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[panchotino]

hi there.i'm so new that i haven't even started my tesol yet but i've been researching it for a couple of months now.my main question is has anyone heard or completed the free course offered by asian-efl journal?it seems highly recommended( see efl-law) and some posters on this site seemed quite excited but no feedback as yet. i have a ba hons and teaching experience but i do want a peice of paper for my own peice of mind. cheers now!

[Kent F. Kruhoeffer]

Hello panchotino


Based on what I've read about the TESOL program in question:


If you were to follow up the 120 hour theoretical course with

the optional 80 hour practicum, you'd really have a winning

combination, given your BA and teaching experience, imho!


Without the practicum, the basic 120 hour cert would be

accepted by many employers and schools - but not by all schools,

as the observed component (which is lacking in most online courses)

is considered equal to or even more important than the theoretical part.



http://www.asian-efl-journal.com/TESOL_Certificate.php

[panchotino]

cheers for the reply mate.
i'm also doing a certificate which allows me to teach adults and groups professionally in the u.k.all being well the volunteering module of that course will be with a local esl teacher.
as regards the practicum offered by the course it seems to insinuate on the website that it only takes place twice a year.I am hoping to be in korea teaching in a public school well before then. I understand where you are coming from though. i'll just finish the theory and take it from there i think.christ, i might even fail the course, who knows?

[Kent F. Kruhoeffer]

You'll do just fine. You have a good attitude.


A few links which may come in handy

on your road to TEFL stardom:




ESL BOOKS & SOFTWARE


http://www.longman-elt.com/ (Longman ELT)

http://www.altaesl.com/index.cfm (Alta Books)

http://www.oup.com/teach/ (Oxford University Press)

http://www.cambridge.org/elt/ (Cambridge University Press)

http://www.market-leader.net/ (Market Leader / Business English)

http://sdkrashen.com/main.php3 (ESL Books by Stephen D. Krashen)

http://www.tefl.net/resources/idx1.htm (ESL Resources by TEFL.net)

http://www.eflbooks.co.uk/ (Cambridge International Book Centre)

http://www.ets.org/ (ETS Homepage / GRE, SAT, TOEIC, TOEFL)

http://www.esl.net/ (ESL Books & Software by ESL.net)




VIRTUAL TEACHER 2.6


http://bogglesworld.com/ (Boggle's World)

http://iteslj.org/ (The Internet TESL Journal)

http://www.manythings.org/ (ManyThings.org)

http://www.english-test.net/ (English-Test.net)

http://www.1-language.com/ (1-Language.com)

http://www.usingenglish.com/ (UsingEnglish.com)

http://www.handoutsonline.com/ (Handouts Online)

http://www.nonstopenglish.com/ (Non Stop English)

http://www.onestopenglish.com/ (One Stop English)

http://www.englishclub.com/index.htm (English Club)

http://www.globalschoolbus.com/ (Global School Bus)

http://internationaleflcafe.com/ (International EFL Cafe)

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/ (Web English Teacher)

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ (The Lesson Plans Page)

http://englishpage.com/ (Englishpage.com / advanced lessons)

http://esl.about.com/ (Kenneth Beare / English as 2nd Language)

http://www.eslpartyland.com/default.htm (Karin's ESL PartyLand)

http://members.aol.com/eslkathy/esl.htm (The ESL Center)

http://www.smic.be/smic5022/ (English Exercises Online)

http://www.tesol.net/ (TESOL.net / Linguistic Funland)

http://atozteacherstuff.com/ (A to Z Teacher Stuff)

http://school.discovery.com/ (Discovery School)

http://www.easyenglish.com/ (Easy English)

http://kids.discovery.com/ (Discovery Kids)

http://www.esl-lounge.com/ (ESL Lounge)

http://www.edhelper.com/ (Edhelper.com)

http://www.rhlschool.com/ (RHL School)

http://www.eslcity.com/english/ (ESLcity)

http://www.funbrain.com/ (Fun Brain / K12 learning games)

http://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/ (Dave's ESL Cafe Idea Cookbook)

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/ (The British Council / Learn English)

http://www.collegeem.qc.ca/cemdept/anglais/trouindx.htm (ESL Blues)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ (Purdue University's Online Writing Lab)

http://www.developingteachers.com/index.htm (Developing-Teachers.com)

http://www.better-english.com/exerciselist.html (Business English Exercises)

http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslindex.html (Dr. Martin Levine's ESL index)

http://www.cbc.ca/ottawa/esl/index.html (CBC Ottawa's ESL Listening Lessons)

http://jollyroger.com/poems/ (JOLLYROGER / alphabetical Index of Classical Poets)

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/index.htm (Learning English Online / a NEW listing!)

