What is the difference between the TEFL International TESOL Certificate, the Trinity TESOL certificate and the Cambridge/RSA Certificate (CELTA)?
TEFL International began as a Trinity course, and was one of the largest and most popular Trinity courses until December of 1999. As a result, the course content of the Trinity and TEFL International courses are quite similar. Most importantly, all three are monitored by external examiners that visit each course at least once during each course. These external moderators set these three certificate courses apart from all others. However, there are a few areas in which we feel the TEFL International certificate and the Trinity College London certificate course hold an advantage. The UCLES/RSA Certificate is specifically designed for teaching groups of adults (hence the “A” at the end of “CELTA”). On the other hand, the TEFL International and the Trinity College Certificate provide for the teaching of younger learners as well as adults; one-to-one students as well as groups/classes of students. In summary, the TEFL International course gives you the following benefits: one-to-one meeting
