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LTeach
Joined: 12 Jun 2012
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 Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 4:38 pm Post subject: Tesols.com 150-hour course for $69 - Scam? |
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| The site Groupon has a great deal on a 150-hour online TESOL certification course offered by Tesols Preparatory Academy; it would only cost $69. Does anyone know anything about Tesols.com? It sounds too good to be true. |
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young_clinton
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| Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah I would say that its a scam. It goes under the heading of "if its too good to be true it probably isn't true". Save up your money and take a TEFL or CELTA (whichever you prefer) at a center somewhere. |
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Jaffazoid
Joined: 04 Dec 2011
Location: Ulsan
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| Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Definitely do a little digging. I saw one last year on GroupOn for a similar offer but after googling a little I read that someone who did the course said it wasn't accredited, and the certificate he was sent was printed on fax paper. Go with a TEFL that you know is 100% accredited, otherwise it's useless. |
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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Make sure it's accredited by whom? There is no central regulating body for TEFL and TESOL certificates. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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The TEFL certs offered by these guys have the same value:
http://www.photoshop.com/
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Jaffazoid
Joined: 04 Dec 2011
Location: Ulsan
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| Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Son Deureo! wrote: |
| Make sure it's accredited by whom? There is no central regulating body for TEFL and TESOL certificates. |
Well, whatever exam board accredits and regulates the certificates and course, I don't know much about it. All I know is that there's a bunch of logos at the bottom of my certificates from TEFL England, which are probably different from country to country, and course to course. |
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g0ldiemac
Joined: 18 May 2012
Location: FLA
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:02 am Post subject: Tesols.com 150-hour course for $69 - Scam? |
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| I was about to pull the trigger on this deal as well. After reading this post I looked on their site and saw that they have a logo for ACTDEC on their site. Is anyone familiar this body? Any assistance is greatly appreciated. |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:24 am Post subject: |
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| Son Deureo! wrote: |
| Make sure it's accredited by whom? There is no central regulating body for TEFL and TESOL certificates. |
You can find TEFL providers that are affiliated with universities in the US. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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| You can find TEFL providers that are affiliated with universities in the US. |
Considering the simple fact that the US is the ONLY English speaking country that allows diploma/degree mills to legally operate, that isn't necessarily a good thing or an endorsement of quality.
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Gorf
Joined: 25 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:47 am Post subject: |
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| Whether its $69 or $6900, a TEFL is completely worthless aside from looking good on a resume and maybe getting an extra pay bump. Hell, if I was a newbie and I didn't have one, I'd just lie and say I did to try and get more money, because no one will ever check or ask about it anyways! |
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CPJ
Joined: 30 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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| No one is going to care where you got the TEFL. All they might want is to see the physical TEFL certificate or see proof that you actually took the online course. |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
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| You can find TEFL providers that are affiliated with universities in the US. |
Considering the simple fact that the US is the ONLY English speaking country that allows diploma/degree mills to legally operate, that isn't necessarily a good thing or an endorsement of quality.
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Ah so we are getting personal now are we ttompatz. I'm so sorry to see that you have to resort to this kind of behavior. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 5:43 am Post subject: |
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+1. |
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Ranman
Joined: 18 Aug 2012
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| Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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| young_clinton wrote: |
| ttompatz wrote: |
| young_clinton wrote: |
| You can find TEFL providers that are affiliated with universities in the US. |
Considering the simple fact that the US is the ONLY English speaking country that allows diploma/degree mills to legally operate, that isn't necessarily a good thing or an endorsement of quality.
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Ah so we are getting personal now are we ttompatz. I'm so sorry to see that you have to resort to this kind of behavior. |
I don't think he's getting personal. He's actually quite right. The U.S. has become a haven for diploma mills, particularly for online degrees (Kaplan, University of Phoenix, etc). |
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