Is an on-line TEFL certificate worth doing?
The ‘problem’ with on-line TEFL certificates is that many of them contain no actual observed teaching practice. Therefore if you are interviewed by a foreign academic director (or whoever does the hiring and firing), then there’s a fair chance they will see certain brands of on-line TEFL certificate and know that you’ve never set foot in a classroom in your life. Other interviewers won’t give a damn as long as the certificate looks nice and says ‘TEFL’ on it. On-line TEFL certificates are useful inasmuch as they give you an indicator of what teaching will be like and what you are expected to know.
