To be honest the shorter courses like weekend courses are often expensive too, sometimes a couple of hundred pounds, and given it's such a small amount of time I'm not sure they are actually better value for money.
I would really like to get some practical experience before going over there though, even assuming I could get a job without any, because I don't believe walking blindly into a teaching job is going to be a good idea for me or the students. However a thousand pounds is a lot to put forward on a course I'm not sure I'm even ready to do (given how intensive it is, and my lack of experience.)
So can anyone recommend any good beginner courses (or are the Celta and TrinityTESOL suitable for someone who is completely fresh to teaching? I notice most require interviews...) Also if anyone has done a course that was cheaper how was that?
I apologise for the waffley nature of this post, I'm pretty tired right now having spent hours searching for courses and I guess I'm a little lost.

Thanks in advance for any help
