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Smithington
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 Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 4:41 pm Post subject: online TEFL certificate - do we get 'graded' on our work? |
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Odd question, I know. But I've never heard anyone mentioning grades in relation to an online tesol degree. Are grades assigned? Do they matter? Will potential Korean employers want to see the grades attained, or just the certificate.
In some ways, the new public school requirement for a TESOL certificate is just another loop for us to jump through. (They seem to add a new one every year.) Just wondering how much time I should spend on writing my answers.
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Swampfox10mm
Joined: 24 Mar 2011
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Not usually....
.....and to answer what might be your next question, no, you don't need an expensive CELTA. Korea doesn't distinguish it from a cheap online degree. |
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yfb
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| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Depends on the course. For my ITTT TESOL I spent about 30 minutes on each answer. You are graded and graded harshly. |
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Vix
Joined: 18 Jun 2010
Location: Seoul
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Via INTESOL international I was graded. I got an A1 though so I didn't mind  |
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GreatUnderachiever
Joined: 08 Apr 2011
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 3:10 pm Post subject: Re: online TEFL certificate - do we get 'graded' on our work |
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| Smithington wrote: |
Odd question, I know. But I've never heard anyone mentioning grades in relation to an online tesol degree. Are grades assigned? Do they matter? Will potential Korean employers want to see the grades attained, or just the certificate.
In some ways, the new public school requirement for a TESOL certificate is just another loop for us to jump through. (They seem to add a new one every year.) Just wondering how much time I should spend on writing my answers.
Thanks,
Smith |
I didn't know PS required this. Can you do ANY tefl certificate or what? |
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Times30
Joined: 27 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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| THe online program I took was graded but it was easy, I mean... it's basically open book and you can skim everything and answer it like cake. |
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Guajiro
Joined: 04 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 4:08 am Post subject: |
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| yfb wrote: |
| Depends on the course. For my ITTT TESOL I spent about 30 minutes on each answer. You are graded and graded harshly. |
If I recall you are only graded on the final exam for the ITTT certificate. I did the 100 hour with no tutor support and got a fine grade. I did spend a large portion of the time allowed to do the test, however. It wasn't a walk in the park. |
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Smithington
Joined: 14 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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When we get our certificate does it come with a grade? Will potential recruiters want to see a 'transcript' with a grade on it. Just wondering how much effort I should be putting into each assignment. If grades don't matter then I'm not going to knock myself out. But if they do......
Thanks in advance. |
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Modernist
Joined: 23 Mar 2011
Location: The 90s
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| Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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yfb wrote:
Depends on the course. For my ITTT TESOL I spent about 30 minutes on each answer. You are graded and graded harshly.
If I recall you are only graded on the final exam for the ITTT certificate. I did the 100 hour with no tutor support and got a fine grade. I did spend a large portion of the time allowed to do the test, however. It wasn't a walk in the park. |
Hmm, I did the ITTT with tutor support and don't recall any particular grades during most of the lessons. If I got something wrong I had to correct it and resubmit [damn you, present continuous tense!] but it wasn't 'harsh'. Actually my tutor was super-nice all the way through.
When I submitted my last lesson they told me in the email I got an A but there's nothing on the cert itself about that. And I don't see how they could issue a transcript either. Probably the only thing would be if they were asked for a letter [like a rec letter?] they might pull up your files and see how much effort you put into it. |
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Smithington
Joined: 14 Dec 2011
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Do we need to have it apostilled and notarized?  |
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