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smirnyagina
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 Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:57 am Post subject: Inexpensive TESOL masters, without teaching experience |
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I am looking for an inexpensive distance masters course in TESOL or Applied Linguistics, that takes candidates without teaching experience.
The only one I found is University of York MA in Teaching English to Young Learners, but the fee there is 9000 GBP, which is kind of expensive.
Are there other respected courses with lower fees, any English speaking country? Bachelor courses are also welcome.
Thank you! |
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tttompatz
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| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:09 am Post subject: Re: Inexpensive TESOL masters, without teaching experience |
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| smirnyagina wrote: |
I am looking for an inexpensive distance masters course in TESOL or Applied Linguistics, that takes candidates without teaching experience.
The only one I found is University of York MA in Teaching English to Young Learners, but the fee there is 9000 GBP, which is kind of expensive.
Are there other respected courses with lower fees, any English speaking country? Bachelor courses are also welcome.
Thank you! |
If you don't have an undergrad AND you have no experience then you have a long way to go
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getting into a MA program without one or the other is not likely to happen except at a paper mill (buy your degree for a few hundred quid - looks pretty but won't get you an interview).
Celta followed by some classroom time followed by a Delta would get you a lot of the way there if you were looking at making a bit of a career out of it. You can cram this into about 4-12 months of very hard work.
The open university is also an option for your undergrad and that takes away a lot of your problems (the degree gets you a visa and work permits in most places and goes a long way toward actually getting an interview as well.)
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naturegirl321
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Australia has some pretty decent ones. I'm going through Deakin and the fees are about $2000 per course and you have to take 8 courses.
The UK has Open University, which seems affordable and flexible.
EDIT: BUt if you don't have a BA either, that'll make it harder to get into MA courses. |
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spiral78
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| I don't know of any reputable MA programme that accepts students without some reasonable teaching experience. |
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nickpellatt
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| The OU doesnt have a TEFL or applied linguistics MA. And you must have a BA hons to get onto their programs. They are a lot cheaper than the others discussed though...I think an MA is about �3000. |
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naturegirl321
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If you have related life experience, on the job training, etc, that MIGHT help, or BA level courses in the subject you want to teach, that also MIGHT help. Best thing to do would do contact universities directly.
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| The OU doesnt have a TEFL or applied linguistics MA. And you must have a BA hons to get onto their programs. They are a lot cheaper than the others discussed though...I think an MA is about �3000. |
But you went through them, correct? Which degrees did you end up with? |
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nickpellatt
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Indeed I did NG. I am now allowed to put the letters BA (open) DIP ELS (open) after my name now 
The letters look nice, but the degree is probably the lowest of the low. It isnt a 'named' degree, hence the 'open' part. Apparently this is the most popular undergraduate degree they award. Its modular and so you can pick and choose the subjects you study. You just have to earn a set amount of points at certain levels of academic study.
I opted for a simple degree without honours. Its a quicker option, and should satisfy the visa requirements of most countries. Unless I top it up to an honours degree, they wont let me go on and do an MA.
I have just been looking at their website again...they offer an MA in Education with a focus on applied linguistics. Might be of interest? |
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naturegirl321
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| nickpellatt wrote: |
Indeed I did NG. I am now allowed to put the letters BA (open) DIP ELS (open) after my name now
The letters look nice, but the degree is probably the lowest of the low. It isnt a 'named' degree, hence the 'open' part. Apparently this is the most popular undergraduate degree they award. Its modular and so you can pick and choose the subjects you study. You just have to earn a set amount of points at certain levels of academic study.
I have just been looking at their website again...they offer an MA in Education with a focus on applied linguistics. Might be of interest? |
Too bad you can't just delete the "open" part. The MA of Ed might work for people as well. They could supplement it with a TEFL cert. |
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santi84
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| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:29 pm Post subject: Re: Inexpensive TESOL masters, without teaching experience |
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| smirnyagina wrote: |
The only one I found is University of York MA in Teaching English to Young Learners, but the fee there is 9000 GBP, which is kind of expensive.
