Master ESL Teaching with a Professional-level TEFL / TESOL / TESL Certification
Qualify for better jobs in more destinations.
Teach English abroad, online, in Canada and the United States.
Accredited by:
U.S. Department of Education Recognized Agency
Earn U.S. CEUs with your OnTESOL certificate
Online TEFL/TESOL Courses Recognized by:
TESL Canada Professional Standard 1 and 2
TESL Ontario CTESOL
comprehensive tefl/tesol training since 2003
Discover how far you can go with OnTESOL
At OnTESOL, we offer a range of flexible learning options, including self-paced and hybrid online courses, designed to not only meet but often surpass the benchmarks set by traditional in-class programs.
Our programs stand out with their hands-on Lesson Planning Lab Assignments, personalized tutor feedback, and engaging virtual workshops. Plus, benefit from lifetime job support and access to a wide range of specialist courses to upgrade your TEFL/TESOL qualifications.
After completing your online TEFL / TESOL course with OnTESOL, you will be able to create fun and effective lesson plans that supplement or replace the ESL textbook with authentic materials, integrated skills activities, role-playing, simulations, drama, storytelling, debating techniques, presentations, and many more Communicative Language Teaching techniques.
International Accreditation
OnTESOL is proud to be accredited and recognized by the leading Post-Secondary Education and TEFL / TESOL training organizations from Canada and the United States, ensuring that you qualify for professional ESL teaching jobs worldwide.
Valid to Teach English Internationally and in Canada
Use your OnTESOL certificate to teach English in Canada, receive the work visa required to teach English abroad, or qualify for online ESL teaching jobs.
Valid to Teach English Internationally and in the USA
Qualify to teach English abroad, online, and in the United States with an ACCET-accredited online TEFL / TESOL institute. Earn CEUs with your OnTESOL certificate to maintain your U.S-based K-12 teaching licence.
TEFL / TESOL Courses for a Professional Career
Don’t get stuck in entry-level jobs. Qualify for better jobs in more destinations with a recognized TESOL / TEFL certification. Get the training you need to advance in your ESL teaching career.
Master ESL Teaching
Learn to use the teaching methods and ESL lesson planning frameworks you need for a successful ESL teaching career. Get all the benefits of an advanced in-class TEFL / TESOL / TESL / CELTA course in a convenient online format.
Recognized by TESL Canada since 2003
Online TESOL/TEFL Courses
What is TESL Canada?
Academically equivalent to the UK-based CELTA: Find out how you can use your TESL Canada certification to teach English in Canada, USA and other native English speaking countries, or go abroad with an internationally recognized credential.
TESOL Certification Guide
New to the World Of English Language Teaching?
Read our TESOL Certification Guide: Everything you need to know about types of courses, accreditations, and how to start your career in TESOL.
TEACH ENGLISH ABROAD
Teaching Abroad vs. Teaching Immersion Programs at Home
Teaching abroad is a great way to travel the world while doing a job that makes a difference in the lives of many people.
Most people teach English abroad for a year or two, but there are plenty of highly paid job opportunities in native-English countries, so there are thousands of teachers who continue their TESOL career at home or keep traveling around the world.
The advanced TESOL courses offered by OnTESOL provide great flexibility to native-English speakers from Canada, USA, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa who want a credential that is accepted for English teaching jobs abroad and ESL immersion teaching jobs at home.
How Do I Choose a Quality TEFL /TESL / TESOL Certification Course?
The online TEFL / TESOL certification courses offered by OnTESOL will provide you with the theory, methodology, lesson planning skills, and recognized credentials you need to pursue a successful international career in the field of English Language Teaching.
Choose Quality Credentials
A quality TEFL / TESL / TESOL course should give you the credentials that you need to teach English worldwide.
Accreditation by a government recognized body such as ACCET guarantees that the institution has processes and policies in place to offer quality training. Recognition by an internationally-renowned external certification body such as TESL Canada and TESL Ontario guarantees that the certificate is valid for life and you will not have to repeat your training with another TESOL / TESL / TEFL / CELTA course provider.
Accredited by ACCET (U.S. Department of Education Recognized Agency)
Online TEFL/TESOL Courses Recognized by TESL Canada & TESL Ontario
Choose Quality Training
A quality TEFL / TESOL certification course should teach you the practical lesson planning skills you need to adapt to different classroom situations worldwide.
