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crazy_arcade
Joined: 05 Nov 2006
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 Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 5:56 am Post subject: Online TEFL/TESL |
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I'm wondering if anyone can recommend an 100 hour online tefl certificate course?
I'd like to do one over the winter vacation (1 month). I've been searching the net and there are SO many to choose from. What should I be looking for curriculum wise? I've seen some that have tutor support and some that don't. Is tutor support really worth another $150? I have a feeling I probably wouldn't use it.
Here's what I'm after exactly:
-100 hour/120 hour (doable in about one month). 100 hour is still the standard that public schools recognize right?
-I don't want to spend a lot but, at the same time, I don't want to cheap out and take a useless course. I'm looking for cost/material balance
-I don't care about a practicum
Any info is much appreciated. |
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braunshade
Joined: 19 Apr 2006
Location: Somewhere better!
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| Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:10 am Post subject: |
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I am thinking of doing one myself...........not sure which one I will do though.
Maybe something from telfintl.com or from 1 to 1, both of them advertise on this site. |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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AN online TEFL isn't worht the paper it's printed on.
You might as well just buy Learning Teaching buy Jim Scrivener and a Swans and save yourself the money read it on a beach in Thailand. |
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ilovebdt
Joined: 03 Jun 2005
Location: Nr Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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| mrsquirrel wrote: |
AN online TEFL isn't worht the paper it's printed on.
You might as well just buy Learning Teaching buy Jim Scrivener and a Swans and save yourself the money read it on a beach in Thailand. |
I second this and I also heard that public schools in some areas weren't accepting an online TESOL course.
So, I'd check with the education office for the area you want to work in.
ilovebdt |
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Yesterday
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Land of the Morning DongChim (Kancho)
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Online TEFL certificates, even if you find a reputable one, are purely for increasing your knowledge of TEFL. They are practically useless career wise (and if you managed to actually use it to bump up your salary, the chances are you fudged something or they didn't understand or check what it was). I am not saying they are useless. It's great for any teacher to try to upgrade their skills or knowledge. But don't do an online one purely for monetary gain. It "probably" won't work out (I know a few people where it did work out, just don't expect it to). |
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