$19 Certificate

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TEFL refers to teaching English as a foreign language: programs in countries where English is not the primary language and is not a lingua franca. TESOL, which stands for teaching English to speakers of other languages, is a general name for the field of teaching that includes both TESL and TEFL.

TESOL and TEFL are pretty much the same - Interesting info below.  
Review: http://www.eslinsider.com/blog/internati...rse-review
Comments: https://www.reddit.com/r/TEFL/comments/4...ely_cheap/

Interesting, and damning. I wouldn't waste even the $19 on it. You're not going to learn how to teach ESL with that. Plus, their accreditors are fake.

If a person in the U.S. wants a TESOL cert that is legitimately accredited by a USDOE recognized accreditor and is actually done properly, go with Bridge. They are ACCET accredited and they have agreements with several RA Universities. There are also colleges and univerisities online that have TESOL certificate programs so that's another route. It won't be cheap but it will be real and you'll actually learn something which is the point because you are dealing with people's lives/futures when you teach and you should actually know what you're doing.

I think it depends on what you want.    The $19 Groupon works very well for someone who is trying to get a check box for an online school.  I don't have any clue whether it would be worth anything in-person.   

The online English schools are very plentiful - basically they want someone competent who is a native English speaker (prefer neutral US accents.)    They have accepted my son's TESOL because teaching online is very different than in person.  Online, they have planned classes and you just follow along.   AND they just badly need teachers to fill these slots.   So, my son did the TESOL with his Groupon and now can make around $20 an hour since the schools in China accept the $19 Groupon. 

We also both have been volunteering locally at an adult ESL learning center.   It's extremely valuable experience for him tthat helped him get his online job, and having the TESOL greatly helped.