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Training matters Contents

UNDERSTANDING CERTIFICATES
What you need to know about Getting the practice/course
getting qualified 17 balance right

In this issue we are taking a no-holds barred approach to teaching DIGGING INTO CERTIFICATION
qualifications and how they help with an EFL career. The online The right certificate for you; will online
world is full of enticing adverts for TEFL training courses which are
as cheap as chips, but won’t get you a job in a burger bar. 18 only do?
covers all age groups and can be delivered in person or online, 20
On page 17, we explain to a novice teacher that the single most
important qualification is a first degree, ideally coupled with an
UPPING YOUR GAME
accreditation certificate from a course which lasts 120 hours and
Is a Master’s degree worth it?
includes six hours of teaching practice. In a world where teaching
what kind of teaching practice do you really need? And what does
accredited actually mean? Find out on page 18.
TAKING IT FURTHER
On page 20 we look at Master’s degrees. It’s not necessarily the best 22
place to start a career – unless your country accepts it as a teaching The benefits of the iPGCE
qualification – but absolutely the best path to progress to a better job
for those already in EFL and beats the poor, declining EFL dip into a
cocked mortarboard.
Finally, for those who love teaching but want to escape the
long hours and low wages of the EFL industry, we introduce
the international Post-Graduate Certificate in
Education (iPGCE) which, as we explain on
page 22, qualifies you to work in the booming
and well-paid world of the international school,
often for the same price as the dear old and
dying EFL dip.
MELANIE BUTLER, 22
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16 November 2021