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Master Shake · Joined: 03 Nov 2006 Posts: 1202 Location: Colorado, USA

Is there a university in Poland that offers an M.A. is TESOL?

I checked the websites for unis in Warsaw and Krakow and they do teach some subjects in English. But I can't find a uni offering an M.A. in TESOL or somthing equivalent.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

-Shake

Jack Walker · Joined: 23 Oct 2008 Posts: 412

I haven't heard of any program like that.Maybe someone else has?

Harry from NWE · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Posts: 283

Why not do it distance learning from a British uni? Flights from Poland to UK for the summer schools (a couple of weeks max for the unis that do bother with anything onsite) cost next to nothing and the quality of the courses are, according to everybody I know who's taken one, very good.

Reading uni has a particularly good rep (and no, the word "Distance" appears nowhere on your degree certificate).

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

Birmingham, Leicester, and Surrey all offer highly reputable distance MAs as well.

Master Shake · Joined: 03 Nov 2006 Posts: 1202 Location: Colorado, USA

Thanks.

I'll check these unis out.

I was planning on doing a DELTA, but I hear it's more of a stepping stone between the CELTA and an MA. I think I'll skip straight to the MA.

Do any employers here value a DELTA above an MA?

-Shake

maccaliam · Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 17 Location: Jeju, South Korea

Apparently, British Council rate them higher. I heard that there is virtually no room for advancement with BC if you don't hold a DELTA/DipTESOL, and an M.A. doesn't matter.
I heard this from someone who works for them but as I have never worked for them myself, I can't say if it is fact or not.

scottie1113 · Joined: 25 Oct 2004 Posts: 375 Location: Gdansk

There's a guy at my school who's doing the DELTA now because British Council likes it. He told me it's easier to get a job with them as a non EU citizen if you have a DELTA. Master Shake, you know him. We took his money playing poker at his flat in Sopot last year. Don't know about the MA TESOL. I'll ask around.

scottie1113 · Joined: 25 Oct 2004 Posts: 375 Location: Gdansk

My Dos recommended Sheffield. He said they're relatively inexpensive and they offer the DELTA at a distance. Might save you some trips to the UK.

roywebcafe · Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 259

DipTESOL. You put me in mind of a course where you get paid while teaching and working towards a diploma in TESOL But is it recognised by the BC? Watch this spacee or check out WillEXcel TESOL - it can only be done in China by the way. Money is always an issue with me so advancement without breaking the bank in this field is certainly interesting.