What's the fastest way to get a TEFL/TESOL/CELTA certificate?

charmavietnam wrote:

Cindysar!
Appreciate your patriotism 

Change ' I bet ', to ' I  hope ' your children have to learn Mandarin, and it's only one step away from Racial hatred , not Patriotism.

charmavietnam wrote:

Cindysar!
Appreciate your patriotism 

Make that 2 people to be hated by all!

Charmavietnam, anyone that can decipher your gibberish (advice) probably has enough sense to disregard it, at face value.

Hi all,

Are we done with all that off topic stuff?

Armand
Expat.com Team

Hi all,

Please note that some posts (off topics + insults ) have been removed from this discussion.

It will be great if we can discuss calmly here and to go back to the initial subject of this topic.
I remind you that the title is : What's the fastest way to get a TEFL/TESOL/CELTA certificate?

Thank you for this cooperation,

Priscilla

Priscilla wrote:

Hi all,

Please note that some posts (off topics + insults ) have been removed from this discussion.

It will be great if we can discuss calmly here and to go back to the initial subject of this topic.
I remind you that the title is : What's the fastest way to get a TEFL/TESOL/CELTA certificate?

Thank you for this cooperation,

Priscilla

It's ok now Priscilla,  just the Chinese agitating in VN once again, no wonder she doesn't have a picture of herself on her Avatar..  Better delete this post  too????

  You are very generous!

Hi
i think i will take your advice and test the water prior to making a decision
on tefl course.
and thanks for checking out age restrictions

QUOTE
Yes I agree with you that native trained English teachers are probably more qualified than TESL, etc, teachers, ( how can someone with , i.e, a Degree in Urban Planning, possibly been anywhere near as Qualified as a local with a Degree in English? )  Well, I was asked to interview a VN applicant with a degree in English from a university in Quang Ninh province. I asked her about the library at her university. How many books etc. In a nutshell, she could not answer in any way. Yet she was hired. That involved payment of 5 M VND to the employer, up front.,   but NATIVE English speakers, ( You know , the ones where English is the FIRST language in their own country ),  they target pronounciation more than grammar, etc, I've met very few non Native English speakers without an accent, and this is not what most students want. ( with the exceptions of some Southern US States apparently ).QUOTE
Some people have experience but not such a piece of paper.

A qualified NES teacher is worth her salary - years ago, during an induction course by an agency in another country, there was this Dutch guy who was incredibly proud about having obtained some piece of paper in canada stating that his English was on a native speaker's level or something along those lines. In halting English, with his thick accent and limited vocabulary, he told this to  group of British teachers staying at the same hotel. They spoke twice as fast, BBC English and my toes were curled in embarrassment!

How many non-NES can read well? Using different voices, making pauses, using a ritardando like in music?

One director at a government school hired an adventurer from Cameroon. A nice young bloke but I'd bet my life savings for a pizza that he had no degree. Alas, he told every one that he was a) a NES and b) held a <degree in English>. But then, the school kept him under the radar. No WP, no B-Visa and half the normal salary...  This bloke couldn't engage in small talk with an American from the Peace Corps. Some students were way better in English than this chap - - -

Corrupt owners and directors meet incompetent "teachers" - what's new?

Some thoughts,,,

No piece of paper is going to give you the ABILITY to teach.

No piece of paper is going to give you the PASSION to teach.

NES are not here to teach grammar, they have had 6 years in school for that.

A two week online course or six weeks in a classroom will not teach ME grammar either.

What I can offer is the ability to teach & correct spoken english (without a southern US or Cockney accent)

AND to give them the CONFIDENCE to speak english

You do need the Certificate for legal reasons and thats it.

I've given up on the idea of teaching English in Vietnam. I've been involved in numerous scholarship committees and have passion for learning. But because of my skin colour it makes it difficult.

I can barely speak Vietnamese. The only language I'm fluent at is English but I'm considered non-native English speaker. I've met numerous local Vietnamese teachers and non can speak English fluently or use English with some emphasis where needed.

If I'm ever going to teach English it will be on a voluntary basis to the kids that can't afford lessons.

khanh44 wrote:

I've given up on the idea of teaching English in Vietnam. I've been involved in numerous scholarship committees and have passion for learning. But because of my skin colour it makes it difficult.

I can barely speak Vietnamese. The only language I'm fluent at is English but I'm considered non-native English speaker. I've met numerous local Vietnamese teachers and non can speak English fluently or use English with some emphasis where needed.

If I'm ever going to teach English it will be on a voluntary basis to the kids that can't afford lessons.

That would be wonderful if you would teach kids who cannot afford lessons.  I think if you stick at it, if only part time and volunteer, you reputation will grow and someone will take notice.  If not just because you are a good and kind person helping children have a better life.