veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA
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Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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Oceania,
If you just got your BA, that would suggest that you are very young. (just guessing here) I suspect that even your teacher family members might interpret your statement of being 'confident in your ability' to be a teacher as a case of a bit of 'over-confidence.' English is not as straightforward to teach as history.
My question would be, should someone with no education in the field of English as a Second or Foreign Language and no training in how to teach it and no experience in front of a language classroom, be the teacher. IMHO, no. If I were the student, I would be quite angry about it actually.
If you are serious about wanting to teach EFL, I would suggest giving the British Council a call and ask about the CELTA program. It is not cheap, but it will teach you how to teach. Once you have this cert in hand, you would be better prepared to teach English wherever in the world that your husband goes. This cert is widely recognized all around the world. Depending on the program, it takes a month or two or three. The BC is located on the main road at Madinet Qaboos.
As to teaching history, you could give some of the English language based private schools a call. I fear that most schools would require an education degree. And a second fear is that those that do not may not be the best people to work for. Good schools tend to require teachers with appropriate degrees.
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