| Category | Cert./Dip | Accrediting Body | Requirements |
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TESOL
(Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
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C |
Varies E.g. Trinity Cert TESOL (Trinity College London) |
This encompasses both TEFL and TESL and can mean either one or both. Basically this prepares a teacher to teach a student whose native language isn’t English. |
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TEFL
(Teaching English as a Foreign Language)
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C |
Varies |
This prepares teachers to teach English in a country where English is not the primary language. |
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TESOL
(Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
|
C |
Varies |
This on the other hand would prepare a teacher to teach in an English speaking country to students whose first language isn’t English. |
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CELTA
(Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
|
C |
Varies ESOL(Cambridge English Language Assessment) |
NO Teaching Experience Required(4 weeks full-time, 12 weeks part-time, face to face course) |
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TKT
(Teaching Knowledge Test)
|
C |
Cambridge ESOL(Cambridge English Language Assessment) |
NO Teaching Experience Required *Modules: (Taken Separately) 1. Module 1: Background to language teaching 2. Module 2: Planning for language teaching 3. Module 3: Classroom management 4. Practical: Assessment of teaching competence 5. TKT: Knowledge about Language 6. TKT: Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) 7. TKT: Young Learners |
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CELTYL
The Young Learner (YL)Extension to CELTA
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C |
Cambridge ESOL(Cambridge English Language Assessment) |
Assessed throughout the course |
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ICELT
(In-Service Certificate in English Language Teaching)
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C |
Cambridge ESOL(Cambridge English Language Assessment) |
500 hours teaching experience English language level required. 120hours 2 Modules (Taken separately or together) |
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DELTA
(Diploma in English Language Teaching to Adults)
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C |
Cambridge ESOL(Cambridge English Language Assessment) |
*2 years Teaching Experience Required *Degree *3 Modules (Taken separately or together) |