Contents

• Why choose EBC?
• What accreditation organisations are legitimate?
• What are Ascentis (OCNW), NQF level 4, QCA and QAA?
• How do I get my qualifications authenticated and legalised?
• Where are the training centres?
• How long is the course?
• How much is the course?
• Accommodation options?
• Who will train me?
• Will you help find me a job?
• Will I need a travel visa?
• When do the courses start?
• How do I apply?
• What are my payment options?
• Can I get independent references?
• What's the EBC student profile?
• What does EBC stand for?

Why choose EBC?

Top quality training

Click here for more information about the course.

Your course trainers are TEFL experts with years of EFL teaching and TEFL training experience. You are the best, so you get trained by the best.

Accreditation and international acceptance

With years of experience and graduates working all over the world, our global contacts in the field that have employed EBC graduates attest to the quality of our teachers and our programmes. Language companies that also offer CELTA and Trinity courses also hire EBC graduates.

Our graduates have told us that some of the language schools that we introduce them to (part of our lifetime job placement assistance program) have said that they give priority to EBC graduates.

Finally, the EBC course is accredited by a British Council acknowledged examination board, Ascentis. This means that many more doors will be open to you regarding jobs. The British Council is a case in point. You can only work for them if you have a qualification, like our EBC International Certificate in TESOL, that meets their teaching qualification requirements.

Jobs

We have an unrivalled job placement assistance programme that so far has had a 100% success rate in getting people working within a week or less of finishing the course.

Lifetime support

Whatever advice you need regarding jobs or your teaching career you can always contact EBC. We will always be there to lend a hand if you need it regardless of how long ago you studied with us.

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What accreditation organisations are legitimate?

Only government recognised organisations are legitimate.

The EBC TEFL course has been accredited as being at NQF level 4 by Ascentis (OCNW) a National Awarding Body.

Ascentis (OCNW) is a National Awarding Body, approved by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) and is licensed by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA).

• The QCA and QAA are both British Government organisations
• The QCA oversees the National Awarding Bodies
• The QAA ensures that higher education qualifications are of a sound standard

Ascentis is listed on the British Council Website as a recognised examination board.

If you see any others out there, as they say, "Caveat emptor", buyer beware, because they could be home-grown.

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What are Ascentis (OCNW), NQF level 4, QCA and QAA?

The EBC International Certificate in TESOL has been accredited as being at NQF level 4 by Ascentis (OCNW) a National Awarding Body that is approved by the QCA and is licensed by the QAA.

OK! What do these acronyms mean?

Ascentis (OCNW)

Ascentis (formerly known as OCNW)is a British National Awarding body (a recognised examination board). Ascentis (OCNW) is approved by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) and is licensed by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA).

NQF level 4

NQF is short for National Qualifications Framework, a structure designed by the QCA to meet the following needs:

"The National Qualifications Framework (NQF) sets out the levels against which a qualification can be recognised. It helps learners make informed decisions about the qualifications they want to pursue, by comparing the levels of different qualifications and identifying different progression routes. The accreditation of qualifications makes sure they are of a high quality and that they meet the needs of learners and employers."

The EBC International Certificate in TESOL is at NQF level 4. Other level 4 certificates are CELTA and Trinity Cert.TESOL, so the EBC International Certificate in TESOL is at peer level with these two.

QCA

The QCA is the Qualifications and Curriculum Agency. The QCA's job is to develop the national curriculum, improve and deliver assessments, and review and reform qualifications.

QAA

The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) checks how UK universities maintain their own academic standards and quality.

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How do I get my qualifications authenticated and legalised?

EBC wishes to thank ex-Buenos Aires graduate Matthew Ronald for the following article regarding getting your EBC certificate legally registered for international acceptance under the Hague Convention. Matthew has been through this procedure in order to get a work visa for Mexico where he is currently working.

If Matthew had taken a course that is not accredited by one of the organisations shown above, his certificate would have been worthless and he would NOT have been able to get a work visa.

The following applies to the authentication for legal purposes of EBC certificates and degree certificates (APOSTILLES)

When working in countries outside of the European Union, schools will often ask for your EBC certificate and your DEGREE certificate to be APOSTILLED.

They ask for this so that they can present legally authenticated documents to their government to get your visa application processed.

In more developed foreign countries you will not be able to get a visa without authenticated documents and will be unable to teach legally, if at all.

In order to apostille or authenticate your EBC International Certificate in TESOL, you will need to send it to:

The Legalisation Office,
Norfolk House (West),
437 Silbury Boulevard,
Milton Keynes,
MK9 2AH.

UK Phone: 01908 295 111
Outside UK Phone: +44 1908 295 111

You must send the EBC International Certificate in TESOL (THE CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY ASCENTIS) because it is an officially recognised UK qualification. The UK will ONLY issue an apostille for qualifications from officially recognised British institutions like Ascentis (OCNW).

In addition you must also have your UNIVERSITY DEGREE CERTIFICATE authenticated for legal purposes. This authentication must be done in the country where your degree was issued. There are similar agencies in all countries that can put the APOSTILLE on your degree certificate.

TO SUMMARISE:

• YOU NEED TO AUTHENTICATE YOUR EBC CERTIFICATE FOR LEGAL PURPOSES IN BRITAIN (LONDON LEGALISATION OFFICE). There are no offices in Scotland or Wales only in London.
• YOU NEED TO AUTHENTICATE YOUR DEGREE CERTIFICATE FOR LEGAL PURPOSES IN THE CORRESPONDING LEGALISATION OFFICE IN THE COUNTRY WHERE YOU WENT TO UNIVERSITY.

