Is The Classroom Your Passport To A New, Exciting Life?
What a cruel joke! This article LIES and says that a “credible [teaching]certificate should be at least 120 hours”—sheeee-it. A certificate in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) is a masters degree after a regular BA. Then, you have to live in in the Land-of-Concrete(tm) to make real money at it.
Is the classroom your passport to a new, exciting life?
Idyllic locations, a laid-back lifestyle and lots of fun %u2013 those are the images conjured up by some of the hundreds of ads for native English teachers…..Mr Gunn, who also runs an informative website for English teachers at http://bogglesworld.com, said: “Aspiring teachers need to ask themselves what they will fall back on if they decide teaching English is not for them. It is a great profession in that you can be provided with a ticket, accommodation and a decent income in a foreign land. It can provide instant gratification for wanderlust.
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February 1st, 2005 at 3:50 am
I think the article was being fair and you are really quoting it out of context. By changing ‘TEFL’ certificate to ‘teaching’ certificate, you have misrepresented what is said. The comparison was between the TEFL certificates that are out there (not teaching certificates/licenses). The industry standard is anywhere from 60 to 120 hours. 60 hours is a joke. The person quoted goes on to say:
“He suggests that if someone wants to teach abroad with a BA, they spend an extra year gaining an education degree and teaching licence, as this will enable them to get better jobs, including those on offer at international schools and universities. Although it is possible to get a job without a TEFL qualification, Mr Gunn points out that teachers who are both inexperienced and unqualified not only short change their students but are also liable to fail very quickly.”
Sounds like a call for higher standards to me.