Dear Park English Team,

I am extremely interested in going to Korea to teach English in the near future. While I have a bachelor's degree and would therefore be technically qualified under Korean law, I am new to teaching and would like to obtain an online TESL/TEFL/TESOL certificate, both to make my own experience a bit easier and to ensure that I can offer my students the best education possible.

I have two questions:

1) Is there any detriment to obtaining an online certificate as opposed to participating in a classroom course?

2) What, if any, differences are there between TESL, TEFL, and TESOL certificates? Would you recommend one program over the others?

Any insight you could share would be most appreciated.

Best,
Josh Nedelman