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168-hour specialist TEFL course
Start with our complete 120-hour TEFL training, then go deeper into teaching children and adults. The 168-hour TEFL course adds 40 hours of specialist Young Learner training and 8 hours focused on adult learners.
If 120 hours is enough for your plans, keep the extra $15.
Why add another 48 hours?
The value of specialist training is not the bigger number on the certificate. It is learning to change your instructions, pacing, materials, activities and expectations when the learner changes.
Young learners often need shorter activity cycles, more movement, stronger routines, more concrete language support and careful attention to developmental stage. The TEYL course goes much further than a general introduction.
An adult learner may be studying for work, migration, travel, an exam or a specific professional need. Adult lessons benefit from clear relevance, needs analysis and a stronger connection between class time and the learner's real-world goals.
Entry-level TEFL work can place teachers with very different age groups. The 168-hour route is for trainees who want more preparation before they walk into that range of classrooms.
The specialist difference
Pick a teaching problem below. This is the kind of thinking the extra 48 hours is designed to develop.
The target words can be identical, but the route into meaning and practice should reflect the learner.
Stop asking only "What am I teaching?" and start asking "Who am I teaching, and what does that change?"
168-hour curriculum
The route begins with the current 24-unit Complete TEFL core, then moves into eleven dedicated TEYL teaching units and two adult learner units. Practice and assessments sit around that teaching content. Open each part to see every unit.
Build the language awareness, lesson-planning and classroom decision-making needed before specializing by age group.
24 lessons+Pre-course orientation, lesson-planning practice, a midterm exam and a final exam.
Eleven dedicated units on teaching children, closing with a TEYL assessment.
11 units+Adult needs, motivations, learning goals and adapting lesson choices for mature learners.
2 units+Observe real teaching decisions
The Complete TEFL part of the course includes six complete ESL classroom lessons. Here are five stages from one real lesson. Tap a photo to see how a teacher might adapt that stage for children and for adults.
The photos show one real StudyTEFL lesson. The flip side shows examples of how a stage might change for other age groups.
What the extra $15 buys
Simple decision rule for the 168-hour TEFL course
If you only need a strong general 120-hour qualification, the $39 Complete course may be the smarter purchase. It already gives you our main training, the fuller video experience, real lesson observation, scenarios, tutor support and a certificate. Choose 168 hours when you look at likely teaching work and think, “I want much more on children, and specific preparation for adults.”
Add 48 specialist hours rather than buying a different core course.
Move from the lean $29 route into the fuller experience plus age-group specialization.
Save the difference if you do not need tutor-reviewed demo teaching.
Choose the smallest course that honestly fits the work you want.
Choose without panic
Pick the course that matches what you actually want to do. The 168-hour TEFL course is selected because you are on its page, not because every trainee needs it. Drag the slider or tap a price to compare.
StudyTEFL courses are not CELTA, Trinity CertTESOL or Ofqual-regulated Level 5 qualifications. If a target employer explicitly requires one of those, choose the qualification the employer asks for.
Certification included
The digital 168-hour TEFL-TESOL certificate is included in the course price and carries QR-linked online verification. You can download it automatically once you pass, and the QR-linked verification record is activated manually, so allow up to 12 hours.
You can also complete the 120-hour section first and receive the corresponding core certificate before finishing the extra specialist training. If a school, employer or visa process requires legalisation, StudyTEFL certificates can enter the UK notarisation and apostille process from the digital PDF.
Digital certificate, with no compulsory StudyTEFL certificate upgrade fee.
QR-linked verification for employers and officials.
A self-print option for trainees who want a physical copy.
Available through third-party legalisation services where needed.
After the course
Use StudyTEFL's job resources to research current entry-level opportunities, recruiters and teaching destinations after you qualify.
Browse recent jobs selected with new teachers in mind, including opportunities across major Asian TEFL markets.
Compare destinations, hiring expectations and practical next steps before choosing where to apply.
Ask experienced teachers when a course concept needs clarification. Technical and account help is also available when the platform itself gets in the way.
168-hour TEFL course FAQs
168 hours, one specialist route
Get the Complete TEFL core, add the 40-hour TEYL specialization and the 8-hour adult-learner course for $54 total.
