Level 4 150 Hour Advanced TEFL/TESOL Online Course
More skills, greater depth to help you find better jobs and increased TESOL earnings.
An accredited Global English TEFL/TESOL training course to help you get noticed by employers with a qualification well above the standard 120 hours. Cover essential areas in more depth, enjoy more tutor feedback and become a better teacher.
This course is for you if you want to:
- qualify with a Level 4, 150-hour TEFL/TESOL certificate
- improve your appeal to employers*
- boost your confidence and skills with more training and depth
Enjoy 24/7 course access - working at your own pace with personal tutor support for feedback, marking and guidance.
Top quality training
If you want your qualification to stand out from the typical 120-hour TESOL, this is for you.
We cover all the 120-hour TESOL material, but in addition, you’ll dive into more depth in these areas:
- online English teaching - learning how to set up as an independent online English teacher
- advanced classroom management - so you’ll know how to teach different levels
- learner assessment - showing you how to effectively manage student progress
- professional development - helping to ensure you keep moving on in your career post-course.
New revised and updated course content has been created in line with ACTDEC Level 4 requirements for 2025.
Introducing our new ‘notes’ feature, so you can customise your learning by making meaningful comments on material that you can reflect on later. Enjoy tutor feedback and support and regular course time reminders to help keep you on track.
Opinion matters
With over 25 years' experience in TESOL training, what do people say about Global English?
“A very good course covering wide field, with excellent practical examples of how to teach a concept. The course also gave me so many resources and links to other websites, which assist me in my teaching career on a daily basis.”
Anna Marias, GE 150 hour course graduate
For more course reviews, see Student Comments.
Eligibility
Open to native and non-native English speakers over 17 years old with good written and spoken English. If you are a non-native English speaker, please see the course eligibility requirements on our FAQ page. Remember you can always ask us if you are not sure about your level of English.
A reliable internet connection is required since this course operates over an interactive platform. PC/Mac/Tablet compatible.
Duration
Typically, this course can take between 6-8 weeks to complete, but we go at your pace and you have 180 days access to this course for maximum flexibility. 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 access beyond 180 days
- Printed and embossed certificate available for an extra fee
- opportunity to upgrade to Level 5 through a further step-up course
Optional ACTDEC Level 4 PDF certificate available upon successful completion
This course blends perfectly with any other specialist TESOL courses, for an additional 10% discount.
* Please note, a TESOL certificate alone may not grant you access to EFL jobs online or overseas. Employers may wish to see a degree and/or have certain nationality requirements. See our course destinations pages for more.
TESOL 150 hours Advanced Course
This level 4 ACTDEC-accredited course covers all the material in the new 2025 ACTDEC syllabus, across 35 interactive modules, each with a range of tutor-assessed and computer-assessed questions. There are six 'stop and reflect' sections, one essay and two lesson plans.
M1 Introduction to TESOL
What is ELT? Introduction to English language teaching, the ELT industry and qualities of a good teacher.
M2 Reasons for learning English
Wants and needs of adult, young learners, classroom and online students.
M3 Classroom Management 1
Traditional vs. communicative classrooms, classroom layouts, basic class planning, online classrooms, needs analysis and managing student expectations.
M4 Classroom Management 2
Getting lessons started with engagement activities, group work and pair work, student motivation and discipline in the classroom.
M5 Classroom Management 3
Classroom sensitivity and the importance of learning consolidation through homework.
M6 Classroom Management 4
Spoken and written correction - how to correct students and encourage them to learn from their mistakes, how to make corrections effectively when teaching online.
Essay on Classroom Management
Write a summary essay of the main features of classroom management covered so far.
CR1 - Classroom Management
Opportunity to engage in reflective learning on classroom management.
M7 Levels
Teaching at different levels and how to judge the level of your learners
M8 Materials
Selecting materials for classroom-based teaching and online teaching, the major ELT publishers and best free or subscription-based online teaching websites.
M9 Lesson Planning
Creating effective classroom and online lesson plans that help learners develop their English ability. A sample lesson plan for a classroom-based lesson.
M10 Skills Lessons – Reading
Language acquisition and planning reading-focused lessons, with pre-teaching, concept and comprehension questions, controlled and free practice activities, aims and objectives.
M11 – Skills Lessons – Writing
Different ideas for helping learners develop their written English ability, semi-controlled and free writing, project or topic-based lessons.
M12 – Skills Lessons – Listening
The different stages of a listening lesson, ideas and materials for listening lessons, including songs and activities for both adults and young learners.
