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strangebrew
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 Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 1:39 pm Post subject: Recommendations for an online M.Ed in TESOL |
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| After five years in Korea, I'm thinking of getting my masters. I'm eyeing online M.Ed in TESOL programs. Any recommendations? (Cheaper is better.) Thanks. |
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edwardcatflap
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Sheffield Halam is one of the cheapest ones I've heard of. |
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PRagic
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| Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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| If you're in Seoul, I think you can do your MA at Dongkuk University. Supposed to be pretty painless and inexpensive. |
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Fuzzy_Dunlop
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| Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know your future plans but be aware that a lot of places outside Korea (especially the Middle East) will not recognize an online MA. If that's not an issue for you then don't worry about it.
Good luck with your studies. |
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greyhound1
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| Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 12:26 am Post subject: |
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| Do they check then if it's an online MA or not? I know they check for Saudi as you have to get your uni to email in to the cultural bureau confirming your degrees but I don't know if UAE, Qatar and OMAn go as far as doing this. If they don't then don't bother telling them it's an online MA that's all. |
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Fuzzy_Dunlop
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| Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 1:13 am Post subject: |
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| greyhound1 wrote: |
| Do they check then if it's an online MA or not? I know they check for Saudi as you have to get your uni to email in to the cultural bureau confirming your degrees but I don't know if UAE, Qatar and OMAn go as far as doing this. If they don't then don't bother telling them it's an online MA that's all. |
MOD EDIT I only brought it up in case the OP had ever thought about moving on from Korea.
FWIW, you MIGHT get away with not revealing the online nature of your MA, but you'd have to fudge your resume then as well. If you say you were working in Korea at the same time as you claim to have been in another country doing your MA on-site - it could be an issue. This could be further complicated if you are asked for employment certificates. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 4:11 am Post subject: Re: Recommendations for an online M.Ed in TESOL |
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| strangebrew wrote: |
| After five years in Korea, I'm thinking of getting my masters. I'm eyeing online M.Ed in TESOL programs. Any recommendations? (Cheaper is better.) Thanks. |
Save your money.
The coursework for an M.Ed program isn't that onerous. Typically 24 credit hours over a year (often on weekends) followed by your thesis. Most M.Eds will only required you to do about 32-40 weekends of coursework followed by your thesis.
An on-line M.Ed (as compared to an on-line theoretical MA with no thesis or a masters with a thesis based on meta-data) is usually not well developed and lacks the practical components needed to be useful other than to say you have an Masters in something.
You want to do the research methodology and stats courses face to face with group work as you gain and build your skills to do your real research, write the thesis and do your publication. It WILL make a difference when it comes time for your proposal and thesis defenses.
The theory courses can be on-line, blended, flipped or any other combination.
There are some courses offered in Korean universities that offer options for working teachers. MATESOL, M.ED, MA Applied Linguistics....
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slothrop
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2016 7:56 am Post subject: |
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can someone list some of the cheap/easy options for doing an online MAtesol or applied linguistics?
and also a list of the korean unis that offer the same where they teach the courses in english? |
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PRagic
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PRagic
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2016 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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Follow a few links and you'll get here http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=752
Come on, people, let's not bother trying to recreate the wheel. Do your homework, then ask for input IF it hasn't already been covered. Spoiler alert: but it probably has! |
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ttompatz
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2016 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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At the end of the day, the cheapest and easiest is Photoshop-U.
Won't get you far (no presentations, no thesis, no publications, no... etc. but it will look good on the wall in your hagwan.
It is cheap and easy.
But seriously, if you want to do a legitimate M.Ed then do the work. Easy doesn't come into it. There are plenty of affordable options in Asia (offered in English).
At the end of the day, you get out what you put in and a masters is NOT like your undergrad. It is not about the coursework and parties. It is about your IS and comprehensives or your research and thesis.
If you just want to move up from entry level TEFL then look at a PGCE or post baccalaureate B.Ed with licensure. The pay is much better as are the benefits and career path.
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slothrop
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2016 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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| PRagic wrote: |
Follow a few links and you'll get here http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=752
Come on, people, let's not bother trying to recreate the wheel. Do your homework, then ask for input IF it hasn't already been covered. Spoiler alert: but it probably has! |
thanks for the link. now i just need a time machine to go back to 2003 and take advantage of all that outdated information.
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| At the end of the day, the cheapest and easiest is Photoshop-U. |
if i knew how to photoshop i'd get a job making 6 figures for some multinational corporation that controls the world like google, the clinton foundation or the kardasians. i wouldn't be wasting my valuable time and chi energy trying to figure out how to break back into the glamorous world of korean esl. |
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Fuzzy_Dunlop
Joined: 18 Jun 2014
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2016 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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| slothrop wrote: |
| PRagic wrote: |
Follow a few links and you'll get here http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=752
Come on, people, let's not bother trying to recreate the wheel. Do your homework, then ask for input IF it hasn't already been covered. Spoiler alert: but it probably has! |
thanks for the link. now i just need a time machine to go back to 2003 and take advantage of all that outdated information.
| ttompatz wrote: |
| At the end of the day, the cheapest and easiest is Photoshop-U. |
if i knew how to photoshop i'd get a job making 6 figures for some multinational corporation that controls the world like google, the clinton foundation or the kardasians. i wouldn't be wasting my valuable time and chi energy trying to figure out how to break back into the glamorous world of korean esl. |
Thanks for that post. I was going to take time out of my day to help you it with some good info, but was unaware of your attitude.
Thanks for saving me time. |
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