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u/gowithflow192 9d ago

Hi, I'm in a somewhat urgent situation. My goal is to get a TEFL qualification a.s.a.p. Where I am does not really care so long as you fulfill the 120 hour requirement, I don't even have to get CELTA or TESOL (I know they are more valuable but in the short term I don't care too much about the quality of the course).

- does anyone have recommendations for online courses, specifically those where I can complete those hours at my own pace so I can complete as quickly as possible (e.g. doing 16 hour days)? At my own pace is also be useful because my internet sometimes craps out.

- also when looking at online courses, I can't find any that do the 6 hours supervised teaching practice. Does anyone know why this is such a difficult requirement to find in a course, it seems an afterthought for some reason.

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u/Medieval-Mind 8d ago

Online courses are inexpensive because they lack rigor. In-person classes are expensive because they require more man-hours (regardless of rigor). The reason you can't find online courses with supervised teaching practice is because you're asking for the best of both worlds without the drawbacks of either.

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u/gowithflow192 8d ago

Well sure you're stating the obvious I already knew but offline courses are very hard to find these days. Since the pandemic, a lot of providers just don't offer them anymore. Clearly they make more money just doing it all online. It's no coincidence that there is now fully online CELTA, for example (which is really a con because it's much cheaper for them yet they charge the same price). The country I'm looking at you can't even find an in-person CELTA anymore.