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brento1138 · Joined: 17 Nov 2004

Hi there. I want to get a TEFL certificate. I wanted to get a CELTA, or basically, whichever one is best... without a care for how much money I am spending... but that probably isn't possible due to time contstraints. Does anyone have a good online place you can suggest? I want a place that is very recongnized, and good... Any suggestions? I've been teaching for 3 years, and know I don't really 'need' one personally, but I might need it to fullfill a requirement for a new job...... since they are very strict.

Any good advice?

KYC · Joined: 11 May 2006

I used KEI for my 100 hour certificate. I completed it in 2 weeks.

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

Wow... if I've ever seen a loaded topic before...

BS.Dos. · Joined: 29 Mar 2007

I'm pretty sure that neither CELTA or TESOL do online programmes. There may be courses using the same acronyms, but they won't be accredited by either Cambridge or Trinity College London.

yeremy · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:16 am Post subject: The 'Best' TEFL Certs

I'll take a contrarian point of view and suggest that the 'best' (on-line) certificate is the one from which you learned the most.

I remember reading once about a Harvard Professor in the Cell Biology Department, I think, by the name of Bill Gelbart, who earned his BS from the City College of New York and went on to become a professor at Harvard. There's a lesson we tend to forget; It's not always about where you 'went', but how much you learned from where you 'went,' and how much fight there is in the dog. IMHO.