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BigBlackEquus · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:42 am Post subject: Free 80 to 120 hour TESOL course!

http://www.asian-efl-journal.com/TESOL_Certificate.php

Sounds great. I just saw it posted on a few other boards, including EFL-Law.

OiGirl · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: Hoke-y-gun

It does look good, but how much are they making by selling the books? (Except for their own book, of course!)

BigBlackEquus · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 3:39 pm Post subject:

I saw that, too. But sure beats the 1.5 million won + TEFL/TESL classes offered by some companies. Even the cheapest online ones are $300 and up.

plato's republic · Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Location: Ancient Greece

What's the catch? Isn't it an online course? And aren't they generally not as favourable as doing a one month course with real teaching practice?

Kenny Kimchee · Joined: 12 May 2003

This looks pretty good. Books cost around $90USD, plus another $25 for the actual diploma. Rod Ellis is a well-known name in academic EFL/ESL circles. Accreditation is an issue (endorsed by Dongseo University in Korea, University of Salford Question

and University of South Queensland), but at this price what do you have to lose? It wouldn't be accepted by NET in Hong Kong (or at a university in Taiwan, for that matter), but the Dongseo University endorsement (ranked 5th among Korean universities, according to their website http://www.dongseo.ac.kr/main_eng.html?Menu_Code=13-05 ) would probably hold some credence in Korea.

I'm gonna do it. I'm doing my M.S. Language Education TESOL with Indiana University in the States right now http://www.indiana.edu/%7Edisted/masters.html so a lot of the concepts covered in this course (Second Language Acquisition, Task-Based Learning, etc.) are familiar to me. Why not?

Thanks for the link.

sheba · Joined: 16 May 2005 Location: Here there and everywhere!

I would like to know how it goes.... I already have a certificate but it would be great for one of my friends....