 Yay! Hi! Linda here from ITTT. Welcome, welcome to our live session. It's actually not the slide that I wanted to show. This one! Today, we're going to talk about Teflitesol FAQs. We have a Q&A. You guys can ask me your questions about all things Teflitesol related. But I also prepared questions that are basically... Excuse me. The most asked questions. Let me have a sip of water. Okay. There we go. I prepared some questions which are basically the most asked or what I think the most important questions to talk about when deciding to take a Teflitesol course or teaching English abroad online professionally. So we're going to go through those and as always also feel free to ask your questions at any time obviously. So this is what we're going to do today. You can ask me your questions. And I'm sure you guys have a lot of questions, I hope. Don't forget to like and subscribe as always so you always get notified and updated whenever we go live. 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And at the top it will say congratulations, you get 30% off something like that. So you know it's the correct link. If it doesn't work for some reason, let me know and I'll help you out with that. But yeah, so that's what we're going to do today. And first up, I always want to know where are you watching from right now? Can you see me? Can you hear me? Is anybody there basically? Just give me like a hi. And where you're watching from the city, the country in the comments. I would appreciate that. I'm always very curious as to where you guys are watching from. So yeah, a little bit of me first. All right. Oh, and I forgot to put this. Oh, this is wrong about it. I didn't insert a description here. So ignore that in my presentation. Just the lower part. Let's see. So I'm a just a little bit about me. Again, this part forgot to edit that. So I'm sorry. This ignore that. That's from the template presentation template. Anyway, so my name is Linda. I'm a travel writer and content creator under the name Linda goes East East because I've been living in Asia pretty much since 2012. I've lived in China for a couple of years and then in South Korea since 2015. So I have my own website, Linda goes East.com. If you're interested in Asia, either traveling or also moving there, teaching English there. Check it out. There's a lot of useful info over there for you as well. Also Instagram at Linda goes East and very active over there yesterday. I just created a channel on Instagram. You know how this is like a new feature now a channel feature. If you're interested in South Korea travel, for example, you can join my channel. I'm originally from Germany slash the US. I'm a dual citizen of both. And like I said, I'm based in South Korea since 2015. So about ITTT, Tefal TESOL ITTT stands for international Tefal and TESOL training. The website is TefalCourse.net and we are a leading Tefal and TESOL course provider worldwide. Many of you might already be familiar. You have already a certificate or two from ITTT, but some of you might be new. So welcome, welcome. This is what we're going to do today. Let me know where you're watching from. We have Anna Karina. Hi Anna Karina. Where are you watching from today? And we have Simo. Oh, Mohammed. There he goes. Mohammed from Morocco. Cool. How are you doing? Mohammed says, I've been watching your live since 2019. I know it's been a long time, right? We started, I think, in the end of 2019, like October, I think. Wow. Thank you so much. I appreciate that. Then we have Amitava. I think who's also been watching since that time, right? You've been watching for a long time. Good morning. Guten Morgen. How are you doing? I'm doing pretty well. Thanks. Thank you. How are you? Are you doing well as well? I hope so. I hope so. And Amitava is, I think, still in Calcutta, India. Is that right? Or have you moved? Or are you traveling? What are you up to? Cool. Anyway, yeah. So like I said, we have a Q&A. So you can ask me your questions, but I also prepared some questions that I would like to go over just because they are the most asked. And I think the most important to know. So yeah, let's have a chat. Let's have a chat. And I think I need to drink some more water today. Just letting you know. Breathing is getting a little harder now. If you've watched before, especially if you follow me on Instagram, you might know I'm actually seven months pregnant now. So breathing gets a little harder. So I might have to talk a little slower or have to breathe more in between and drink more in between our sessions. So please bear with me. But yes, we're going to get through it. And I still enjoy doing the live sessions. It's a lot of fun to connect with you guys. And I don't want you to, I don't want to miss it. So I'm still doing them. All right. Yeah, we talked about the discount anyone who joined later. I see a lot of people have joined since in a couple of minutes in a couple of few like minutes that we started. We do have this discount and I shared it in the comments ends with fb live minus Linda a 30% discount code. You're not yet Tefal T. So certified. I highly recommend you use this discount code and get your certification. Right. All right, we have George here asking a question. Hello, how do I get the student speak louder in one to one class. Okay. You know, I think there's a couple of techniques that you could do normally, you know, speaking very quietly has to do a lot with their confidence right and when I was younger I think I was also like that I was very shy. Didn't speak loud. It was very quiet. So just make sure that your students always feel comfortable in class, especially one on one class, you can build rapport, make them feel as comfortable as possible. Maybe try and talk about their interests, right, figure out what they like, and then have conversations about those topics and then they kind of, you know, will get more comfortable as time goes on I think they might also you don't know have an experience in the past where, you know, they said something in class and then that was maybe something wrong, and other students laughed and since then that student might feel shy, so it might take time to for them to warm up. But, yeah, I would just give them time, be patient, and allow them to kind of get more comfortable and yeah, I think figuring out what they like, and then talking about that is a really good strategy. Hope that helps. Alright, Amitabha has a long comment. Can't make me read that. Yes, Linda, I also have been watching your live sessions from the end of 2019 after having done my Tefl 120 hours course from Kathmandu, Nepal way back in 2019. Well, Linda, I'm still in Kolkata, India, waiting eagerly and raring to go for my elusive