According to the name it is a TEFL course (NIOCN Teaching English as a Foreign Language).

Of course, that doesn't let us know whether it is commonly recognised or not.  There are thousands of TEFL and TESOL courses - courses that train teachers for Teaching English as a Foreign Language or Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.  The acronyms are general use and don't refer to any specific course.

TEFL/TESOL courses come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, some fantastic, some okay, and some not worth a dime.  I'd recommend finding out the following information about it:

• How many contact hours is it?  (Good courses are usually 120 contact hours or more).
• What additional hours are there?  (Good courses usually involve additional study - reading, homework, assignment writing, online study, etc.  Note that this kind of study shouldn't replace contact hours, it should be in addition to contact hours).
• How much teaching practice is there?  (A good course will have you teach at least 8 practice lessons with real students).
• Are you assessed/graded?  (If everyone gets a 'certificate of completion' it doesn't say much about your actual teaching ability; a good course will require trainees to pass specific syllabus criteria to receive the certificate).
• Is it externally moderated?  (If someone from outside the organisation, or at least someone other than the tutors/trainers, conducts part of the assessment or moderates the course, the assessment will be stricter and the certification will therefore be more reliable).
• Is it accredited?  (An easy way to see if it is a quality course - is it accredited by a government organisation?)

Hope that helps.

Sorry Emma, I'm not familiar with Europe.

I'd recommend looking around for:

• The Cambridge CELTA  (The cambridgeesol.org website has a list of all the schools offering the CELTA).
• The Trinity Cert TESOL  (The trinitycollege.co.uk site has a similar list with schools offering the Trinity Cert).
• University run TESOL courses  (A lot of universities in England, Aus, the US, etc, run decent TESOL courses, perhaps some universities in France do too?  I'd recommended searching the Internet for a few ideas or asking a couple of universities directly).

The first two are accredited at Level 5 on the National Qualifications Framework (England, Scotland, Wales, I believe), suggesting they are similar in difficulty to the 2nd year of an undergraduate degree.

The third would be different for each university.