Knowing how to plan communicative and task-based ESL lessons is the most important skill you need for a successful English teaching career. Whether you are planning to teach English abroad, teach English immersion at home, or teach English online, the ESL textbook is often outdated and boring. In some ESL programs, there isn’t even a textbook teachers can follow!
For this reason, a TEFL / TESOL certification course that teaches you how to use the major ESL lesson planning frameworks under the umbrella of the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) method will help you become a better and more successful ESL teacher.
What’s the Difference Between Foundational and Professional-level TEFL / TESOL Courses?
In general, the minimum TEFL / TESOL certification requirement to start as an ESL teacher is 120 hours of training. However, not every 120-hour TEFL / TESOL course is built the same way. There is a huge difference in quality between foundational and professional-level courses.
Foundational TESOL / TEFL courses offer a quick introduction to the theory and methodology of English language teaching. They are useful for teaching basic knowledge about ESL teaching methods, but they only evaluate teacher-trainees via multiple choice tests and short essays and they generally fail to teach essential lesson planning skills. A foundational TEFL certificate may be accepted for entry-level jobs abroad or online, but they lack the accreditation and lesson planning training to meet requirements for better jobs.
Professional-level TESOL / TEFL courses tend to be more challenging, but much more rewarding in the long term. They teach real skills that ESL teachers need for the classroom, requiring trainees to complete lesson plan projects to earn their TESOL / TEFL certification. More importantly, they are accredited and recognized by leading organizations such as ACCET and TESL Canada to ensure their graduates receive the training and credentials they need to qualify for professional teaching jobs internationally, online, in Canada or the USA.
OnTESOL has been a leader in professional-level online TESOL / TEFL courses since 2003. Learn advanced lesson planning skills online. Become a better teacher and qualify for better jobs.
TESOl/TEFL COURSE REVIEWS
Reviews by OnTESOL Graduates
I had a very accommodating tutor named Danielle. Though we didn’t get to see other, I felt very comfortable with her. I value and really appreciate her efforts and time on checking my assignments, especially when I was having trouble in making a lesson plan. I learned so much with my tutor. The ideas that she shared were so helpful in my success. Thank you for the great experience OnTESOL!
Teresa Legria – Teaching English in South Korea
Even after completing a Bachelor of Education, Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology with a thesis on English Language Learner Achievement, two years teaching in South Korean international schools and five years teaching in Canadian public secondary schools, I found OnTESOL’s program incredibly useful, relevant, theoretically sound and pedagogically inspiring. Not only is this program fundamental for those who wish to teach abroad, it is also practical and helpful for K-12 teachers working with international students who need greater insight into linguistic development, language learner needs and effective ESL teaching strategies.
Geordy Reid – Teaching English in Canada
The TESOL course was really helpful and beneficial. I already had 3 years of experience as an ESL teacher, but I still learned a lot and I am now a much more effective teacher. I finished the 120-hour TESOL certificate course feeling more confident and better equipped. Furthermore, the tutors in both TESOL and TEYL courses were great. They encouraged me to ask questions and they also provided lots of comments and feedback on my lesson plan assignments. They were really committed in my improvement. Choosing OnTESOL was a great decision!
Michelle Chavez – Teaching English in Thailand
FAQs
TEFL / TESOL / TESL CERTIFICATION
AND TEACHING ENGLISH ABROAD
IS ONTESOL ACCREDITED?
OnTESOL is institutionally accredited as an avocational E-Learning provider by the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training (ACCET), which is recognized by the US Department of Education. ACCET accreditation involves a 2-year peer reviewed process that requires the organization to meet 9 standards. As a result, ACCET has become an invaluable partner by guiding OnTESOL to develop organizational processes and policies that support ongoing course improvements and innovation through data-oriented analysis, student surveys, and annual educational reviews. For example, ACCET accreditation offered OnTESOL the structure we needed to launch the live 10-hour Lesson Planning Workshop to offer live interactive training to students who need extra support with the Lab Lesson Planning Assignments. The live Lesson Planning Workshops is included in the 168-hour Hybrid TEFL Certificate course.
