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The Edge
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| I have a TEFL certificate and over 5000 hours of tutoring experience.I may not have a degree but to say I have ZERO experience is rather a stretch. |
Perfectly adequate. In fact, perhaps bordering on over-experienced for many teaching positions here.  |
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sharpe88
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Adequate for the position - probably. Legal? Not so much.
| The Edge wrote: |
| mrbuzz wrote: |
| I have a TEFL certificate and over 5000 hours of tutoring experience.I may not have a degree but to say I have ZERO experience is rather a stretch. |
Perfectly adequate. In fact, perhaps bordering on over-experienced for many teaching positions here. |
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sainthood
Joined: 15 Nov 2010
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Location: Somewhere over the rainbow
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Mr.Buzz - I hope you have already started looking for your job over here.
Get what you can, and just make sure that it's legit (lots of ways to do that)... and let the argument continue while you're doing what you want to be doing.
But, contrary to NickPellatt's position, I see no reason why you can't start on a BA or BEd now. It will certainly make your life a lot easier in the future, for getting better jobs. It's only a few years, and if you really want to live here for another 10 years, all the better!
(am I too elitist to think that members on an ESL - or any other language teaching board - should actually have very good language skills??? You know, like )basic grammar...) |
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sainthood
Joined: 15 Nov 2010
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Location: Somewhere over the rainbow
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Mr.Buzz - I hope you have already started looking for your job over here.
Get what you can, and just make sure that it's legit (lots of ways to do that)... and let the argument continue while you're doing what you want to be doing.
But, contrary to NickPellatt's position, I see no reason why you can't start on a BA or BEd now. It will certainly make your life a lot easier in the future, for getting better jobs. It's only a few years, and if you really want to live here for another 10 years, all the better!
(Am I too elitist by thinking that members on an ESL - or any other language teaching board - should actually have very good language skills??? You know, like )basic grammar...) |
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nickpellatt
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| sainthood wrote: |
But, contrary to NickPellatt's position, I see no reason why you can't start on a BA or BEd now. It will certainly make your life a lot easier in the future, for getting better jobs. It's only a few years, and if you really want to live here for another 10 years, all the better! |
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Agree. Do it whilst teaching. On the newbie forum a few people suggest posters with similar queries should go an get a degree first, then come back a few years later. That isnt practical for everyone, but studying for one while teaching certainly is, thats what I did!
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| (Am I too elitist by thinking that members on an ESL - or any other language teaching board - should actually have very good language skills??? You know, like )basic grammar...) |
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Was that me?? 
Last point .... not all TEFL certs are created equal. And tutoring isnt always the same as taking a class of students. 5000 hours of tutor experience is a lot, but coupled with a non-standard TEFL cert, it may not be of much relevance IMO. |
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