No, it isn't possible I'm afraid, hence doing it online. If anything it is a gap filler and just wishing to do this as an addition to other qualifications. I am trying to find a deal online but I am sure these TEFL discount courses on Wowcher and Groupon etc require a UK address. Does anyone know whether they have managed to get discounts on these courses within France?

"We", or at least "I", certainly did, (& I'm a fair bit younger than NC).

Far too many years of Latin, + French from a very young age probably helped. My French grammar is a heck of a lot better than my grasp of English grammar; but TEFLing helped me refine/revise the English side .

Online courses? The dispensing institution will dictate whether they're seen in good-standing, or not.

S

I know that you're much younger than I, but it's a relief to learn that I'm not alone in learning grammar at school in England. After all it was a Grammar School.

I passed entrance exams into the Junior Grammar School at age 8 and remember very clearly being taught tenses, parsing sentences etc etc from then on: a bit like Primaire it seems.

Latin and French (even one year of German) came later.

Ironically, I've turned out more proficient in German than French. (so far).

But the grammar (in English & in Latin perhaps) helped no end with both.

Swerving thread alert: I failed, rather spectacularly, & quite deliberately, the Grammar school entrance exam (11+? I think it was called at the time?). Twice. Bradford had a lucky escape .

I had a rather unusual education in the UK; a mix of mainstream public & private schools + rather a lot of homeschooling, mostly all at the same time.

I could converse in German up until I was 4-ish, apparently. I don't remember, & can't speak a word of it today. French, Spanish, Latin I can handle.

I rarely see, but enjoy very much, the verb "parse" & its derivatives . My children hated me for it when they were learning ESL. /thread swerve.

Back to TEFL...

S

Regardless of whether online TEFL courses are accepted or not I reiterate I am doing it for my own good, not for work. TBH I cannot think of anything worse than teaching a group of individuals english. I was not put on this planet to teach, that's for sure. Incidentally, I know someone who did this in the UK, (online), knowing she was moving down here and has been accepted to teach a company in France english 3 days a week and getting reasonable money for doing so.