The full list of courses that have been
accredited/validated and moderated by IATQuO are
The following TESOL
Certificate courses have been validated and moderated by IATQuO
TEFL Paris, France
To contact them
teflparis@hotmail.fr
Tel in Paris: +33(0) 143 25 79 66
Tel in Tournan: +33(0) 164 25 47 70
TT Madrid
To
contact them
info@ttmadrid.com
From UK: +44(0) 20 7558 8133
From US: +1561 459 2059
From Spain: +34 9157 21999
Skype Ttmadridtefl
Calle General Yagüe, 70 1A,
28020 Madrid
España
TEFL Barcelona
To contact them
information@teflbarcelona.net
+34 93 238 45 16
Pl. Gl. La Placídia, 22
08006 Barcelona- Spain
TefTtoulouse
To
contact them
info@tefltoulouse.com
Toulouse, France: +33 6 30 15 38 10
28, Port Saint Sauveur 31000 Toulouse - France
The Language House, Montpellier France
To contact them
info@teflanguagehouse.com
Espace Langues
5 Saint Lazare
34000 Montpellier
+33(0)6 84 83 85 59 or +33(0)4 67 92 44 78
The Language House Nice France
To contact them
info@teflanguagehouse.com
c/o The English
American Language Center
22 rue d'Alsace Lorraine
06000 Nice
France
The Language House Prague
To contact them
info@thelanguagehouse.net
Tylovo namesti
2, 120 00 Praha 2, Czech Republic
Telephone: +420 224 231 211
For US Callers, please dial: 011 420 224 231
211
No other course has been validated:
validation refers to a specific course, not to an organisation
To check up if
your choice of teaching centre is a fraud or not click on this hyperlink:
Click on this link for the list of centres claiming
to be validated and that are not
Is this
school or course legitimate?/ Does this school
exist?
If it is one
of the schools/courses in the list on this
website, it will be bona fide.
No
two teacher training courses are identical,
even if they are inspired by the same model or
content.
The fact that the "parent" course has been
externally validated does not mean that all
derivative courses benefit from that validation.
Each course has to undergo its own validation
process.
Good examples of this are the courses offered by
the International House network. Although each
of their courses is validated by Cambridge under
their CELTA scheme, each has to undergo its own
validation and assessment processes.
We have been
made aware that an increasing number of
Teacher Training Centres claim to be IATQuO
validated. Only those in the
list above are.
Some in good
faith, have been told that by buying into
a TEFL International programme they get
automatic accreditation by IATQuO; this is a
total fantasy.
A
lot of
PELT TESOL (Practical English
Language Training)
programmes claim
to be validated by IATQuo:
only one has applied for partial validation and
has
obtained it
The online
ITTT
course
have applied for partial
validation/accreditation and has
obtained it
To check up if your choice
of teaching centre is
a
fraud or not
click on
this hyperlink:
List of centres claiming to be validated and
that are not
Because the
reports are owned by the schools that ask to
be moderated, and it is up to them if they want
to publish them.
The reports
are working documents that address the plus and
the minus points found during the moderation.
If
you wish to consult a report, you should contact
the training centre concerned.
What does
IATQuo provide?
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We provide initial and ongoing
external accreditation/validation services.
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We provide information on
accredited/validated training courses to
prospective trainees.
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We provide information on
accredited/validated training courses to
employers looking for suitably qualified
teachers.
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We plan to disseminate
information on best practice in TESOL and
support research and development in the field,
resources permitting.
Who is
accountable for the impartiality of IATQuO
moderation?
Dr
Alan Moller, the Academic Director.
He is
assisted by an academic advisory panel.
What are other validating bodies?
There are two
other bodies operating internationally –
Trinity College London
CELTA
courses validated by the University of Cambridge
Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES).
Details of
their activities appear on their respective
websites.
Is it possible to gain a
validated certificate by following an online
course?
The International TEFL Corporation TESOL 20 unit ITTT tutored and examined TESOL courses have now received validation.
To contact them info@teflcorp.com
Successful completion of this course indicates that the trainee has a sound understanding of the underlying theory and practice of English Grammar and Phonology and of different approaches to the learning and teaching of English.
It is obviously not possible to gain practical classroom experience through following a purely online course. However, many people without a formal TEFL qualification find it invaluable to supplement their experience with the background provided by an online course, while others find completion of such a course gives them a good platform from which to embark on teaching, normally with some professional support from within their school. A third group finds taking such a relatively inexpensive course a suitable "taster" to help them decide whether to embark on a career of Teaching English as a Foreign Language or not.
What do these acronyms mean?
TEFL
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
This applies
to situations where English is learned and
taught in an environment where English is not
used on a daily basis in either an official or
unofficial capacity. Examples – Italy,
Indonesia, Thailand
TESL
Teaching English as a Second Language
This applies to situations where
English is learned and taught in an environment
where English is used on a daily basis in either
an official or unofficial capacity but where the
mother tongue of the learners is normally a
language other than English.
Examples – India, Singapore, U.K.
immigrants.
TESOL
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
This term is
used for both the TEFL and TESL situations,
where the mother tongue of the learners is NOT
English.
TESOL is also
the name of the largest organisation of teachers
of English world wide, with its headquarters in
Washington, D.C. There are many autonomous
national affiliates in the Americas, Europe and
Asia.
TEAL
Teaching English as an Acquired/Additional Language
This term, in
either of its forms, is
now widely used in situations where English is
taught to non native speakers in a native
English speaking country. Examples – U.K.,
Australia.
TESNL
Teaching English to Speakers of the National
Language.
This is a a term created by IATQuO. It is a more
local form of TESOL, where teachers of English
in a specific
country teach students of that same country.
ELT
English Language Teaching
A general
term for the teaching of English in any of the
above situations.
ESP
English for Special Purposes
The term is
used for the particular English required for
special situations. Examples – English required
in business situations, for academic purposes,
or in the tourism industry. Some TESOL training
courses contain sub-components on teaching ESP.
EYL
English for Young Learners
Some TESOL
training courses contain sub-components relating
specifically to teaching English to learners of
ten or under.
AU REVOIR
If you are
thinking of training to become a teacher of
English, for however short or long a period of
your life, we hope you have found this website
useful and we wish you every success in your
training course.
If you are a
course provider, we hope to see you soon as one
of our accredited/validated TESOL course
organisers.
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2005