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 Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 3:56 pm Post subject: Re: Advice for a young female newbie wanting to go to Asia. |
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| Chris7891 wrote: |
Hi everyone,
I just would like some advice on teaching in Asia. I am a young (mid-twenties) female and I would love to teach in Asia. I do not have a degree and I do not have my TEFL cert. I would love to teach in either Laos or Thailand. Having visited in January and I just fell in love with those countries. There are 3 courses I am thinking of taking in Chaing Mai.
Sorry for the long message and thank you in advance 
Christine |
Your message wasn't long. You might check out the Asia message boards for specific answers about the countries you're most interested in. As for obtaining certification, there's the ongoing name brand (CELTA, Trinity, SIT) vs. generic course (the others) debate but here's what you really need to know: the industry standard is a minimum of 100-120 course hours and six hours of supervised teaching practice with real EFL students. Whether you do the course work on-site (you mentioned courses in Chiang Mai) or online (which I would recommend only from a school that also offers an on-site version of the course and the all-important on-site teaching practice, e.g. www.ontesol.ca), the supervised teaching practice is absolutely essential and there is no substitute for doing it on-site with real ESL/EFL students. If you can do an on-site course in the country where you most want to work, that would be ideal but don't dismiss the idea of doing a course in your home country or another Anglophone country. Also, if you think you might want to get into TESL in your home country, consider getting your degree in TESOL or applied linguistics and teacher certification.
While you're at it, someone else started an excellent thread full of great advice for newbies: http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/viewtopic.php?t=71028 |
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