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Ghost_Gorilla
Joined: 25 Nov 2012
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 Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 8:03 pm Post subject: Best TEFL course? |
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| Looking for a good price on an online TEFL course. Any recommendations? |
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Cacille
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| Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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I did Ical TEFL, but I'm not sure I recommend it. My tutor was great, but I don't believe it was long enough. 5 courses seemed like too short a course, even though the assignments took a long time.
If you do go with them, I recommend Scott as your tutor. |
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Guajiro
Joined: 04 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:11 pm Post subject: Re: Best TEFL course? |
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| Ghost_Gorilla wrote: |
| Looking for a good price on an online TEFL course. Any recommendations? |
You'd need an on-site course to qualify for public schools (unless you have a degree majoring in English, Education or Linguistics, according to the EPIK website).
If you're just doing it for your own knowledge/peace of mind, I did the ittt course and found it definitely improved my knowledge of English grammar and helped a bit with lesson planning. Don't really have anything to compare it to. |
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Jodami
Joined: 08 Feb 2013
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| Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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Do a CELTA.
It will be internationally recognized and regarded as far more prestigious. |
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Ghost_Gorilla
Joined: 25 Nov 2012
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| Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 12:08 am Post subject: Re: Best TEFL course? |
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| Guajiro wrote: |
| Ghost_Gorilla wrote: |
| Looking for a good price on an online TEFL course. Any recommendations? |
You'd need an on-site course to qualify for public schools (unless you have a degree majoring in English, Education or Linguistics, according to the EPIK website).
If you're just doing it for your own knowledge/peace of mind, I did the ittt course and found it definitely improved my knowledge of English grammar and helped a bit with lesson planning. Don't really have anything to compare it to. |
That's not what I've heard. I've from EPIK themselves that they don't require on-site. Busan does though. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 1:46 am Post subject: Re: Best TEFL course? |
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| Ghost_Gorilla wrote: |
| Guajiro wrote: |
| Ghost_Gorilla wrote: |
| Looking for a good price on an online TEFL course. Any recommendations? |
You'd need an on-site course to qualify for public schools (unless you have a degree majoring in English, Education or Linguistics, according to the EPIK website).
If you're just doing it for your own knowledge/peace of mind, I did the ittt course and found it definitely improved my knowledge of English grammar and helped a bit with lesson planning. Don't really have anything to compare it to. |
That's not what I've heard. I've from EPIK themselves that they don't require on-site. Busan does though. |
The notice posted on the EPIK website says that they now need you to have a 100 hour TEFL cert with at least 20 hours of it "in class".
The EXCEPTION are those who already qualify for other reasons for EPIK level 2 (like one year of verifiable teaching experience).
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| minimum 100 hour TEFL or TESOL certificate as a qualification criteria for level 2 or higher pay grade, regardless of how the course was taken. However, starting from the Fall 2013 term, when we recommend candidates to the POE/MOEs we will give a priority to the applicants possessing a minimum 100 hour TEFL or TESOL with at least a 20 hour offline, in-class component, as opposed to those who only completed a strictly online course. |
EPIK level 2 requires one of:
· Teacher’s license
· TEFL/TESOL or CELTA certificate (100+hours)
· Bachelor’s degree in Education, English* or Linguistics
· Master’s degree in any discipline
· Juris Doctor
· 1 year full time teaching experience with Bachelor’s degree in any discipline
· At least 1 year TaLK Schlolar experience**
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Zalithian
Joined: 26 Mar 2013
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| Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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EPIK now requires everyone to have a TESL cert regardless of major. 100+ hours. In class not required yet though. (for Bachelors and Masters)
My coordinator told me about this about 2 weeks ago. |
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oatmeal
Joined: 26 Nov 2013
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| Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 3:22 am Post subject: |
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| Can anyone recommend an on-line TEFL 100+ hour course that is really cheap? I only plan on staying for another year or so, but I have to get one now as they told me since I got my pay bumped up. |
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Kimchieluver
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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| What's the quickest 100 hour Tesol course? Not for me, but soebody else. |
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| I imagine all the 100 hour TESOL courses are around the same length. |
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Kimchieluver
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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| edwardcatflap wrote: |
| I imagine all the 100 hour TESOL courses are around the same length. |
Some you can work on faster than others so you can finish within a week or two. |
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The Cosmic Hum
Joined: 09 May 2003
Location: Sonic Space
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| Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2014 12:32 am Post subject: |
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| Kimchieluver wrote: |
| edwardcatflap wrote: |
| I imagine all the 100 hour TESOL courses are around the same length. |
Some you can work on faster than others so you can finish within a week or two. |
For some odd reason, I thought Ed was making a joke. As in, all 100 hour courses take about 100 hours to finish. |
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2014 1:12 am Post subject: |
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Yep, that was the idea.
Never heard someone asking for the quickest one. Cheapest one all the time. Very occasionally the most worthwhile. |
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