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teacherdude · Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 260

What do you guys know abt. Kent Eng. here in Ist.?

The good, the bad, etc....I've heard about them. However, I really know nothing about the shcool itself.

'Dude

calsimsek · Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 775 Location: Ist Turkey

It use to be good school,never great but ok. It was like 'a do drop in center' you worked there for a short time and you get hands on experience in your trade. Pay use to be a bit low, and the students where not the most bright. It use to be a cheap school.
All in all, an ok place for a fresh treacher to run through his skills and then move on.

crashartist1 · Joined: 06 Jun 2004 Posts: 164

If you are speaking about Kent English in Kadikoy it is a small but nice place As Calsimsek put it is a great place to get your TEFL career started. The people who work there are really nice. The DoS is great and will do a lot to help you in anyway she can, the other teachers, while maybe they have changed since I was there doing my TEFL are great and extremely helpful. The Director is great, he is a real stand up kind of a guy. As I mentioned before I did my TEFL there, they are part of a company called Via Lingua that give courses on TEFL so they are very professional and treat all people with respect, which is a lot more then I can say about a lot of language schools. I know nothing about pay, but I will tell you this, you will enjoy yourself there, great location, friendly staff, students are great so I believe it would be an enjoyable place to work at.

teacherdude · Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 260

Thanks guys.

I've heard that they treat their teachers pretty well. But I didn't know if that was just the usual propoganda or not.

Regards,
Dude

31 · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 1797

And don`t forget the TEFL bus stops at Kent English. All aboard for a TEFL career.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

welcome back 31

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Kent English are looking for a DOS at the moment
http://www.esljunction.com/jobs/about5349.html

travelingirl68 · Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 2:15 pm Post subject:

Long time no see 31, I thought perhaps you had made the leap to the non-EFL world....

31 · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 1797

Oh God I wish. There is no escape from TEFL when you are a longtermer. In the real world nobody would give you a job when you have years and years of TEFL on your CV.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

31 · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 1797

The TEFL world

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Are you happy in the TEFL world?

31 · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 1797

What do you think?

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

My guess is 'no'

31 · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 1797

''The people who work there are really nice. The DoS is great and will do a lot to help you in anyway she can, the other teachers, while maybe they have changed since I was there doing my TEFL are great and extremely helpful. The Director is great, he is a real stand up kind of a guy. As I mentioned before I did my TEFL there, they are part of a company called Via Lingua that give courses on TEFL so they are very professional and treat all people with respect, which is a lot more then I can say about a lot of language schools. I know nothing about pay, but I will tell you this, you will enjoy yourself there, great location, friendly staff, students are great so I believe it would be an enjoyable place to work at.''

Course it is all happy clappy, you are paying 1300 Euros for a worthless piece of paper.