TEFL Award

The ELT Council has revamped its teaching methodology syllabus and introduced TEFL Cert. The TEFL Cert. Policy was launched as from January 2013. The Malta Further & Higher Education Authority (MFHEA) deems this General Education Award to be at Level 4 (6 credits) of the Malta Qualifications Framework and of the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning.

The TEFL Award course is administered by accredited course centres and regulated by the ELT Council. Accredited Course Centres are responsible for the provision of courses that are approved and monitored by the ELT Council.

All teachers in ELT schools in Malta and Gozo are required to attend and pass an approved TEFL Award course, i.e., the TEFL Award or the Cambridge ESOL CELTA or the Trinity Cert. TESOL, irrespective of whether, for example, they intend to work for an employer or be self-employed, or whether they intend to work face-to-face or online, in an EFL School or from a private home, and whether they intend to teach General English or English for Special Purposes (including, for example, English for Professionals, English for Business, English for Legal Purposes, English for Academic Purposes, etc).

List of TEFL Award. Accredited Training Centres

The E​LT Council certifies that the following schools were found to meet the established standards as published in the TEFL Award. policy.

  1. A Class Academy of English
  2. ACE English Malta
  3. Alpha School of English
  4. am Language
  5. Clubclass Language School 
  6. EASY School of Languages
  7. EC Malta
  8. EF International Language Campuses – Malta  
  9. English Domain 
  10. English Language Academy
  11. European School of English​
  12. GV Malta English Centre
  13. Institute of English Language Studies (IELS)
  14. Inlingua School of Languages
  15. International House Malta (IH Malta)
  16. NSTS English Language Institute
  17. Sprachcaffe Language PLUS

List of TEFL Award. Accredited Providers

The E​LT Council certifies that the following providers were found to meet the established standards as published in the TEFL Award. policy.

Providers who would like to start offering Online TEFL Award Courses need to apply for a Distance Learning Provider Licence.

  1. Online TEFL Teacher
  2. Tetra

TEFL Award. Teacher Trainers

The following ELT teacher trainers have been approved by the ELT Council:

  1. Rebecca Abela
  2. Ana Aleksic
  3. Charles Azzopardi
  4. Alexandra Bianco
  5. Doriette Brincat 
  6. Caroline Campbell
  7. Claude Coleiro​
  8. Louise Cortis
  9. Matt Done
  10. Michela Formosa
  11. Donovan Gatt
  12. Sergio Gatt
  13. Mairi Giambra 
  14. Louis Grech
  15. Alan Marsh
  16. Heidi Rizzo ​
  17. Jean Sciberras
  18. Kevin Spiteri 
  19. Michel Spiteri
  20. Annabelle Sweet 
  21. Jean Theuma 
  22. Amanda Vassallo
  23. Suzanne Vella
  24. Sarah Zammit ​

Upcoming TEFL Award Courses

Online TEFL Teacher (OTT): 29/10/2024 – 29/11/2024 (online)

am Language: 12/11/2024 – 12/12/2024 (online)

European School of English (ESE): 14/10/2024 – 21/11/2024 (face-to-face)

EF International Language Campuses – Malta: 14/10/2024 – 22/11/2024 (face-to-face)

NSTS English Language Institute: 14/10/2024 – 08/11/2024 (online)

am Language: 03/09/2024 – 26/09/2024 (online)

Online TEFL Teacher (OTT): 02/09/2024 – 03/10/2024 (online)

am Language: 30/07/2024 – 29/08/2024 (online)

Online TEFL Teacher (OTT): 08/07/2024 – 08/08/2024 (online)

am Language: 01/07/2024 – 19/07/2024 (online)

am Language: 10/06/2024 – 28/06/2024 (online)

Online TEFL Teacher (OTT): 27/05/2024 – 27/06/2024 (online)

am Language: 20/05/2024 – 07/06/2024 (online)

am Language: 08/04/2024 – 10/05/2024 (online)

NSTS English Language Institute: 25/03/2024 – 19/04/2024 (online)

European School of English (ESE): 25/03/2024 – 05/04/2024 (face-to-face)

EF International Language Campuses – Malta: 25/03/2024 – 05/04/2024 (face-to-face)

Online TEFL Teacher (OTT): 04/03/2024 – 04/04/2024 (online)

European School of English (ESE): 12/02/2024 – 11/03/2024 (face-to-face)

am Language: 12/02/2024 – 15/03/2024 (online)

English Domain: 16/01/2024 – 05/03/2024 (face-to-face)

Application form for TEFL Award Course Accreditation

Application form for TEFL Award Course Accreditation (online form)

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