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[naturegirl321]

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/viewtopic.php?t=26694

See this topic, might be useful for some of you, though you have to commit three years.

[Ai]

Hey Nature Girl, that link doesn't work. Can you give more info on the topic?

[naturegirl321]

I guess it got deleted. Try www.elic.org and also the International Theological Seminary. I can't remember the link, so you'll have to goggle it.

[globalnomad2]

For those of you who are native speakers, one item often overlooked is the U.S. system of offering teaching assistantships for MA students. This goes for ESL/EFL, English (lit), Creative Writing, and other majors. The largest choice of TAships seem to cluster in the Midwest. With a TAship, you study full time, teach freshman writing about 6 hours a week (two classes), and in return you get a full tuition waiver and a stipend usually around $800-1000, enough to share a half-decent two-bedroom apartment, eat, and keep your car running. I did two master's degrees for free that way, and got some experience for my CV, when I was starting out. That was at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. (One was in Higher Education/Student Development and the other was in EFL.) Good luck. Oh--and yes, they do accept native speakers from other English-speaking countries for TAships: UK, Australia, New Zealand, etc.

[mistael]

Hey GLobal nomad, can you send me the link to the program you did at Illinois? I went to the site but can't find the MA degree you did. Thanks

[globalnomad2]

Hi there--Well I got my two master's from SIUC in 1983 and '86 and since then, both programs have been eliminated, I think, although the ESL degree might now be offered through either the Education Dept or the English Dept. I would suggest doing a search through www.gradschools.com. A really useful site. Through them I was able to efficiently research all the schools that offer a PhD in Creative Writing AND teaching assistantships and fellowships. You can do that for any major on the MA or PHD level. Good luck.

[JZer]

[mep3]

I was just looking at the elic website for the degree program naturegirl posted at the top. It says it is for Christians. Do you have to be Christian to do it?

Also, I've heard different things as to how much MA TESOL programs in Asia are respected by prospective employers. How do you think this MA would fare? Anyone? Thx .... Mep

[globalnomad2]

mep..well here in the Middle East, ESL faculty are usually required to have their degrees from an English-speaking country. Exceptions might be, say, Temple University (based in Philadelphia), Tokyo Campus.

[JZer]

You can also do an M.A. from Frammington College in Poland. All the courses are taught by professors from the main campus.

[Gordon]

[globalnomad2]

Goodness--that's not Framington State College in Massachusetts, is it?? They are certainly US-accredited, and surely they would not set up a sham program somewhere. (?)

[globalnomad2]

Oops--never mind. I got "Framington" confused with FRAMINGHAM State College in Mass. No such college as Framington in the US.

[JZer]

[JZer]