In the face of the increasingly hot English teaching market, as teachers, how should we improve our competitiveness in the workplace, and how to stand out in the teaching team surrounded by strong competitors? Zhu Yongxin, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, once proposed at the meeting: "Purify the team of foreign teachers and develop TESOL qualification certification bodies", so what is TESOL mentioned here?

The following will introduce you to the two most authoritative, professional, and market-recognized TESOL and TEFL certificates.

TESOL is the abbreviation for "Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages". At university headquarters and research institutes in the United States, like disciplines such as physics and economics, TESOL is a major subject whose theme is to explore the methods and theories of English teaching and improve the level of English teaching teachers.

The full name for TEFL is Teaching English as a Foreign Language. At present, the TEFL certificate is universally recognized and accepted worldwide, and is one of the internationally recognized general English teacher qualification certificates. It is proved that foreign teachers have undergone certain training and mastered certain skills in foreign language speaking and teaching methods.

There do has difference between two certificates.TEFL means Teaching English as a Foreign Language，TESOL means Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.

Generally speaking, TESOL certificate covers the learning content of TEFL certificate, and has the highest recognition and authority in the world. At present, domestic universities and slightly more professional English training centers will require foreign teachers to have a TESOL certificate, while TESOL certificate is also a foreign teacher for the weight of the foreign expert certificate. What's more, in the ball English teaching positions, the positions that require TEFL qualification are more acceptable for TESOL certificate, which also precisely shows the importance of TESOL certificate.

1.ELT terminology assimilation (TEFL/TESOL can be fully equivalent)

　　2：TESOL in the eyes of Chinese teachers 　　

　3：TEFL/TESOL certificate [TEFL/TESOL certificate is the first step towards professionalism for teachers, so keep working hard to move forward]　

Some people will have questions like these, how much help is it for me to get these two types of certificates? Can I get a promotion and raise my salary or improve my core competitiveness?let me tell you why these two types of certificates are worth to learn?what kind of benefits will you get after the test?

1. Why TESOL？

1. Trends of the times

TESOL and TEFL certificate exam training has been introduced to this development process in China from abroad for more than ten years. This certificate is also gradually recognized and needed by more and more international education institutions and international schools. For example, EF Education, Weber International English, Bubble Children's English and many other well-known English training institutions have opened TESOL teaching practice bases, although the range of student groups is not the same. All institutions are paying more and more attention to this certificate as a way to enhance the competitiveness of their institutions among their peers.

2. Promote self-competitiveness

The most immediate benefit of TESOL is a salary increase! The well-known training institutions mentioned above will often take preference in hiring teachers who are certified. TESOL is simply an internationally recognized qualification for teaching English as a foreign language. In this era of spelling qualifications and background (especially for teachers in educational institutions), TESOL will undoubtedly increase your competitiveness, and teachers who are about to be interviewed can write this certificate to make your resume more competitive, and in-service teachers can use it to gold plating and have a significant advantage in the selection of titles. For those who are engaged in related industries, such as operations, e-commerce, and other industries that are gradually converging with the international market, you can also use the process of TESOL examinations to strengthen your foreign language skills, and at the same time get a highly recognized international certificate, which can be said to have several benefits at once.

3. Learn international teaching concepts and knowledge

For teachers who have received traditional education since childhood, teaching thinking and teaching mode have been gradually solidified, which is why many teachers are participating in the title selection or teaching knowledge in training institutions, and their hearts are not enough. The process of taking TESOL, on the other hand, allows us to learn international teaching concepts, expand teaching methods and develop teaching thinking. It is a great help to enhance personal ability and improve core competitiveness.

4. Obtain international certification

International certification has always been a golden sign for Chinese educational institutions, and the community will be more comfortable in the workplace with an internationally certified certificate.

5. The quality of TESOL online course

The certificates for both online and face-to-face classes are exactly the same, and online classes are more flexible, allowing teachers to spend their time as they please, and the cost is not very high, so they can better adapt to the current environment.

6.English ability

If your English general ability is not particularly good, don't worry, as long as you have passed CET-4, or IELTS score of about 6,you can get the certificate without any problem.