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  :: Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses

TEFL courses that last 4 weeks or longer in an intensive format aim to give you the best possible grounding in TEFL/TESOL methodology and teaching techniques, as well as some observed classroom practice, before you embark on a career as a TEFL/TESOL teacher, make a career change, or start on a long gap project. This is the kind of course you need if you are intending to teach long term, will settle for only the very best employment prospects possible, or are simply a stickler for the most intensive course you can get.

The course options listed below are all quite similar in terms of course content and what you will be prepared to do by the time you finish.  Two of them - Cambridge CELTA & Trinity Certificate TESOL - are externally validated by UK-based Teaching Awards bodies, while SIT TESOL Certificate courses are similarly validated in the US. This external vaildation, it can be argued, gives them more integrity and could make them better received by schools looking to recruit new teachers.

The remaining 4-week courses are courses created by other bodies which have identified a need in the market. They are largely based on the original 4 week CELTA and CertTESOL model, with 2 to 3 hours of input sessions and 2 to 3 hours of teaching practice each day. They may well be taught by tutors with very similar qualifications and experience as CELTA and CertTESOL tutors. Some providers also have their own internal validation process. These courses are generally very well viewed in their local context, and are often an excellent alternative for would-be teachers who intend to get a few years' teaching experience in a particular location.  It can be argued that after a few years' as a teacher, the actual TEFL course you followed at the beginning of your TEFL journey is much less important than the teaching experience itself.


 

United Kingdom

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in London

  London Russell Square Trinity CertTESOL from £1,115
Courses Available: Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
  London Greenwich Trinity Cert TESOL from £849
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
  London South Molton Street Cambridge CELTA from £1,214
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
  London Highgate Cambridge CELTA from £1,122
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
  London Queensway Cambridge CELTA from £1,065
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
  London Bloomsbury Square Trinity Cert TESOL from £960
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
  London Euston Cambridge CELTA from £1,100
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
  London Oxford Circus Trinity Cert TESOL from £845
Courses Available: Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
  London Covent Garden Cambridge CELTA from £1,522
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
  London Oxford Street Cambridge CELTA from £1,195
Courses Available: Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
  London Barons Court Cambridge CELTA from £995
Courses Available: Jul Sep Nov Jan Mar May
 
  London Golders Green Trinity Cert TESOL (175 hours) from £929
Courses Available: Jul Sep Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Belfast

  Belfast Cambridge CELTA from £1,230
Courses Available: Jul Sep Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Bournemouth

  Bournemouth Town Centre Cambridge CELTA from £1,270
Courses Available: Aug Sep Nov
 
  Bournemouth Central Cambridge CELTA from £1,321
Courses Available: Jul Sep Oct Nov
 
  Bournemouth Beach Trinity CertTESOL from £1,094
Courses Available: Jul
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Brighton

  Brighton Central Cambridge CELTA from £1,122
Courses Available: Sep Oct Nov
 
  Brighton Portland Road Cambridge CELTA from £965
Courses Available: Sep Oct
 
  Brighton Cromwell Road Trinity CertTESOL from £900
Courses Available: Sep Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Bristol

  Bristol Trinity CertTESOL from £1,495
Courses Available: Sep Oct
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Cambridge

  Cambridge Central Cambridge CELTA from £1,250
Courses Available: Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Canterbury

  Canterbury Cambridge CELTA from £1,125
Courses Available: Aug Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Cheltenham

  Cheltenham Trinity Cert TESOL from £1,225
Courses Available: Aug Sep Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Eastbourne

  Eastbourne Trinity Cert TESOL from £992
Courses Available: Sep
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Edinburgh

  Edinburgh Queen Street Cambridge CELTA from £1,150
Courses Available: Sep Oct Nov
 
  Edinburgh Frederick Street Cambridge CELTA from £990
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Jersey

  Jersey Trinity Cert TESOL from £1,250
Courses Available: Sep
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Liverpool

  Liverpool Cambridge CELTA from £1,350
Courses Available: Jul Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Manchester

  Manchester Cambridge CELTA from £1,350
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Newcastle

  Newcastle Cambridge CELTA from £1,250
Courses Available: Aug Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Nottingham

  Nottingham Clarendon Park Cambridge CELTA from
Courses Available:
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Oxford

  Oxford Central Cambridge CELTA from £1,000
Courses Available: Jul Sep Oct Nov
 
  Oxford Trinity Cert TESOL from £975
Courses Available: Aug
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Sheffield

  Sheffield Trinity CertTESOL from £1,145
Courses Available: Jul Sep Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Woking

  Woking Trinity CertTESOL Course from £969
Courses Available: Jul
 
 

United States

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Arlington

  Washington D.C. Cambridge CELTA from £1,797
Courses Available: Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Boston

  Boston Cambridge CELTA from £1,797
Courses Available: Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Chicago

  Chicago 4 Week TEFL Course from £1,167
Courses Available: Jul Aug Oct Nov
 
  Chicago Cambridge CELTA from £1,797
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Denver

  Denver Cambridge CELTA from £1,663
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Los Angeles