first assignment overseas, preferably somewhere in the EU. Great. Good luck with that. 24 will be your year. Amitabha, I can feel it. Alright, good. So let's talk about some questions here and I think I'm going to make myself a little smaller so you can read this better. But yeah, still ask me your questions. So I'm going to go through, I've picked out some questions that I think are the most asked that we get from people who are new to Tefl TESOL and also the most important that you should know when you start with Tefl TESOL. So here we go. First one is what is the difference between TESOL and Tefl. So first, let's talk about the definitions. Tefl stands for teaching English as a foreign language and TESOL stands for teaching English to speakers of other languages. There are some usage differences. So Tefl is most commonly used in the UK and in Europe, whereas TESOL is actually a preferred term in North America. So you have US, Canada, and also Australia and New Zealand down there. So it just depends. They just reflect regional certification preferences, but both certifications, they offer equivalent training. The same training, same course content, whether you take a Tefl course or a TESOL course, the course content is the same. It just really is a regional preference, whether or not you prefer calling it TESOL or you prefer calling it Tefl. So for example, if you're not quite sure what to get, well, if you want to teach English, for example, if you want to teach English in Europe, you might want to get a Tefl instead of a TESOL, you know, because that's just the most commonly used term there. But I mean, both are just as recognized and it doesn't really matter much. It kind of just depends on also you. So I grew up and am from Germany more than the US. I spent time in the US, but not as much as in Europe. So for me, I always knew it as Tefl, and I use that term. And so I decided I want my certificate to say Tefl. But, you know, for teaching English abroad like in Asia in the Middle East, it doesn't matter if you have a Tefl or a TESOL. All right, we have Mohammed. Please. Is there any chance to get an opportunity to work in like China without any certificate? I have only a bachelor's degree in English studies, linguistics and another bachelor in literary and cultural studies from the official university in Morocco, both bachelor's in English. I didn't know why I didn't get any chance to join an institution to teach abroad. Yes, a Tefl or TESOL certificate is required to teach English in China. It's a requirement for the visa, for the work visa. You can have a Tefl of at least 120 or 100 hours. I think it's 120. You can't teach English in China legally at least. And of course it is recommended to do so legally. When I was in China, that was literally 10 years ago. Yeah, almost 10 years ago. And I was teaching there. It was a lot more common for people. Actually it was not a requirement to have a Tefl at that time. They were rolling that out, I think, at the time. So it was very common for people to kind of work there illegally, not with the official ZZ work visa. And yeah, it was very common. A lot of people did that. But they really tightened their regulations and things and they do a lot more thorough checks. And it's pretty much impossible these days. And they raid schools and then you get deported if you don't have the right certification. Or the right visa, the right qualifications and you don't meet these requirements. Yup, that we've just seen saying got my Tefl certificate with ITTT two years ago. You guys are the best. Oh, thank you, Yasin. You're the best. You're the best. Awesome. Congrats. Also, Amitava says, thanks a lot, Linda, for your good and kind words. Wishes for my future assignments. You're welcome. You know, I always wish everybody the best. All the students, you guys deserve it. Your heart working. Oh, we've clothed that here. Hi, clothed that. Where are you watching from? Are you doing? Cool. All right, so this is the difference between TESOL Tefl. I think most of you probably know this. If you're totally new to Tefl TESOL, you might not know that. So yeah, again, course content is exactly the same. It's just your own personal preference, whether or not you call it Tefl or you call it TESOL, but it's the same. So that right of the bat. So next question a lot of people ask us always is, do I need a Tefl certificate to teach abroad? And this is kind of what Mohammed also said. No, Mohammed. Do you really need to have a certificate? So yeah, there is a growing certificate, significance for the certificate and also a real importance. A Tefl or a TESOL certification is recommended for teaching English abroad. Even if you're, for example, already a teacher in your own country, you have a teaching license, you've taught for many, many years, teaching EFL, English as a foreign language, is very different from regular teaching. Of course, there are similarities in teaching techniques and things, but the core things are just different. And so even though you might be a teacher, you might be a math teacher, you might be an English teacher, you might be, I don't know, any teacher, you still should get a Tefl or a TESOL certification. And it just offers in-depth training that goes beyond official requirements. So we're going to talk a little bit about that, but it ensures that you are well equipped for effective language instruction. So why has Tefl become more important these days? There's an increased requirement in top EFL destinations. So like I said, 10 years ago when I was in China, a Tefl or a TESOL was not a requirement, but now it is. So things are changing, countries are changing their requirements all the time. And Tefl is getting more important that even in countries where a Tefl or a TESOL certificate is not a requirement, a lot of employers will still prefer candidates who are Tefl or a TESOL certified. So it's also mandatory for work permits in many countries, and we just talked about that for China. If you want to teach English in China, you need to get a Z visa, a Z visa, and this visa, one of the requirements is a Tefl certificate. And yeah, like I said, 10 years ago when I was in China, this was not the case. This is a, it's been like that for a while now, but yeah, so things are changing all the time. And it just sets also a new standard in the field. So is Tefl really important? Yes, because it goes beyond official requirements. So not only is it an official requirement and an official paper for you to hold in hand, but it also emphasizes the distinction between speaking and teaching just because you can speak English. Doesn't mean that you can also teach it, right? And it also ensures that candidates are both