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braunshade
Joined: 19 Apr 2006
Location: Somewhere better!
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 Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 7:24 am Post subject: Easiest, Cheapest, and Quickest TEFL????? |
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How can I obtain any sort of TEFL or any ESL/EFL certificate in the quickest time possible??
I am looking for a new job- I have a degree but I have told a couple prospective employers that I also have a TEFL certificate!! |
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jacl
Joined: 31 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 7:29 am Post subject: Re: Easiest, Cheapest, and Quickest TEFL????? |
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| braunshade wrote: |
How can I obtain any sort of TEFL or any ESL/EFL certificate in the quickest time possible??
I am looking for a new job- I have a degree but I have told a couple prospective employers that I also have a TEFL certificate!! |
Download one on Bit Comet. |
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Kimchieluver
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 8:09 am Post subject: |
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How can I obtain any sort of TEFL or any ESL/EFL certificate in the quickest time possible??
I am looking for a new job- I have a degree but I have told a couple prospective employers that I also have a TEFL certificate!! |
Another fine example of teaching professionalism that raises the bar for the rest of us who work hard to be recognized as a valuable asset to the community. |
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dulouz
Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: Uranus
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| Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 8:16 am Post subject: |
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| There is a cert called TEFL, get the TEFL. Not the CELTA. CELTA is harder and costs more. |
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jacl
Joined: 31 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 8:17 am Post subject: Re: Easiest, Cheapest, and Quickest TEFL????? |
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| jacl wrote: |
| braunshade wrote: |
How can I obtain any sort of TEFL or any ESL/EFL certificate in the quickest time possible??
I am looking for a new job- I have a degree but I have told a couple prospective employers that I also have a TEFL certificate!! |
Download one on Bit Comet. |
Seriously. You might even be able to download one right onto your cell phone and print it at the local copy place. Just like James Bond. |
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nobbyken
Joined: 07 Jun 2006
Location: Yongin ^^
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| Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 1:28 pm Post subject: |
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I am not yet in Korea, but I have got a TEFL certificate on an online course at http://www.onlinetefl.com
It was a very reasonable price, gave invaluable teaching tuition (I even feel like a teacher!).
There are many options from the basic certificate, to the longer courses, weekend courses and extra grammar modules if required. |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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These "pay $19.95 and get your degree" programs are all fine and dandy in Korea and I guess other countries where they don't really know nor care about where your education came from, but do you plan on staying here that long? What is the R.O.I. on this? If you do plan on going back to your home country, you do realize that mail-order type certifications are worth as much as dirty toilet paper sitting in the waste bin.
Just becareful. Make sure the place is accredited by an organization that has been around longer than 5 years.
Side note - don't take the easy way out. well...nevermind. I don't want to open this can of worms. Just remember, you are hurting yourself by doing so. |
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Kenny Kimchee
Joined: 12 May 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Anybody remember the URL for that free TEFL course in Korea? |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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| I took a TEFL class and have it on my resume. But I've never been asked to see a copy of the actual certificate. Of course, considering I spent US$1700 + airfare + expenses for mine, maybe I shouldn't be telling you this. But I'm sure you'll get flamed enough. |
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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Kenny Kimchee wrote: |
| Anybody remember the URL for that free TEFL course in Korea? |
Don't think its the one you're looking for since its online, not just in korea but there is this:
http://www.asian-efl-journal.com/TESOL_Certificate.php
They say it is free but it isn't totally. For the 120 hour course you need to spend $100 on a book and $60 on a certificate approximately. From reading the course outline it sounds like a decent course though. It is accepted by both the University of Southern Queensland in Australia and the University of Salford in britain as partial credit towards a masters program.
Has anyone taken this course? If so tell us about it. |
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