  Los Angeles Cambridge CELTA from £1,797
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in New York

  New York Grand Central SIT TESOL Certificate from £1,670
Courses Available: Jul Sep
 
  New York Grand Central SIT TESOL Certificate for Non-Native-Speakers from £2,420
Courses Available: Sep Oct
 
  New York Grand Central TESOL Certificate for Non-Native-Speakers from £1,736
Courses Available: Aug
 
  New York Manhattan Cambridge CELTA from £1,797
Courses Available: Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Philadelphia

  Philadelphia Cambridge CELTA from £1,797
Courses Available: Jun Jul
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in San Francisco

  San Francisco Downtown Cambridge CELTA from £1,663
Courses Available: Jun Aug Sep Oct
 
 

Argentina

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Buenos Aires

  Buenos Aires - Puerto Madero Intensive TEFL Course from £1,330
Courses Available: Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
  Buenos Aires Belgrano Cambridge CELTA from £960
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct
 
 

Australia

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Brisbane

  Brisbane Ann Street Cambridge CELTA from £1,961
Courses Available: Sep
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Hobart, Tasmania

  Hobart Cambridge CELTA from £2,000
Courses Available: Jun
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Perth

  Perth Cambridge CELTA from £1,865
Courses Available: Aug
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Sydney

  Sydney Cambridge CELTA from £1,903
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
  Sydney City Cambridge CELTA from £1,832
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
 

Brazil

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Rio de Janeiro

  Rio de Janeiro Intensive TEFL Course from £1,663
Courses Available: Jul Aug Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Sao Paulo

  Sao Paulo Cambridge CELTA from £1,208
Courses Available: Jul
 
 

Bulgaria

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Sofia

  Sofia Cambridge CELTA from £998
Courses Available: Jul Aug Nov
 
 

Burma

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Yangon

  British Council Burma Cambridge CELTA from
Courses Available:
 
 

Cambodia

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Phnom Penh

  Phnom Penh TESOL certificate course plus Khmer from £1,167
Courses Available: Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
 

Canada

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Toronto

  Toronto Teacher Training Cambridge CELTA from £1,613
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
 

Chile

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Santiago

  Santiago Intensive TEFL Course from £1,330
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct
 
 

China

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Beijing

  Beijing Cambridge CELTA from £1,350
Courses Available: Jul Sep Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Shanghai

  Shanghai Cambridge CELTA from £1,350
Courses Available: Jul Sep Oct Nov
 
 

Colombia

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Bogota

  Bogota Central Cambridge CELTA from £1,130
Courses Available: Jun Aug Sep Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Medellin

  Medellin Cambridge CELTA from £1,197
Courses Available: Nov
 
 

Costa Rica

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in La Fortuna

  La Fortuna SIT TESOL Certificate from £1,433
Courses Available: Jun
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Playa Samara

  Playa Samara Four Week TEFL Course from £900
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in San Jose

  San Jose Intensive TEFL Course from £1,330
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
 

Czech Republic

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Prague

  Prague Narodni Trinity CertTESOL from £1,217
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
  Prague Cambridge CELTA from £1,049
Courses Available: Jul Sep Oct Nov
 
  Prague Freyova TESOL Certificate Course from £1,130
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
 

Ecuador

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Quito

  Quito SIT TESOL Certificate from £1,000
Courses Available: Jul Sep Nov
 
 

France

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Paris

  Paris 4 week TEFL course from £1,333
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Strasbourg

  Strasbourg Cambridge CELTA from £1,391
Courses Available: Jul Sep
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Toulouse

  Toulouse 4 Week TEFL Certificate Course from £1,304
Courses Available: Jun Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
 

Germany

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Frankfurt/Main

  Frankfurt Cambridge CELTA from £1,417
Courses Available: Jul Oct
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Rheindahlen

  Rheindahlen Trinity Cert TESOL from
Courses Available:
 
 

Greece

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Athens

  Athens Cambridge CELTA from £1,400
Courses Available: Jul Sep Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Corinth

  Corinth TESOL Certificate Course from £1,126
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
 

Hong Kong

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Sheung Wan

  Hong Kong TEFL Trinity Cert TESOL from £2,148
Courses Available: Jul Oct Nov
 
 

Hungary

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Budapest

  Budapest Cambridge CELTA from £949
Courses Available: Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
  Budapest TESOL Certificate Course from £1,109
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Nov
 
 

Ireland

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Dublin

  Dublin Cambridge CELTA from £1,521
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Nov
 
  South Dublin Four-week TEFL course from
Courses Available:
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Schull

  Schull, SW Cork Trinity Cert TESOL from
Courses Available:
 
 

Italy

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Alghero, Sardinia

  Alghero TESOL Certificate Course from £1,087
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Catania

  Catania Cambridge CELTA from £1,533
Courses Available: Jul Aug Oct
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Florence

  Florence Borgo San Lorenzo Certificate in TESOL from £1,053
Courses Available: Jul Sep Oct Nov
 
  Florence Piazza della Republica TESOL Certificate Course from £1,022
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Milan

