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Hi,
After having lived in rural Andalucía, Spain for 2 years I am thinking about starting along the road of TEFL. I have been amazed by the number of people, who advertise themselves as English teachers simply because they are native English speakers. I know that there is a demand as I have already been asked about private lessons. My target area would be young adults and children and I am unsure of which qualification to take. I have read the forums and have seen that CELTA or Trinity TESOL appear to be the best but I am unsure which of the two would be most appropriate for me. My target area would be young adults and children.
I do not have a teaching background so would be starting from scratch. I also need to take into consideration the possibility that I might want to work in a Language School in the future.

Would somebody kindly point me in the right direction.

You probably don't need a qualification for teaching one-to-one but as you clearly stated, a native speaker is not qualified to teach English just because they know the language. You have to know how to teach the language. You don't necessarily need a TEYL or Business TESOL, these are short specialist certificates you can take after a TESOL/TEFL course to practice lesson planning for children and business executives respectively. CELTA and Trinity also offer their own TEYL courses.

Try youtube and type in TEFL. You will see lots of basic videos teaching. A good insight for whats in store!

Peace