fluent and adapt at teaching, right? Not any, not everybody who can speak English or might be an English native speaker can also teach it. So it's very important, the certificate. All right, Claudette is from Brazil, cool. And she's asking, is there a certification to this live? What you can do, I don't know if you might have missed this in the beginning. We have a 30% off discount code that you can use. You can scan this QR code up here, or you can use this link, fblive-linda, to sign up for any of ittt's Tefl or TSOL courses with a 30% discount. And that will save you a lot of money. So hope that helps. So yeah, so do I need a Tefl to teach English abroad? Yes, more common, more often than not, more often than not. And it's getting more common these days, especially, you know, 20, 30 years ago it was enough to be to have a US passport or an English speaking passport and English, not an English speaking passport. You know what I'm saying. It was enough to be from an English speaking country and then you would get hired, but things have changed because it's not a very good strategy. And nowadays, certification, you know, proper training, all of these things are extremely important. You can't just take an airplane, go down to wherever you want to go and show up at a school and be like, I'm from, I don't know, I'm from the UK and I would like to teach here and they would hire you. Those days are over, long gone. So you need to have a certification and it's very important. It's also important for yourself because I'm sure you want to make sure that you offer the best possible teaching, the best possible classes to your students, right? So you want to make sure that you know what you're doing. When you set foot in a classroom, it can be very daunting, right? You set foot, you step into a classroom, there's 20, 30, sometimes even more students, they're all looking at you, expecting something great and you can get overwhelmed if you don't know what you're doing. And it can be a horrible experience. So you want to avoid that. So get your certification, do the course and then you're all set. I hope that makes sense. Next question, can I teach English abroad without any teaching experience? A lot of people ask that, right? Yes, absolutely. So many schools, they actually welcome English speakers annually every year, they hire. And about 90% of the teachers abroad, they have no prior teaching experience. And I really can say that this is true. Most people that I've met when I was working at schools in China and Korea. Yeah, we're all new to teaching pretty much, really 90%. And then 10% were not new and they had experience. So yeah, either fresh college graduates, they want to go abroad, see the world for a little bit and then go back home. Or also older people who were in the corporate world and then they're like, they want to change. They want to do something different. Really people of all ages. But yeah, most of the people the teachers abroad are really new to teaching. No teaching experience and you can get hired, absolutely. But a Teflor T-cell certificate is often required again. And if it's not, it's a huge plus as well. So how does a Tefl certificate help in the classroom? We kind of just talked about that a little bit, but it's definitely essential for aspiring English teachers. As you heard just now, it's become just a standard thing to have a Teflor T-cell, even for native speakers, right? I just said that just because you're a native English speaker doesn't mean you also know how to teach English. Actually, I find that most non-native English speakers have a much better understanding of the English language in general. The grammar, the tenses, I don't know, especially the grammar, right? Especially the grammar, and they just know exactly what are the hardest parts of learning English. And native English speakers usually don't really have a clue. We never think about grammar. We never think about any of that. So yes, I think especially native English speakers should also get a Tefl certificate. And it also equips you with expert lesson planning techniques. Of course, you learn lesson planning. Very important how to structure your lessons so that they make sense so that you can also have peace of mind. If you know like, okay, this is always the structure of a good lesson, you're not going to get like flustered. You're not going to get stressed and not know what to do. You have your lessons planned out. Very important. Tefl courses, T-cell courses also go very much in depth of grammar awareness, grammar stuff. Of course, very important to know as a teacher. So we just talked about that. And also classroom management strategies, right? Because there's always that one student or more disruptive, you don't know. So how do you deal with different disruptions? We're just classroom management in general. How do you manage, you know, 30 students? It can be very daunting, like I said. Yeah, and you also get confidence in addressing diverse learning needs. Your students, you know, are all different. They have different needs and you'll be able to address those and really confidently teach them. And you can unlock countless teaching opportunities worldwide if you have a Tefl. There are certain countries like we talked about where they only hire people with a Tefl or a T-cell certificate. So, yeah, if you have a Tefl or a T-cell certificate, you can go everywhere, basically. Okay, Amitava says, But Linda, nowadays most advertiser schools at the Tefl T-cell website want at least one to two years prior experience with children. What to do about that? It's a dilemma for us inexperienced and qualified folks. I mean, this is really a trend for any job offer. Have you looked at any job offer, not just teaching, but anything these days? They always have these ridiculous requirements. They want, you know, it's an entry level position, but then they want five years of work experience. Of course, nobody has that. So, really, I think there's a rule for a job offer if you have like 80% or 75% of all the requirements still apply because nobody really has all of these. And I think this definitely applies also for Tefl and teaching in T-cell positions. Yeah, I would say. So, just go about that, right? Look at the list of requirements, what they want, and then 75, if you have 75% of those, you apply. Nobody has 100% of all of the requirements that they always want. Or what you can also do, and I think we talked about this last live session for getting teaching experience. What did we say you can do? Teach English online first, right? You sign up to one of those English teaching online teaching platforms. You get a bunch of students and you get experience that way with online