Once TEFL certified, the course graduates are qualified to teach English abroad. The opportunities for English abroad are plentiful with TEFL jobs, Teaching English as a Foreign/Second Language, available in most of the countries. The vast majority of overseas jobs tend to be in countries where English is not the first language an example of this is TEFL in Thailand or China. Asia is generally considered to be the largest market place for TEFL/TESOL teachers. Although, in countries where English is the native language, there is an increasing demand for English teachers which leads to the English Jobs. This is due to the growth of immigrants into various countries where English is the native language such as Mexicans migrating to America and many others. The worldwide demand for knowledge of and also the ability to use the English language has created a wide variety of TEFL jobs throughout the World. For TEFL certified person, teaching job offers overseas or at home are plentiful.

We are dealing in variety of teaching jobs that continues to increase with TEFL jobs available in areas such as schools, colleges, universities, language centres, businesses and companies, hospitals, hotels and tourism generally. TEFL in Thailand for example, businesses, hotels and hospitals employ English language teachers to train their staff to communicate with customers from overseas. This has become big business in Thailand due to the generally lower costs of living. Especially in terms of lower medical expenses. For those who wish to teach English abroad there really is a great variety of locations and teaching positions to choose from. Typically, a TEFL certification course is four weeks long. This is more than often completed in the country where you plan to teach English. The course is fairly intensive and is designed to give a sound foundation and introduction to teaching English and the country with the teaching practice with actual students of English. Teaching skills, knowledge and experience are improved with in the course.

Another option is TEFL certification online. The main advantage of online TEFL is its flexibility and price. The course can be taken from pretty much anywhere with a pc and can be completed at a self-dictated pace as per your convenience. The course can be completed in anything from 2 weeks to 6 months depending on the time that you have available or the pace. Not having to attend a training centre overseas for 4 weeks obviously makes this type of course a much cheaper option. Trainees complete the online TEFL certification course and then attend a training centre for two weeks for further training and teaching practice. This is a good option for those that do not perform to their full potential in intensive environments. The quality of training and certification received when completing a TEFL course relates to the time involved in training and the amount of teaching practice hours completed. The 4 week in class TEFL course and the combined TEFL course involves approximately 130 hours of training and 6 to 10 hours of teaching practice. The industry standard recommendation for an in-class course is six hours of teaching practice.