Has anyone studıed TEFL vıa Internet so that you can teach Englısh abroad and ıf so was ıt successful for you

Question

I wısh to teach Englısh as a foreıgn language abroad. I am 54 has anyone else done ıt at thıs age? Or do you thınk ıts too late to start?

Answer 1

It's not too late to start. I'm 50 and an EFL teacher and know several others older than me.

I did the 4 week RSA/Cambridge TEFL certificate which I can strongly recommend. The other widely accepted qualification is the Trinity cert. You can do these full-time in 4 weeks (CELTA) at a cost of about £900 or part-time, sometimes at a local college which is considerably cheaper.

Information about CELTA courses here:
http://www.cambridgeesol.org/teaching/celta.htm

I think there are potential problems in doing a course online. You will probably not have teaching practice which is a crucial part of the course. You will not have the opportunity to meet and discuss things with tutors and fellow trainees. You may find that job offers are severely limited as a result - serious schools usually only accept CELTA or equivalent and an online course is not viewed as equivalent.

Noting the lack of dots on the "i"s in your question, are you writing from Turkey? If so, there are CELTA courses available in the main cities, contact me for further information.

Answer 2

It's not worth the paper it's written on, quite literally. It's not widely recognised and what's more teaching cannot be learnt from a book it has to be experienced first hand. I did a CELTA course in Earls Court London whilst I worked full-time. It nearly killed me but was fanastic fun! As I was doing it part-time it took me 3 mths ( 3 times a week) but if you do the course full-time it's cheaper and you complete it within a month. I'm now working as a Business English teacher in Paris and I must say you never stop learning! It beats a boring desk job, but be prepared to do some work in your spare time. You earn more from teaching in companies but would probably get more enjoyment from teaching young people or people who are learning English for leisure rather than because their boss says they should do so!

Good luck with the course it's great, but don't bother doing it online - you may not get employed if you don't have any other related experience. You may be able to get employed without any formal qualifications in certain countries/ towns however!

P.s. as for your age I think I had a 60 yr old guy on my course. In some countries they prefer older teachers especially if you are teaching older people. I find because I am young (23) I haven't achieved respect from all of my students - they see someone 20 years younger than them and sometimes act a bit arrogantly - I just brush this off, the majority of my students are a good laugh!

Answer 3

There are lot of important courses to learn english ...
Never is too late to start learning sth ord doing sth you like !
Go on doing your best, and try living life as much as you can !
Loves, from Argentina .