"Display Name" <mmiklas@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Where do you guys recommend getting your TEFL certification from? I'm in
> NYC. Thanks again.
>

I found this link fairly quickly http://tinyurl.com/fzxe I'm sure there are
many, many others - and YES there are at this Google directory listing
http://tinyurl.com/fzxj

The EFLWeb has a fairly large directory listing too http://tinyurl.com/fzy4

If a course is certified by either Trinity or Cambridge, or is one of the
university course then I think you can't go too far wrong.  The university
courses are usually longer than the standard 4 weeks for a Cambridge CELTA,
and can be a lot more theory based as opposed to practical teacher training.
You choose which you'd prefer.  This course at Columbia caught my eye
http://www.ce.columbia.edu/tesol/

I started a 10 week CELTA course in fall 1993 which evolved into the 9 month
Diploma course, basically because I'd quit my London-based job and had
nothing better to do.  The prospect of teaching English in southern Europe
appealed to me - yet Japan beckoned first and the rest is a familiar tale
for this newsgroup.

But remember - it's your money - and none of these course qualifications are
essential to finding well paid (300,000 yen/month basic) English language
teaching employment in Japan.

jonathan