teaching. Really great way. A lot of people are doing this nowadays to gain experience before they move abroad. So that's also one way that you could do that. But yeah, literally, most people I've met abroad, really 90% of the teachers have not taught before. They're completely new to teaching. And depending on the school, pretty much every school will have like a training period and orientation period. We had that too because every school has like their own system of doing things. And so we had a two-week training period. They will teach you everything you need to know. So just because you don't have any experience, it doesn't matter. Really doesn't matter. But really great. Great point, great question. Cool. All right. Let's have a look at the next one. But feel free. Yeah, keep your questions coming. I love that and your comments. Definitely good. So keep doing that. It's perfect. Is TEFL a good career choice? A lot of people are asking that. Or is TEFL still a good career choice? If you are watching about, watch the news or you're in different like teaching Facebook groups, a lot of comments coming out about different teaching positions countries. You know, is it still a good career choice? Is it still worth doing that, going there? So let's talk about it. I think the first thing you need to ask yourself, do you want to go long term or short term? So by many it is viewed as a temporary situation that they want to do, but it can also be rewarding and sustainable, right? So some people just want to go maybe for a year and then come back home, especially college grads, younger people, you know, before they enter like the corporate world, they want to do something different. It offers both the thrill of travel and also a potential lifelong profession. So both, it is more than just a gap year adventure. It can be a gap year adventure, but I think that's also a big misconception that a lot of people have. You know, I think we hear the stereotype a lot where, you know, family members or friends back home, ask teachers who are living abroad. So when are you going to come back and get a real job, right? They always say, when are you going to get a real job? It's like, this is a real job. This is a real job. Absolutely. And it can also be a long-term career. Absolutely. So can you make a long-term career out of Teflit? Absolutely. Definitely possible. Yes. Many start for the exploration, but then discover a genuine passion, right? A lot of people are like, oh yeah, teaching English abroad is a great way to see the world, to do a bit of traveling, also to save some money and then I come back. Many of them don't come back home for a long time. So I've, I always thought, yeah, I'll just do this for a little bit and then I go back home. And I've been living in Asia teaching English and doing things since 2012. So yeah. A lot of people also find out, hey, I love teaching. I never thought I would love this so much. And they really find their passion and they never want to do anything else. Some other people I've also met, they came for a year and they were teaching and they're like, oh, this is horrible. I hate teaching. I don't want to do it anymore. No, not for me. That can also happen, right? So it's really for both short-term, but it can also work for the long-term. Yeah, it can be a lasting profession, absolutely. And yeah, again, what qualifications are needed? We just talked about that in the beginning, but for everybody who just joined, you want to have a Tefl or a T-Soll certification as a foundation because especially higher-paying jobs, they do require proper teaching credentials. So you want to have a Tefl or a T-Soll certificate of at least 120 hours. If you want to do this, if you know you want to do this long-term, you already start higher. My personal favorite course, I always say this is the 220-hour course. I took the course. I think it's great, especially for people who know they're going to work abroad for a long time. So advancement often involves pursuing additional qualifications. So higher level 220 or also some of the specializations, maybe even the T-Soll diploma, things like that. So yes, Tefl is a good career choice still. And every year we see more and more countries are rolling out government-sponsored teaching programs, hiring teachers into their schools. We also see more and more government programs. But more and more countries in general just popping up as hot Tefl destinations. We talked about that last time, I think, especially South America. They're pushing a lot. Certain countries, you know, the governments put a lot of money into English education, Asia as well, all of these things, still a good career move. Okay, Mohammed has a longer question. I'm going to read that out. What about contacting the exact institution or private school in Vietnam, especially teaching the level of kindergarten? I don't think it is required to have a Tefl or a T-Soll or C1. I master teaching all the aspects that are related to teaching and applied linguistics. Yes, I mean, contacting individual schools is always a good strategy for job hunting. Absolutely. So that's actually also a good strategy. You can go on to Google Maps if you know exactly where you want to go. You're like, yeah, I want to go to Vietnam. I want to go to Hoi An, not Hoi An, I think. Hanoi, that's the city, the bigger city. Hanoi or I want to go to Ho Chi Minh. You go on Google Maps and you put in English school and then you contact them individually. Absolutely. Yeah. Vietnam, I think it's still possible to teach without Tefl T-Soll. But they are also getting more strict as well. So, you know, and especially, sorry to say, but as a non-native English speaker, if you don't have a Tefl, you don't have this, you don't have that. It's just so much better for especially non-native English teachers to have a Tefl T-Soll certificate. The more certificates you have as a non-native English teacher, the better. That's just how it is, unfortunately. Non-native English teachers are going to have to have more qualifications compared to their native English speaking competitors, unfortunately, still the case. So, you want to have a Tefl, you want to have a T-Soll, you want to have also a language proficiency certificate as a non-native English speaker. The higher the level, the higher the level, the better. So, yeah, C1 would be great. You know, an IELTS, a Tuik Tefl, all these things, one of those. So, yeah. All right, then we have a question here. Hello, how are you doing? So, question here. I don't know how to say your name, so I'm sorry. But question is, if I study T-Soll, would I be eligible to teach in China? It depends. So, T-Soll is a requirement for teaching English in China. But