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KellyKarma

Based on my experiences teaching in Seoul, Mexico City, and rural Honduras, I would much rather have a peer ESL instructor (ex-pat) refer me to a school or business, than a recruiter or just a blind ad. Therefore, I am asking if any ESL instructors on this job forum, living and working in Turkey, can refer me to his/her school or business for an ESL position.

If you contact me via email: [email protected], I can supply you with a detailed CV and photo. In all brevity, I have 5 + years experience teaching ESL to primary school pupils through university students, as well as business executives in Tanzania, Korea, Mexico, South Africa, and Honduras. In addition to classroom teaching, I have also conducted private 1:1 ESL instruction, as well as scripted and acted on two weekly educational, television shows in Seoul, Korea, for EBS (Educational Broadcasting Systems.) The television shows, "Real Talk" and "Pros and Cons", both served to teach conversational English to Korean audiences. I co-authored the Seoul National University English Board exams: the Listening Comprehension Section, while contributing to the content of a variety of ESL text books and workbooks on three continents.

Please do not hestitate to contact me at [email protected] should YOUR school/business currently have an opening.

Thank you.

31 · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 1797

Do you have any qualifications?

KellyKarma · Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:25 pm Post subject: RE: Qualifications?

Yes, I have a BA in the Liberal Arts (U of Illinois) and 5 years ESL teaching experience.

31 · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 1797

Any EFL qualifications?

whynotme · Joined: 07 Nov 2004 Posts: 728 Location: istanbul

31 · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 1797

No I was just trying to find out if the OP had any qualifications and as the OP has a degree then she would be overqualified for The Crime.

whynotme · Joined: 07 Nov 2004 Posts: 728 Location: istanbul

you mean qualification is just a 36 hour certificate? she says she has 5 year experience which must be counted as experience..

31 · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 1797

36 hours-where did that come from?

whynotme · Joined: 07 Nov 2004 Posts: 728 Location: istanbul

just to exaggerate how weak it is i used 36 hour ... Very Happy

Baba Alex · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411

molly farquharson · Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 839 Location: istanbul

we're hiring and as i have said before a univ degree and years of experience (and this sounds like very complete experience) will allow kelly to be hired at ET. any snarky comments coming?

31 · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 1797

There seems to be a misunderstanding about the infamous 4 week courses. Some boast that they are 160 hours courses which is the total amount of hours you spend doing the course. Others boast about the amount of supervised teaching practice they offer, perhaps only 6 hours.

36 hours has no place.

No doubt KellyKarma will not be pleased to find that she qualifies for hourly paid work at the Crime.

31 · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 1797

Lifted from another forum but typifies the situation for teflers:

''If the students are happy with a minimally qualified teacher, and they usually are quite frankly, then that's the employment market teachers will face. This is why your salary typically plateaus after two or three years of EFL work in whatever band you're qualified for, and I don't see this situation changing in my lifetime no matter how qualified I try to become.''

31 · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 1797

I have had a PM from Kelly about TEFL in Ist and have appraised her of the situation with regard to The Crime. She has just thanked me for the warning and will not be considering employment with the aforementioned bucket shops.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

kelly, do not take the word of one bitter individual.