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Did you speak to them directly? I spoke to them in 2009 and was told that my degree (ESL-focus) and 1 year experience was not good enough for the MA in TEYL. I wonder if their requirements have changed. |
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naturegirl321
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| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:41 pm Post subject: Re: Inexpensive TESOL masters, without teaching experience |
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| smirnyagina wrote: |
The only one I found is University of York MA in Teaching English to Young Learners, but the fee there is 9000 GBP, which is kind of expensive.
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Did you speak to them directly? I spoke to them in 2009 and was told that my degree (ESL-focus) and 1 year experience was not good enough for the MA in TEYL. I wonder if their requirements have changed. |
Really? What were the requirements when you applied? |
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santi84
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| Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 3:44 am Post subject: Re: Inexpensive TESOL masters, without teaching experience |
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| naturegirl321 wrote: |
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| smirnyagina wrote: |
The only one I found is University of York MA in Teaching English to Young Learners, but the fee there is 9000 GBP, which is kind of expensive.
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Did you speak to them directly? I spoke to them in 2009 and was told that my degree (ESL-focus) and 1 year experience was not good enough for the MA in TEYL. I wonder if their requirements have changed. |
Really? What were the requirements when you applied? |
I don't think the website said anything but then I sent my address for an application package and it said 2 years (I think). |
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smirnyagina
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Santi84,
I got accepted to York with just 6 months of working experience, but the other students on the cohort have more than 2 years of experience.
I remember that last year the requirement about the work experience was not written on the website, only BA and English language proficiency.
Open University doesn't offer courses for people from many countries, including mine (Kazakhstan). |
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wiganer
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| Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:21 am Post subject: Re: Inexpensive TESOL masters, without teaching experience |
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| smirnyagina wrote: |
I am looking for an inexpensive distance masters course in TESOL or Applied Linguistics, that takes candidates without teaching experience.
The only one I found is University of York MA in Teaching English to Young Learners, but the fee there is 9000 GBP, which is kind of expensive.
Are there other respected courses with lower fees, any English speaking country? Bachelor courses are also welcome.
Thank you! |
Sounds like you will be paying international fees, that and online MA's are pretty expensive anyway. I would just go home to wherever you come from and do it. Cost me under 4 grand to do mine and I went home, I wanted to work in the middle east with mine so it is just as well I went home and did it because you won't get far there if they find out you have an online MA. (By all accounts) |
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wiganer
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Indeed I did NG. I am now allowed to put the letters BA (open) DIP ELS (open) after my name now
The letters look nice, but the degree is probably the lowest of the low. It isnt a 'named' degree, hence the 'open' part. Apparently this is the most popular undergraduate degree they award. Its modular and so you can pick and choose the subjects you study. You just have to earn a set amount of points at certain levels of academic study.
I opted for a simple degree without honours. Its a quicker option, and should satisfy the visa requirements of most countries. Unless I top it up to an honours degree, they wont let me go on and do an MA.
I have just been looking at their website again...they offer an MA in Education with a focus on applied linguistics. Might be of interest? |
A degree is a degree Nick! I have a pal who hasn't got a degree but has seven years teaching experience and a lot of universities are interested in his application for a MA in TESOL. You should be able to get on an MA course with what you have and your experience. |
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naturegirl321
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| Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:51 am Post subject: Re: Inexpensive TESOL masters, without teaching experience |
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| wiganer wrote: |
| Cost me under 4 grand to do mine and I went home, I wanted to work in the middle east with mine so it is just as well I went home and did it because you won't get far there if they find out you have an online MA. (By all accounts) |
You Brits are lucky! Be pretty much near impossible for an American to pay less than 4K for a MA. Unless they were a TA and worked another job. Unis in the US are very expensive. |
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