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TEFL Accreditation Organisation

In decades past, before the existence of any TEFL accrediting body, many middle and high school campuses struggled as more and more students entered classrooms without a working knowledge of the English language. This made it difficult to teach any of the curriculum as every teacher was accustomed to being able to teach their subject without having to deal with a language barrier. With just one or two students, some schools could deal with each foreign language student on an individual basis. As more foreign language students entered the campuses, this strategy was no longer feasible. This was particularly true for schools in particular areas of any city, where foreign language students could make up a third or more of the student body.

Generally, the lion’s share of the duties of teaching foreign language students fell to the English teachers. Although the techniques were similar for teaching English to advance students who already knew English as to teaching those whose first language was something other than English, the techniques were still different enough to require increased focus. A second problem was that an English teacher with an 8th grade class, for instance, would be teaching students with a 7th grade foundation. The foreign language students on the other hand could be operating at a 1st grade foundation in English, or none at all. This is not to say the students were ignorant. In fact, many operated in all of their classes with at least as much proficiency as their English counterparts. For many, their only weakness was the language barrier.

Although campuses made a heroic effort to deal with the situation, they were greatly helped out by the advent of standardized teaching techniques. Already gifted English teachers with their own styles of teaching were augmented with the techniques developed by many teachers in a variety of situations. No longer did teachers, looking for new ways to improve their teaching methods, have to scour the internet in search of helpful tips. Now, with a TEFL accrediting body teachers know exactly where to go to get the information they needed.

In some schools, TEFL began to be mandated, and the TEFL accrediting body could also provide training to not only bring their current faculty up to speed but also to have a place to direct new candidates for opening teaching positions.

In modern days, both school faculty and administration are graded on their student’s performance, and the ability of have standardized methods gave teachers a great advantage. The TEFL Accreditation Body could assure that a campus had implemented all they needed to prepare themselves to teach foreign language students.