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Certificates in Teaching English
Certificates in Teaching English
Anyone contemplating more than a bit of casual work in this field should seriously
consider getting some training. Training can make it a good deal easier to survive
in a classroom and can help you be a better teacher. A certificate may make it easier
to get a job, or to get one of the better ones. Also, in some countries a degree
is legally required to get a working visa; there is some hope of negotiating your
way around this if you have a TEFL certificate, but almost none without it.
There are a number of different ESL/EFL teaching certificates available.
Many schools give their own courses to staff.
Various companies in Western countries offer programs, often including job placement help.
There are online courses.
Most programs include some classroom experience and can be completed in one to three months.
There is no such thing as an international TEFL accrediting body. Masters' degrees are the only actual accredited degrees or certificates, and few positions actually require those, mainly due to the tremendous demand for English teachers and the very short supply.
Short of a Master's, a Cambridge or Trinity certificate is the most marketable qualification to have, though requirements vary in different countries and teaching institutions.
Courses for Cambridge CELTA are given under license by centers all over the world, 286 places as of mid-2007. The CELTA course is generally both more difficult and more expensive than other courses, but of similar duration ? anywhere from four weeks of intensive study to several months of part-time classes. Job ads routinely ask for "CELTA or equivalent" rather than just wanting a "TEFL cetificate".
Trinity College London has a CertTESOL that is also taught in many places and also widely accepted. It is "or equivalent" for those ads.
If you plan to make a career in the field, consider more advanced training such as a diploma course (Cambridge DELTA or Trinity DipTESOL) or a Masters degree. These are required for many teacher training or head of school jobs and for some of the best teaching jobs.
Quite a few universities offer ESL/EFL training, often both a Certificate program and a Master's degree. A few offer a Master's program designed for teachers working overseas, with most work done by correspondence.
There are directories of courses at ESL Online , ESL Base and Cactus TEFL . Those sites also have job ads.
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