poolmaniac747 Posted May 25, 2016 at 10:42 PM Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 at 10:42 PM Hi Does anybody know of any good Accredited TEFL courses? I was looking at these courses: http://www.teflexpress.co.uk/tefl-courses Has anybody completed any of these? Does anyone know of any good courses accredited by OfQual? Many thans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChTTay Posted May 26, 2016 at 04:02 AM Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 at 04:02 AM I don't know for sure about that provider but you have to look at "who" it is accredited by and if that body has any legitimacy. For instance, I-to-I is a company similar to the one in your link in that they offer a host of online courses at different lengths and also different teach abroad packages. When I did one of their online courses way back when, as far as I could tell the body that accredits them only accredits them. I read that it was essentially set up by those behind I-to-I for that purpose. If you're after a good, accredited course for teaching English as a foreign language your only real choices are A Trinity TESOL or a Cambridge CELTA. This is what I was saying in your other thread essentially. It really depends why you want it. If you're just looking to get "a job" in China then you just need a piece of paper. If you want a better job, get the better, more meaningful certificate. If you think you might do this for 12 months, do the cheapest online one that states it's 120 hours. If you think it might be your career for 5 years, it's worth investing in yourself and getting one of the two above. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onebir Posted May 26, 2016 at 04:27 AM Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 at 04:27 AM "do the cheapest online one that states it's 120 hours." & if you look for these, please let us know what you find; I don't have much basis for comparison, those ones seem quite pricey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChTTay Posted May 26, 2016 at 09:08 AM Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 at 09:08 AM Usually an online course certificate will just state "120 hours" but neglect to state it was all online. The 120 hour thing came from it often being the stated number of hours needed for a TEFL course course, including observed practice, for it to be applicable for jobs. As I say, if it's just a piece of paper you want then these online TEFL courses won't have much between them. The I-to-I one that I did was actually quite challenging in places. It didn't really help me once I got started teaching though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onebir Posted May 26, 2016 at 04:13 PM Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 at 04:13 PM Just saw this - "Understand and plan your professional development as an English language teacher, with this flexible program of online courses from the British Council, looking at the 12 professional practices from its CPD Framework." GBP177 ($260) https://www.futurelearn.com/programs/english-language-teaching Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poolmaniac747 Posted May 31, 2016 at 10:27 PM Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 at 10:27 PM Many thanks for the advice guys I really appreciate it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yangguo Posted March 16, 2018 at 09:59 PM Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 at 09:59 PM Pool maniac one of the few that I've found that is accredited by a US accrediting agency is through bridge, their site is brdige.edu, I plan to use their program for the 120-hour course over the summer. Many of the others use so-called 'international accrediting ' organizations. In the US regional accrediting is more respected and used at all of our big universities, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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