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rich1million · Joined: 06 Mar 2005

I'm looking to upgrade!

I'd like to do a MA TESOL at some point, but to start with, as a first step, can anyone recommend TESOL certification that I can do in Korea?

I don't really want to do something that's all online, but I need to keep working too, so weekend, evening courses, or something like that would be better.

Has anyone done anything like that in Korea? If so, how was it?

sigmundsmith · Joined: 22 Nov 2007

RufusW · Joined: 14 Jun 2008 Location: Busan

If you manage to find out how much either of these cost, could you post an update? I failed to find the full course fees online.

sigmundsmith · Joined: 22 Nov 2007

morrisonhotel · Joined: 18 Jul 2009 Location: Gyeonggi-do

sigmundsmith · Joined: 22 Nov 2007

rich1million · Joined: 06 Mar 2005

Hey thanks for the info, there's a lot there, I'll check it out

RufusW · Joined: 14 Jun 2008 Location: Busan

sigmundsmith · Joined: 22 Nov 2007

RufusW · Joined: 14 Jun 2008 Location: Busan

Thanks

Brooksmatic · Joined: 06 Apr 2008 Location: Seoul

I just called to get some more information on the Weekend Workshops. There next Weekend Workshop course starts in March and it is 6 weeks long. Three hours every Saturday for 400,000W.

BigLarry · Joined: 09 Sep 2009 Location: Anywhere there is wine.

Birmingham Uni also offers a range of ESL related MA's. Here's the link http://www.cels.bham.ac.uk/programmes/distance/tefltesl.shtml they also have offices in Seoul, can't remember the contact info though.

Seoul_Teacher_1980 · Joined: 05 Nov 2009

A friend of mine just did the first part of the Asian EFL Journal Tesol course in Daegu last weekend. He said that it was well run and pretty informative. I'm actually thinking about doing it myself. Here's the link if you want more information about the course. http://vedec.co.kr/news/index.php The course costs 690,000 won.

Hope this helps.

rich1million · Joined: 06 Mar 2005

I saw the Asian EFL one adverstised on Facebook...in Daegu twice this year and one is coming up in Busan in December.

It seems more suitable for me because I don't have much free time during the week and it seems to be a mix of face-to-face sessions and assignments submitted by email. The feedback on Facebook seems pretty good:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=172553828706

outkast_3000 · Joined: 20 Nov 2009

I did the Tesol certificaton program at Hanyang University, which is about a 6 month program - to my recollection. You mentioned wanting to possibly do an MA in Tesol, and if you take the Graduate Track at Hanyang, those courses count towards your MA down the road should you choose you pursue it. Granted, the course accreditation only works for a handful of affiliated schools and programs, but the schools are completely legit universities.

It comes down to what you're looking for. I noticed someone made a suggestion for Sookmyung, which is also really good I hear. The usual distinction made between the two, and anyone can feel free to correct me, is that the Hanyang program is a bit more on the academic/theoretical side, whereas the Sookmyung program is more hands on and practical. In fact, some of my classmates in the Hanyang program complained that they chose the wrong program, and that the Sookmyung program was more in line with what they were after.

In any case, the Hanyang Tesol program isn't a "Hanyang" program per se. It's actually run by the University of Oregon. For more information, here's the website: http://tesol.hanyang.ac.kr/

Best of luck to you.

Edit: When I took the program a couple of years ago, it cost 3.1 million won, but you could apply for the scholarship which would shave 50% of the cost if you were chosen. This was a couple of years ago though, so things might very well have changed.