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robinnn
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 Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 12:20 am Post subject: Mid-level qualification below CELTA and TESOL |
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| Are there any worthwhile qualifications less demanding than CELTA or TESOL? I mainly have experience teaching kids but I'm unqualified. I have looked online for details of mid-level qualifications but all that come up are CELTA, TESOL and weekend and online TEFL courses. I plan to get a CELTA in the future, but I'd rather do something less demanding first to prepare myself. Any input would be great. Thanks. |
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geaaronson
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| Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 12:56 am Post subject: |
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| You might consider taking the TKT, but why would you do it. If you are thinking of serious accreditation to put you in the job market then go with the CELTA or DELTA is a university position is desired. |
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littlelauren86
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| Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 1:10 am Post subject: |
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| I'd figure that the CELTA is a mid-level qualification. |
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AGoodStory
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| Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 1:29 am Post subject: |
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| littlelauren86 wrote: |
| I'd figure that the CELTA is a mid-level qualification. |
Actually CELTA and the like are considered entry-level certifications. |
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sparks
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| Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 1:35 am Post subject: |
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| Really! You owe your students that much. A month-long-course to become a teacher isn't really TOO much schooling to go through if you're at all serious about your job. |
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tttompatz
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| Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 1:41 am Post subject: Re: Mid-level qualification below CELTA and TESOL |
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| robinnn wrote: |
| Are there any worthwhile qualifications less demanding than CELTA or TESOL? I mainly have experience teaching kids but I'm unqualified. I have looked online for details of mid-level qualifications but all that come up are CELTA, TESOL and weekend and online TEFL courses. I plan to get a CELTA in the future, but I'd rather do something less demanding first to prepare myself. Any input would be great. Thanks. |
 
CELTA, TESOL, TEFL, TESL certs are ALL entry level certs.
DELTA and/or a degree are low-mid level.
B.Ed, PGCE are basic
and a MA / M.Ed is upper level. |
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AGoodStory
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| Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 2:07 am Post subject: Re: Mid-level qualification below CELTA and TESOL |
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| robinnn wrote: |
| . . . I plan to get a CELTA in the future, but I'd rather do something less demanding first to prepare myself. Any input would be great. Thanks. |
I don't usually recommend on-line courses, but if you are thinking in terms of preparing yourself for a CELTA or equivalent, (rather than as a teaching qualification) then an on-line course might make sense for you. Providers such as Ontesol, Bridge, ITTO, and ITTP offer courses in the $250--400 range. There are others, but if you decide to go this route, I would suggest looking only at those who also run a high quality on-site program. Ontesol, for example, is the on-line branch of Coventry House, which offers Trinity certTESOL courses in Toronto. Bridge runs a CELTA program in the US (as well as their own cert.) You get the idea. Do NOT pay one of these huge interchangeable companies $1,200 to $1,500 for an on-line course--there are a number of them in this price range, and, for the most part, they are not as reputable as the courses I mentioned in the much lower price range. |
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AGoodStory
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| Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 2:16 am Post subject: |
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| sparks wrote: |
| Really! You owe your students that much. A month-long-course to become a teacher isn't really TOO much schooling to go through if you're at all serious about your job. |
The OP did not say that she wasn't going to do a month-long course. She said that she DOES want to get a CELTA, but feels that she needs to do something before that to prepare for it. |
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sparks
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sparks wrote:
Really! You owe your students that much. A month-long-course to become a teacher isn't really TOO much schooling to go through if you're at all serious about your job.
The OP did not say that she wasn't going to do a month-long course. She said that she DOES want to get a CELTA, but feels that she needs to do something before that to prepare for it. |
Umm... Yeah, but she's already been teaching kids, presumably without any sort of certification. Most people do CELTA as an intro to teaching. I don't know why there would be a need to wait longer. For the DELTA, o.k. but for an entry level cert? Come on! Make sure you have some of the basics down. I guess there are some teachers who never get any kind cert. and just sort of build their proficiency through years of practice on students who pay for lessons. |
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Tudor
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| Why not consider doing the CELTA either part-time or online - I'd imagine both those options are considerably less demanding than the month-long version. If you intend on getting a CELTA at some point anyway, why waste time and money on an inferior or less well-recognised 'qualification'? |
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geaaronson
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I agree with Tudor.
Aren�t there study guides and practice tests for the CELTA. There are practice exams for PET, FCE and IELTS. |
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naturegirl321
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| AGoodStory wrote: |
| sparks wrote: |
| Really! You owe your students that much. A month-long-course to become a teacher isn't really TOO much schooling to go through if you're at all serious about your job. |
The OP did not say that she wasn't going to do a month-long course. She said that she DOES want to get a CELTA, but feels that she needs to do something before that to prepare for it. |
ihonlinetraining.com, the International HOuse online training site, offers DELTA prep. Well, for one of the modules. Have you checked that out? |
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robinnn
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| sparks wrote: |
| Really! You owe your students that much. A month-long-course to become a teacher isn't really TOO much schooling to go through if you're at all serious about your job. |
Why don't you calm down? And what I owe my students is the hard work, energy and enthusiasm I already bring to my job. The fact that I'm planning to get qualified at all makes me a lot more serious about my job than most of the other foreigners I've met in Japan who haven't even HEARD of a CELTA. |
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kazpat
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I read Murphy's English Grammar in Use and Scrivener�s Learning Teaching cover to cover. I also was lucky enough to get a copy of Rosemary Aiken's Teaching Tenses and also read part of Harmer's How to Teach English prior to the course.
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Tudor
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Robinn
Instead of jumping down the throat of the one person whose post you took exception to, why didn't you use that post to acknowledge the people who tried to offer you sincere advice?
This precious, overly-defensive attitude is the main reason why I don't post on here very often; humility goes a long way. |
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