificates (Online Tutoring; Director of Studies)
Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching - Secondary tutor
Cambridge English Speaking Examiner
Trinity College London ESOL Examiner