Online TEFL Courses - UK & Worldwide

Online TEFL courses

Online courses are designed to give you an insight into the world of TEFL and are helpful if you are not able to take time out of work or get to a certain location to join in a face-to-face course. Online TEFL courses are also some of the cheapest courses available. The disadvantage, of course, is that online courses will not include the real-world experience of observing and/or teaching authentic language classes. The course’s great popularity is largely down to its universal accessibility and professional presentation. You do have to like the idea of studying on your own, and by sufficiently self-motivated to get through it.

Whilst these cannot be compared directly with 3 or 4-week intensive courses, they do enable you to gain a useful and insight into TEFL, and in countries where the there is a lower minimum requirement for the qualifications of teachers, these courses can serve as a ‘passport’ into teaching and a short introduction ideal for helping to orientate potential teachers who may be leaving the country on a very short term teaching mission, where teaching English is not designed to provide a sustainable source of income, or where teaching might take place on a casual basis.

Various good quality online TEFL courses are offered through Cactus TEFL. All these courses consist of a minimum of 10 modules, focussing on different areas of EFL including Student Motivation; Teacher Roles & EFL Methodology; Teaching of Grammar, Reading and Writing; Classroom Management and Lesson Planning. These courses are externally validated by reputable accrediting agencies. They also include a section on finding work in the UK and abroad, and provide you with useful publications as well as web sites that you may find interesting throughout the course. Even though the course providers cannot guarantee work they will help and guide you through the process of applying for a TEFL position.

Two basic online courses can be completed in approximately 40 hours, although the pace will vary and depends on your individual input. These basic 40 hour online courses can be upgraded to either a 60 hour online TEFL Diploma course that includes an additional grammar module or a 70 hour online diploma course to include a Young Learner or Business Endorsement. Upgrading your course will increase your chances of finding work and make you more confident as a language teacher!

TEFL Work Placements

Paid work placements are offered in various exciting destinations worldwide and the cost for placement includes an online TEFL course. Placements can be packaged up with and often include accommodation.

TEFL Placements are available in Argentina, Chile, Peru, Czech Rebublic, Prague, San Jose, Costa Rica, Vietnam, Japan, Poland, South Korea and China

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Combining Online TEFL Courses with other programmes

It's quite common to take an online course as pre-course preparation for a full-time 4-week course, or similar. This will put you ahead, and help to 'soften the blow' of the intensity of these courses.