TEFL, CELTA or TESOL
 

:confused: :confused: I want to teach in japan at a school level.
I had decided to do a tefol but now im getting bombarded by other peoplle suggesting other qualification. Which is the best or are they just too similar?

None of them are necessary. I'm friends with a few English teachers annd none have any of that.
I have heard some companies pay more for a TEFL qualification though. And I guess it improves your chances of being hired- though for many ofthose companies all you really need is a pulse and a passport from an English speaking country.

It depends on what your goal is. If you want to be a good teacher, have the qualification to control your own classroom and have career opportunities do a high level TEFL or a CELTA, CELTA I still believe is better because it has more long-term applications and why bother with an expensive qualification that's only really as good as the time you're doing it? TESOL is the trinity right? I believe the trinity has been discontinued.

Basically I've done both (TEFL short course, CELTA in full) and I have to say, even doing the TEFL at Cambridge, I didn't like the method it was taught. I found the CELTA more professional and it followed through with more than just 'hey, buy this course now! Recommend a friend and give us money! :D' messages afterwards. I got proper careers advice and help finding a job, and again it's regulated and set by a university, so you can guarantee quality, whereas basically anyone can set up to be a TEFL trainer.

If you just want a cheap year in Japan and are content to take peoples money for rubbish you just pull out your ass day-in day-out then by all means, go without any training, experience or serious intention.