http://www.churchillhouse.com/english/index.html (Churchill House / free online lessons)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/index.shtml (BBC Learning English)

http://www.ets.org/toefl/index.html (Educational Testing Service / TOEFL homepage)

http://www.ets.org/toeic/index.html (Educational Testing Service / TOEIC homepage)

http://www.toeic.or.jp/toeic_en/ (TOEIC Bridge & explanation of TOEIC scoring)

http://www.free-english.com/ (Free English / practice tests for TOEIC & TOEFL)

http://www.toeiccity.com/ (TOEIC-City.com / free online TOEIC practice tests)

http://www.ieltshelpnow.com/ (IELTS sample practice tests & free tutorials)

http://supervoca.net/ (SuperVocab.com / free SAT, GRE & TOEFL resources)

http://www.johnsesl.com/templates/teachers/ (John's ESL Community)

http://geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/1979/index.html (Taiwan Teacher)

http://www.everythingesl.net/ (Everything ESL)

http://eleaston.com/ (E.L. Easton / English Online)

http://www.kidzone.ws/ (Kidzone / stuff for kids!)

http://abcteach.com/ (abcteach.com / stuff for kids!)

http://www.genkienglish.net/ (Genki English / stuff for kids!)

http://www.starfall.com/ (Starfall / Learn to Read / for kids! NEW)

http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/ (Awesome Clipart For Kids!)

http://www.mes-english.com/ (MES - English for young learners / NEW)

http://www.grimmfairytales.com/en/main (Grimm Fairy Tales / interactive)

http://www.sesameworkshop.com/sesamestreet/ (Sesame Street Workshop)

http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/ (Discovery School's free puzzlemaker)

http://teachingtreasures.com.au/ (Teaching Treasures / interactive resources for kids!)

http://www.armoredpenguin.com/wordsearch/ (make-your-own Word Search puzzle)

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/6720/ (The Idiom Connection w/ quizzes)

http://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/ (Eslcafe.com's Idiom homepage / by Dennis Oliver)

http://www.tprstorytelling.com/ (TPRS / materials for communicative language instruction)

http://www.edufind.com/ (EduFind.com / education resources & online grammar reference)

http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/greatwebsites/greatwebsiteskids.htm (Great Websites for Kids)

http://www.njcu.edu/cill/index.html (NJCU's Center for the Imagination in Language Learning)

http://rwc.hunter.cuny.edu/writing/index.html (The Reading / Writing Center @ Hunter College)

http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ (Capital Community College Guide to Grammar & Writing)

http://depts.gallaudet.edu/ESL/index.htm (Gallaudet's interactive ESL lessons & quizzes / NEW)

http://eslmaniac.web-log.nl/ (ESL Maniac / classroom tips & ideas by Dave's member Da Jiang)

http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/ (The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Online)

http://view.byu.edu/ (VIEW / Variation in English Words & Phrases // by Mark Davies @ BYU)

http://www.antimoon.com/ (Antimoon.com / forum & tips on how to learn English effectively)

http://explorers.whyte.com/34l/default.htm (McDonald's in 34 languages / interactive quiz)

http://www.emse.fr/%7Eyukna/ENG/lessons/english.htm (free TEFL resources & quizzes!)

http://www.udel.edu/eli/grammar.html (ELI @ University of Delaware / Grammar Hotline)

http://www.englishdaily626.com/ (English Daily / idioms, slang & conversational English)

http://afowles.freeshell.org/englishweb/ (Englishweb by Dave's member Aaron Fowles)

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/home.htm (The Internet Grammar of English)

http://www.d-oliver.net/online-learning/menu.htm (ESL resources by Dennis Oliver)

http://janmulder.com/ (interactive ELT games, resources & phonemic script writer)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ (BBC Schools / Learning Resources Homepage)

http://www.eslnotes.com/ (ESLnotes / The English Learner Movie Guides)

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/ (Breaking News English / NEW)

http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/ (interactive geography quiz)

http://www.puzzlechoice.com/pc/Puzzle_Choicex.html (Puzzle Choice)

http://www.soundsofenglish.org/ (Sounds of English / pronunciation)

http://www.eduhound.com/ (EduHound.com / K-12 education portal)

http://parapal-online.co.uk/ (Parapal Online / interactive exercises)

http://www.speak-read-write.com/ (Many Languages, One World)

http://www.word2word.com/ (Word2Word Language Resources)

http://www.englishmaterials.com/ (englishmaterials.com / NEW)

http://www.fonetiks.org/ (fonetiks.org / guide to pronunciation)

http://www.teflgames.com/games.html (free games & quizzes)

http://www.offshore-english.co.nz/free.asp (Offshore English)

http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.shtml (Daily Grammar)

http://www.esl-lab.com/ (Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab)

http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/home.html (English Online)

http://members.aol.com/adrmoser/esl.html (The ESL Area)

http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/fyi/ (CNN Student News)

http://www.e-mesh.com/index.html (english4theworld)

http://free-esl-gg.com/ (The Free-ESL Grammar Guide)

http://eslus.com/eslcenter.htm (ESL Resource Center)

http://www.teenink.com/ (Teen Ink Online Magazine)

http://www.readingmatrix.com/ (The Reading Matrix)

http://www.ivillage.co.uk/quizcentral (Quiz Central)

