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[Zero Hero]

Great contribution, 'AsiaTraveller', if a little 'ChinaMovieMagic'-like. Thanks for the link.

[AsiaTraveller]

There is much on the Internet about the viva voce, including suggestions for preparation. I quoted an amusing excerpt for your enjoyment. Glad you liked it.

[calicomist]

What about an online PhD in literature? Does anyone know of any available? I'm not a lingustics or language person. I have an MA in English, with a graduate certificate in Medieval Renaissance Studies, so I'm interested in the latter area. Please let me know of any.

Thanks~

[dan]

Merlin might have some accurate info re: PhD's in applied linguistics outside the US, but here in the states any decent program (and even most medicore ones) have residency requirements that, in the VERY LEAST, make up 50% of your degree. That is, expect to spend 2-4 years on the actual campus that will confer your degree. Once you complete your course work, preliminary exams, dissertation prospectus, secure funding for research abroad (no small feat) AND find an approved university or research institute overseas that is willing to work with you, then you might be able to swing it.

IN the end, be prepared to make a very long commitment with little or no money/recognition and no guarantee of conducting research abroad all for the opportunity to compete for employment in one of the most competitive, under-funded, back-biting and petty fields around.

[calicomist]

But what about a Ph D in Literature? That will enable me to teach more classes on line regarding Humanities and Arts, etc.

Or are all PhD created equal?

[naturegirl321]

[Kent F. Kruhoeffer]

Hi naturegirl321


ACTDEC is based in the UK and was established

in 1993 by the late Bill Lee, the same guy who

founded IATEFL :: http://www.iatefl.org/


They are non-profit and independent;

2 positive aspects in their favour.


In plain English, they aren't "selling"

accreditation in order to get rich quick.


I wouldn't put them in the same category as a

government DOE or Cambridge University,

but they're probably just about

the next best thing, imho.



PS: I've updated the links on page 1.

[Imdramayu]

Has anyone done a Phd in a university in Korea? I know few do like KyungHee Univ.

Im

[esl_prof]

[GambateBingBangBOOM]

[esl_prof]

[GambateBingBangBOOM]

Here's a thread in the teacher training area about Anaheim:

http://www.eslcafe.com/discussion/dz1/index.cgi?read=1408947553

It concerns the master's. Like I mentioned, I know someone who did the master's at Anaheim (it's not me). He is a really well-trained teacher. The thing is that he isn't American. He has no intention of working in the US and nobody has ever questioned his credentials. And the American idea of regional accreditation etc, actually isn't well understood outside of the US (because it isn't an issue in some other Inner Circle English speaking countries).

I guess it depends on how recruitment is done at a particular institution (and IME in recruitment in Japan, nobody has ever mentioned "accreditation" they have mentioned "diploma mill" "fake university" etc, and by that measure, Anaheim is fine. But that's only ***my*** experience. YMMV) If in the interview, they just don't know a whole lot about the subject at all, then obviously they will be out of the running. And that is another big issue, given the differences between how TESOL is generally taught in North America compared with how it's generally taught in the UK, Ireland; and Australia and New Zealand- with people from each area knowing relatively little about how the others are taught.

[esl_prof]

[Gringo Greg]

I think it should be understood how some universities are valued. These days a University of Phoenix degree, even though it's accredited, gets your resume chucked in the trash in many US companies. Some people are being advised to take their U of Phoenix degrees off their resumes, ie they are better off without a degree than having a U of Phoenix degree.

I suspect that many others fall in the same category. While it may not be an issue outside the US, it's something to keep in mind.

Often it is cheaper and better to go with a state university masters(forget online phd) than it is to go with a for profit disaster waiting to happen.

[GambateBingBangBOOM]