It is close approaching that time where third year students will be finishing their degree, but it is also advisable for first and second years to explore all the options an English degree can provide you with. A popular choice amongst graduates is the Teaching English as a Foreign Language option which gives you the opportunity to teach English all over the world to students of all ages in a foreign country. There are many different routes into doing this but the most popular is the TEFL course provided by many online courses or colleges throughout the UK.
You will have to pay for the course, but they are often reduced throughout the year so if you keep an eye out you can pay for the course reasonably cheaper than the original price as low as £50. To complete the course as an online course it usually consists of 150 hours study time, with final assessment usually including an assignment and a test. There are many different online providers of the course and this may vary from each one. The most important thing to consider if completing the course online is to ensure that the website you are choosing to do the course with have certified by an awarding body and provide an official accreditation or certificate for the course as you will need to have this to work abroad.
Another way of completing the course is the classroom option which is usually run over the period of one or two weeks in which you will be in a classroom environment taught by a teacher, or if you choose the intensive course option this will involve long classroom teaching hours usually over one weekend.
For more information see:
www.go-tefl.com
www.tefl.com
www.jobs.ac.uk/careers-advice/working-overseas/1028/guide-to-teaching-english-as-a-foreign-language-tefl/
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