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Konrad · Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 4 Location: Australia

Primary NETs and Secondary NETs

I am thinking of doing a CELTA course, but the requirement of the NET scheme is a Cert/Dip of TEFL. Is CELTA equivilant to a Certificate of TEFL?
Would you recommend I do the CELTA course?

Also, do you know a good TEFL course online?

poof · Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 161

Just to warn you that online TEFL courses are not recognised by some employers. Better to do it in-house if you can.

lambada · Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 50

The CELTA is accepted and is a great, albeit intensive, introduction to EFL teaching. Useful in Asia generally. I would recommend ECC in Bangkok.

lanceevan1 · Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 21

I have worked my way through the system. Started teaching with a BBA in Bus. Adm. in Thailand. I found my options very limited. I did do the CELTA at ECC in Bangkok, and while I found the course useless in terms of the practicality in teaching, It did open up doors for me. I ended up working with the Bell Foundation in Thailand, which offered eight weeks paid holiday, and a fairly good salary for Thai standards. I then reached the top of the ladder and went back to get a state teaching certification, and will now be moving to HK in August.

I would say that the CELTA is worth it. The cost is a lot cheeper at ECC in Bangkok, and while ECC Bangkok has a shaby reputation, the course itself must meet rigourous Accreditation standards from the Cambridge Exam Board in order for them to continue to offer it.

Serious_Fun · Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 1171 Location: terra incognita

lanceevan1 · Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 21

I realise that. As I said in my last reply, its a rip off. I got nothing from the CELTA, however, for whatever reason, it did open doors for me. I would only recommend it because in many countries in SE Asia you cannot get better ESL jobs without it.

Seeing is Believing.

Serious_Fun · Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 1171 Location: terra incognita

lanceevan1 · Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 21

I do not know what EMB or PNET or SNET stand for. I have never been to HK so I do not know what these acronyms mean.

11:59 · Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:48 am Post subject:

The penny drops!

I refuse to believe that 'lanceevan1' is a genuine poster. It is a time-waster feigning na�vety.

lambada · Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 50

I did the CELTA at ECC in Bangkok and I thought it was an extremely useful and valuable course. It is not a rip off. The trainers were very knowledgable and qualified. I would rather have someone teaching for me who had a CELTA than someone who had something academic with no practical experience. They can always do a Post Graduate course later to get a bit of linguistics as background knowledge. Of course, what would I know I only have a Masters in TESOL, a DipEd, a CELTA, part of a Doctorate in Education ..... Twisted Evil

Henry_Cowell · Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 3352 Location: Berkeley