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[maxwell999]

Hi, i have one years teaching experience and a bachelors degree, i really want to teach in dubai but there doesnt seem to be any jobs available without a masters degree

any advice would be appreciated

thanks Nick

[kiefer]

What's your degree in? Do you have K-12 education certification? Do you have a CELTA? If not, try to pick one up--it'll open some doors for you here. I take it you're male--you would stand a decent chance with some sort of military posting provided you have some experience and the quals. Good luck.

[trapezius]

[maxwell999]

Im sorry about my "general post" i currently teach in korea and most jobs advertise that they require the information that i just gave, a bachelors degree in any subject, 1 years teaching expericence anywhere etc etc etc

i have a degree in politics

i have 1 years experience teaching adults (4 per class. and 1 to 1) and teachign classes of up to 8 kids at a private language school

i want to teach adults in Dubai

if i get a CELTA certificate would it be possible to do this, also how can i get a cheap CELTA certificate? maybe in thailand or something?



thank so much for all the advice so far, i really appreciate it.

[antonia v]

Sorry maxwell999, but you need to get real. Judging from your sloppy spelling, bad grammar, bad syntax, bad punctuation and juvenile use of all lower case letters, it looks to me as if you should be studying English, not teaching it. You asked for advice, and I�m giving it to you. You can either think I�m an a**hole, or consider that your goal of teaching ESL in the UAE is unrealistic. The quality of students in the UAE is abysmal, but they have so much money they can afford to hire the best teachers.

[maxwell999]

thanks for the advice antonio, it is helpful.

obviously all my mistakes are a mixture of laziness and typing error, i know that you should start sentences with capital letters but its is not the most efficient way to type and i have limited time because im working my arse of in korea at the moment.

if you think i have a serious problem with my english then please sned my e mails back with corrections

oh look im so stupid i cant spell sned, ive been teaching my students to spell it sned all this time, maybe i should stop teaching

[veiledsentiments]

Well maxwell, you've learned the first lesson of the Mideast board section. When the majority of posters have been teaching English for many years and have MAs, they tend to demand proper English from their fellow teachers. We see enough sloppiness and laziness from the hundreds of essays that we read every week.

But, back to getting real. You were right from your original post. The Gulf is not the place for young beginners. As was mentioned, these are rich countries and can demand teachers with proper credentials and experience. If you really want to think about Dubai, first get a CELTA at the very minimum. With three or four years of experience, you will be eligible for the lower tier jobs. Also there are almost no conversation classes here, so this experience should be in teaching academic English, especially reading and writing. If you are serious about a career in this field, get an MA.

China and Korea still seems to be the place with the jobs for people at your level.

VS

[maxwell999]

[veiledsentiments]

[The Lemon]

[MTelmar]

[Noelle]

In defense of the OP,

I didn't even hear of syntax until I did a TEFL certificate a few years ago and I didn't learn what it actually was until I did my M.A. in TESOL.

I'm also in Korea and many of the teachers here do not know much if anything about ESL/EFL but some of them actually do their jobs well.

I do realize the UAE is a totally different kind of market.

[trapezius]

[veiledsentiments]

I don't believe that those two terms have been taught in a US English class since I was in school... and we don't want to talk about the fact that this was in the 1960's.

Nowadays only an English major at university will ever hear/see them.

VS

[mishmumkin]