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Online TEFL course? any helpful tips?

  • 30-03-2010 10:21pm
    #1
    U1D2C3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 67 ✭✭


    Hi everyone! im just looking into TEFL courses on the internet. I don't have a third level degree but Im just after discovering some online courses. Has anyone here ever done an online TEFL course??? if so, what has been your experience like?? Where have you ended up and did you enjoy your teaching experiences??? I would reeeaally appreciate some help and advice and would love to hear stories!! thanks a mill in advance!!!!!! :):):)


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  • #2
    bogtotty
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    If you're planning on teaching anywhere in Europe I wouldn't recommend an online course. All reputable schools demand the equivalent of a CELTA, which means you must have classroom teaching practice (TP). You don't get that with an online course. You may of course find work with a less reputable school in your travels, but you will be paid less. The money you save doing it online is just not worth it, unless it somehow manages to hook you up with a school for your TP.

    I don't have any TEFL teaching experience outside Europe so couldn't say if an online course would be okay for Asia, S. America etc. Certainly any of the schools I worked for would bin an application from someone with an online course (unless it was the online DELTA, but that's postgrad level). You might get away with it if you had a degree in linguistics or something, but def. if you're coming into it without a degree, you will need the CELTA or equivalent. You can do it in Cork or Dublin and it takes about 6 weeks full time. I don't know how much it costs to do it in Ireland, but you could head to Krakow or Berlin and do it for cheaper.


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