The table illustrates number of english language teachers who took qualification in the United Kingdom during 2007/8 and 2008/9. In general, there was a decrease number in total of qualification applicants, while TEFL still stands as the most favorable english examination degrees for the test takers among other english degrees.
Overall, during the period of time there was an upward trend in female teachers who took the examination from 23.842 to 24.324 people. On the other hand, the male praticioners experienced a downward trend between 8.165 and 7.511 persons in both span of time.
To add to this, in terms of type of qualifications, eventually TEFL had remain the most popular compared to other degrees in both years although it faced a notably decrease number of applications from 6.870 to only 6.545 people. In 2008/9 Cambridge UCLES CELTA & other degrees had successfully an increase eventhough it could not overcame TEFL after all.