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/ (To Learn English)

http://www.englishhorizon.com/ (English Horizon)

http://www.englishbanana.com/ (English Banana)

http://www.teacherplanet.com/ (Teacher Planet)

http://www.teach-nology.com/ (TEACH-NOLOGY)

http://www.world-english.org/ (World English)

http://www.usingenglish.com/ (Using English)

http://www.examenglish.com/ (Exam English)

http://www.eslmonkeys.com/ (ESL Monkeys)

http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/ (TeacherLINK)

http://teachers.net/lessons/ (Teachers.Net)

http://chompchomp.com/ (Grammar Bytes!)

http://www.elrebumbio.org/ (El Rebumbio)

http://www.eltweb.com/liason/ (ELT Web)

http://www.zozanga.com/ (Zozanga ESL)

http://english-zone.com/ (English-Zone)

http://www.testmagic.com/ (TestMagic)

http://www.funtrivia.com/ (Fun Trivia)

http://www.esldesk.com/ (ESL Desk)

http://www.eslgold.com/ (ESL Gold)

http://www.teachit.co.uk/ (TeachIt)

http://www.eslflow.com/ (eslflow)

http://www.eflnet.com/ (eflnet)

http://www.eslhq.com/ (eslHQ)

http://www.eslgo.com/ (ESLgo)

http://www.tefl.net/ (TEFL.net)

http://a4esl.org/ (a4esl.org)




ESL REFERENCE & UTILITIES


http://www.onelook.com/ (OneLook Search)

http://www.itools.com/lang/ (iTools / Language)

http://www.acronymfinder.com/ (Acronym Finder)

http://thesaurus.reference.com/ (Online Thesaurus)

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ (Cambridge Dictionary)

http://www.edict.com.hk/ (Edict Virtual Language Centre)

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page (Wikibooks Page)

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/ (Online Books Page)

http://encarta.msn.com/ (MSN Encarta Online Encyclopedia)

http://en.wikipedia.org/ (The Wikipedia Online Encyclopedia)

http://www.answers.com/ (Answers.com Online Encyclopedia)

http://webopedia.com/ (Webopedia Online Computer Dictionary)

http://oregonstate.edu/dept/eli/softlist/ (TESOL CALL Software List)

http://www.google.com/advanced_search (Google Advanced Search)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Linguistics (Wikipedia / Linguistics)

http://orbilat.com/index.html (Orbis Latinus / grammar of the Romance Languages)

http://phrontistery.info/ (The Phrontistery / Dictionary of Obscure Words and Vocabulary)

http://www.panikon.com/phurba/alteng/ (The Phurba Etymologicon / non-standard English)

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php (Douglas Harper's Online Dictionary of English Etymology)

http://www.gabrielatos.com/ (C. Gabrielatos / ELT articles, methodology & teacher development)

http://linguistlist.org/ (The Linguist List / a large database of information & articles on Linguistics)

http://www.antimoon.com/how/pronunc-ascii.htm (The ASCII Phonetic Alphabet)

http://phonmap.com/ (Phonmap / Jan Mulder's Phonemic Script Writer)




CLASS MANAGEMENT TOOLS


http://www.esltool.com/ (EslTool / a free online program for writing student evaluations)

http://www.gradeconnect.com/ (Grade Connect / free online course management system)




PLACEMENT TESTS


http://www.wordskills.com/level/

http://englishenglish.com/englishtest.htm

http://www.reward-net.co.uk/placement.htm

http://www.visarus.co.uk/resources/placement_tests

http://www.churchillhouse.com/cgi/oeframe.cgi?url=http://www.churchillhouse.com/tests/

http://www.dse.ie/index.php?module=vquiz&func=run&quizid=5

http://www.transparent.com/tlquiz/proftest/english/tlengtest.htm

http://www.world-english.org/english_test.htm



note: All of the above websites offer at least some free content, although
in a few cases you might have to 'click around' for a minute or 2 to find it !
Some of these websites require registration, and may require payment for
certain 'premium services' - fyi.



reposted from The Master Index Thailand