Category Archives: Online TEFL certificate

Beyond standardisation

Posted on 28/06/2010 by alexcase

Putting more thought into the last post, I think we can be fairly confident that people who take different versions of the CELTA and get, for example, a B will have produced the same standard of lessons and essays during … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge ESOL, Online CELTA, Online TEFL certificate, Teacher training, TEFL certificate, TEFL qualifications | 1 Comment

Want to improve the professional image of TEFL courses?

Posted on 31/03/2009 by alexcase

How about “15% off for a limited time only” for a slogan for an educational organisation? Not good enough, well here’s 25% off (or 30% off, depending on which part of the page you look at) from our old friends at i-t- … Continue reading →

Posted in i-to-i TEFL, Online TEFL certificate, Teacher training, TEFL certificate, TEFL qualifications | 11 Comments

What to Do If You’ve Been Had by Your TEFL Course

Posted on 15/03/2009 by alexcase

A guest piece by “TEFLista” “No doubt about it, being ripped off sucks. And that goes double for TEFL cert courses. Putting your life on hold, flying to a foreign destination, and setting up temporary accommodation are all part of … Continue reading →

Posted in Dodgy TEFL courses, Online TEFL certificate, Teaching English Abroad, TEFL, TEFL certificate, TEFL qualifications | Tagged | 4 Comments

Craptus TEFL and the Guardian are up to their tricks again

Posted on 31/01/2009 by alexcase

“It’s also worth remembering that in some places in the world your online certificate will actually be enough to get you work. These tend to be places where there is a huge demand for teachers, and where any Tefl qualification … Continue reading →

Posted in Cactus TEFL, Dodgy TEFL courses, Global TESOL, Guardian TEFL, TEFL, TEFL certificate, TEFL qualifications, Trinity CertTESOL | 3 Comments

The voice of the “free TEFL course” speaks

Posted on 10/01/2009 by alexcase

After my disbelieving post about the truth of claims of free TEFL training (followed by disbelieving comments by my regular readers, both of them), I got a reply from someone in the parent company and sent off some questions that … Continue reading →

Posted in Dodgy TEFL courses, Global TESOL, links, Online TEFL certificate, Teacher training, Teaching English Abroad, Teaching English in Asia, Teaching English in Korea, TEFL, TEFL career planning, TEFL certificate, TEFL conferences, TEFL qualifications, TEFL scams | Tagged , | 24 Comments

Free online TEFL training???

Posted on 23/12/2008 by alexcase

UPDATE – website now dead, so I guess they are no more So Global TESOL claims, although some of the things written there are a bit offputting- maybe deliberately so as they seem to be warning people off the need to take … Continue reading →

Posted in Global TESOL, links, MA TESOL, Online TEFL certificate, Teacher training, Teaching English Abroad, Teaching English in Korea, TEFL, TEFL certificate, TEFL conferences, TEFL qualifications | Tagged | 17 Comments

New anti-TEFL scam Facebook group

Posted on 17/10/2008 by alexcase

Nice to see some kind of variation on the TEFL blacklist model- the change in technology makes the repetition of the same old complaints slightly less tedious for a while. I predict it will all end in tears. You can … Continue reading →

Posted in Dodgy TEFL courses, Dodgy TEFL school owners, links, Online TEFL certificate, Teacher training, Teaching English Abroad, TEFL career planning, TEFL certificate, TEFL chains, TEFL qualifications, TEFL scams | 5 Comments

Prince Harry takes i-to-i TEFL course

Posted on 15/07/2008 by alexcase

Or not, but boy would they like you to read that article so quickly that you don’t realise that. i-to-i is another organisation that gets all kinds of alarm bells ringing in my head, but can’t quite work out why… … Continue reading →

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An interview with Bruce Veldhuisen of TEFL International

Posted on 25/06/2008 by alexcase

This interview was conducted by email over the last week or so, with me submitting the main outline and then asking a few follow up questions when the main answers came back. My questions are in bold, and the follow up questions … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruce Veldhuisen, Cambridge ESOL, CELTA, Online TEFL certificate, Teacher forums, Teacher training, Teaching English Abroad, Teaching English in Thailand, TEFL blogs, TEFL certificate, TEFL chains, TEFL International, TEFL qualifications, TEFLwatch, Trinity | Tagged | 42 Comments

Ms Kelly Blackwell, you are talking out of your…

Posted on 26/05/2008 by alexcase

“In order to teach English in a private language school you need to be able to speak English fluently and have a certificate from either Trinity or RSA CELTA. These courses are around 4 weeks long and can even be … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge ESOL, CELTA, Online TEFL certificate, Teacher training, TEFL certificate, TEFL e books, TEFL scams | 4 Comments