A TESOL certificate is a certification course that teaches people how to be teachers! That’s it. It’s that simple. A TESOL certificate teaches you how to go into a classroom and teach English with confidence and gives you the full understanding on how to instruct your students.
Since you started looking for a quality course that teaches you the best methods on how to teach English, you may be a bit confused by all of the different acronyms that you have seen throughout the internet.
Some of them could be TESOL and TEFL. To dispel any confusion,
TESOL stands for:
Teaching English to Speakers Of Other Languages.
And TEFL stands for:
Teaching English as a Foreign Language.
Experience different cultures
TESOL and TEFL are used interchangeably and essentially mean the same thing, Their usage depends on the person and sometimes geographical location (TESOL being more popular in North America)
These are just the beginnings of the acronyms. English Language instruction seems to be full of them. Do you know what ESL, EFL, ELT, TESL, TOEIC, and TOEFL, means?
No? Don’t worry! After you have finished studying with the Canadian TESOL Institute and been awarded our world class certificate, any confusion you have will be gone and you will be able to teach the English Language with confidence and certainty anywhere in the world.
"There is a whole world out there to experience and explore. Making the decision to become TESOL certified could be the beginning to an adventure of a lifetime."
