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chon nom
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 Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:21 am Post subject: TEFL Intenational; |
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My wife and I did the TEFL International Course + 4 month contract in Thailand.
The course was Okish(we were lucky; Sangita is a good teacher)
BUT good Lord are the schools awful! 52 kids in a class. Filthy. Unairconditioned(in Thailand!). We are still here, but are claiming our TEFL
(by paying the difference) and splitting. Many others in our group either did the same or just split. That bad. I think that the company is very misleading and unprofessional, bordering on downright evil.
In Thai schools, nobody shows up/you cant flunk them no matter how little they do/no disipline. Lots of screaming.
DONT DO IT.  |
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Kent F. Kruhoeffer
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:23 am Post subject: |
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And for the 'exciting adventure' described above,
teachers will now have to take and pay for ...
1) a Thai culture course
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2) a professional knowlwedge exam?
I'd love to know what these guys are smoking.  |
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Fike2308
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:17 am Post subject: |
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TEFL International is a total waste of time and money.
If you need a certificate do a CELTA course. |
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DMPT
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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| My wife and I did the TEFL International Course + 4 month contract in Thailand |
Do a TEFL course then get a proper full-time job in a private school. Heaps of them about.
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| 52 kids in a class. Filthy. Unairconditioned(in Thailand!). |
In some ancient government school in the middle of the countryside maybe.
Get a job in a modern English Program or a Private School (Thousands of them around). Or a Language Centre - class size from 1 - 15 in ultra modern state of the art facilities.
In Thai schools, nobody shows up/you cant flunk them no matter how little they do/no disipline. Lots of screaming.
Get a job that isn't in some ancient ...... look at the first thing I wrote.
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teachers will now have to take and pay for ...
[i]1) a Thai culture course
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2) a professional knowlwedge exam? [/i] |
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PM me the name of ONE teacher you know who has paid for either. I want to tell him my buffulo is sick and I need some money.
I don't know of anyone 'competent' who's done a TEFL with TI and were dissapointed with the course. Quite the opposite actually. But as people don't generally do more than one course it's hard to compare them with another. I've a TESOL from ECC in BKK and a TEFL from SEE in Chiang Mai. I would recommend both. |
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Fike2308
Joined: 30 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 1:14 pm Post subject: Re: TEFL Intenational; |
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| chon nom wrote: |
MOD EDIT
My wife and I did the TEFL International Course + 4 month contract in Thailand.
The course was Okish(we were lucky; Sangita is a good teacher)
BUT good Lord are the schools awful! 52 kids in a class. Filthy. Unairconditioned(in Thailand!). We are still here, but are claiming our TEFL
(by paying the difference) and splitting. Many others in our group either did the same or just split. That bad. I think that the company is very misleading and unprofessional, bordering on downright evil.
In Thai schools, nobody shows up/you cant flunk them no matter how little they do/no disipline. Lots of screaming.
DONT DO IT. |
I agree that people should avoid TEFL International like the plague! |
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