20 hour TESOL Teaching Practice Certificate
Designed for Global English online TESOL trainees who would like official recognition of their in-class voluntary or paid teaching. Your 20 hour Teaching Practice (TP) can consist of any in-class help you give; from assisting a lead teacher to observing classes, as long as you lead a class for at least 6 hours.
Why this course
This is a unique programme giving you maximum flexibility on where and when you undertake your TP.
In addition, you can expect support in your teaching with access to a personal tutor and a robust programme requiring at least 6 hours of you leading a class.
How the course works
Upon registration, you will log into your student area and see documentation for you and the sponsoring school. Find out more from the COURSE CONTENT tab above, along with information on where to find volunteer teaching opportunities.
Eligibility
Open to Global English current trainees, graduates and new trainees with Global English TESOL. Not available to candidates with other non-Global English TESOL qualifications.
Duration
Buying this course as a stand-alone: for current GE graduates we allow 6 months for completion and submission of the necessary documentation.
Buying this course with an online course: this course will run for the same duration as your online course + 1 month, allowing you to organise your teaching practice at the end of your course if you wish.
Everything you need to complete your course and gain your certificate is included in the one fee above. However, check out these optional extras:
- Additional time course extensions available if you need to go beyond 180 days
- Printed and embossed certificate available for an extra fee
This course is a great addition to any Global English TESOL online course. Purchase at the same time as your main programme of studies and get 10% off the total combined course price. Excellent value!
Your TP programme should consist of a minimum 20 hours class time.
Upon enrolment, you will log in to your student area, meet your personal tutor and view the forms ready for download:
Time log form – completed by you and signed by the sponsoring institution confirming your completion of 20 hours in-class time. 6 hours must be you leading a class teaching English. The remaining hours can consist of being a class assistant or observing a class (minimum of 2 students per class). Please note, home tutoring 1-1 cannot be included in this class since it is vital for the integrity of the programme that your TP experience is verifiable by a 3rd party.
Self-evaluation form - submit a guided reflection on a lesson you have delivered. You will be assigned a Global English personal tutor for advice, guidance and who will also mark your self-evaluation.
Where can I get teaching practice?
It is important that your teaching practice is classroom based and can be verified by a 3rd party ‘host’ of some description for the validity of your certificate. This is why tutoring 1-1 privately/online does not count towards TP under this scheme.
There is a huge demand to learn English and in most locations worldwide there are numerous opportunities to teach English in the paid or voluntary sector.
The documentation we need your sponsoring organisation to provide for us is simple and requires minimal time input. They need to commit to allowing you to lead a class for 6 hours of teaching, with a further 14 hours of either teaching, assisting an experienced teacher or observing a class. They then sign to verify your participation.
Organisations offering TP options:
- faith-based organisations, churches and ‘international cafes’
- local government or state programmes running English classes
- universities and colleges with or without specific ESL departments
- libraries
- community centres based around cultural groups (find these through the internet on local search engines)
- language schools
Global English TESOL candidates have discovered volunteer teaching opportunities in Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, UK and the USA (in over 20 states).
Teaching Practice in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
A Global English PDF certificate is awarded upon successful completion. A printed, embossed version is also available for an extra fee from our TEFL shop page. The certificate can be adapted to reflect the total number of classroom based hours as needed.
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Who delivers this course
TEFL Global is a trading name of Edventure Abroad Limited, launched in 2026 by Jonathan Siddall. Your course is delivered by our partner Global English, a UK online TESOL school in Exeter, established in 1997.
- Delivered: you study on the Global English platform, using Global English course content.
- Marked: a Global English tutor marks your assignments and writes feedback on them, and you can message your tutor with questions. Some short questions inside the modules are checked automatically.
- Certified: your certificate is issued by Global English and carries a code anyone can check at global-english.com/verify/.
- Accredited: ACTDEC-accredited | actdec.org.uk
What Global English’s students say
These are reviews of Global English, not of TEFL Global, which is new and has few reviews of its own yet.
- TEFL Course Review: Global English TESOL, 4.79/5 from 123 reviews (checked 7 Oct 2026).
- Trustpilot: Global English TESOL/TEFL, TrustScore 4.5 from 72 reviews (checked 7 Oct 2026).
Why some sites list us separately
Review sites list Global English TESOL under its own name, and TEFL Global is not listed there as a separate school. That is correct: they are two brands. TEFL Global sells the courses and Global English delivers, marks and certifies them.