Our online TEFL / TESOL certification courses are recognized by Canada’s top ESL teacher training organizations: TESL Canada and TESL Ontario. These accrediting organizations have approved our syllabus, teacher trainers, mode of assessment and educational processes. Completion of a recognized course with OnTESOL satisfies work visa requirements for international jobs and confers upon graduates the additional credentials required for ESL teaching positions in Canada. TESOL/TEFL/TESL courses recognized TESL Canada and TESL Ontario are academically equivalent to the UK-based CELTA and Trinity CertTESOL brands.
IS TEACHING EXPERIENCE REQUIRED TO TEACH ENGLISH ABROAD?
Teaching experience is not required to teach English abroad. Teaching experience may be required in native-English speaking countries or highly paid TEFL destinations such as the Middle East and Hong Kong.
DO I NEED TO LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE TO TEACH ENGLISH ABROAD?
You don’t need to speak the local language to teach English abroad, but you should take advantage of your TESL experience to learn a new language for your own personal development. The English-only policy prevails in most programs and schools want certified teachers who know how to use the Communicative Approach and Task-based Learning in the ESL classroom. Our TESOL courses will prepare you for teaching English worldwide.
WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE JOB ASSISTANCE SERVICE?
Our job assistance service includes a list of 1000+ schools in the top destinations, support with resume and job interview preparation, OnTESOL graduate blogs, and unlimited access to our job board.
HOW DOES ONTESOL COMPARE WITH CELTA?
CELTA is a standard 120-hour TESL / TEFL / TESOL certification course that includes a Practicum module. OnTESOL offers advanced online TESL / TESOL / TEFL courses with an optional and separate Practicum module.
The 120-hour Advanced TESOL Certificate is academically equivalent to CELTA. The 168-hour Hybrid TEFL Certificate offers more training than CELTA with extra modules on lesson planning frameworks, teaching young learners, teaching online, and using resources in foreign countries.
DOES ONTESOL PROVIDE TUTOR SUPPORT?
All our self-paced TESOL / TEFL courses come with professional tutor support! An experienced and accredited teacher trainer will answer your questions throughout the program and provide you with extensive feedback on every lesson plan assignment. The 168-hour Hybrid TEFL Certificate course also includes the 10-hour Lesson Planning Workshop for live interactive classes with group activities.
IS ONLINE TEFL / TESOL CERTIFICATION ACCEPTED WORLDWIDE?
In most countries, the minimum TEFL / TESOL certification requirement is 120 hours. If your goal is to teach English abroad, you can get an entry-level job anywhere in the world with an online TESOL or TEFL course. If you want to teach English in a native-speaking country, you need to complete a 20-hour Practicum module after the online course. The Practicum module is also recommended for certain teach abroad programs in Hong Kong and the Middle East. OnTESOL graduates can complete an optional Practicum module after completing any of our advanced TESOL / TEFL certificate courses.
HOW DOES THE PRACTICUM WORK?
You can take the Practicum module anywhere in the world after completing any of our advanced TESOL / TEFL courses. The Practicum must take place with adult students, as per TESL Canada requirements. Graduates are required to find a qualified supervising teacher and OnTESOL will provide the guidelines after we approve the supervising teacher.
WHERE ARE ONTESOL GRADUATES TEACHING TODAY?
Our graduates are teaching English in the most reputable programs in the world! Their top 10 picks are:
Canada: Language schools and universities.
Hong Kong: Language Schools, NET’s Program, Business English programs.
South Korea: EPIK and private schools.
United Arab Emirates: ADEC, ADVETI, and international schools.
Germany: Language schools and Business English programs.
Japan: JET Programme, Interac, Gaba, Conversational schools.
China: Universities, English First, and other language schools.
Thailand: Language schools and public schools.
Turkey: Language schools and international schools.
Italy: Business English programs and language schools.
Spain: Business English programs and language schools.
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TESOL / TEFL / TESL?
TEFL, TESOL, and TESL are acronyms that refer to the same industry.
TEFL: Teaching English as a Foreign Language.
TESOL: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.
TESL: Teaching English as a Second Language.
OnTESOL offers online TEFL / TESOL / TESL certification courses that are valid for teaching jobs abroad, online, and in Canada.
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