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nomad soul
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| AashiyaRahman wrote: |
| I taught adults only, 18+ years old, taught general English and English for academic purposes (business students). Do you have any recommendations on where I should apply? |
It's unclear how many months/years of experience you have teaching English (full-time paid) to adults. Without that info, it makes it difficult to help point you to better (or tolerable) job opportunities in KSA. |
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AashiyaRahman
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| Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 1:08 am Post subject: |
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| nomad soul wrote: |
At this very moment, I'm in the US and don't plan to return to TEFL. (I'll finish my Master of Ed Technology by the end of the year.)
Have you looked into Korea? It's a top destination for newbie teachers for their first couple of years of experience before heading to the Gulf. |
Which country did you first teach EFL in? Also, did a negative experience force you to reconsider TEFL, or did you want to pursue a career in a different field?
I haven't really researched TEFL in Korea, but thank you for the suggestion, I will have a look at what's available. |
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AashiyaRahman
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| Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 1:11 am Post subject: |
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| nomad soul wrote: |
It's unclear how many months/years of experience you have teaching English (full-time paid) to adults. Without that info, it makes it difficult to help point you to better (or tolerable) job opportunities in KSA. |
I haven't taught English to adults full-time previously, nor have I ever been paid to do so. I've only taught EFL to groups of adults as part of my TEFL degree. I did this for three years. |
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nomad soul
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| Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 1:38 am Post subject: |
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| AashiyaRahman wrote: |
Which country did you first teach EFL in? Also, did a negative experience force you to reconsider TEFL, or did you want to pursue a career in a different field?
I haven't really researched TEFL in Korea, but thank you for the suggestion, I will have a look at what's available.
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I haven't taught English to adults full-time previously, nor have I ever been paid to do so. I've only taught EFL to groups of adults as part of my TEFL degree. I did this for three years. |
Then seriously consider Korea. Take a look at the Cafe's Korea discussion forum (http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/). It requires separate registration to post comments.
By the way, I didn't have negative any teaching experiences. I'd always planned to move on from TEFL even before I'd ever started teaching.  |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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| AashiyaRahman wrote: |
| I haven't taught English to adults full-time previously, nor have I ever been paid to do so. I've only taught EFL to groups of adults as part of my TEFL degree. I did this for three years. |
I am retired, but taught in Oman, the UAE, and Kuwait besides the US.
Your problem is that none of that experience will count to most Gulf employers. They are demanding of experience, since they pay high enough to make demands. You have a good start with a related BA and your CELTA.
Sadly that puts you at the level where employers that will hire you are probably those that you don't want to work for.  Now you just need to make that final hurdle... having 2-3 years of full-time related experience.
Your original post said that this new college has offered you a job - even though you don't meet their requirement per their website. It may present difficulties as far as disorganization and being in the back of beyond, but... if you could tough it out and do a two-year contract, you would have more options for that next job.
Otherwise you could look into places farther east like Korea...
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scot47
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Qatif is not as remote as some of the places I know ! Hail, Al-Jouf, Sakaka, Tabuk. These are the real remote postings. Qatif is just up the road from Dammam/Khobar/Dhahran.
Also, it is a majority Shia area so it is a bit different from the Wahabi heartlands of Nejd.
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nomad soul
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Apparently, Lincoln College ended up closing a couple of its Saudi colleges and is seeking compensation:
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In March 2014, Lincoln College was awarded a huge contract worth £250m from the CoE programme, a scheme designed to improve technical and vocational education and training in Saudi Arabia. Winning the opportunity to go to the Middle East and run three new colleges was seen as a coup for the college. However, after recruitment problems led to two of the colleges in the Al-Aflaj region being closed down, the costs began to mount up. (Click on the link below for more...)
Source: http://feweek.co.uk/2016/03/07/college-closures-and-debts-in-saudi-arabia-just-how-bad-is-it/ |
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ayeshamai
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| Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 2:51 am Post subject: Qatif |
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Hi
I work there, it is pretty good.
The job is in Qatif but we live in Al-Khobar. :) |
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EnglishLanguageOne
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| Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 4:53 pm Post subject: Re: Lincoln College in Al Qatif |
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| AashiyaRahman wrote: |
Hi
Does anybody have any information regarding Lincoln College in Al Qatif? I have been offered a job there but I can't seem to find any information, so am a bit hesitant accepting the offer.
Thanks in advance!
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Lincoln is a C of E from Licoln College, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK.
The good thing about working there is the intensive month of training in Lincoln. Which means you are not in Saudi.
Apparently I understand that the management lack two things, one knowledge of Saudi Arabia and two knowledge od EFL teaching.
Generally speaking the British management are dispised by the largely British staff.
The package offered is good, but not a great atmosphere to work in.
Lincoln have lost a lot of money due to very poor management in their Saudi C of E colleges. |
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