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bradwelljackson
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 Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 12:27 am Post subject: Brace yourself for the ultimate newbie question! |
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Is it necessary to have a TEFL certificate to teach English overseas, or can an experienced teacher make it without one? Since this question is general, I will limit it to three countries: Morocco, China and South Korea. How does my question apply to these three countries?
Specifics: I am a United States citizen teaching English in Mexico. |
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tedkarma
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Location: The World is my Oyster
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Don't need one for Korea, but you do need a degree.
Don't need one for China - degree needed for the better jobs in urban areas. |
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Sgt Killjoy
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| Thailand is a no. As of Nov 28th, Thailand will require either a 4 year education degree or a 4 year degree plus a 1 year program in education and you will need to take special classes in Thai language and Culture BEFORE you can legally teach. |
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Guy Courchesne
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Location: Mexico City
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| Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Sgt Killjoy wrote: |
| Thailand is a no. As of Nov 28th, Thailand will require either a 4 year education degree or a 4 year degree plus a 1 year program in education and you will need to take special classes in Thai language and Culture BEFORE you can legally teach. |
Wow, really? That's big change is it not? Would that be blowback from John Mark Karr?
Sarge, do you think the change would make under-the-table work more or less common there after Nov. 28th? |
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tedkarma
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| Sgt Killjoy wrote: |
| Thailand is a no. As of Nov 28th, Thailand will require either a 4 year education degree or a 4 year degree plus a 1 year program in education and you will need to take special classes in Thai language and Culture BEFORE you can legally teach. |
Thailand goes through these things from time to time - and even at this time a large percentage of current EFL teachers work without legal papers. Proposals without consideration of the effects are a bit of a tradition here - just as is the non-enforcement of such proposals - and the eventual withdrawal of such notions.
That said - yes - there is a real log-jam of teachers trying to get legal here and quite a few leaving out of frustration of dealing with the process - particularly as the use of visa runs and tourist visas as ways of staying here long-term are tightened.
Here is the regulation as reviewed by the Phuket Gazette:
The new policy requires that all foreign teachers possess at least a bachelor�s degree, a certified copy of which must be presented to the local MoE office along with a certified copy of the applicant�s transcript (academic record).
Before hiring a new teacher, schools must wait for approval from the MoE�s International Education Promotion Division, which must check the authenticity of the teacher�s credentials by seeking a confirmation letter from the university the applicant claims to be graduate of.
The new policy specifies three other requirements:
- The applicant must possess a passport with a non-immigrant visa of any class, except for an �ED� study/education visa. The visa must be valid for at least 15 days before the date of application;
- The name of the teacher must match that on his/her passport and academic degree;
- Teachers from countries where English is not an official language must present evidence of English-language fluency, in the form of standardized test results with the following minimum scores: IELTS 5.5; or TOEFL 550 or TOEIC 600. |
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