PART OF THE RANGE OF TEFL CERTIFICATE

Most schools try to ‘sell’ their TEFL courses, withholding information about other options. We get many enquiries from people searching for solid and comprehensive information, so let us be the first school to help out in an honest manner:

CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults)

Awarded by Cambridge ESOL syndicate. A very good course developed in England and available worldwide. Offered in Ireland by International House Dublin, Language Centre of Ireland and University College Cork.
Downsides may include 1) the exclusion of teaching children at a time of great demand in this market (there is a separate course for teaching children), 2) high cost incurred by examiners’ expenses in travelling often from England, and syllabus coordination worldwide, 3) inflexibility of course content and pass rates due to adherence to a strict syllabus

Trinity College London Cert. TESOL

Awarded by the ESOL arm of Trinity College London. Another very good course, similar to the CELTA. Offered in Ireland by Atlantic School of English, Co. Cork. Not as inflexible as the CELTA as the schools are allowed to design their own course, but it may lack the thoroughness of syllabus research and coordination, hence prestige, for which the CELTA is famous. Trinity College London functions residentially as a leading music college.

ACELS Certificate in ELT

This certificate is awarded by ACELS to graduates of ACELS-approved TEFL courses in institutes in Ireland. Graduates' details are kept on a register of approved teachers. The ACELS Certificate in ELT compares well with the CELTA and Trinity Certificates, and ACELS has perhaps laid down a marker for other countries to standardise their TEFL teacher training at ministry level. For more details on the course please see our prospectus.

Other TEFL courses

There are many more courses on offer, including those that tend to be called ‘weekend courses’. Be sure of your requirements; most importantly, be aware that although short courses may seem attractive they cannot convey the full extent of TEFL, especially if they lack substantial teaching practice with foreign learners. You should also keep in mind that if a course is not recognised by ACELS the certificate will not entitle you to teach in a recognised English language school in Ireland.

 

Disclaimer: the remarks above are intended as guidelines only and if any course operator wishes to correct any of the information contained therein Language College Ireland would be grateful to hear from them.

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