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daveeschulte
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Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 12:34 pm Post subject: Recomendation for Online Tesol or Tefl progrom |
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| Can anyone recommend a good online Tesol or Tefl program that will be helpful for finding work in Korea? |
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chickenpie
Joined: 24 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 4:38 pm Post subject: Re: Recomendation for Online Tesol or Tefl progrom |
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| daveeschulte wrote: |
| Can anyone recommend a good online Tesol or Tefl program that will be helpful for finding work in Korea? |
I wouldn't recommend any online courses, get one with actual teaching experience. A CELTA would be the best. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 5:01 pm Post subject: Re: Recomendation for Online Tesol or Tefl progrom |
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| daveeschulte wrote: |
| Can anyone recommend a good online Tesol or Tefl program that will be helpful for finding work in Korea? |
There are none.
If you want to work in a public school your TEFL course needs to be a minimum of 100 hours with 20 hours "in class". (60 hours in class for Busan).
For a hagwon job you don't need one. Save your money.
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Mike410
Joined: 23 Sep 2011
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 4:45 pm Post subject: Re: Recomendation for Online Tesol or Tefl progrom |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| daveeschulte wrote: |
| Can anyone recommend a good online Tesol or Tefl program that will be helpful for finding work in Korea? |
There are none.
If you want to work in a public school your TEFL course needs to be a minimum of 100 hours with 20 hours "in class". (60 hours in class for Busan).
For a hagwon job you don't need one. Save your money.
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Just curious why someone with no teaching experience would not need a qualification for a hagwon job?
It doesn't say much for hagwons if they will take anyone who speaks English regardless of their ability to actually teach the language to others.
Also (this may be a stupid question), if one gets a year of experience teaching, and then applies for a public school position, does their teaching experience eliminate the need for a qualification with 'in class' hours? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:10 pm Post subject: Re: Recomendation for Online Tesol or Tefl progrom |
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| Mike410 wrote: |
| ttompatz wrote: |
| daveeschulte wrote: |
| Can anyone recommend a good online Tesol or Tefl program that will be helpful for finding work in Korea? |
There are none.
If you want to work in a public school your TEFL course needs to be a minimum of 100 hours with 20 hours "in class". (60 hours in class for Busan).
For a hagwon job you don't need one. Save your money.
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Just curious why someone with no teaching experience would not need a qualification for a hagwon job?
It doesn't say much for hagwons if they will take anyone who speaks English regardless of their ability to actually teach the language to others.
Also (this may be a stupid question), if one gets a year of experience teaching, and then applies for a public school position, does their teaching experience eliminate the need for a qualification with 'in class' hours? |
Because hagwons are a business and the product is contact time with the foreigner.
Teaching never has been a priority in most hagwons.
Best teaching practices don't exist in most hagwons.
Most real teachers crash and burn in hagwons because their focus is on students learning... not keeping parents happy.
Yes, if you have a year of classroom experience you usually don't need the "class time" with a TEFL course.
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