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120-hour Advanced TESOL Certificate

Name: 120-hour Advanced TESOL Certificate
Brand: OnTESOL
SKU: 108758
Rating: 4.86 (35 reviews)

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Location

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Canada
United States of America

Length

120 hours

Training Type

Online

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Program Details

Teaching Practicum

Yes

Job Placement

Yes

Certifications

Online TEFL Online TESOL TEFL TESOL

Weekly Classroom Hours

Age Min.

Pricing

Starting Price

470

Price Details

CA$650 Price in Canadian dollars. Fee includes course materials, tutor feedback and support, taxes, and the first copy of the TESOL certificate.

What's Included

Accommodation Airfare Airport Transfers Visa

What's Included (Extra)

Some jobs include visa support, accommodation, insurance, airfare and airport transfer.

What's Not Included

Meals SIM cards Travel Insurance

What's Not Included (Extra)

The Practicum is a separate module (Not required for the 120-hour certificate).

Last Updated: Mar 04, 2025

Last Reviewed: Jan 09, 2025

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About Program

The 120-hour Advanced TESOL certificate is valid worldwide so you never have to take another 120-hour course again. Use your OnTESOL certificate to go abroad, teach English online, and pursue an ESL teaching career in Canada or the United States.

OnTESOL is a great alternative to CELTA. Recognized and accredited in Canada and the USA.

Qualify for TESL Canada Professional Standard 1 certification. Earn 12 CEUs in the USA with our ACCET accreditation.

Get the skills you need to teach English effectively anywhere in the world. Learn to plan communicative and task-based ESL lessons with our lesson plan Lab Assignments.

Study online and submit assignments at your own pace. Maximum 6 months to pass the course. 120-hour graduates who complete the separate 20-hour Practicum, have a university degree, and meet English proficiency requirements* can upgrade to TESL Canada certification.

*(Native English speakers or non-native speakers with valid a IELTS/TOEFL score)

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Program Highlights

Earn CEUs in the USA with your OnTESOL Certificate
Self-paced Online TEFL / TESOL recognized by TESL Canada (academically equivalent to CELTA)
Interactive textbook, tutor feedback, quizzes, forums, and pre-recorded videos
Learn to create professional lesson plans with 3 Lab Assignments
Learn to use PPP, ESA, and TBL lesson planning frameworks

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Program Reviews

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Benefits 4.6
Support 5
Fun 4
Facilities 4.8
Safety 4.4

Instruction 5
Support 4.7
Value 5
Academic Rigor 4.7
Job Assistance 4.7

Content 4.85
Engagement 4.7
Support 4.9
Platform 4.8
Value 5

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This was a very smooth and coherent program. My tutor was very informative and her feedback on my assignments was very constructive. The lessons were very well structured and organized, which made it quite easy to follow the chapters. Although some of the educational videos could be more engaging, the content was relevant and useful. I tried to made most of this learning experience, and hope it can help me to achieve my career goals in future. I recommend taking this course to those people who are passionate about teaching with or without prior teaching experience.

When I was searching for a TESL program, quality and cost were both important factors for me. I had already taught abroad for many years, so I figured I just needed the certification. ONTesol had the most reasonable tuition of the providers on my shortlist, and after inquiring to several educational institutions about the ONTesol program (whether they had heard of it, the validity of the program, etc.) I decided to enrol with ONTesol. The program surpassed my expectations. I’m so happy i chose ONTesol. I learned quite a bit, even after ten years of teaching, and I highly recommend the program.

This certificate will provide secure grounding for you in the three main areas of TESOL that you need to know before you step into the classroom (Grammar, Phonology and Methodology). Your progress is checked by assignments such as essays and lesson plans which demonstrate that you have not only understood the material (lower order thinking skills) but that you can use what you have learned to create original lesson plans (higher order thinking skills). You will be glad of this when the need arises to produce your own work. On top of the enormous range of expert video content and written material on the platform, the support staff are excellent and are truly helpful. Finally, my tutors both have excellent qualifications and are very experienced, senior colleagues and practitioners in TESOL. I can fully recommend this course to you.