so is also a bachelor's degree, a four-year degree minimum. It can be in any field. It doesn't have to be in English, but you also need to have a degree. And depending on where in China you want to teach, they also want sometimes native speakers first from, you know, the US, UK, Ireland, South America, Australia. If you have a passport from, not South America, South Africa, sorry. If you have a passport from there. If you want to go to really competitive cities, Shanghai, Beijing can happen, that they also want that. But if you choose like a smaller city, you can also teach as a non-native English speaker from my latest information. But yeah, you also need to have a bachelor's degree. That's the requirement for the Z visa in China. And the Tefl T-Soll certificate has to be at least 120 hours. Because there are some Tefl T-Soll certificates that are 40 hours, 60 hours. I don't know. That is not enough for China. And not enough for a lot of places, actually. We always recommend get at least if you know you want to do this long term, even just for one year, get a 120 hour certificate. Because that's the international standard, the minimum these days. Anything less is not really recognized anymore. So don't even, don't even bother with those introductory courses and things like that. It's really not worth it. It's not enough. Great question. So then let's talk a little bit about how long does a Tefl or T-Soll course take, right? Because you want to kind of know your timeline, how soon can you move abroad and things like that. So it really varies based on the specific course that you've chosen. At ITTT, our courses, they cater to diverse needs with unique completion timelines. So for example, the popular 120 hour online course, most people need six to eight weeks to complete that. It can be completed in as little as 10 days because you're allowed to do two units a day and the course has 20 units. So if you're really in a rush and you have a lot of time, you could potentially do it in 10 days, but not recommended. Most people need six to eight weeks. Me, I was, when I took this course back in 2014, I think it was, I was working full time already. I was living in China and it took me like three to four months to do it. I did like just one or two units a week because I was working and I was doing other things. I wasn't in a rush, so I took my time with it. So depends. Yeah. And which TEFL course is the quickest to complete? So online courses are usually obviously the fastest path and introductory courses. They take as little as 40 hours, very, very quick to complete. But again, most employers prefer 120 hour certificates. So like I just said, don't even bother with the introductory courses. This is not really worth it. Then we also hear a lot about in class TEFL courses, right? And Amitava, for example, has taken that one, took that one back in Kathmandu. And when did you say that was 2019? And those are four weeks long and you study basically Monday to Friday for four weeks for a month. And then weekends are usually off or you do activities while you're there in this other city country. And you undergo theoretical lessons and teaching practice as well. So they take a month, four weeks, but they are also a lot more expensive than an online course, for example, right? And the online certificate and the in-class certificate, they result in pretty much the same certificate at the end. So it depends on what you want to do. Of course, with an in-class course, you have the practical teaching practice. Yeah, with real students, which can be a huge shum plus, right? So, yeah. That's how long a TEFL or a TESL course takes just so you know, depending on how much time you have and what kind of, you know, what kind of student you are. Are you good? Are you good studying on your own or not? So those things kind of all depend on that. Good. Let's have a look at the next one. Oh, yeah, this is also a good question. So can non-native English speakers take a TEFL course? Of course, yes. And actually at ITTT, we have many non-native English speakers who enroll and also successfully complete the course every single year. What you need to have, of course, is a English proficiency. You need to be able to speak and understand English, but being a non-native speaker also provides a unique perspective. I've talked about that. You know how to learn English, you learn English, so you have a unique perspective as a teacher. And these are certainly also advantages as a non-native English language teacher. So you bring unique advantages, relatability, you understand the students' challenges and triumphs, right? You've been through that yourself, so non-native English speakers really have that advantage. So for poor, your shared experiences, they really foster a comfortable learning environment because the students know, oh, our teacher, he's also learned English from zero. So they can, they also kind of understand you or they admire you for that, they trust you for that. Grammar expertise is what I said. Usually non-native English teachers have a much better understanding of English grammar than native English speakers do. Systematic study really provides a deeper grasp of English grammar. This is really true. And where do non-native English language teachers teach then at the end? So many actually teach in their home countries. We have a lot of Tefal TESOL course graduates who get Tefal TESOL certified for career advancement in their own country. But there's also lots of opportunities for non-native English teachers in places like Vietnam, Japan, Thailand, Spain, Brazil, Turkey, Cambodia and a lot more places. So just to name a few. But yes, so as a non-native English speaker, don't be shy. You also are eligible and you can also do this. You can also do this. All right, question here. Which course is better to teach in China? So for China, the minimum is also 120 hours. You want to have at least 120 hours of teaching of Tefal TESOL certification. So I always recommend that. But this is really kind of the standard, the international standard nowadays. So everybody's going to have that. So if you are applying in a very competitive city, like I said Beijing Shanghai, you know, or you want to work at a really, really good school, really good benefits, really good salary, you should get maybe a little bit higher. And my favorite course, I always recommend that one is the 220 hour course, which is 120 hours, the standard certificate plus 50 hours teaching English to young learners. So two kids and 50 hours business English. And those teaching English to kids and business English are also highly sought after fields also in China. So if you have the 220 hour course, you're really good