Joining a professional association is one of the best ways to build your TEFL career. ESL and EFL associations bring together teachers, trainers, and researchers through conferences, workshops, and online communities.
By becoming a member, you can expand your professional network, stay up to date with the latest methods and research, and access training opportunities that strengthen your teaching.
Below you’ll find a comprehensive list of ESL, EFL, and TESOL associations worldwide, organised by region and country, to help you connect with the organisations most relevant to your context.
Thanks to iTEP for help compiling this list.
Contents
- International Associations
- North America
- South America
- Europe
- Oceania
- Asia
- Middle East & North Africa
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Facebook Groups
International Associations
- English Language Testing Society
- International Association of Teachers of EFL (IATEFL)
- International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT)
- Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
North America
USA (National)
- American Association of Intensive English Programs (AAIEP)
- National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (NCELA)
- National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
USA (State)
- Alabama–Mississippi TESOL
- Arkansas TESOL
- California TESOL
- Connecticut TESOL
- Colorado TESOL
- PennTESOL-East
- Sunshine State TESOL of Florida
- Georgia TESOL
- Hawaii TESOL
- Illinois TESOL
- Illinois Association of Multilingual Multicultural Education
- Indiana TESOL
- MidAmerica TESOL
- Kentucky TESOL
- Louisiana TESOL
- Northern New England TESOL
- Maryland TESOL
- Massachusetts Association of TESOL
- Michigan TESOL
- Minnesota TESOL
- New Jersey TESOL
- New Mexico TESOL
- New York State TESOL
- Carolina TESOL
- Dakota TESOL
- Ohio TESOL
- Oklahoma TESOL
- Oregon TESOL
- Rhode Island Teachers of English Language Learners
- Tennessee TESOL
- Texas TESOL Region III
- Texas TESOL Region V
- Intermountain TESOL
- Virginia TESOL
- Washington Association for the Education of Speakers of Other Languages
- Washington, D.C. TESOL
- West Virginia TESOL
- Wisconsin TESOL
Canada
- British Columbia Teachers of English as an Additional Language (BCTEAL)
- Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers (CASLT)
- Société pour la Promotion de l’Enseignement de l’Anglais (SPEAQ)
- TESOL British Columbia
- TESL Canada
- TESL Ontario
- TESL Nova Scotia
- TESL Saskatchewan
- TESL New Brunswick (TESLNB)
Mexico
Puerto Rico
South America
Argentina
Brazil
Europe
Croatia
Czech Republic
France
Germany
- English Teachers’ Association, Berlin/Brandenburg (ELTABB)
- English Language Teachers’ Association Frankfurt/Rhine-Main-Neckar (ELTAF)
- English Language Teachers’ Association Rhine (ELTAR)
- English Language Teachers’ Association Stuttgart (ELTAS)
- Hamburg English Language Teaching Association (HELTA)
- Munich English Language Teachers’ Association (MELTA)
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Spain
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
- British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes (BALEAP)
- National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum (NALDIC)
- Scottish Association for the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language (SATEFL)
- ALTO (Association of Language Travel Organisations)
Oceania
Australia
New Zealand
Asia
Pan-Asian organisations
Cambodia
Japan
- Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET)
- Japan Association for Language Teaching (JALT)
Nepal
Taiwan
Thailand
South Korea
Middle East and North Africa
Israel
Lebanon
Morocco
Saudi Arabia