  Milan Cambridge CELTA from £1,522
Courses Available: Sep Oct
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Palermo

  Palermo Cambridge CELTA from
Courses Available:
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Rome

  Rome Cambridge CELTA from £1,565
Courses Available: Sep Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Vicenza

  Vicenza Trinity Cert TESOL from £1,095
Courses Available: Jul
 
 

Latvia

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Riga

  Riga Cambridge CELTA from £869
Courses Available: Aug
 
 

Malta

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Sliema

  Malta Cambridge CELTA from £1,217
Courses Available: Aug Oct
 
 

Mexico

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Cuernavaca

  Cuernavaca Cambridge CELTA from £1,197
Courses Available: Aug
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Guadalajara

  Guadalajara TEFL Certificate Course All Inclusive Option A - Private Room from £1,633
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
  Guadalajara TEFL Certificate Course from £1,033
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Mexico City

  Mexico City Cambridge CELTA from £1,197
Courses Available: Jul Sep Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Oaxaca

  Oaxaca SIT TESOL Certificate from £1,300
Courses Available: Jul Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Playa del Carmen

  Playa del Carmen Cambridge CELTA from £1,197
Courses Available: Jul Sep Nov
 
 

New Zealand

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Auckland

  Auckland Cambridge CELTA from £1,631
Courses Available: Aug Nov Dec
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Christchurch

  Christchurch Cambridge CELTA from £1,631
Courses Available: Aug Nov
 
 

Peru

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Cusco

  Cusco Intensive TEFL Course from £1,330
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
 

Poland

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Katowice

  Katowice Cambridge CELTA from £845
Courses Available: Jul
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Krakow

  Krakow Cambridge CELTA from £971
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Wroclaw

  Wroclaw Cambridge CELTA from £855
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
 

Portugal

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Lisbon

  Lisbon Cambridge CELTA from £1,304
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
 

Russia

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in St Petersburg

  St Petersburg TESOL Certificate Course from £1,130
Courses Available: Sep Oct
 
 

Slovenia

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Ljubljana

  Ljubljana Cambridge CELTA from £1,038
Courses Available: Jul
 
 

South Africa

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Cape Town

  Cape Town South Central Cambridge CELTA from £1,053
Courses Available: Jul Aug Nov
 
  Cape Town Cambridge CELTA from £870
Courses Available: Jun Aug Sep
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Johannesburg

  Johannesburg Cambridge CELTA from £822
Courses Available: Jul Sep Nov
 
 

Spain

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Barcelona

  Barcelona Plaza Catalunya Cambridge CELTA from £1,417
Courses Available: Jul Aug Oct Nov
 
  Barcelona Augusta Cambridge CELTA from £1,413
Courses Available: Aug
 
  Barcelona Granollers Cambridge CELTA from £1,335
Courses Available: Jun Oct
 
  Barcelona Girona Trinity CertTESOL from £1,304
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Cadiz

  Cadiz Trinity CertTESOL from £1,305
Courses Available: Jul Aug
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Granada

  Granada 4-week International TEFL-TESOL Certificate Course from £1,196
Courses Available: Jul Sep Oct Nov
 
  Granada Cambridge CELTA from £1,174
Courses Available: Sep Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Madrid

  Madrid Alonso Martinez Cambridge CELTA from £1,374
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep
 
  Madrid Plaza de Colon Cambridge CELTA from £1,365
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep
 
  Madrid Don Ramon de la Cruz Cambridge CELTA from
Courses Available:
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Palma de Mallorca

  Palma de Mallorca Cambridge CELTA from £1,300
Courses Available: Jul Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Seville

  Seville Cambridge CELTA from £1,343
Courses Available: Sep Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Valencia

  Valencia Cambridge CELTA from £1,357
Courses Available: Sep Nov
 
 

Switzerland

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Zurich

  Zurich Cambridge CELTA from £2,289
Courses Available: Aug Sep Nov
 
 

Thailand

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Bangkok

  Bangkok Cambridge CELTA from £1,067
Courses Available: Jul Sep Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Chiang Mai

  Chiang Mai Cambridge CELTA from £1,067
Courses Available: Aug Oct
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Pattaya

  Pattaya TESOL certificate course plus Thai from £1,167
Courses Available: Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Phuket

  Phuket Muang Cambridge CELTA from £1,067
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
 
 

Turkey

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Istanbul

  Istanbul TEFL Certificate Course from £1,130
Courses Available: Jul Sep Nov
 
  Istanbul International Cambridge CELTA from £1,188
Courses Available: Jul Aug Sep Nov
 
 

UAE

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Dubai

  Dubai Jumeriah Beach Cambridge CELTA from £1,636
Courses Available: Jul Oct
 
 

Vietnam

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Hanoi

  Hanoi Cambridge CELTA from £1,000
Courses Available: Sep Oct
 

Intensive 4-week TEFL Courses in Ho Chi Minh City

  Ho Chi Minh City TESOL Certificate course plus Vietnamese from £1,167
Courses Available: Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov