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scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Is anyone else headed for this IELTS Examiner Training in Bahrain ? End of January.

Port · Joined: 20 Jan 2008 Posts: 3

Hi scot old boy,

Three question:
Where?
When exactly?
How much?

Thanks in advance for any info.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Sorry but you are too late. Check out the website.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

More IELTS training this weekend. A complicated business !

kaw · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 8:32 am Post subject:

You'll have even more training to do in a couple of weeks when the new 'pron' scales come out. It'll all be self-access though and apparently is pretty easy.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

"Pron" - of this I know nothing ! Should I panic ?

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

I thought we had sworn a solemn oath to keep these things from the ears of the Ungodly ?

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

To my surprise getting involved in IELTS Examining was a positive experience for me ! And I am a hardened old cynic.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

The best way to find out about IELTS from the inside is to become an Examiner !

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

But you will NOT get rich on the earnings from IELTS Examining ! Well, who goes into teaching to get rich ?

johnslat · Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 1:48 am Post subject:

Dear scot47,
No one in their right mind, to be sure. However those teachers who go to the Middle East usually don't choose that location for the night-life or for any other social attractions, either.
Regards,
John

kaw · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:29 pm Post subject:

IELTS can be as lucrative as you make it - depends on how sad a life you lead and how much you examine a month (the sadder the life - the more examining). I used to make a fair amount in Bahrain (shows the exciting life I led) and the UAE and the 3 days oral examining I did in Tanzania paid for a decent hotel.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

For some of us any extra source of ackers is welcome.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

The amazing aspect to me is how many teachers from the best-paying EFL gig on Planet Terra choose to do IELTS Examining at the weekend as a hobby.

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

Isn't it as much a reflection of how little there is to do on the weekends in the Gulf? Or that what there is pales after a couple years and one would rather fatten the coffers for the long summer break?

VS