I'm thinking of doing it either at a weekend session or online but wonder if its all its hyped up to be?

Was the course any good?
Is TEFL really well recognised around the world?
Does it help getting jobs?
Has anyone got jobs teaching English without this qualification?

Any feedback appreciated

p.s. If you dont know what TEFL is (Teach English as a Foreign language) you can't help so bugger off my thread

 

Does TEFL teach you to improve on "its"



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pay me and I'll proof read my comments now go buy a life

 

I did it about 3 years ago. Really enjoyed the course- was quite intense though, lots of reading and essays to complete- was hard work.

However, I have never made use of it. After i passed i looked at jobs in the UK and Europe and the pay was crap. £12k per year and u have to do a lot of study prep in your own time. Its very rewarding but don't expect to retire on the wages.

It was a valuable experience but wish i didn't waste £1K on it.

 

Hello

Generally (not always) it is a bit of a waste of time if you are English. Most people that I know who have taken it were foreign and wish to go back to their country and teach English.

I did it to meet the forementioned foreign (99% girl) students. And married one actually, so her qualification was a waste

Steve

 

My younger brother has been a professional bum since leaving Uni.
He did this course and has been speaking to Japanese people for 3 years now. He seems happy enough and is now some kind of gaffer teacher across there.
He even has a little yellow girlfrind now....how sweet

 

A mate of mine is a languages teacher, qualified in the UK.

He did TEFL, and worked in Germany for some time, teaching English to German kids. He eventually came back as the tax people were after him: apparently, after so long in Germany, the tax breaks stop, and the whole lot would have to be repaid

He loved it.

Alcazar

 

Friend did it as a stepping stone to get out of the UK. He's now got a high-paid job (non-TEFL), wife, kids etc out of the UK, so he's happy. But if you do it for life, don't expect to get rich.

PS IME the best English teachers are the foreign ones. The English ones can't really teach and don't care much. Brutal, but my experience (or rather, my wife's).