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[roywebcafe]

Has anyone heard about WillExcel Tesol they promise to pay students to do a Tesol Diploma, provide free mandarin training and accomodation. It sounds very good and you do get 500 hours teaching practise over six months. The content looks professional to.

I want to know if anyone has done it and what they thought of it and how widely is it accepted outside of China. Also would schools and colleges expecting a British council accreditation accept this. the content and instruction looks better than a CELTA or Trinity

I write this in case it may come under a scam but i don't know.

the link is www.willexcel.com/TESOL/main.htm

[naturegirl321]

This has been discussed on the China forum, maybe try asking there. They could help

[stillnosheep]

[Ahchoo]

That's not 500 hours teaching practice; that's 500 hours work.

The contract is for a job. You work 500 hours in 6 months (=20 hrs/wk), the company underpay you and throw in a free apartment (all Chinese jobs offer a free apartment), free mandarin lessons (worthless) and a nonsense 'diploma'.

[stillnosheep]

Thank you ahchoo. They do say that imitation is the very sincerest form of flattery.

[bombay_kitty]

From what I've read, those who have actually gone through the program are quite satisfied with it. Those who seem to be hell-bent on knocking it down haven't had any first-hand experience with them and are judging based on their skepticism.

[nickpellatt]

I would be amazed if this qualification / certificate is accepted outside China. So from that perspective, its probably a waste of time. I would be interested to see what the old hands who post here, and employ people in a variety of countries and environments would say.

[spiral78]

I don't know that it's a scam, but from my (European) perspective, it would be very unlikely that most employers here would accept it.