Online TEFL Courses
Online TEFL - How To Choose
There are countless online TEFL courses around, and it can be very confusing knowing where to start and which to choose. It's true that most online TEFL courses include the basic principles and techniques for the English teaching classroom: so far so good. But what makes the difference between one and the other?
Advice on choosing an online TEFL course:
You can choose according to the length - but remember the number of hours is just a guideline from the course creators as the very nature of online means that you can take as long as you like over a course, or alternatively, zoom through it in double quick time.
Your choice may depend on the tutors: how well do they train you, how immediate is the interaction with them, how experienced are they, what qualifications do they have?
You can choose according to additional content: does the course include a module on young learners, business teaching, 1 to 1 teaching, ESL teaching etc.
You can choose according to mode: is it all by email, is there a website, are there extra DVDs or CD Roms, are there online forums where you can get instantaneous feedback from the other course members and your tutor?
Most people will be seriously influenced by their budget: how much can you afford to spend? The shortest is not necessarily the cheapest.
Read all about John Hughes' thoughts on Online Learning Online Learning is becoming the Classroom of Choice John Hughes is an online TEFL trainer and ELT author. He created and is the main tutor on the Cactus Online TEFL Course.
Read all about Online vs Face to face training.
These are the online courses Cactus recommends:
Cactus Pre-TEFL English Language Awareness Course £75
Basic Online TEFL Course (70 hrs) £185