M13 – Skills Lessons – Speaking
How to give effective speaking lessons, including fluency, themed conversation-based lessons, and pronunciation, including consonant clusters and similar vowel sounds.
LP1 – Skills Lesson Plan
Create a lesson plan for either a reading or speaking lesson.
CR2 - Skills Lessons
Opportunity to engage in reflective learning on teaching the basic skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking.
M14 – Language Awareness
Develop your knowledge of how the English language works. Examine the structure and components of English in order to be able to teach more effectively.
M15 – Getting Started with Grammar
Discover how to teach basic English grammar, including verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs and other basic building blocks of our language.
M16 – Present Tense
How to teach the verb ‘to be’, the present simple and continuous forms, with easy teaching lesson ideas.
M17 – Past Tense
How to teach the past simple and continuous, regular and irregular forms with a sample past tense grammar lesson.
M18 – Auxiliary Verbs
Using Do, Does and Did as auxiliary verbs in sentences and questions.
M19 – Future Forms
Using different future forms to make predictions, talk about plans and instant decisions, making arrangements and speaking about timetabled events in English.
M20 – Passive Voice
Difference between active and passive voice, how passive voice is used and ideas for teaching it.
M21 – Perfect Tense
Present perfect simple and continuous form and uses, past perfect and future perfect with examples, exercises and tips for teaching.
LP2 - Grammar Lesson Plan
Create a lesson plan for the revision of the past simple and present perfect simple.
M22 – Conditional Forms
Teaching the first, second, third and zero conditional, lesson plan guidance and samples.
CR3 - English Grammar
Opportunity to engage in reflective learning on teaching grammar.
M23 – Teaching Vocabulary
Lexis and storage, learning new language semantically, antonyms and synonyms, sample lesson plan for teaching vocabulary.
M24 – Functional English and Modal Verbs
Teaching function lessons, including requests, offers, permission, suggestions, obligation and advice.
M25 – Language Structure and Acquisition
How do we learn languages? Second language acquisition theory, morphology and syntax, semantics, lexis and etymology.
CR4 – Functions, Vocab and Learning Languages
Opportunity to engage in reflective learning on teaching functions, vocabulary lessons and how we learn languages.
M26 – Assessment and Testing
Performance-based assessment tools, assessment theory and practice, and teaching English for exams.
M27 – Classroom confidence
Getting ready to teach, Personal Learning Networks (PLNs), building confidence and feeling comfortable in the classroom environment.
M28 – The World of EFL
Teaching around the world, a brief history of EFL, finding work and TESOL contracts, CV/resume help and suggestions, passing TESOL interviews, advantages and disadvantages of working online.
CR5 – Assessment, Testing and Getting Started in TESOL
Opportunity to engage in reflective learning on assessment and testing theory, the world of EFL and confidence in the classroom.
M29 – Advanced Class Management 1
Different classroom configurations, how to optimise your class for group, pair and individual work, diversity, individual learning strategies and examples.
M30 – Advanced Class Management 2
How we teach beginners, simplifying language, modelling and backchaining. Teaching mixed ability groups, differentiating and measuring aims.
M31 – Advanced Assessment: Methods and Tools
What makes assessment valid and reliable? Different assessment tools and methods that can be effective for all learners.
M32 – Independent Online Teaching 1
How to become a successful independent online English teacher, different platforms, materials and interactive whiteboards, how to plan for online groups or individuals.
M33 – Independent Online Teaching 2
Giving successful trial English lessons and how to find new students.
M34 – Working for Online Companies
Pros and cons of working for online companies vs. teaching independently, a look at the top online companies to work for.
M35 – Introduction to Professional Development
How we learn and grow as teachers? ELT’s changing attitude towards professional development and tools for self-evaluation for ongoing learning.
CR6 – Level 4 Review
Opportunity to engage in reflective learning on advanced class management, independent online English teaching and professional development.
CC – Course conclusion
Course review and steps towards certification
Educational Studies in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
The Global English TEFL/TESOL PDF certificate is awarded upon successful completion (included in the course fee).
All GE TESOL PDF certificates include a student certificate number, as well as the logo of our accrediting body, ACTDEC.
A printed, embossed version is also available for an extra fee from our TEFL shop page.
An optional ACTDEC Level 4 certificate is also available upon successful course completion
Click on a certificate image below to view a sample certificate (note that the samples don't show student certificate numbers).
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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.