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naturegirl321
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| wailing_imam wrote: |
| I am just finishing off my DipTESOL through St Georges. Exam in Aug, then travel to London in Oct for 2 weeks. Therefore, if I finish it in Oct it will have taken me 19 months. In that time I have also become a father and written a travel guidebook as well as held down a full time teaching job. It would be possible to do in a year if one pushed it. I have found the course useful. However, on top of course fees are the expensive books, exam fees and a fortnight in London. In total I estimate it will cost 2.5 - 3k pounds. |
That's not that bad. Even with the Distance Delta, you have to spend two weeks in a country. Though London IS expensive.
They say on their site that the workbook related to teaching practice can be done a max of 9 months before you actually teach at St Georges. Do they send you that workbook last then?
Can you do the exam and the teaching practice during the same two weeks in London? I mean, could you do the exam in october?
I'm hoping to go in summer 2013, so want to start next summer. Hope it{s doable, we'll have a baby in November as well. |
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wailing_imam
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 8:56 am Post subject: |
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The written exam takes place three times a year. I think on one of those occasions it takes place at the end of the practical block. However, this might be rather intense on the brain as the practical block is very intense with observations, presentations on phonology etc.
Workbooks take around 1-2 months each.
There are 3 coursework portfolios which take a lot of time too. |
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naturegirl321
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:54 am Post subject: |
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| So the other two times for the exam are when? March and October? |
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wailing_imam
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:00 am Post subject: |
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| Not sure if it's annually fixed. This year it is _____ (not sure), Aug and Nov. |
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MarkM
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I have been looking at the Canadian Coventry House International 250 hour TESOL diploma. What is interesting about it is that the whole thing, including the 20 hour practicum, can be done from anywhere in the world.
http://www.ontesol.com/tesl-canada.html |
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naturegirl321
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:53 am Post subject: |
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| MarkM wrote: |
I have been looking at the Canadian Coventry House International 250 hour TESOL diploma. What is interesting about it is that the whole thing, including the 20 hour practicum, can be done from anywhere in the world.
http://www.ontesol.com/tesl-canada.html |
I've looked at that and while it seems good, it{s not brand name. Not that I'm a snob about names, but I just learnt that my TEFL cert course provider no longer exists, so I figure the second time around I'd rather get it from Cambridge or Trinity. |
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MarkM
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:41 am Post subject: |
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| naturegirl321 wrote: |
| ... I just learnt that my TEFL cert course provider no longer exists, so I figure the second time around I'd rather get it from Cambridge or Trinity. |
LOL  . I often wonder just how important the identity of qualification providers is. Speaking as an ex-recruitment consultant, if you have had a few years of experience, what your referees have to say about you is much more important. Employers are not too concerned about where you studied as long as you can show convincingly that you will do a good job. For that assurance, employers look at your track record almost exclusively. Where you studied only really matters for that first job, or if you are going to do work you haven't done before. |
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naturegirl321
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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| YOu're probably right, but I figure even if the course provider goes out of business, a CELTA is still a CELTA: Ditto for Trinity and DELTA. |
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