University Certificate courses are usually short courses running from one to six months and are an alternative to the Cambridge or Trinity certificates. These are the most common pre-experience courses available, with almost every university...

  The majority of trainee teachers who would like to teach take a certificate course in teaching EFL/ESL. A certificate course provides basic grounding in teaching, lesson development, managing students and, in particular, the different...

Some chains of private language schools offer their own ‘in-house’ training courses and certificates. As a general rule, if these are free and likely to lead to employment or promotion within the organisation, they may be well worth considering....

In some countries such as Japan and Korea a university degree is a legal requirement (the requirement is for a degree in any subject rather than in TESOL/TEFL). In Spain some schools look for teachers to have a degree because government contracts...

Some training courses in English language teaching are offered on a distance basis, though these are not generally popular with employers unless they include an observed period of teaching practice and are externally validated. But if you...

How do you choose a Certificate course? There are hundreds of schools, several accredited courses and various levels and ways to study. However, they will all cost you money and take a couple of months (or longer) of study to complete. Those...

There are a number of different examinations for teachers who would like to train to teach English for business: Chauncey group, LCCIEB, Pitman and University of Cambridge ESOL all offer specialist qualifications. These are covered in detail...

When you look at the different courses on offer you will find they provide a range of different certificate courses. There are a number of certificates awarded by different organisations – they have different names, provide emphasis...

Introductory courses are designed for prospective teachers who want to experience teaching before making the decision to train formally and obtain qualifications. The courses usually last from a week up to four weeks. These are not certificate...