Hi everyone,
I’m updating my website and was wondering what are the common/popular/respected English teaching qualifications these days? (i.e., CELTA, etc) What do you have? Is there a certificate or just a pat on the back? Do they help in finding jobs? Do employers ask to see them?
My aim is to make a list of the better ones.
Also, if anyone has any other ideas about how we could improve the MYU site, by all means let us know.
Thanks, guys. 
Ryan
CELTA, DELTA, CELTYL, DELTYL (although this is pretty rare), TESOL…
I would also suggest perhaps be more specific in your education major thing. Some people are ECE certified, but not education majors.
Experience of teaching/preparation for:
IELTS
TOEFL
TOEIC
GEPT (4 levels of that one)
SAT
GMAT
GRE
Most adult students want to improve their English for career purposes. If they want to study overseas they need to pass a test. If they want to get the job/promotion they are seeking, they usually need to demonstrate competence in English. They need to pass a test.
[quote=“ImaniOU”]CELTA, DELTA[/quote]Also the Trinity certificate and diploma which are recognised as equivalents to the CELTA and DELTA respectively.
Great! Thanks a lot for your help you guys ^^^
So far I’ve got this:
Certification for Teachers:
CELTA
DELTA
CELTYL
DELTYL
TESOL
Trinity
ECE (is this Early Childhood Education?)
Tests for Learners (Do any of these have certification available for teachers to show that they are qualified to prepare learners? Or is it more of an experience thing?):
IELTS
TOEFL
TOEIC
GEPT
SAT
GMAT
GRE
And some leftovers I found while scouring the net. Anyone heard of these?
TSE
TWE
COTE
FLT
TEFL/TESL
[quote=“myury”]CELTA
DELTA
CELTYL
DELTYL
TESOL
Trinity
ECE (is this Early Childhood Education?)[/quote]I probably didn’t explain clearly enough. Trinity offer two main courses – the certificate and the diploma, which are equivalent to the Cambridge CELTA and DELTA respectively. Can I suggest that you have a look at the Cambridge and Trinity websites to get a bit of an idea about these qualifications?
[quote=“myury”]Tests for Learners (Do any of these have certification available for teachers to show that they are qualified to prepare learners? Or is it more of an experience thing?):
IELTS
TOEFL
TOEIC
GEPT
SAT
GMAT
GRE[/quote]Also Cambridge KET, PET, FCE, and the YLE tests.
If someone is a certified examiner for these tests then I suppose that could count as some kind of qualification for teaching towards them too, though I think the regulations for some of these tests don’t permit examiners to advertise themselves as such.
Cambridge TKT, an introductory EFL teaching qualification, is getting started in Taiwan. There are a couple of other threads on it.
Mine is “CTEFLA” (Cambridge Certificate in the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language to Adults).
Teehee! Geriatric!
Edit: sorry that was childish. CTEFLA was replaced by CELTA, so only teachers ‘of a certain age’ have 'em.
[quote=“Buttercup”]Teehee! Geriatric!
Edit: sorry that was childish. CTEFLA was replaced by CELTA, so only teachers ‘of a certain age’ have 'em.[/quote]
:raspberry: :raspberry: :raspberry:
MA Applied Linguistics
MA TESOL/TESL/TEFL
PGCELT
Another short cert qualification that seems to be getting similar recognition to CELTA/Trinity Cert TESOL in some places is the TEFL International certificate. I hate to say so because they are so damn cheesy with their marketing, but the folks I’ve met who had done the course seemed about as knowledgeable as people who’ve done a CELTA or Trinity cert. They also list David Nunan on their validation committee; I respect him and would be surprised if he were to endorse something that’s crap (but goddam, the TEFL Int. site is so in your face with the car salesman marketing language).
ECE is early childhood education.
Perhaps consider an option for those who have degrees in linguistics or English as that may help boost people who are a little better equipped to teach English than your average philosophy or sociology degree holders.
I think you can expand your ‘qualifications’ section, but bear in mind that anyone can (and probably will) bullshit in a market where people are obsessed with having the right piece of paper. And where do you draw the line? Do you include a box for Chain School X’s teacher training program?
As far as familiarity with tests goes, you will probably want to limit it to ‘experience of’. IELTS examiners are supposed to be restricted in what they can offer students, and how many native speakers can claim to have had training for GEPT? I know several who teach classes, but have had to write their own material due to a lack of alternatives.
Thanks everyone for your help.
We just finished updating the qualifications section of the site, so thanks again everyone for your input.
Cheers.
My favorite is ROFLMAO
ROFLMAO - Ring OF Foreigners Learn Mainly About…0? 
Could you also increase the number of characters allowed in the box where you write about yourself. There’s absolutely no way I can list the stuff I do in such a small space.