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kingmalka · Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:49 am Post subject: 4-week CELTA courses in Taiwan

Hi all,

I'm flying LA > Taipei mid-December and have a friend that's coming with, but has absolutely no teaching credentials (no college, no cert) besides a little experience here at home teaching kids. He's willing to invest in one of the 4-week CELTA courses, but doesn't really know where to start looking and neither do I. Any suggestions?

On a similar note, do you think they could still guarantee placement even without a college degree?

Many thanks Smile

TwinStarLA · Joined: 30 Jul 2007 Posts: 30

I don't think there is a 4-week program in Taiwan. There is a program that meets on weekends, but only offers 60 hours of training, not enough to count anywhere. TEFL International offers a 4-week course in Cebu, Philippines. That's the closest 4-week 120-hour program to Taipei. (As far as I know)

MomCat · Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 297

If your friend doesn't have a bachelors degree, a CELTA or TEFL cert will not help him get a work permit which requires a BS or BA. If he does have a degree then he won't need the cert to find a job.

SanChong · Joined: 22 Nov 2005 Posts: 335

Right, just to follow up on the previous posts: Without a Bachelor Degree, it's illegal to work as a teacher in Taiwan. Your friend would have a VERY hard time finding work. Anyway you look at it they would be doing something illegal by teaching in Taiwan. I'm not saying it never happens, but it's risky and increasingly hard to do.

BTW, just to clarify: I'm not at all commenting on the morality of teaching illegaly whether or not I agree with the law. That's a different conversation. I'm just sharing the reality of Taiwan.

Finally, if your friend has an Associate's degree (2 year College diploma, etc) AND a TEFL then they can legally work in Taiwan.

Hope that helps.

kingmalka · Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:27 pm Post subject:

Thank you for the info. I've found a few courses, but they seem very infrequent and only occur when there is enough interest.

By the way, in order to obtain a work visa, must one physically turn in to the school hard copies of your college documents? Or can scanned files + a TESOL cert suffice?

773 · Joined: 29 May 2005 Posts: 213

They typically want / need to see the hard copies of both.