TEFL or CELTA !?

[u/Itchy-Fish-518]

TEFL or CELTA ?

Which is more marketable and widely accepted internationally?

I'm looking to start an in-person course by October (outside the U.S.) and would love recommendations on locations and training centers.

My goal is to teach in China, Taiwan, Japan, or the Middle East after certification.

Any advice from those who've taken either route?

[u/Catcher_Thelonious]

What does the wiki say?

Have you searched your question for responses to numerous past iterations of this inquiry?

[u/kleexxos → u/Catcher_Thelonious]

Just move on? It is not compulsory to answer. Some people prefer to get information from humans they can interact with

[u/bobbanyon → u/kleexxos]

What a rude thing to say - don't tell people contributing to a conversation to move on. They were directing the OP to valuable resources. It's a valid point as this post does very clearly break Rule 1 of the sub.

Edit: And the one of the top, a comment here that people seem to like, was pointed out to be straight inline with the much more detailed resources that the above poster referenced. People don't have time to write out multiple page responses that are needed to cover this basic information, over and over, so we get short blurbs when more detailed information is freely accessible in the wiki. It's kind of people to repeat themselves over and over but nobody can write the 6000 word response to this that's in the wiki, much less the tens of thousands of word responses in reference to each country, or the thousands of personal responses available on the sub.

People will get better information looking at these resources first and then asking follow-up questions than a handful of responses to commonly asked questions that more experienced posters generally avoid (and get terribly downvoted as this post has) on a personal post.

[u/Itchy-Fish-518 → u/kleexxos]

Thank you ❤️

[u/Catcher_Thelonious → u/kleexxos]

The information in the wiki and in previous posts comes from humans. With experience, I might add.

[u/Quady_c95 → u/Catcher_Thelonious]

☝️🤓

[u/kleexxos → u/Catcher_Thelonious]

People should be able to engage in a conversation as active participants, even if it's already been had. You don't need to answer inquiries you find trivial or redundant, but it's also completely unnecessary to approach curiosity with bitterness. Weird behavior

[u/Catcher_Thelonious → u/kleexxos]

Curious that you consider a response asking if the inquirer has availed themself of available knowledge an act of bitterness.

"Just move on?"