Teaching Abroad (TEFL)

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A update on this if anyone is still interested , I'm in Taichung ATM and I was prawn fishing ( I know I know) and a set of parents came up to me and asked me I would be willing to teach there son for 600 TWD (roughly 12 GBP) an hour. I asked why me they said your tall white and western so you must speak good english!!

I explained only here for another 2 weeks and passed the job offer to my girlfriend who going to teach them until she comes to England. So seriously it is that easy , just hit the cram schools and you can't fail to get a job as long as your tall and white!
 
Prawn fishing? heh awesome :D catch much?

Ohh how hot was it? Ive been hearing it is very humid roughly 26 ish degrees pretty much all the time.
 
Caught a fair amount thanks he he

Its hard to tell as i've been living in 35 Oc for 9 months in the tropics , but to me its pretty cool and pleasant , although we have been having a fair amount of rain. When the sun comes out it is hot though. ALthough rememmber the weather changes a lot from north down to the south where it get better weather and all the decent dives sites are.

I'm Taichung and I have to say its a amazing place , and for some reason they literally do worship British people . Which is handy for us.

As for the Job market as long as you a degree of some sort you are laughing for a job teaching english , they are literally loads of cram schools and the like. If all else fails go prawn fishing with the locals and you'll find something
 
Well the redundancy scheme has went **** up. So not sure ill be able to do the celta now :(
You reckon its possible to do the celta part-time AND work fulltime at the same time? (4 month part time course only need to be there friday all day and tuesday in the evening im sure i could wangle a way to get off work on the fridays)

or give up on the celta for the time being and do an online tefol via i-to-i (usually a weekend course) save up some money and head out next year. That way i can get a job there, work there for a bit get settled and THEN decide if i want to do a celta there perhaps? Does having the celta give access to higher teaching positions?

I guess if im lucky i might be able to get a job where they pay for your airfare as well.
 
**update*

thought i'd use this thread as its got good info in it.

Got my celta interview tomorrow morning.

So anyway i get emailed by the course organiser to tell me that they are scrapping the group interview, and the mini-lesson (where you teach a skill to 7 ish folk) so there will just be a one-one interview instead. Not even sure if there will be a written task....

Kinda bizarre tbh as from what i've read from some celta/tesol forums you go through this rigorous vetting process to sort out those who have the potential to do the course and those who are just crap at teaching fullstop and will never pass.
 
Surfer said:
Well the redundancy scheme has went **** up. So not sure ill be able to do the celta now :(
You reckon its possible to do the celta part-time AND work fulltime at the same time? (4 month part time course only need to be there friday all day and tuesday in the evening im sure i could wangle a way to get off work on the fridays)

or give up on the celta for the time being and do an online tefol via i-to-i (usually a weekend course) save up some money and head out next year. That way i can get a job there, work there for a bit get settled and THEN decide if i want to do a celta there perhaps? Does having the celta give access to higher teaching positions?

I guess if im lucky i might be able to get a job where they pay for your airfare as well.
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Yes doing the CELTA will allow you to work in better schools, its the highest EFL qualification you can get. So how did the interview go?
 
elrasho said:
Where are you doing the CELTA?
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dundee college. Was that or a couple of schools in edinburgh. And i heard bad reviews from one of them. Dundee is bout £100 cheaper as well :)



elrasho said:
Yes doing the CELTA will allow you to work in better schools, its the highest EFL qualification you can get. So how did the interview go?
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hrmm i have no idea actually. She seemed in a hurry to get it over and went through my written work quite fast, only a couple of things kinda tripped me up like this.

Q. Explain how you would communicate the meaning of the following sentence with reference to the difference between the highlighted verbs.

They reached the cinema only to discover the film had already started.

I ended up defining reach and start and showing the difference between them which is good and all but that wasnt the question lol :(

Anyway she seemed happy with what i'd done. Either that or they had already got their quota of students and the interview was just out of courtesy. (my interview was a week later than everyone elses coz id broke my wrist)
 
Sounds like you did fine. Those questions they ask are very wishy washy, they are designed to see how you explain yourself and your mannerisms when you talk. Don't worry you'll be fine :)
 
Judging by other people that were on my course when I did CELTA, as long as you can string a sentence together in English, you should be fine.
Seriously, half the group didn't even know what a part of speech was :(
 
I was thinking of doing this a while back, mainly so I can get away from England, have a change of scenery, and now I have nothing keeping me here, this thread has motivated me to look more seriously at doing this.

What's the best qualification to get for this? Does the CELTA give you the best options in terms of countries/schools you can teach in? I'd like the option of moving to different countries if possible.
 
The CELTA and Trinity TESOL are completely equal in terms of status. I've never seen a job advertised where they are looking for someone with one of them but not the other.
 
geeklight said:
I was thinking of doing this a while back, mainly so I can get away from England, have a change of scenery, and now I have nothing keeping me here, this thread has motivated me to look more seriously at doing this.

What's the best qualification to get for this? Does the CELTA give you the best options in terms of countries/schools you can teach in? I'd like the option of moving to different countries if possible.
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Yep doing the CELTA is your best bet. Google for CELTA courses near your residence, or you can always do the course in another country which can work out better for you as you will be able to find work after the course in that same country.
 
Looks like I'm doing the CELTA with an extra module in business English soon. tht'll meen tht im techin busniz english n can ern mre. shd b gd. :p /me being silly.
 
elrasho said:
Yep doing the CELTA is your best bet. Google for CELTA courses near your residence, or you can always do the course in another country which can work out better for you as you will be able to find work after the course in that same country.
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I've found a couple of courses near me, and they seem to vary a lot in price, so I'm not sure if that's a reflection on the teaching or not?

Can anyone recommend a place in London? I know there's heaps, but would like to go to one I know is pretty good.
 
Well havent heard whether i got on the course or not.
Actually having second thoughts anyway for a variety of reasons, not greatly impressed with their professionalism, its hard for me to get the time off work for near 4 months for the course (even though its only 1 day i need off each week) and thirdly i'm thinking maybe i should do an online tefol head out there and do a 6 month work contract. AND then if i decide that yeah teaching english is for me - do a celta/tesol.

Its easier for me to save more money now and head out in march if i dont have to pay for the celta.

I guess just look for a job whilst there in march?

Only problem with that is there are no Celta approved centres in Taiwan!! argh :/ That would have made things soo much easier.
 
geeklight said:
I've found a couple of courses near me, and they seem to vary a lot in price, so I'm not sure if that's a reflection on the teaching or not?

Can anyone recommend a place in London? I know there's heaps, but would like to go to one I know is pretty good.
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I did mine at St Giles, London Highgate.
They've also got one in Bloomsbury, on Russell Sq.

I was happy with the teaching, certainly no complaints regarding the students, teachers, materials, etc.
 
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