One of my pet hates – seeing „TEFL qualified“ on people’s CV’s. To me, that translates into: you have an art history degree and some dodgy online 3 week teaching certificate. People, those kinds of qualifications should land you a job in the fast food industry, not the English Language Department.
If you want to teach a language, you should have studied at least one foreign language at a tertiary institution and reached an upper-intermediate level. Add a CELTA/DELTA and/or postgraduate degree in linguistics or TESOL to that, mix in the right kind of personality and stir with integrity, humor, intelligence, good social skills. That’s just for starters.
