View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
jaffa
Joined: 25 Oct 2012 Posts: 403
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
JRJohn
Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 175
|
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:49 pm Post subject: Good |
|
|
Sounds great! If I get a PGCE I will be trained to teach Spanish, French and EFL ! |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Captain Coddo
Joined: 04 Feb 2012 Posts: 45 Location: East Coast
|
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 9:04 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Hope? In EFL? I'm not so sure about that.
Just remember the old saying: 'those who live on hope die of starvation'.
Who said that, by the way? Was it Benjamin Franklin?
And did he ever teach English? |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Shroob
Joined: 02 Aug 2010 Posts: 1339
|
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 5:45 am Post subject: |
|
|
When I was in secondary school there was an 'ESOL tutor'. They wouldn't hold classes, but they'd see individual students for one hour slots. I didn't think much of it at the time, or even know what 'ESOL' was! Only later when I met a former classmate did he remind me of the 'ESOL tutor' and it clicked. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
Mr. Bourenmouth
Joined: 03 Feb 2011 Posts: 21
|
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:30 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Captain Coddo wrote: |
Hope? In EFL? I'm not so sure about that.
Just remember the old saying: 'those who live on hope die of starvation'.
Who said that, by the way? Was it Benjamin Franklin?
And did he ever teach English? |
Don't know, but i don't think there is any cause for hope in TEFL in the UK, certainly in Bournemouth. I can only imagine things are much the same in other cities.
One of the most prestigious and the largest school in town is doing a price-match with budget schools, they are so desperate for business. The oldest school in Bournemouth is down to operating out of one building when it used to have three, and the only schools that seem to be doing well are those that are overrun with Kuwaitis, Libyans and Saudis.
On top of that, students that do come seem cynical and obsessed with their phones. I don't feel there is nearly as much of the wide-eyed enthusiasm that there used to be.
One can't help but feel the industry is dying or changing so rapidly. People are learning English at home, getting their IELTS and then coming straight to university, in colleges across Europe, it seems we've lost that monopoly as well.
Sad really. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
|
Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 12:56 pm Post subject: |
|
|
This reminds me of the article in the Readers' Digest Medical Pages :"New Hope for The Dead." |
|
Back to top |
|
|
MdSmith
Joined: 15 Nov 2012 Posts: 67
|
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 5:24 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I don't get it, there seems to be plenty of tefl jobs in England and all those sessional EAP positions, why is there no hope? |
|
Back to top |
|
|
scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
|
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 3:00 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Plenty of TEFL jobs ? Not many paying a living wage though ! Welcome to the world of the Zero Hours Contract ! That includes reputable universities ! |
|
Back to top |
|
|
grahamb
Joined: 30 Apr 2003 Posts: 1945
|
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 4:47 pm Post subject: No hope |
|
|
It's the same in France. I have TWO zero-hours contracts. Doubleplusbad! |
|
Back to top |
|
|
johncoan
Joined: 02 Jul 2010 Posts: 115
|
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 8:56 am Post subject: |
|
|
Get into teacher training if you can. It's one of the best ways to make a decent living in EFL in the UK. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
scot47
Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343
|
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 11:20 am Post subject: |
|
|
Winning the lottery is a better career plan. |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|