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ideal course CERTIFICATES MAKE SENSE

Get a quali!cation that is legally
Wondering where to get your teaching 17 recognised or accredited
certi!cate or master’s degree? Read on
for all you need to know
UNDERSTANDING THE CELTA
The model most often followed by
n recent years, the only teacher qualifications the Gazette has 18 English language training centres
provided information on have been at master’s level. In this issue
we’ve decided to go right back to the beginning and start with
I cert courses.
In the midst of a pandemic, initial teacher training courses appear CELTA LIST
to be booming, as locked-down undergraduates and furloughed Centres in English-speaking
employees sign on for an ever-growing selection of online training 19-28 countries
courses. Even Cambridge Assessment has allowed online teaching
practice at least for the duration.
As always in a recession, the Gazette has been receiving frantic
emails from would-be trainees asking us whether the Bloggins WHAT TESOL IS ALL ABOUT
certificate course is worth doing, not to mention the endless offers The Trinity certi!cate and other
of articles from Bloggins Certificates Ltd, anxious to persuade our 29 courses
readership how wonderful they are.
So, on the pages overleaf, we’ve set out to explain the system of
regulated qualifications, at least as it operates in Europe, while on TRINITY LIST
page 50 our friends at Bridge in Denver explain the accreditation
system for training courses as it operates in the USA. Where you can take the
If you’re reading this in the Antipodes and feel we haven’t 29-31 Trinity course
explained how things work Down Under, feel free to let us know.
Though, in our
defence, we YOUR MASTER’S DEGREE
have listed How to choose the best institution to
every training We’ve set
centre for the 34 study for yours
Cambridge out to explain the
CELTA
and Trinity system of regulated MASTER’S DEGREES
CertTESOL Our list of degrees in the
in the English- 36-41 UK and Ireland
speaking world quali!cations
– and even
managed to squeeze
in a mention of the certificates from TESOL International, TESOL
Asia and the Scottish Qualification Authority on page 29.
Of course, we haven’t forgotten the master’s courses – after all,
many teachers start with a master’s, because that’s the teaching
qualification they need in their home country. Rather weirdly, JONATHAN DANIELS ON UNSPLASH
however, in the UK, the British Council inspectors still won’t accept
a master’s as a teaching qualification to work in an accredited
language school, although they seem happy to wave through non-
graduates with a certificate from our friends at Bloggins.
For our full listing of master’s courses in the UK and Ireland –
plus our handy guide to understanding what their names actually
mean and why the Scots schools all offer MScs – turn to page 34.
We’re not promising our list is comprehensive, but we think it’s the
most comprehensive one available, though do let us know if you run
a course that we left out.
Finally, for those teachers who already have a certificate but aren’t
yet ready for a master’s, on page 32 Ben Beaumont of Trinity College
London, introduces its new certificates for practising teachers. They
look to us like the answer to our non-graduate Bloggins teachers’
prayers: a degree-level qualification on the qualification register
for England and open to experienced teachers. It’s definitely worth
more than the paper it’s written on.

MELANIE BUTLER, EDITOR IN CHIEF

16 February 2021