to go. And which is better Tefal or TESOL. I just said that in the beginning, they're the same. There's just regional differences. So people from Europe, they call it Tefal, people from North America and also Australia, New Zealand call it TESOL, just depends on you. The training is the same. The course content is the same. There's no difference. You can go back at the beginning. This was the first question that I answered, but there is no difference. It just depends on you if you want to call it Tefal or TESOL. In China, Tefal TESOL is the same. No difference. Mohammad saying, is there any website or a process to get a free certificate of teaching? Good question. So it's actually not on any of my slides, but I have this in my regular slides. So how much, I think how much does a course cost? We have the two. Yeah. This is actually the next one. So let's start with that. Okay. It depends how much a Tefal course costs. Okay. It ranges from like $49 or you've seen $20 group on courses or you've seen free Tefal courses maybe on the internet. It ranges from that to several thousand dollars, right? And there are certain factors that you need to consider the content. What do you learn in it? The reputation of the provider and also employer acceptance. And so, and people who watched me since 2019, you already know what's coming now. My comparison, I always compare the same way. Free certificate or your $20 group on Tefal TESOL course. How I always compare this is to a budget airline airplane ticket. Okay. Like Ryanair in Europe or I don't know, Southwest or Sprint or whatever it's called Spririt. I don't know. A budget airline ticket. Okay. Tickets super cheap, right? $20 to fly from, I don't know, somewhere to somewhere. Super cheap. But then you need to pay for your boarding pass. You need to pay for your luggage. You need to pay for this. You need to pay for that. You need to pay for water. You need to pay for all of these extra things. And then at the end it adds up and it's the exact same price as a regular one. But you have all of these add-ons. And this is exactly the same like these free or almost free Tefal TESOL certifications. First of all, you don't have any job assistance. Sometimes you can't even download the material. You need to pay for the actual printed out certificate extra. You need to pay for shipment. You need to pay for all of these things extra with these things. And also, a lot of times with these really cheap Tefal TESOL courses, they are not recognized around the world. They are not accredited. There is nothing. It just doesn't do anything. It's a waste of money, waste of time. It's not accepted in many, many countries. So just avoid that. I would avoid that. So what you pay is what you get, basically. What you pay is what you get. If you pay zero, you kind of get zero. So that's kind of what I would say. Everybody can make their own decision if you want to take a $20 group on Tefal course. Go ahead. See how far it gets you. I would bet it doesn't get you very far. So yeah, here at the costs again in class courses, again, they are intensive. They're the most expensive thing class courses, four weeks, lesson planning, classroom management, English grammar. You are in a real school. You teach real students. You're there for a month. It's very hands-on. And they cost around $1,500 for the month, excluding, not including accommodation. So yeah, if you have the budget, if you, if that's what you want to do, you know, you can do that. A lot of people who know like, hey, I want to teach English in Thailand. And so they go for four weeks, do the in-class Tefal course in Thailand. And then you can stay in Thailand and do your job hunt. A lot of people do that. So yeah, then we have a combined Tefal course that's a little bit less expensive. That's a combination. First you do the online theory part, basically the 120 hour course. And then you go to a training center for five to 10 days to get teaching practice in. This is kind of the step down. And then the online course is the most cost-effective, the cheapest suitable for everybody who's on a budget or not on a budget or just is the cheapest. It also covers theoretical aspects of EFL teaching and it is widely accepted, accepted all around the world. I have an online certificate. I got that back in 2014. I taught English at several schools in China, several schools in Korea, never had a problem. And prices start here at around 250 for a 120 hour certification. And let's just see with today's discount that I've shared. I'm just going to put it up. Let me share my screen so you can all see that. Here we go. So I just copy pasted our, can you see the URL to know. So I just copy pasted our link here from our discount code 30% off this one. This is what you will, and then you see congratulations. You're being granted a 30% discount. So we just fill in our info. For example, we just to test, test at test.com. I don't know. Test at test. And we choose the 120 hour course. With today's discount, it's $174. If you want the 220, yeah, that's 244. So, and this is the course that I always recommend. But yeah, 120 hour course. I hope you can see this right. Yeah. With today's discount, only $174 US dollars or this one, what I like 244. So there you go. Let's get that back up. So yeah. Oh no, I wanted to keep that remove. Yeah. Good. So yeah, this is the pricing. Hope that answers your question. Mohammed with the free certificate of teaching. And then we move on to how much can I earn in teaching English abroad, right? How much does the course cost now? How much can you actually earn? I hope you can all read this. This is a lot of info in this slide. But yeah. So there's a significant rise in demand for English language instruction. We still see this today. More and more, there's more vacant English teaching positions than teachers to fill them with all around the world. The salary varies widely. So typically it's between 2000 and 5000 US dollars per month. There's also places where it's lower, especially places like South America. Their salaries tend to be a lot lower and also Europe, unfortunately. Highest is Asia and the Middle East. Influencing factors are your teaching position, the country where you teach and also your teacher credentials. So you have a TEFL or not. Do you have teaching experience or not? Yeah, that all comes into play. So Asia, for example, we have South Korea, Taiwan. You can see the range here. Middle East is pretty much the highest and you can see it comes with tax-free income perks. So tax-free salaries. In all the other places you have to pay income tax, but not in the Middle East in many places, which is really, really great. And Europe, you see is a little bit lower the