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[micheal jezersek]

I see that Dave has there banner up but are they any good, are the courses wroth the money.

[AsiaTraveller]

They're coarses are probably wroth the money, but you shud defanetly czech them out carefooly yourself by doing sum resurtsch.

[micheal jezersek]

What kind of research? All that I can find is that they are a legitimate school. There basic course runs 120 hours and 35 of that is class room instructions is that excepable? or good? or bad?

[GambateBingBangBOOM]

Click the button marked 'search' at the top of the screen.

Allowing somebody to pay you to put a banner ad on your web site does not necessarily indicate an endorsement of the product or service being offered.

It's not like the TTC (the Toronto Transit Commission) endorses every company or service advertised in or on its buses, subways, or street cars; or in the stations or shelters themselves?

One piece of information that may be useful:

Hours logged for in-class training are not the same as hours spent in practicum. So when you see people write they had thirty-five hours worth of practicum, that does not mean thirty-five hours of in-class instruction. It means they were the student-teacher (either teaching the class or watching the teacher of the class and writing notes) for thirty-five hours.

What do you want out of the training?

[GambateBingBangBOOM]

I just read your post in the Newbie forum, and I have to ask:

Is English your first language?

You might have some problems if it isn't (but there are non-native speakers teaching EFL. I know a few French Canadians- their English is really, really good though).

Also, a degree will be far more valuable to you than any private training certificate.

[jaytee]

I agree, a degree is far more valuable.
I got my certificate through Global, at the time I thought they were good, but I knew I was paying a lot for not much at all. Once I started teaching, I found that much of what we talked about in class was more or less useless to me.
Expect to pay around $1500 for the basic 120 hour course.
I found that it certainly helped me to know how to prepare myself for my classes, but most of the other information proved useless for my current situation.
The things that they cover in the course are for 'idealistic' situations, where the students are delighted to be at school, are enthusiastic about learning english, and are well disciplined. However, I'm sure most people would agree that this is far from the truth.

[micheal jezersek]

To GambateBingBangBOOM yes English is my first language, Since you read my post are you saying that my english is so bad that it could be assumed that I am a non-native speaker?(I wait in dread for your response, but want the truth ) Aso I would like to thank you GambateBingBangBOOM for telling me about the search button
I would like to apologize for any hassle I have caused any one
Please bear with me I am very new to this site and to forum in general(this is my first )

[micheal jezersek]

To jaytee thanks for the info and the reality check As far as the Course goes I am looking for something that will give me some tools that I can use in class room and an Idea of what I am getting into. Unfortunatly I have taken out a student loan before for other reason and I have to pay it back before I can get another to get my BA. I look at this as a good way to see if I can handle TEFLing Before jumping into BA and a pile of debt.

[ls650]

[mlomker]

[GambateBingBangBOOM]

[merlin]

[bearcat]

Global is just a certificate mill. Remember there is no standard accredidation for various certs out there.

Check out this page on a blog:

http://www.free-esl-blogs.com/blogs/blog.asp?fEntry=239

Granted this blog owner doesn't have much good to say about Dave's here but what they have to say on the certs is pretty eye opening.

[mlomker]

[GambateBingBangBOOM]