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DavePuff
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Location: Daegu, South Korea
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 Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:28 am Post subject: Help in finding online TEFL course. |
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I'm looking for a good 100+ hour online TEFL course. I'm currently working in Korea but will be moving to China next year, so something 'international' would be good.
Any suggestions?
Thank you in advance. |
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Cerriowen
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Location: Pocheon
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Tux
Joined: 14 Feb 2008
Location: The smallest one room ever in Guri City
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Hi Dave
I'm currently doing an online course through i to i.
I don't know if I would call it "good" but it is what it is. I've found it quite boring but not especially difficult so far having completed about 30/40 hours of the initial TEFL certification. To finish the 100hr requirement I must do a specialist grammar cert which takes another 40 hrs (bringing the total to 80) and then I must pick 4 more specialist certs taking 5hrs each.
http://www.i-to-i.com/tefl/
Have a look if you like but if someone else has found something better I'd advise going with that option instead. So far the course seems to have a heavy grammar component that I haven't found particularly useful.
I've heard that CELTA certification is better, but it is also significantly more expensive than these online courses. I wish I'd done a CELTA but its just time + money that I don't have.
Good luck in your search! |
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ddeubel
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tired of LA
Joined: 06 Nov 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:25 am Post subject: |
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Hi Dave
I'm currently doing an online course through i to i.
I don't know if I would call it "good" but it is what it is. I've found it quite boring but not especially difficult so far having completed about 30/40 hours of the initial TEFL certification. To finish the 100hr requirement I must do a specialist grammar cert which takes another 40 hrs (bringing the total to 80) and then I must pick 4 more specialist certs taking 5hrs each.
http://www.i-to-i.com/tefl/
Have a look if you like but if someone else has found something better I'd advise going with that option instead. So far the course seems to have a heavy grammar component that I haven't found particularly useful.
I've heard that CELTA certification is better, but it is also significantly more expensive than these online courses. I wish I'd done a CELTA but its just time + money that I don't have.
Good luck in your search! |
I'm not sure if it matters, but when I looked into that program when I was choosing a program, it said that they send out the certificates as you finish. Meaning, you'll get a 40 hour cert for TEFL, then another for grammar and then 4 more for the specialties. I decided not to do it because I wasn't sure if schools would accept the individual certs as a whole, meaning that you completed a 100+ TEFL course. |
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DavePuff
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| Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:40 am Post subject: |
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| That's great food for thought. Thank you very much. Its certainly pointed my in the right direction in terms of information and choice. |
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tlord1986
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| Does anyone have any experience with American TESOL Institute or the Bridge Linguatec online certificate program? I was interested in those programs, but would like some feedback. |
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Tux
Joined: 14 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Dave
I'm currently doing an online course through i to i.
I don't know if I would call it "good" but it is what it is. I've found it quite boring but not especially difficult so far having completed about 30/40 hours of the initial TEFL certification. To finish the 100hr requirement I must do a specialist grammar cert which takes another 40 hrs (bringing the total to 80) and then I must pick 4 more specialist certs taking 5hrs each.
http://www.i-to-i.com/tefl/
Have a look if you like but if someone else has found something better I'd advise going with that option instead. So far the course seems to have a heavy grammar component that I haven't found particularly useful.
I've heard that CELTA certification is better, but it is also significantly more expensive than these online courses. I wish I'd done a CELTA but its just time + money that I don't have.
Good luck in your search! |
I'm not sure if it matters, but when I looked into that program when I was choosing a program, it said that they send out the certificates as you finish. Meaning, you'll get a 40 hour cert for TEFL, then another for grammar and then 4 more for the specialties. I decided not to do it because I wasn't sure if schools would accept the individual certs as a whole, meaning that you completed a 100+ TEFL course. |
That is a good point. Never underestimate the stupidity of Korean bureaucracy. OP maybe steer clear of mine until I can find out for sure. If someone on here has done an 'i to i'course can you please post of it was successful in getting you a raise? |
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