26 TESOL Preparatory Programs

You’ll be prepared to gain entry-level English language teaching positions stateside and abroad with a graduate-level Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). You’ll gain skills ideal for enhancing teaching and ministry within multicultural or cross-cultural environments, including teaching reading, grammar, and intercultural communication.

Start your career as an English language teacher with a graduate-level TEFL certification without needing a full Master of Arts in TESOL degree. You’ll  have the qualifications to work in an entry-level English as a Foreign Language (EFL) position abroad, ready to teach in a multicultural setting.

The CELTA will open the door to a rewarding and enriching career in English teaching that can take you all over the world.

TESOL certification tells others that you are educated and qualified to teach English to students who speak other languages. In an industry with no internationally accepted standard, primarily because English teachers teach all over the world, TESOL certification is generally recognized. Earning certification from a reputable organization is the first step to a career teaching English to non-English speakers. When you earn TESOL certification, you become connected with a network of other educators who have earned the same certification. TESOL is an active professional community that serves its members.

The TESOL Certificate Program is designed for teachers of English as a Foreign Language who want to continue their professional development, for professionals in Canada considering a career change, for international students who wish to be trained as teachers of the English language, and for recent college graduates who want to travel and teach abroad. Certificate candidates receive intensive academic training and take part in relevant professional and cultural experiences, all within a six-week period of instruction.

The Certificate of Educational Studies in TEFL TESOL is a 150-hour online TEFL TESOL course.

Eastern University's English as a Second Language Program Specialist certification prepares highly skilled educational practitioners who can serve in a variety of PK-12 grade school settings. Students are trained to communicate effectively, think critically, embrace cultural and linguistic diversity, utilize technology appropriately, practice inclusive interventions, learn independently and collaboratively, and serve competently in both fields. This program is designed for students who are interested in obtaining the certification in English as a Second Language Program Specialist (PK-12) and who are working toward or have obtained an Instructional I certification. The minor in Education consists of eighteen credits in Education (5 required courses and one elective).

The College of Education has adopted an internationally recognized program in English instruction pedagogy. It is recognized for its innovative methodology of English pedagogy with proven success at English instructional schools around the world.

Today’s language learning classroom is multicultural, multilingual and multi-skilled. Through internationally recognized certifications, you will acquire the latest must-have teaching skills and best educational practices to support different learning needs and styles.

Our online TEFL TESOL courses do not include a teaching practicum. We, however, offer you the opportunity to arrange your own practicum.

Interested in learning how to teach English to young children? We can help you.

The Master Diploma course is a 300-hour online TEFL TESOL course which will provide you with a thorough overview of the many facets and niches of English language teaching.

The course is a short intensive course of four weeks duration, preceded by pre-course tasks, including an introduction to phonemic script, syntactic and lexical tasks and a short introduction to methodology.

The TQUK Level 6 Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (RQF) is regulated by Ofqual. The qualification develops knowledge and skills in the key areas of Language theory, Language teaching methodology, Classroom planning and organization and Linguistics and language teaching.

Swansea is the only University in the UK to offer the unique BA Honours English - Chinese Translation and Interpreting programme to students with a native or near-native command of Chinese Mandarin, plus a high level of competence in English as a foreign language.