Re-training as a TEFL teacher

moksha76

Is 48 too old to re-train as a TEFL teacher? If anybody has any experience of this, I'd be grateful for their advice. So far as I can see, the CELTA certificate is the best. Is it better to do that online or in a classroom? I have no plans to teach abroad. I'd rather teach it online or in a UK college (assuming I pass).

I suppose another important consideration is AI. Is it worth the money and time to re-train? Or will AI be taking this over at some point?  

Voyager2002

The only way to find out is to try it... you can get a basic TEFL qualification online for around £100. Or, there is a company called Angloville who invite native English speakers to stay in hotels in Poland (free) and spend their days having conversations in English with their clients. They don't pay you but cover most (not all) expenses... and if you do three weeks of this they give a free on-line TEFL course with certificate.

You could thus make a minimal investment of time and/or money and get a feel for the work, and if it seems OK then move on to a CELTA.