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orinlouis
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 Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:49 pm Post subject: CHEAPEST ONLINE TEFL (Worth Aquiring) |
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Surely, this has been answered elsewhere, so if someone could just point it out.
Thanks in advance!
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Justin Trullinger
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Location: Seoul, South Korea and Myanmar for a bit
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You may not get a lot of answers here-
Many of us feel that the majority of online TESOL courses aren't worth squat.
Even amongst those that DO admit the possibility that an online course could have some value, the cheapest courses, as they have no practice teaching and trainers of questionable qualifications, are considered worthless.
If you want to learn to do something, you do have to be ready to invest at least a little.
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Wogan
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agree with Justin.
online CELTA is worth diddly-squiddle.
A quick rule of thumb: the more animated the advert for an online course is, the more exclamation marks it employs (e.g. 'teach your way around the world!! earn $1600 in your first month!!!!'), the dodgier the company behind it. |
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spiral78
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denise
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| Wogan wrote: |
agree with Justin.
online CELTA is worth diddly-squiddle.
A quick rule of thumb: the more animated the advert for an online course is, the more exclamation marks it employs (e.g. 'teach your way around the world!! earn $1600 in your first month!!!!'), the dodgier the company behind it. |
I like the exclamation mark guideline. It applies to job ads, too. "Come and teach in Japan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Definitely a job to pass on.
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Chancellor
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Location: Ji'an, China - if you're willing to send me cigars, I accept donations :)
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| Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:36 pm Post subject: Re: CHEAPEST ONLINE TEFL (Worth Aquiring) |
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| orinlouis wrote: |
Surely, this has been answered elsewhere, so if someone could just point it out.
Thanks in advance!
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The cheapest worth acquiring? That depends on what you mean by "cheapest." If you mean lowest price, well, I guess that would be dependent on what you get for the money. If you mean lowest quality, well, I'd advise against looking for the lowest quality.
Before you look at the cost of the course, you should look at the course content (and not just whether it meets the industry standard minimum of 100-120 course hours and six hours of teaching practice with real ESL/EFL students), who accredits the course (and are they even qualified to accredit courses), and the qualifications of the teachers.
If the course doesn't include an on-site teaching practice with real ESL/EFL students, its qualification is not "worth acquiring."
Here's one course, though, that you should look at: www.ontesol.com. |
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sharpe88
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| "Cheap" and "worth" don't go together in this case. |
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GambateBingBangBOOM
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Location: Japan
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| Wogan wrote: |
agree with Justin.
online CELTA is worth diddly-squiddle.
A quick rule of thumb: the more animated the advert for an online course is, the more exclamation marks it employs (e.g. 'teach your way around the world!! earn $1600 in your first month!!!!'), the dodgier the company behind it. |
Don't forget STARBURSTS! You know you're dealing with CLASS when you see a starburst. They used to all say "AS SEEN ON TV!!!!" but maybe for this area it may be "As seen on DAVE'S!!!!" That's how you can tell quality!
Honestly, if money is your biggest problem, then your best bet is to just go study on your own (go to a university that has an MA TESOL program, and buy some books, or look up journals and start reading articles- that would be free). Next, you can get a cheap (piece of crap) weekend TESOL certificate if you want something to put on your resume (but they're pretty expensive just to be able to put something on your resume, and yet that is basically ALL they are for), and get yourself a job in a private school in a country that pays decently. You work for a couple of years (taking your job seriously, and not getting dragged into just drinking and hitting on locals- the kind of thing that many people spend most of their time overseas doing), and then do a distance MA in TESOL.
This is, of course, assuming that your goal is actually to have a career in teaching ESOL. |
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