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Online TESOL Courses
An online course will normally involve a student logging on to access course materials, assignments and marks for assignments. This can work well for courses with limited material and simple assignments.
A distance-learning course will generally provide course materials for students by download from a secure server, on a CD or in printed form. This method of training will be suitable for courses with a significant level of material, varied assignments and a significant level of feedback from tutors.
A professionally designed TESOL distance-learning course of 150 hours (equivalent to a one-month, full-time training programme) will normally be appropriate by distance learning but less so as an online course.
With both types of courses there can be significant advantages for students.
- You can enrol on courses very quickly and easily.
- You can start your course almost immediately.
- You will not be restricted by the availability of a course locally.
- You will not be restricted by student numbers, classrooms, accommodation or the availability of teachers or trainers.
- You will have a personal tutor to answer your questions and mark your work.
- You can work at your own speed.
- You can work at home or anywhere else, at times to suit yourself.
- You are very likely to pay less for your course than you would for a taught course.
When people speak of an online TESOL course, in fact they are often referring to a distance-learning course. The fact that the TESOL distance-learning course material can be delivered by download from the course provider's server means that people sometimes confuse this delivery method with an online TESOL course.