As an example: If you have an American Degree and the EBC certificate, it means that you'll have to get two different apostilles, one from Britain and one from the USA.

These are not EBC's rules, it is standard government and international diplomatic protocol.

The APOSTILLE is proof that you haven't just printed these certificates off by yourself or got them from a bogus TEFL school or university.

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Where are the training centres?

EBC currently has training centres in the following great locations:

Madrid, Spain

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Chania, Greece (Island of Crete)

Cusco, Peru

San Jose, Costa Rica

Phuket, Thailand

Amman, Jordan

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How long is the course?

The course runs full-time for 4 weeks.

It comprises 150 hours of study: pre-course work, classroom training, lesson planning, teaching practice and feedback, homework and  employment opportunities.

Click here for more about the daily course schedule.

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How much is the course?

Click here for a list of campus location fees and dates.

Click here for more details about what's included in the fee.

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Accommodation options

EBC has negotiated some great rates for you with reputable local accommodation providers in each one of our course campus locations.

The EBC accommodation service will help you get reliable accommodation without the additional cost of a middle-man.

Click here for more about our accommodation options.

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Who will train me

As you are the best, we believe that you should be taught by people who are experts in TESOL TEFL. Our trainers each have, on average, 10 to 15 years experience teaching English as a foreign language. In addition to TESOL TEFL experience, our EBC TEFL trainers hold BAs and Masters degrees in just about every language related area you can think of.

Our trainers also give external lectures on teacher training, organise UNICEF English summer camps and have authored TESOL TEFL text books and audio tapes. These people know their subject and even more importantly, they know how to teach it effectively.

By comparison, other courses insist on 5 years or even less TESOL TEFL experience and in some cases don't even insist that the their trainers have a degree.

Click here for more details about our trainers.

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Will you help find me a job

So far, we have helped every EBC course graduate find work that pays normal market rates. That's a 100% success record in getting you work after graduating.

As a graduate of EBC TEFL, you get top priority for teaching jobs that are available with our sister company EBC y Asociados Idiomas.

Should they not have positions immediately available, we help to place you in hundreds of reputable language schools in our campus locations or wherever you'd like to teach.

When you graduate you'll get web access to our world-wide school list that includes each school's web site (where available), contact email, phone number and address. This is a lifetime service so wherever you are in the world, you can always go back to our site and check out the schools. We currently have almost 2,000 schools on the list.

So far, every EBC course graduate has found work that pays normal market rates.

Click here for more details about our lifetime career support programme.

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Will I need a travel visa

Check the Visas and flights section of your chosen campus location to see whether you will need to get a visa.

Before you send a deposit you must check with your nearest campus location country's embassy or consulate as to exactly what you need to do in order to apply for a tourist visa.

In order to take the course you must have a tourist visa that will allow you to stay in your chosen campus location's country for 5 weeks.

DO NOT SEND ANY MONEY UNTIL YOU HAVE YOUR VISA!

If you need a letter of introduction to apply for a visa there is a non-refundable fee of 100 Euros that must be paid in advance. If you get a visa, the fee will be deducted from your course fee. If you do not get a visa, the money will NOT be refunded.

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When do the courses start?

Click here for a list of course dates.

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How do I apply?

Click here for application instructions.

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What are my payment options?

Currencies

In order to beat the exchange rates you have the option of sending your course fee in:

• US Dollars,
• British Pounds,
• Euros.

How the payment schedule works

Your course fee is paid in 2 parts:

1. A non-refundable deposit to reserve your course place.
2. The remaining balance is paid one month before the course starts.

To avoid disappointment, send your deposit as soon as you've been accepted because our courses fill up quickly.

Sending your deposit is the only way to guarantee your place!

What are my SECURE PAYMENT options?

For your convenience the EBC SECURE PAYMENT system has 2 easy to use options:

1. Secure Credit Card payments
2. Bank transfer

If you haven't applied yet, click here, it's free to apply!

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Can I get independent references?

Yes you can. Click the link below to go to our reference system. You will be assigned at random some email ids of past course graduates that have kindly agreed to give EBC a reference.

Click here if you would like to contact previous course graduates and ask them for a personal reference.

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What's the EBC student profile?

Age

• Youngest student: 21
• Oldest student: 68
• Average age: 27

Qualifications

• 97% of students hold a bachelors degree
  (the remaining 3% have at least 5 years professional work experience)
• 12% of students hold a masters degree
• 2% of students hold a doctorate

Gender

• 60% of students are female
• 40% of students are male

Nationality

• 55% of students are from the USA
• 30% of students are from the UK
• 15% of students are from other countries

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What does EBC stand for?

EBC stands for Executive Business Communication because EBC started life in Madrid in 1995 as a language school dedicated to teaching business English to executives.

The story of why it got shortened to EBC comes down to the first secretary. After several attempts at trying to say the full name, she politely asked to shorten the name to EBC. Since then the abbreviation has stuck.

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"Before applying to study at EBC, I read messages of varied degrees of satisfaction with other TEFL and CELTA training schools. But graduates of EBC spoke glowingly of the level of care that they experienced at EBC. I agree. I am glad that I chose to study here. Excellent instructors and accessible administrators."

Joseph Siegel (USA)