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wintersweet · Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:47 pm Post subject: What kind of references?

I posted this in the resume sticky a while back but it wasn't answered. I've checked search and haven't seen this issue addressed.

What kind of references are good? I've been a grad student for so long that I don't have recent work references, and you say that TESOL instructors aren't valued, so I'm a bit out of luck. My original ideas were a TESOL/ESL
instructor whose ESL class I am student-teaching regularly, a TESOL/ESL instructor who lived in Kyoto for years and eventually ran an English program there, and/or the director of the volunteer program where I tutor ESL. Are those still worthless?

Thanks.

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

I don't know who told you that a reference from a TESOL instructor (or from any teacher, for that matter) is worthless. If you work WITH someone, you can get a reference from him. If you work FOR someone, that's a better reference, of course.

wintersweet · Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:09 pm Post subject:

I probably misinterpreted something. Thanks!