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Finding A TEFL Accreditation Body

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If you are looking for accreditation in TEFL or teaching English as a foreign language, there is no one all-powerful TEFL accreditation body to which you can turn. Accreditation for TEFL can actually come through several different means.

When it comes to seeking out accreditation, a person or institution that is looking for that accreditation needs to do a little bit of research into what body might suit them best for accreditation. It is also imperative to remember that just because a TEFL organisation offers membership, that does not necessarily mean that organisation has accreditation ability.

If you as a person or an institution are looking for accreditation, it is important to explore the different options available and see what might work best for you or your institution.

Doing research is all a part of finding the right TEFL accreditation body that meets your expectations. Doing a quick search of such accrediting bodies in the U.K. may bring up several different names. Each of these bodies may have slightly different requirements as far as granting accreditation is concerned. If you as a person or an institution are looking for accreditation, it is important to explore the different options available and see what might work best for you or your institution. One TEFL accreditation body might not necessarily meet the exact needs for every TEFL course or program.

As an individual seeking TEFL certification, it can be very important and beneficial to seek out those courses that provide accreditation. Accredited courses may benefit you later on when you seek employment. Accreditation means that a certain course or program has met certain standards as far as teaching and training its students. Being able to out on your CV that you attended an accredited program could make you competitive for the teaching position that you end up seeking.

As mentioned above, seeking accreditation as an institution also means that your program has met minimum standards and requirements. Gaining accreditation could almost be seen as a badge of honor or achievement, that your program produces quality teachers ready to teach English to students all over the world. Students or teachers serious about gaining quality training to teach English abroad will quite likely seek out programs that have achieved accreditation.

Gaining accreditation can speak volumes about a TEFL program’s standards while using few words.

Finding a TEFL accreditation body that meets your needs could be important to the future of your institution, students, and TEFL program. It is important to research the different accrediting bodies as they may have slightly different criteria for obtaining accreditation through them. Gaining accreditation can speak volumes about a TEFL program’s standards while using few words. For TEFL programs seeking validation about the standards of its courses and students serious about a career in TEFL, seeking out accreditation can be a very good idea.

What happened to ‘Football Culture’?

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No, I’m not talking about the changes in soccer over the past decade or so caused by the huge influx of television money. I’m actually referring to the British Council website of the same name. I originally stumbled across Football culture seven or eight years ago and was immediately impressed. Basically, it was a language learning resource based around football (AKA soccer) linked to the BC. You could find well-graded texts on a variety of football-based issues. ‘Great idea,’ I thought at the time, ‘wherever you are in the world you’ll probably find that a lot of your students will enjoy this sport and therefore have a resource that they will enjoy using.’

I then proceeded to forget all about the site until recently. While accidentally* looking through a British Council regional website, I was overjoyed to find it again, or at least I would have been had it not turned into a made-for-pay-per-click website.

OK, I have ads on this blog, I make no apologies for this. however, there’s a difference between having ads that people can choose to click on if they are interested in what they see and a website whose whole purpose is to fool the user into thinking there’s genuine content when there’s actually only links to advertisments.

I don’t know what the BC’s involvement is in this scheme, but I wouldn’t trust the buggers as far as I could throw them.

Another good example to avoid, while we’re on the subject, is this fake TESOL Arabia site.

*I would never purposefully do this. Anyone seeking well-researched dirt-digging on the British Council should check out David Blackie’s fabulous Language Business blog.

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