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Re: Is Global TEFL course accredited?
Posted By: nomad soul In Response To: Is Global TEFL course accredited? (np)
Date: Friday, 20 July 2012, at 1:36 a.m.
Is Global TEFL course accredited? Is it a good accredited school because they have a deal today 80percent off and I would like to know if its any good! Comes at about 80 dollar for a 150 hours Tefl course. Help me theres 5 hours left to the rebate and would like to know before I buy (or not)
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Oops! No response in over 5 hours! I guess that cheapie, $80 online TEFL course deal is off the table, so put away your wallet.
If you're serious about teaching EFL, save up and go for a CELTA or other equivalent, onsite TEFL cert course that's a minimum 120 hours and includes at 6 hours of supervised teaching with real students. And if accreditation is very important to you, there are onsite, academic TEFL cert programs offered at accredited universities throughout the US that include the same components.
As for Global TEFL's "accreditation," it's nothing more than paid membership status. Plus, in their FAQs, they carelessly claim there are "many countries that will employ you without a degree." Wrong! That pool of jobs is shrinking; it's becoming difficult for those without a bachelors degree to obtain legal/legitimate TEFL work due to employer requirements and/or visa regulations. If that's your situation---that is, you don't have at least a BA---I highly suggest you head over to the general and newbie jobs discussion forums on this site before you spend money on any TEFL course. There's been significant discussion on the topic of teaching without a degree, which should give you a reality check. You can post your own questions on the job discussion forums as well.
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