TEFL online

[kinga]

Hi
I'm a qualified non-native English teacher and I need to posses some certificate. I live in Poland, so CELTA is avaliable here, though it seems that TEFL is more popular all round the world (especially in terms of going abroad).
There are a lot of online courses of TEFL, but I'm not sureto what extend are they recognized ?
Thanks for any clues

[Head Master]

An online course is better then nothing, of course. Part of it depends on how well you can study by yourself.

If we were very good at that we could learn a lot from just reading.

However, it is the interaction with others in real life situations which makes human contact more effective. And the practice teaching experience is a valuable aspect.

If you expect to teach online, perhaps an online certificate will do.

Or, there are four-week intensive courses (like ours: www.TEFLofCanada.com ) which offer real life experience in learning and practice teaching. We think that the teaching experience and the cultural experience of taking our course in Bordeaux make it superior.