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[pabo]

i'm teaching EFL at a unversity in korea, and i realize i need to get my master's in tesol. but i don't want to go home to america to do it, and i'm uncertain about distance education. i'm looking for a way to continue working overseas, and get a master's from an internationally-recognized graduate school, without having to resort to distance education.


Sounds impossible, but one option i found was attending on campus the American Univesity of Cairo, Egypt for a Master's in TEFL. its an accredited american university abroad that offers a fully-funded fellowship for grad students who also work 8 hours teaching at the English Language intsitute on campus. so, if awarded the fellowship, it seems like a great gig--Master's in TEFL from an accredited american unversity for free. (small monthly stipend and dorm room.)

i'm just not sure about living in cairo, so i was wondering if there were any other programs like this in asia, europe, middle east, latin america, where you get a master's in TESOL or TEFL on campus from an internationally-acclaimed graduate school, that provides a fellowship or scholarship for EFL teachers?

i know the other option is distance eduation. i'm thinking about the unversity of southern queensland in australia, but i know already that taiwan, and i heard kuwait, are not accepting master's from distance education programs. easy way to avoid this is spend a semester on campus, but i'm still unsure about it.

any ideas about any of this would be greatly appreciated. thanks a lot.

[Rice Paddy Daddy]

Don't do it through distance.

One of my classmates has been teaching in Korea for about 7 years and has worked in Korean universities.

He was telling me that many Korean professors who are making the hiring decisions are becoming quite suspicious of distance learning and see it as inferior to traditional in-residence study.

When are your holidays?

If you're a university teacher, you probably have a good chunk of time off.

My suggestion would be you get yourself down to one of the schools in Australia and start chipping away on your M.A. down there.

Lots of programs to chose from and they are a piece of piss to do.

But above all - Do not do it through distance.

And do a dissertation - even if it's only a 12,000 word project.