About Online School

Distance education via an online school is found to be a common phenomenon among students nowadays. This is because, it is believed online school to be a flexible option which not only earns them a degree but also helps them learn proficiency in writing and speaking in the English language. We’ve put together a list of ten sites where you can earn your TESL certificate, and ten more sites that help you find a job teaching English somewhere in the world.

1. The Toledo University online school includes Master of Arts in Education and English as a second language, Master of Arts in English as a second language, Master of Arts and Education in English as a second language in their list of degrees offered.
2. Kansas University online school offers Bachelor degrees like BS in Elementary education (English as a second language), BS in English as second language, Secondary teacher licensure.
3. Purdue University online school offers a doctorate degree in English as a second language.
4. The University of Mississippi online school has an online testing and assessment course which is a part of the course pattern necessary for the certificate course offered for English as a second language. It mainly emphasizes on the fundamentals of concepts and principles in the teaching and assessment procedure involved in teaching English as a second language.
5. Online school of TheUniversity of Maryland has a course that grants a masters degree on M.Ed. in SLEC/TESOL.
6. Drexel University is an online school that has been ranked as one of America’s best graduate schools in year 2007. The school offers a 12-credit TESL certificate program for students who already have a K-12 teaching certificate and who wish to become instructors of English as a Second Language. This course teaches the students about the theory and practice of second language education and structure and sound of English. It also includes various discussions on the design and assessment of English as a second language (ESL) course notes, and on wider issues related to intercultural learning.
7. The University of Westminster online school has a Post graduation degree, namely, Master of Arts in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL). This online school’s course is available in three different formats ranging from a three month course to a three year course.
8. Cambridge University online school offers an MPhil degree on Research on second language education.
9. The University of Surrey online school offers a TESL masters degree in Linguistics. It is a 27-month distance education course offered by this online school which requires no residency of the students.

TESL offers more than just helping students earn themselves a certificate or a degree from above online school. In fact, it also enables them to get placements and jobs overseas as instructors of English after getting degree from above online school or colleges. A certification from TESL though not always compulsory, adds as a bonus advantage for getting good jobs as teachers in other countries.

Having acquired a degree from an online school for TESL, students who wish to work as instructors in other countries need to look for recruitment sites which provide employment opportunities.

1. Linguistic-funland.com is a reputed online site for bagging TESL jobs in countries abroad. A must try for students from the above online school.
2. Tesljobs.com is another international ESL job link
3. Esljobproject.com helps recruitment of English teachers for countries like Korea, Japan, Taiwan and other locations abroad.
4. Educationjobs.com, a leading portal for teaching jobs, is a favorite among online school students
5. Esljob.org is a new portal for posting ESL resumes, ESL jobs and is very popular among online school students
6. Expatfinder.com, a popular search engine for finding best teaching jobs. It is very popular among online school students
7. Eslteachersboard.com is a well-known website for posting resumes by ESL teachers and jobs by ESL schools from different countries for free,
8. Careersteer.org are some of the leading job sites to look for TESL jobs in the United Kingdom. These mainly help TESL online school students find good jobs as English teachers.
9. Transitionsabroad.com only recruits those students who have a certificate or a master’s degree from TESL. Though a bachelor’s degree holder also gets placed, the chances of more flexibility and greater pay is less for such students.
10. Footprintsrecruiting.com is a leading TESL job search site that helps place TESL online school students for English teaching jobs in other countries abroad.

If you know another good online school for learning English (or even for finding a job teaching English), drop a comment and share it with us.