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Thanks for your reply, Lorikeet, I'm in LA county. Looking at the TESOL requirements (at the Cal. state campus near me), I see that I need a certificate. When I spoke with one of the ESL professors at a local community college, she said all anyone needs is a master's, and that she didn't have a cert...

Hello everyone, It's always been my understanding that in order to teach adults at the junior college level, all one needs is a master's degree. Is this different for esl? I'm finding information that says one needs to be certified (tesl, clad) and have adult teaching credentials. Does it matter if ...

Are there any books, like a 'teaching esl 101' type of book, that I might find on Amazon?
Thanks!

Hello, I am interested in teaching, and need a few more classes to get certified to teach ESL. I have a masters in linguistics, but am not certified to teach. I was thinking about sitting in on an ESL class or two at my local community college -just to get a feel for it all. As teachers, would you h...

Thank you so much for your wonderful suggestions. She does have some friends who speak Spanish. I'll look around for the Simpsons in Spanish. Thanks again.

Thank you so much for your wonderful suggestions.

My highschool daughter is required to take 2 years of Spanish. She does not like it at all :( . I minored in Spanish in college, and I've even done volunteer work teaching ESL, but she just won't let me help her. I don't think she'll listen to me anymore about how helpful, fun, mind-expanding, (fill...

Have you ever looked at the site www.thelinguistlist ? Go to 'ask a linguist'. Ask linguistic questions, and get a few responses.

Can I ask then, if a new teacher jumps right in, how would he/she know how to plan a curriculum, what methods to use, do assessments, knowing what books and other materials to use, etc? That seems like you're reinventing the wheel. I do understand what Superhal says about a certification being is mo...

That's my concern, too. Don't you need any certification? How does one know what to teach without having had some sort of 'teaching esl' course?
It seems like many of you just jumped right in.

Hello. I hope someone can answer my questions. I have a masters degree in linguistics. I have been told that I need to be certified to teach ESL, which would mean registering at a 4 year university and taking about 3 or 4 courses to complete their program. Are there other ways to go about getting ce...

Thanks for your reply. I did call our local adult education/community college, and they do require teachers to be certified. Maybe there are other programs, guess I'll have to do some research. One more question for anyone out there- would it be helpful to take some sort of teaching methods class? O...

Hello! I would like to teach ESL. I have a masters in linguistics, but still need to be certified. I need just a few more courses, methods of teaching being one of those courses. Because I have been a stay at home mom for a long time, and have not been in the classroom, I am at the same time excited...