The benefits of English Language Teaching (ELT)

If you want to explore our world and enjoy helping people, ELT could be the industry for you.

A New Challenge.

Moving abroad into the unknown is sure to get the heart pumping.  As you rise to the challenges of finding your way around your new city, shopping in strange surroundings or figuring out how to get wifi, you will feel a sense of accomplishment out of all proportion to such mundane tasks.

Choose your new home

Job satisfaction

Whether it’s in public schools, language academies, companies or even private homes you have a unique chance to get to know, understand and help local people. Along the way you will meet characters you would never otherwise have been exposed to, some of these will become good friends.  

Flexible working

It’s time to leave behind the 9-5 mentality. Flexibility is certainly a key attribute TEFL teachers must have in bucket loads. You may teach at 8:00 in the morning or 20:00. Remember variety is the spice of life and enjoy! 

Friendly students

You will benefit from a job working and helping people every day. If you consider yourself a ‘people person’ look no further. BUT always remember: it’s the students’ lesson not the teachers’! You don’t always have to be the expert but you do have to exploit different parts of your personalities with different groups.

Compare and contrast

Flexibility doesn’t just extend to personalities or lesson types. The new teacher must also be culturally adaptable as they discover that ‘normal’ is a truly subjective matter.  Embrace the strangeness of your new country and learn more about your own home as you go!

Are you ready for a different lifestyle?

If you’re serious about a career in ELT, the Trinity CertTESOL could be perfect for you. ELA-Edinburgh are running courses from May 28^th -June 22^nd and October 9^th – November 2^nd. For more information email info@elacademy.co.uk or call us at 0131 2266182.

CertTESOL, The World at your Fingertips

ELA-Edinburgh’s next Trinity CertTESOL course begins on October 30th. Graduating from our 4-week intensive English teacher training course can open doors to exciting and creative career opportunities across the world.

If the standard 9 – 5 and daily commute isn’t for working you, but you thrive from working with people, our ELA-Edinburgh’s Trinity CertTESOL could be just the ticket to changing your career around, finding peace of mind when looking for work overseas and becoming part of a challenging industry.

The practical training and groundwork in teaching skills gives trainees the ability to find employment in a wide range of ways. Graduates of the Trinity CertTESOL work around the world for independent schools, further education colleges and universities and freelance: both face to face or online.

“An intense and rewarding learning experience leading to an international qualification. There’s not a country that doesn’t recognise it, it’s a passport”

– Douglas Mathieson, Teacher Trainer ELA-Edinburgh

What’s more; the Trinity CertTESOL is recognised internationally, is valid for life and opens the door to further skills and training.

• What do you get from ELA-Edinburgh’s CertTESOL course?
• Teaching practice with real English learners with different levels of English
• Lesson planning experience and practice designing courses
• Learner needs analysis experience
• Teaching one-to-one class practice
• Input and guidance from experienced tutors
• Structured sessions to help you understand language teaching
• Focus on professional awareness and development
• A respected certificate to kick start your new career

So, what do you need?

The course focuses on practical training competence, so no prior teaching experience is needed. Time management, the ability to prioritise, working as a team member and a willingness to share ideas, are perfect transferable skills you will have gained from jobs and education, essential to becoming an English teacher.

Find out how to book your place on our October 30th – November 24th course by contacting

email dos@elacademy.co.uk or phone 0131 226 6182

For more information about our school, check out our website ELA-Edinburgh 

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