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[AjarnIam]

Help!
I thought joining this forum would help me make a decision about where and how to study for a MATESOL, but I feel like I'm drowning in all this information. It's been 20 years since I completed my undergrad degree and had no idea how complicated this would be. If cost wasn't important, and if relocating wasn't an issue, what would you do? Would you study on or off campus? Would you study in the UK, America, or Australia? I'm not looking for the "easy" route, I'm looking for a reputable institution with credibility in the eyes of most future employers. More importantly I want it to be a positive learning experience. I'm not interested in doing countless hours of
research so I impress people at TESOL conferences. I love the classroom and I'm hoping this degree will give me more and stronger skills to be a better ESL teacher. .....in a nut shell..

Comments appreciated and thank to the OP for letting me on this thread.

[bulgogiboy]

Go to Cambridge Uni and do their MPhil in English and applied linguistics. Its only 9 months, which is pretty cool, and at the end you get a degree from arguably the best university in the world. As far as I can see from their web page, it doesnt involve any thesis either:

http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/gsprospectus/study/courses/ooei/cour/

[ingrey]

My application status on the UMASS website still hasn't been updated, so I'm really hoping they didn't lose all my documents or some such. It's going to be hell getting together those letters of recommendation and transcripts for next year, since I won't even be in the country.

[AjarnIam]

Holy c__p!, I just looked at The New School ME Tesol program. This is the Mercedes Benz, Porsche of all distance MA Tesol programs ...looks fascinating!! if your a millionaire, $50 USD to to apply, and for an international student (assuming my math is correct) 38,000USD....chaaa ching

[Chris_Crossley]

The master�s degree in education of the Open University (http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/qualification/f01.htm) can be done completely online, too, and it is possible to study for an M.Ed. in Applied Linguistics and/or an MA in Education in this way, with no examinations to sit � I have gained both of these degrees.

The only compulsory module is E891 Educational enquiry, and, if one is living anywhere in the world, it is possibly to study two modules that contribute to the M.Ed., namely E844 Language and literacy in a changing world and E854 Investigating language in action; otherwise, most other modules are restricted to those people who are resident within the EU.

You can even pick up a Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma in Professional Studies in Education along the way, too, as I have done.

[Hadit]

[NYCESOL11211]

[Hadit]

I just saw this 2-year internship MA in Israel if anyone is interested:

http://www.tasp.org.il/

TASP brings North American college graduates to Tel Aviv for a two-year work and study commitment. During their stay the interns will teach English in the elementary schools of Tel Aviv, study for a Masters Degree, and experience the daily life of an Israeli living in an exciting city on the Mediterranean Sea. The program fee is $7,000 per year; this includes a summer orientation and intensive Hebrew Ulpan, tuition for the graduate program (leading to an M.A. in English Language Teaching from the University of Liverpool, UK), subsidized housing and health insurance during the program, and round-trip flight from Israel to the UK and housing for a two-week program at the University of Liverpool during the summer after the first year. Participants will also receive a monthly salary for their teaching positions which is sufficient to cover living expenses.

It doesn't seem too bad.

[bulgogiboy]

[naturegirl321]

[steki47]

I'm an American but I'm looking at Australian universities now. Specifically, USQ and UNE MA in Applied Linguistics. I'm leaning towards UNE, as the program looks a bit shorter (8 units). Slightly concerned about UNE only having two semesters in which to study. I will be going PT and will have to choose my path carefully.

[naturegirl321]

[GambateBingBangBOOM]

Australian winter break is from June to July. So if you are in an Asian university and have the summer off, then you could possibly do an extra unit at that time- but if you don't time yourself well, then you'd be writing all your final papers for the unit during September, often a very busy time at work.

[steki47]

[naturegirl321]