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seachange05 · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 11

Hey Guys, having bought my ticket to Santiago for christmas i'm now looking to find a tesol or celta course to begin in feb 06. I've got all of january to get myself organised as i'm catching up with some friends. Do you think it would be easiest to wait until i arrive to find a place and enroll or should i get it sorted out before i leave australia? The only thing is i dont want to be hanging about for a few months waiting for a place on a course.
Has anyone studied in Santiago and can they recommend a good provider or steer me away from dodgey ones? So far i've only come accross bridge-linguatec and they seem to get some bad press, opinions anyone? Are there any other good courses in Santiago? I have had a hunt through previous posts but being new to the site i think i'm crap at finding the info i need.
Also, is there any difference in content between tesol and celta courses?
Thanks again for your help.

-Stu- · Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 92 Location: Santiago, Chile

There's an International House here apparently but I haven't managed to find it yet. Not much help sorry.

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

-Stu- · Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 92 Location: Santiago, Chile

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Here's the thread...

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/viewtopic.php?t=21622

seachange05 · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 11

Thanks for the thread Guy, that helps cross that one off the list. Given that there are no other CELTA courses on offer in santiago, can anyone recommend a good tesol/tefl institution? Any info or advice (of any kind) would be very helpful as i definately want to get certified once i arrive in Chile.
Thanks for taking the time to repsond to my posts. I'm sure i'll have a milion more questions before i actually get on that plane.

flax · Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 23

it really doesn't seem like there are many certifying institutes in chile.

with the web research i've done i've only seen Bridge Linguatec in Santiago and a program through TeachingChile in Castro, Chilo� in southern Chile.

both are TEFL courses.. i haven't seen CELTA.

If anyone has found any more I'd love to hear about them..!

Bridge: http://www.bridgelinguatec.com/TeacherTrainingCourses/chile.html
TeachingChile: http://www.teachingchile.com/pdf/tefl_description.pdf

flax · Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 23

i found another.. but i haven't been able to find anything more on them besides this listing:

http://www.whichcourse.com/courses/course.html?co_id=568

it's in santiago, address: Av. Providencia 2608 Of. 54

anyone heard of them? interesting....

edit: on another page i found the contact person (James Foster) and phone # 9/1698608.

seachange05 · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 11

Thanks for the link Flax. I've got a friend in Santiago who said he will have a look around to see if there are any other courses on offer and what their reputations are like. I'll put up a post once he gets back to me. Cheers

seachange05 · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 11

For anyone interested it seems the only other place besides BL to do your TEFL in Santiago is at The TEFL Acamdemy. I have been chatting with the director of ther school, James Foster, and he is really helpful, both about the course and living/working in Santiago in general The school is about 1 year old and has put through about 40 students so far. It doesnt have any accreditation at the moment but they have applied to have the course certified by the colege of teachers. It costs U$1495. the email address is [email protected].