Tefl Qualifications
Looking for a tefl qualification? The qualifications below could be your passport to a Tefl job abroad or a summer school job teaching international students in the UK. Simply click on the links below for further information.
CELTA
CELTA is an initial qualification for people with little or no previous teaching experience.
Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA)
Exam Board: UCLES
The certificate forms part of the new CILTS
(Cambridge Integrated Language Teaching Syllabus) and replaces the old
Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (Cert. TEFLA).
It is aimed at those without ELT experience,
but with a standard of education which would allow entry to Higher
Education.
Candidates must be at least 20 years old at
the start of the course.
Courses have a minimum length of 100 contact
hours, 6 hours supervised practice teaching and 8 hours directed
observation of live lessons.
Full-time courses last four to five weeks.
Part-time up to one year.
CELTYL
CELTYL shows you have the skills
needed to teach English to children or teenagers in language schools.
This international qualification gives you a solid basis in the
fundamentals of language teaching practice and the confidence to take
control of young learners in the classroom.
Certificate in English Language
Teaching to Young Learners
Exam Board: UCLES
The CELTYL is an introductory course for
candidates who have little or no previous experience of teaching
languages.
Entry requirements follow those of the CELTA.
The Certificate course programme focuses on
teaching young learners either from 5-10, 11-16, or 8-13 years old.
It involves a minimum of 100 contact hours, 6
hours supervised teaching practice and 8 hours directed observation of
lessons taught by experienced ELT professionals.
Full-time courses last 4 weeks, part-time
courses last 4 to 5 months to a year.
CertTESOL
CertTESOL: The Trinity Certificate in
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages is designed for those
with little or no experience of teaching English.
Certificate in Teaching English to
Speakers of Other Languages
Exam Board: Trinity College London
A first qualification for those with little or
no previous experience.
It qualifies the trainee to teach both adults
and children
Courses usually last for 1 month (intensive)
or part-time from 3 months to 1 year. ( Trinity College stipulates a
min. of 130 hours of tuition, with at least 6 practical teaching
experience.)
Each institution sets its own entry
requirements
DELTA
DELTA is a teaching qualification for
experienced teachers of English as a foreign or second language.
Diploma in English Language
Teaching to Adults
Exam Board: UCLES
The Diploma in English Language Teaching to
Adults (DELTA) replaced the Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign
Language to Adults (DTEFLA) and the Diploma in Overseas Teaching of
English (DOTE).
It is an in-service qualification for those
with at least two years full- time (1200 hours) experience of teaching
English as a foreign language.
Candidates should have a standard of education
which would allow entry to higher education and will normally have
formal ELT training.
Courses have a minimum length of 120 contact
hours, 10 hours teaching of ELT to adults (4 of which are supervised)
and 10 hours directed observation of lessons.
Candidates are expected to give substantial
time to reading, research and assignments.
Part-time courses tend to last about 8 months,
but some centres also offer an intensive 10-12 week course.
The English Language
Teachers Job site