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By: david /times/2008/10/choosing-a-tefl-course/comment-page-1/#comment-131 david Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:15:14 +0000 /times/?p=305#comment-131 Thanks to the legendary Alex for this feedback. His site is highly recommended reading. Thanks to the legendary Alex for this feedback. His site is highly recommended reading.

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By: Alex Case /times/2008/10/choosing-a-tefl-course/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Alex Case Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:56:03 +0000 /times/?p=305#comment-130 I think you got most of the big points and I'm sure people will find it useful. May I add some points? - On-campus courses can sometimes be taken part time - "An hour is usually 50 minutes"- this is not true of CELTA courses, where some lesson bits you teach will be as short as 20 minutes, but the grand total will be at least 6 full hours. Not sure about other courses. - "Check if the TEFL training program has any Professional Membership, such as IATEFL" - any school can join IATEFL or TESOL just by paying the fee, and IATEFL will not check the quality of schools or courses. I agree, however, that not even bothering to join professional organisations can be a danger sign of a slack school or course - I think the word "chain organisations" could be confusing when talking about CELTA, Trinity and some TI courses. The courses and schools will not be owned by Cambridge or Trinity, although it could be offered by an actual chain of schools like International House or the British Council, which can be an additional guarantee of a reaching a certain level of quality - "The often also have contacts with local schools to get you a job"- but that might not be any use when you want to move onto another country where no one has ever heard of that particular TEFL certificate This might interest readers who enjoyed your post: http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/articles/tefl-qualifications/qs-tefl-course-provider-celta/ I think you got most of the big points and I’m sure people will find it useful. May I add some points?

- On-campus courses can sometimes be taken part time
- “An hour is usually 50 minutes”- this is not true of CELTA courses, where some lesson bits you teach will be as short as 20 minutes, but the grand total will be at least 6 full hours. Not sure about other courses.
- “Check if the TEFL training program has any Professional Membership, such as IATEFL” – any school can join IATEFL or TESOL just by paying the fee, and IATEFL will not check the quality of schools or courses. I agree, however, that not even bothering to join professional organisations can be a danger sign of a slack school or course
- I think the word “chain organisations” could be confusing when talking about CELTA, Trinity and some TI courses. The courses and schools will not be owned by Cambridge or Trinity, although it could be offered by an actual chain of schools like International House or the British Council, which can be an additional guarantee of a reaching a certain level of quality
- “The often also have contacts with local schools to get you a job”- but that might not be any use when you want to move onto another country where no one has ever heard of that particular TEFL certificate

This might interest readers who enjoyed your post:

http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/articles/tefl-qualifications/qs-tefl-course-provider-celta/

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