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baksana
Joined: 23 Nov 2005
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Location: istanbul, turkey
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 Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 3:50 pm Post subject: Deulcom International?? |
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Does anyone know anything about Deulcom International? I can't
find any information about them. I'm just wondering if it's a good
place to work, how they treat their teachers, etc. Does anyone
have any experience with them?
Thanks!
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sandyhoney2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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| PM whynotme - he'll have more relevant information than I have. It has been a few years since I was there. Good luck! |
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Mark Loyd
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| Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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I visited the Bakirkoy branch a few years ago and observed a lesson by a Turkish teacher friend of mine.
It is the typical TEFL chain with many Turkish teachers and shared native-Turkish teacher classes. The real teachers do the serious stuff and the natives do a bit of speaking. They employed at that time any native speaker and were a joke amongst the few native speakers for employing alkies and east european phd students as native speakers.
It is pronounced dellcom.
Things may have changed but I doubt it. |
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whynotme
Joined: 07 Nov 2004
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Location: istanbul
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 10:01 am Post subject: |
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| Mark Loyd wrote: |
| I visited the Bakirkoy branch a few years ago and observed a lesson by a Turkish teacher friend of mine.. |
i was working for them a few years ago and a friend of mine ( British) observed my lesson.oh Lord NOOO
| Mark Loyd wrote: |
| It is the typical TEFL chain with many Turkish teachers and shared native-Turkish teacher classes. The real teachers do the serious stuff and the natives do a bit of speaking... |
yes ML/31 is right in a way but some natives were doing the serious stuff too
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| They employed at that time any native speaker and were a joke amongst the few native speakers for employing alkies and east european phd students as native speakers.. |
when i was there i didnt see East Europeans
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| It is pronounced dellcom.. |
it is pronounced 'd�lcom'
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| Things may have changed but I doubt it. |
ML/31 is completely right[/quote] |
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Frizzie Lizzie
Joined: 07 Jul 2005
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Location: not where I'd like to be
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:34 am Post subject: |
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| I don't see what the problem is with hiring East Europeans or any other nationalities - provided they have native-like fluency in English and are qualified to teach it! |
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Sheikh Inal Ovar
Joined: 04 Dec 2005
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Location: Melo Drama School
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Frizzie Lizzie wrote: |
| I don't see what the problem is with hiring East Europeans or any other nationalities - provided they have native-like fluency in English and are qualified to teach it! |
Are you assuming that the courses are advertised to prospective students as such before they hand over any hard-come-by cash ... and ... |
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Baba Alex
Joined: 17 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 12:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Sheikh Inal Ovar wrote: |
| Frizzie Lizzie wrote: |
| I don't see what the problem is with hiring East Europeans or any other nationalities - provided they have native-like fluency in English and are qualified to teach it! |
Are you assuming that the courses are advertised to prospective students as such before they hand over any hard-come-by cash ... and ... |
But that's the problem of the market that markets the 'native speaker is the best'.
The students won't go to a school that advertises Eastern European teachers. I know of native speaker teachers who are Turkish but brought up in the USA with English as their first language who were asked to say they have a different name.
Kind of weird huh? |
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Mark Loyd
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Why should the natashas be qualified and have native speaker like fluency when so many of the TEFLers aren't. |
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