I have loved my experiences abroad! Being able to teach in another culture is a wonderful experiance that I will cherish for the rest of my life. Teaching overseas helped me confirm my dream of becoming an educator and I felt so lucky to have been able to do that. TESOL gave me the tools I needed to create fun and exciting lesson plans for my students. I believe that my lesson plans have improved exponentially since taking this course. I am grateful to have been apart of this program and I hope other educators take advantage of overseas opportunities.

What is your advice to future travelers on this program?

If you choose to teach overseas I would recommend being open and adaptable to new experiences. Some of my favourites moments away happened because I took a leap of faith!

I took the 120-hour Advanced TESOL Certificate course with the 20-hour TEYL Specialization. Once I completed the course, they helped me find a job teaching English online, which I was able to land within 3 weeks of graduating! They also helped me get a job in South Korea that I will be starting in June, so I would say that their job assistance program is excellent and their courses are broadly recognized.

I chose this course after reading all the positive reviews and because it is accredited by TESL Canada. I contemplated other online courses but this one seemed to be the best. I couldn't be happier with my decision.

What would you improve about this program?

Cannot think of anything. I rated their Academic Rigor 10/10, but it should be 15/10! It is a course that will challenge you to become a competent English teacher. ++

I liked that this course catered to my hectic schedule and that it was able to teach me new styles of teaching, lesson planning and improvements with my already existing teaching style. The tutors were available with any help or questions I had, and they were able to explain the material that I didn’t get. The practicum allowed me to be in real-life scenarios with students and was able to teach me problem-solving skills. Also, it made me more confident about myself and my abilities to teach various skills to my students. I liked it a lot! Good Experience overall!

What would you improve about this program?

Nothing that I could think of, but perhaps more staff to the job support team.

I completed the TESOL certificate and the Practicum with OnTESOL in Toronto. I am very happy with the quality of the course and the support I received from both my tutors. It was an intensive course and it took me about 2 months to do the whole thing. The online portion was very useful because it prepared me for the lesson plans I had to do during the Practicum portion. I had to take the Practicum to get TESL Canada accreditation and I would really recommend it to anyone who is considering starting a career because the feedback from the teacher trainer is very valuable. It really helps if you are a new teacher!

What would you improve about this program?

The course had about 12 videos and 3 of them are full ESL lessons. These videos helped a lot to see how a lesson plan becomes an ESL class because they are integrated with the assignments. I would recommend producing more of these videos!

This was a helpful course with knowledgable and helpful tutors. The first few units were a little easy, in my opinion, but the later ones were a bit more challenging and contained some useful content about lesson frameworks in particular. I've already begun testing out some of the ideas from the course on my own students and think that having done this course has made my own teaching better. Thanks again!

What would you improve about this program?

I found some of the content at the beginning of the course a bit easy and not so helpful - the later content was much better, particularly the TEYL module. I would have preferred more rigorous content about understanding how people learn and some content about classroom control or other common problems teachers may encounter.

Questions & Answers

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Claudia Bertotto

Program

120-hour Advanced TESOL Certificate

Job Title

Co-founder and Director of Studies

Claudia Bertotto is co-founder and Director of Studies at Coventry House International and OnTESOL. Claudia has close to 40 years of experience in the English Language Teaching industry and 20 years of experience as a curriculum designer for in-class and online TESOL courses that have received accreditation from top international organizations, including Trinity College London and TESL Canada. Ms. Bertotto completed her Master’s degree in TESOL and the Trinity DipTESOL, among other prominent TESOL-related credentials.

What is your favourite travel memory?