salaries and also Latin America is kind of low. So highest again, Asia, Middle East. And also in Asia and the Middle East you get a lot of really good benefits like free housing. You get free airfare. They fly you to the country and back after your contract. If you stay longer, some teachers also get like a free flight home every year and back. It's included. You can negotiate these things, but certainly free housing is great. You don't have to worry about anything. Sometimes you also get like transportation bonuses. You get like your monthly bus card or something. Some countries you also get severance pay at the end of the contract. You get contract completion bonuses. You get a renewal bonus, all these things to get health insurance coverage, all of these things. So that's the best in Asia and the Middle East. So really depends on what you want to do. A lot of people also teachers abroad. They supplement their income by tutoring in their private in a free time. You can also do that or online teaching, right? You can always supplement your income or, you know, there's so many other opportunities. You can make money abroad. Yeah, but that's basically how much you can earn. Yeah, I think there's nothing more to say to that, but yeah, I'm just thinking. Let me know if you have any questions about that. But yeah, again, it depends on where you teach. It depends on the school also. Sometimes it also depends on the city like teachers in Seoul might get more in Seoul, Korea. The capital, the biggest city might get more money compared to somebody who works in a smaller city in Korea and things like that. Also, sometimes there are differences between public school teachers, private school teachers. The salaries are different. So yeah, there's no fixed number, which is the range here. Yeah, cool. Then we also have what documents will I need to teach English abroad? Also very important to know this again also varies from country to country place to place, but always you will need a passport, of course. And sometimes you might also need a visa. More often not, you have to have a visa, a work visa. There are only really some countries where you can legally teach on tourist visas. Not that many. You need sometimes a Tefloto certificate as part of your visa application. Some countries will also need you to provide a background check. You need to, especially in Asia and Middle East, you need to get that from your local police office or for the U.S. It's a federal background check from the FBI and things like that. In the UK, I think it has a different name, but something like this. Sometimes you need to get references from people you worked with in the past. College documents, sometimes they want to see your transcripts. You sometimes also have to do a medical check. Depends. And documents for your job application, you also need to provide your Tefloto certificate, of course, a CV resume cover letter, maybe even translated photos. You need to get headshots. A lot of countries where you actually need to apply, you need to add a photo. This might be different from, you know, when you apply back home and in Europe or in the U.S. where you normally don't attach a photo, but that's very common in other countries. So you need to get a professionally done. Don't just use a selfie from your phone. You need to have like a professional like business shot. So go and invest and go to a real photographer for that. Or if you have a photographer friend, you know, ask them. And additional documents may include like we talked about a criminal background check. So this is not everywhere, but like in Asia and Middle East, very common educational qualifications. Of course, medical forms, we talked about that. And sometimes you also have to do a physical exam or like drug tests. Some of this also happens once you then arrive in your new country. So for when I came to Korea, you have to do a medical check there at a Korean hospital. And we also sometimes had drug tests performed like once a year, something like that. So it's just something to be aware of, especially if you work in a place where well as a teacher and also in a place where drugs are illegal. So you don't want to mess that up. Even marijuana and things like that are illegal in many places. So be aware of that. If you get drug tested, not a good look and you might lose your job. So yeah. And then the visa question. Yeah. So do I need a visa to teach English abroad and can I teach English abroad without a work visa? So work visa processes, again, they vary from country to country. It really depends on where you teach. So some countries have a very straightforward process while others are more complex and time consuming. Usually with visas, your employer after you did your job interview and you accept their offer, your employer will help you with your visa stuff because they have to send you stuff or they have to file things. So they will know what to do and usually they will help you with that. You're not alone or your recruiter will help you with that. So despite official regulations, demand often leads to teachers working without formal work visas. Like I said before, not recommended pros and cons of teaching without a work visa. Employer perspective? For them, why might they want to do that? It's cost effective. Hiring somebody and especially the visa process, it takes a long time and costs are involved. So sometimes they want to be sneaky. They want to save money and they just say, ah, just work under a tourist visa. It's fine. No tax, social security contributions, all of these things. They want to avoid that. From your perspective, you don't pay taxes, but you also don't have access to things like national medical insurance for coverage. So, and there are also a lot of risks involved, right? While working illegally isn't risk free consequences typically involve deportation for teachers and also a small fine for you and also the employer. So you get deported and you might not be able to come back to the country for several years, if ever. So it's a big, big thing. Don't do it. If an employer offers you, I know you don't need a work visa in a country where you know you need to work visa. No, red flag. Avoid that. Don't do that. It's bad. Yeah, then just real quick. I think nothing much more left. Just online teaching. Do I need a TEFL to teach English online also because online teaching is so big these days. It's not required, but many, many platforms do require it or it is just easier for you to find students if you have a TEFL T cell certificate. So the credibility, the opportunities, a TEFL certification enhances your credibility. Students will book you when they see all this is actually somebody who can teach, right? If