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Grendal
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I don't want to make any decisions for you, but perhaps a work and study university is a thought. You may want to check Payap University in Thailand. They have MA programmes in linguistics and TESOL.
Just a suggestion.
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GoldnSilver
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Grendel,
Do you mean a distance or an online MA ?
I am currently with my family in Riyadh and there is a possibility my husband can relocate to Egypt, maybe Dubai. We are stuck in the ME for a few years.  |
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veiledsentiments
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Maybe what Grendal was talking about was like a teaching Fellowship. I did mine at the American University in Cairo.
Are you a native speaker? I do believe that the only non-native speakers that they take are Egyptians. Since it is a free US recognized MA, it is not easy to get into the program, but I suspect that with the current situation in Egypt, it may be less competitive. Application for the upcoming academic year had to be in by February, but you might look into a 2013 start. It takes two years to complete.
Here is a link for you:
http://www.aucegypt.edu/admissions/grad/finsup/Pages/TEFL.aspx
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GoldnSilver
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VS,
If I am a native speaker, would I be accepted to this fellowship with a non related BA? |
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GoldnSilver
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| veiledsentiments wrote: |
Maybe what Grendal was talking about was like a teaching Fellowship. I did mine at the American University in Cairo.
Are you a native speaker? I do believe that the only non-native speakers that they take are Egyptians. Since it is a free US recognized MA, it is not easy to get into the program, but I suspect that with the current situation in Egypt, it may be less competitive. Application for the upcoming academic year had to be in by February, but you might look into a 2013 start. It takes two years to complete.
Here is a link for you:
http://www.aucegypt.edu/admissions/grad/finsup/Pages/TEFL.aspx
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The link was extremely helpful. Thanks |
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fledex
Joined: 05 Jun 2011
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Does CELTA make a difference? Yes and No.
For getting hired and understanding the stupid ESL educational methodology that the various contractors at the universities and private companies in Saudi promote, yes it makes a difference. This is from someone who has an MA in Education, rather than TEFL, and found getting hired in Saudi (and other countries) a lot easier after doing the CELTA. Also, it showed me where their crazy ideas at the universities and other places are coming from now. Education reform (in Saudi Arabia), spare me.
As to improving your English teaching ability, CELTA is worthless unless you have never taught before. Then it might help you understand what's going on with some of these schools and administrators. Basically, it's the latest fad. The brits have sewn up the market to a great extent. It is like the ISO ratings of 10 years ago, just a passing phase, but not too expensive or time consuming to get out of the way. |
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veiledsentiments
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| GoldnSilver wrote: |
VS,
If I am a native speaker, would I be accepted to this fellowship with a non related BA? |
My degree was in Secondary Education with majors in Business and English... for teaching literature to native speakers... so sort of unrelated. At the time, it said that you had to have EFL/ESL teaching experience. I had none but some volunteering for less than a year. My student teaching had been 20 years before. If you have some experience teaching Arabic speakers, that may give you a bit of an edge.
So apply... it all depends on how many applications they have and the level of the applicants. What have you got to lose? 
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scarlie
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| What about a Cambridge DELTA? Would that help improve employment opportunities? |
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nomad soul
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Location: The real world
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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| scarlie wrote: |
| What about a Cambridge DELTA? Would that help improve employment opportunities? |
Possibly, depending on the rest of your qualifications. I suggest you look at job ads for the positions you're interested in to see what employers are requiring. |
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scot47
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| CELTA, DELTA, EFLOLOGY. All nonsense but you have to start somewhere. My advice would be start around the age of 12 with intensive study of Latin, Greek and a modern foreign language. |
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