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[aloysha]

Help me decide.

I have a choice of either to be engraved onto my certificate.

Which one signifies more an air of authority, sophistication
and erudition ?

What say you ?

[Underwaterbob]

It depends. One is (supposedly) geared towards teaching English in a country where English is not the native language, and the other for teaching English to non-English speakers in a country where English is a native language. From what I've seen, only the most in-depth of courses really have much of a difference in what they teach.

[aloysha]

that's a fairly wishy washy answer

Which one will will make those that stand before me
tremble in awe ?

[Underwaterbob]

In a word: neither. CELTA is probably the best one there is, but takes significantly more time and money.

[aloysha]

I am aware of that. You do realize that i was being facetious right ?

[BS.Dos.]

Look at who's accrediting it rather than worry about the initials. Cambridge CELTA and Trinity College London TESOL are the big guns. CELTA takes it on the kudos I suppose, but neither are a walk in the park. Ultimately, there's very little between them.

[MattAwesome]

Technically a TEFL would be more appropriate for Korea. However, they are looked at as the same anyway. I took a TEFL class and they would have put either on my cert.