TEFL or TESOL or CELTA ?

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Can anyone advise which would be the most useful qualification for Teaching English as a Second Language?
Plan is to teach English - either in Australia or in Asia. Or does it not matter, so long as one has ONE of these? thx

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[nq:1]Can anyone advise which would be the most useful qualification for Teaching English as a Second Language? Plan is to teach English - either in Australia or in Asia. Or does it not matter, so long as one has ONE of these? thx[/nq]
CELTA is the only one of these acronyms that refers to a teaching qualification. Don't touch anything else with the exception of Trinity Certificate.
DC. CELTA 1982.

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There are a few thousand institutions in the world that offer some kind of basic teacher training course and give you a certificate at the end. They usually go by the name of "Certificate in Teaching English and a Foreign Language" or "Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages." Welcome to the alphabet soup of this business.

Generally speaking, these programs are under no external obligation to maintain quality control in what they do. While some of them are quite good, some of them are really low down on the quality ladder. The best ones are known on a national level, and they're safe bets if you want to stay in the same country for the rest of your life (a lot of us do...we get married, have kids, that sort of thing).

However, what you're looking for is: "Have internationally-known certificate, will travel/feets don't fail me now."

Now you have two votes for CELTA as your best bet, Trinity a good second, everything else a distant third. Cambridge ESOL, the organization that sponsors CELTA, hasa few real marketing geniuses on the payroll, and they're just getting better at spreading the word. A lot of people who do Trinity are fantastically loyal to the quality of the programs, but Trinity just isn't as good at
I know the recognized certification programs often cost a lot more than the no-name courses, but it will be worth it when you go job hunting.

My situation should be a good lesson: my basic teacher-training course one of those no-name TEFL courses (done in Paris) and when I got to Athens, it was worth less than nothing insofar as ease of employment or pay rate was concerned.
Best of luck, 'cruit.

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[nq:1]Can anyone advise which would be the most useful qualification for Teaching English as a Second Language? Plan is to teach English - either in Australia or in Asia. Or does it not matter, so long as one has ONE of these? thx[/nq]
Depends where you are planning to take the course.

In the US they call it Tesol, Canada Tesl, Celta in Europe.

What you need for solid basic qualifications is a 100+ hour course from an accredited institution.
Check to see if your local university offers such a course.

TEFL or TESOL or CELTA ?

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