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Accreditations of TEFL Academy

It’s pointless to engage in a discussion on the TEFL Academy’s accreditations without first mulling over the meaning of the word “accreditation.” The word “accreditation’s” etymological meaning is ‘to recognize an educational institution as maintaining standards that qualify the graduates for admission to higher or more specialized institutions or for professional practice.’ An institution is given accreditation based on their legitimacy, performance, and professionalism. It is mainly at the national level that the accreditations for the TESOL or TEFL courses are given by institutions as there is no international body for accrediting these courses.

One may ask; what is the need for an accredited TESOL /TEFL certificate? It is extremely important to have a accreditation as it acknowledges the true worth of the course provider; vouches for its authenticity and endorses the course curriculum.

The TEFL Academy is supported by the following bodies and associations:
The TEFL Academy is an Institutional Member of IATEFL or International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language: the chief purpose of this institute is to collect build up and sustain globally English language professionals. This institute was founded in 1967 and proudly announces that at present it has 35,000 members in 100 different countries, IATEFL hopes that by 2010 it will scale new heights a new level.

CALICO this acronym stands for ‘The Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium. It is an organization, which is a combination of both academic and technical education; and is connected to both fields. In the arena of computer assisted teaching and education, CALICO is one of the premier institutes. It has been in this field for over twenty five years and gradually technicians, teachers, foreign language educators, web designers, and academicians have come into its fold.

TEFL Academy is a Commercial Member of Association for Language Learning is one of the foremost associations who are engaged in organizing language training activities throughout the world.

A Corporate Member of The International Association of Language Learning Technology was set up in 1965, IALLT as an organization is thoroughly professional and its members provide guidance in the progress, integration, appraisal and management of instruction based technology for the teaching and learning of language, literature and culture.

TEFL Academy is a Member of “The International E-Learning Association” (IELA) which is devoted to the advancement of knowledge and practice of e-learning both in the classroom and at the workplace. It has members from every continent—and from the sphere of government, industry, business, also academia—the IELA is a lively and distinct community of e-learning professionals, students and researchers.

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) happens to be the only national organization dedicated to the progress and extension of the teaching and learning of all languages at every stage of instruction. ACTFL is an organization with individual membership; it has above 9,000 foreign language educators and administrators from elementary to graduate level, as well as from the government and the industry.