I had the opportunity to live in different countries and travel a lot in my career. I received my first TESOL credential in 1989 when I went to London, UK, for the first time. Since then, I have had the opportunity to travel worldwide as an English teacher, teacher trainer, and school director. The countries that I enjoyed touring the most were Egypt, Israel, India, Greece, and Turkey. I love learning about cultures and civilizations with a mix of ancient monuments, picturesque landscapes, and a rich history that spans thousands of years.

How have you changed/grown since working for your current company?

I started with Coventry House International in 2001 when the language school industry in Canada was starting to emerge, and it became apparent that there was a need for higher teacher training standards. So we started offering in-class courses for TESL Canada accreditation, which became the first Trinity CertTESOL course in North America. We launched OnTESOL in 2003 by adapting Coventry’s in-class courses to the online format with a 200-hour course, which was the first online course to be recognized by TESL Canada. A lot has changed in these past 20 years. The 200-hour course was eventually adapted into a 120-hour course for TESL Canada Standard 1 accreditation and a 250-hour course for TESL Canada Standard 2 accreditation. Over time, technology has given us the tools to analyze data and develop materials to improve the experience for trainees. Some examples are the new FAQs Video Tutorials for key sections where we noticed trainees need the most support from their tutors, the new Lab Videos for extra support with lesson planning assignments, and the new Live Workshops to provide an interactive learning experience. Supervising and training a greater number of tutors was probably the biggest challenge in the beginning. Online education was new, the internet was completely different, and everyone (including me) had to learn a completely new set of skills. I am very happy to have had the opportunity to collaborate with amazing teacher trainers. Many tutors who started 20 years ago are still with us today.

What is the best story you've heard from a return student?

The most rewarding feeling is when a graduate tells us how all their work in the TESOL course made a difference. I feel accomplished when they say they qualified for a competitive job because they could write an outstanding lesson plan in their interview, get a promotion, or open their own school.

Which course would you recommend?

The 250-hour TESOL Diploma is probably one of the most comprehensive TESOL, TEFL, CELTA courses globally. However, I only recommend this program to those who have previous ELT teaching experience, are highly interested in the field of TESOL, and can dedicate the time needed to complete all assignments. The Advanced 120-hour TESOL Certificate course is sufficient for teaching positions in Canada, online, or internationally. This course includes 3 lesson plan lab assignments where trainees complete detailed lesson plans using different
Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) formats to be ready to teach any language skill in an integrated, meaningful, and authentic way. Most students combine a 20-hour specialist on Teaching English (TEO) Online, Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL), or Teaching Business English (TBE) to add extra training on task-based learning and other teaching methods related to specific classroom situations. Currently, the most popular choices are the 120-hour TESOL certificate with a 20-hour specialist option on Teaching Young Learners or Teaching Business English. This combination offers a comprehensive practical experience with the most commonly used CLT lesson planning formats: PPP, ESA, and TBL.

What makes your company unique? When were you especially proud of your team?

The level of training in lesson planning is what makes OnTESOL unique. TESOL courses should offer technical skills so graduates can adapt to any classroom situation and supplement or replace the textbook with effective methods and materials. With OnTESOL, trainees get to complete detailed lesson plans --anywhere between 3 and 7 and receive feedback from a qualified tutor. OnTESOL also offers the option for graduates of our online TESOL courses to complete a separate Practicum module, where they have to observe and teach classes with real ESL students.

What do you believe to be the biggest factor in being a successful company?

Maintaining the same standards of Coventry’s in-class courses and focusing on the quality of lesson plans and tutor feedback has been the biggest factor for our success with OnTESOL. The assignments in the course are challenging, but they have long- lasting effects on a teacher’s career as well as the learning experience of their students.

Clare Linton

Recruitment Coordinator

About OnTESOL

We offer professional-level online TESOL/TEFL certification courses valid for teaching English abroad, online, and career advancement opportunities in Canada or the United States. OnTESOL is accredited by the leading organizations from Canada and the USA. We are institutionally accredited by ACCET (U.S. Department of Education Recognized Agency)...