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jeana · Joined: 18 Sep 2004 Posts: 5 Location: New York, NY

Hi All,

Has anyone spent any time in either Selcuk or Izmir teaching English? I have a TEFL degree, but my teaching experience has basically been one on one, and informal volunteer work here in NY. My career background is in financial services.
Would like to spend some time in Turkey teaching part time or private tutoring and would appreciate your comments and suggestions.

Thanks,
Jeana

FGT · Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 762 Location: Turkey

I've been teaching in Izmir for 13 years. There are language schools, universities and lises that hire native speaker teachers. I don't know of any work available in Selcuk.

mistral · Joined: 17 Feb 2007 Posts: 93 Location: Herat Afghanistan

I'm looking for an EAP job in Izmir, preferably at one of the universities. Anybody got any advice?

FGT · Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 762 Location: Turkey

I apologise for my ignorance, but what is EAP?

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

yaramaz · Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:38 am Post subject:

English for Academic Purposes.

billybuzz · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 219 Location: turkey

There is only one private uni hiring in Izmir .

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

Let me guess-they are looking for prep teachers-not much EAP in a private "uni.1"

Sheikh Inal Ovar · Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 1208 Location: Melo Drama School

For many who have worked in private uni's, the acronym EAP also means English to Adolescent something or other ...

billybuzz · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 219 Location: turkey

Thrifty, you're right of course,the prep classes are where most of us begin and from there its a slippery slope down into the freshmen classes . For some unknown reason the uni feels English after the first year is unnecessary.Try and work that one out . A place with the largest group of native speakers in the whole country and yet none of them work in classes after the 1st year . Weird or what ?

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

Not weird at all. The prep year exists to make as much money as possible, nothing more nothing less. The teachers are paid the least and prep needs little investment. The students have to pay for the full year or two if they are really hopeless, add on the kickbacks from the books, accomodation maybe and the canteen. Once they have fully milked that cash cow why bother with English anymore? In the degree years-give it to the dullards in Turkish.