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RacheUK · Joined: 09 Jan 2005 Posts: 9

Hello Me again,

Europe was ace!

right before i get off track, I need advice (yes i know, more already!!)

Has anyone done the Trintiy TESOL via english first? or has any experience with them (bad or good)

Every provider i seem to look at, I research and find not so nice comments about them, I-to-i for example..... (NEXT!)

If i am going to commit to this (which i will, once i know all the facts)
then i want to be 100% sure.

Thanks in advance ,

Rache x

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

bluffer · Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 9:55 am Post subject:

Didnt know they ran a CELTA. It might be only some countries they do it in though. They dont do one in Thailand.

As an employer again at least in thailand - they are low middle to middle ranking for pay, conditions working week etc. they do want you to work 6 days a week.. There are better but there are worse.

Gregor · Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 842 Location: Jakarta, Indonesia

Rache,
I commented at length about English First China on your "newbie questions" thread last night; go have a look at that for more information.
One thing I've read a lot on this forum that I'd like to comment on is that, in China at least, they don't work you 6 days a week anymore. All the EF schools here have switched to a five-day-week contract. Mind you, the two days off are rarely together and never a weekend. I have Mondays and Thursdays off, for example. But I think it breaks up the week nicely.
The number of working hours varies from EF to EF as well. The contract states that you have to do 40 hours a week, 20 of which are contact teaching hours. But in my center, we don't enforce the 40 hours, as long as the teachers come in to do the odd placement interview and teachers' meeting, and get their lessons planned and so on. It's pretty chill.

Read my post in the newbie questions thread that RachelUK authored. It has a different viewpoint about EF. Yes, I've read a lot of negetivity. But my experience has been over all positive. I think it's more a matter of attitude and professionalism by the teacher (even when - no, especially when - the school doesn't behave professionally) that effects the experience the teacher will have.
My two bits, from a teacher who's been in the business at various types of schools and countries for more than eight years now.