Comments on: Why the CELTA is the wrong course for many who take it /2010/01/why-the-celta-is-the-wrong-course-for-many-who-take-it/ Your local friendly TEFL blog Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:29:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: adam /2010/01/why-the-celta-is-the-wrong-course-for-many-who-take-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1405 adam Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:15:17 +0000 /?p=1006#comment-1405 It will open doors but all of them dead end and low paid It will open doors but all of them dead end and low paid

]]> By: som-won /2010/01/why-the-celta-is-the-wrong-course-for-many-who-take-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1393 som-won Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:02:52 +0000 /?p=1006#comment-1393 I don't think that most people taking the CELTA course intend to use it in Britain. Everyone that I knew who took it were planning on going abroad. It's true that a lot of them don't know where they'll be going in the next year or two, so a children's ELT course would be quite useful to them. In general though, I found it a very useful course to take. A lot of people also take it for the same reason people take any certificate course - job opportunities. In certain parts of the world, simply having the CELTA will open a lot of doors for you. I don’t think that most people taking the CELTA course intend to use it in Britain. Everyone that I knew who took it were planning on going abroad. It’s true that a lot of them don’t know where they’ll be going in the next year or two, so a children’s ELT course would be quite useful to them. In general though, I found it a very useful course to take. A lot of people also take it for the same reason people take any certificate course – job opportunities. In certain parts of the world, simply having the CELTA will open a lot of doors for you.

]]> By: Scott /2010/01/why-the-celta-is-the-wrong-course-for-many-who-take-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1225 Scott Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:23:42 +0000 /?p=1006#comment-1225 It's the wrong course if the applicant is intending to teach GE or EAP in the UK, well... at least according to the British Council anyway - the accreditation criteria T1 and T2 (Pgs. 25-26) state that "teachers of courses for adults will hold at least a TEFLQ diploma in ELT/TESOL" and "teachers of teacher development courses and EAP courses will hold at least a diploma in ELT/TESOL (TEFLQ)". Either the British Council have no idea what goes on in EFL schools in the UK (a strong possibility), or these teachers are heading abroad. Or both. It’s the wrong course if the applicant is intending to teach GE or EAP in the UK, well… at least according to the British Council anyway – the accreditation criteria T1 and T2 (Pgs. 25-26) state that “teachers of courses for adults will hold at least a TEFLQ diploma
in ELT/TESOL” and “teachers of teacher development courses and EAP courses will hold at least a diploma in ELT/TESOL (TEFLQ)”.

Either the British Council have no idea what goes on in EFL schools in the UK (a strong possibility), or these teachers are heading abroad. Or both.

]]> By: david /2010/01/why-the-celta-is-the-wrong-course-for-many-who-take-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1194 david Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:13:06 +0000 /?p=1006#comment-1194 Feel free, I blatantly copied and pasted from the forum. I think there's more to be read from the stats, if only I could get down to misinterpreting them more. Feel free, I blatantly copied and pasted from the forum. I think there’s more to be read from the stats, if only I could get down to misinterpreting them more.

]]> By: Alex Case /2010/01/why-the-celta-is-the-wrong-course-for-many-who-take-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1186 Alex Case Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:39:04 +0000 /?p=1006#comment-1186 Very interesting. Will steal that for a blog post, if I can just think of anything at all to add to that Very interesting. Will steal that for a blog post, if I can just think of anything at all to add to that

]]> By: Why the CELTA is the wrong course for many who take it | Breakings New /2010/01/why-the-celta-is-the-wrong-course-for-many-who-take-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1178 Why the CELTA is the wrong course for many who take it | Breakings New Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:40:58 +0000 /?p=1006#comment-1178 [...] original here:  Why the CELTA is the wrong course for many who take it Share and [...] [...] original here:  Why the CELTA is the wrong course for many who take it Share and [...]

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