you're browsing through teacher profiles and you see somebody who doesn't have any teacher certifications, qualifications, and then someone who has, who would you pick, right? You would probably pick the person who has more qualifications and knows what they're doing. Just a note, it's not mandatory for self employment. So if you, you know, have your own website, you want to teach English by yourself. And you don't obviously have to have a TEFL or T cell, but these certifications, like I said, attract more students, right? They would pick somebody with certifications over somebody who doesn't. So that's just something to note. And some platforms, they do want teachers to have TEFL or T cell certifications. It depends on the platform that same question kind of can I teach English online without any teaching experience? We had that before. Can I teach abroad without any experience? Can I teach online without any experience? Yes, absolutely. So many platforms, they welcome TEFL T cell graduates without teaching experience because there is a huge demand. So absolutely. And again, possessing a TEFL certification opens doors to more opportunities. And I'm not going to get into this now. How will a TEFL certificate help me in the classroom? We talked about that before. It just makes you more confident as a teacher, you know what you're doing. You know how to teach lesson planning, classroom management, all of these things. And also students would book you more when they see that you actually have a TEFL T cell, right? Oh, how much can you earn teaching online? So this also varies really from platform to platform. A good range is like $15 to $30 per hour. But again, it depends on your qualifications, on your experience and also the platform that you teach on. So many, they actually take a commission. Most teaching platforms that you register at, they get a commission. Sometimes in the beginning, this can be phone, sorry, sorry. This can be up to 30% in the beginning until you have a certain amount of students, a certain amount of lessons taught, a certain amount of things. It can be quite tough in the beginning. 30% is a lot that they take as a commission. And then usually over time, it will go down the longer you stay with a platform. Yeah, here's a range. But again, this varies from platform to platform and also on your personal qualifications. And yeah, those are all the questions. Okay, good. And now we're in one hour. Perfect. Well done. I did it in an hour. Nice. Or we did it in an hour. Great. All right. So now these were all the questions that I picked that I wanted to talk about. What about you guys? Do you have any more questions, things that I didn't mention, or something that I mentioned and you're like, can you please elaborate or, oh, I, I, you know, think this is not right or something like that. Give me feedback, comments, questions. I'm ready to take them on. Let me know. Or maybe you're completely happy and satisfied. And again, if you just tuned in 30% off any Teflor T-Soul course from ITTT today. You can scan this QR code right here, or let me share the discount code one more time in the comments. It ends with FB live minus Linda in here. Again, this is what it looks like with the discount. So the 120 hour course comes down to only 174 US dollars. And then we have the other courses here. This course 170 hour is great for people who want to teach English online as well. So this is the 120 hour plus 50 hours online teaching training, 209. And then we have my favorite, the 220 hour master package, 244 US dollars. And the 370 hour T-Soul diploma course for 349. And the highest level course that we offer is 550 hour expert package, which is 419 US dollars with today's discount. So I just picked this one. This is my favorite. So yeah, but back to our Q&A. So I'm going to give it a couple more minutes and wait here. If somebody's typing in a question. I don't want to finish too soon, but yeah, let me know. What are you curious about? I think today's questions were really, yeah, the most, pretty much the most important questions that we always get asked that ITTT for people who are quite new to Tefl T-Soul. So I hope somebody, you know, learned something new, feels more confident now in making this decision. It's not an easy decision to say, hey, I move abroad and teach English. But also like, you can always come back, right? If, you know, if you feel like, oh no, it's actually not for me. You don't have to stay there. You can move or sometimes it's also the first school because you're new to the place and you don't really know what you're doing. You don't know the local EFL market. You might end up at like a really weird school. Switch schools, you know, and then it might be better. But if it's really not for you, the worst thing that can happen is like you say, hey, you know what, teaching abroad is actually not for me. I'm just going to go back home and that's fine. You never know until you try. That's the thing. You never know until you try. So just try it out. You might love it. You might hate it, but you don't know until you try it. But I guarantee you most people that I've met love it. And they end up staying a lot longer than they thought in the beginning. There's one or two that I've met that are like, oh, actually this is not for me. But they stuck it out for a whole year. They finished their contract. They went back home and then it was that. But yeah, it depends. Okay. Well, if everybody's happy and has no more questions, then maybe we can say goodbye, but I don't want to stop too early now. But if you really have a question now and you're, you're typing in really quickly. So I know I know what's going on. Let's see. Let me just go through the comments and see if I missed anything, but I don't think so. Let's see. I just have this really cute comment. Thank you so much. But yeah, then I think that's it. All right. Well, thank you so much for staying here with me and spending some time taking some time out of your day to spend it with me. I appreciate that. Thank you so much for everybody's questions and comments. I really enjoyed the conversation. I hope there was something that you learned today that maybe you didn't know before. Even if I just help one person that always always makes me happy. So yeah. And then like and subscribe so you're updated and you never miss any of our upcoming live sessions. And yeah, stay tuned for next time. If you have any topic suggestions, anything like that, let me know. And then I'll cover these topics. And then yeah, I think that's it. So thank you so much for tuning in. I hope everybody has a wonderful weekend. Stay happy. Stay healthy. And I'll see you next time. Thank you so much. Bye.