soyok
Straight outta Narita
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CIR Experience: 3rd year
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Post by soyok on Dec 18, 2019 11:13:14 GMT 9
As I was looking for information about the TEFL/TESOL grant I found this: I have just started this course myself and it looks promising. It is a Mooc online TESOL (foundation) course. All the materials are free. It is a foundation course so it really only explains the basis of TESOL but I think it is good enough for CIR's who do school visits regularly. Please note that it doesn't provide you with an official certificate at the end (it is possible but the process looks complicated). www.canvas.net/browse/tesol-foundation/courses/tesol-foundation-programI took another course on Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL) on CANVAS before and it was very helpful for designing lesson plans for school visits. Teachers from all over the world including Japan shared their lesson plans in the comment sections so even if you don't follow the modules, the comment sections are helpful if you are feeling uninspired. This TEYL was offered by the American English E-Teacher program (https://www.aeeteacher.org/Facilitated_MOOCs). The TEYL course ended recently but it should be back on in a few months. If you don't want to wait that long you could try the TESOL Methodology course that starts Jan 27, 2020. |
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Post by Ham on Dec 18, 2019 13:07:59 GMT 9
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Post by dr. pussy popper on Dec 18, 2019 17:12:11 GMT 9
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Post by Miscreative on Jul 15, 2020 9:56:00 GMT 9
Aqua (and anyone else who has or is doing it) I just got told about the TESOL grant and wanted to know if I could ask you a bunch of questions? Namely: Which are you doing? How did you find it? How much did it cost? How is it?
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Post by Aqua on Jul 15, 2020 10:35:05 GMT 9
Aqua (and anyone else who has or is doing it) I just got told about the TESOL grant and wanted to know if I could ask you a bunch of questions? Namely: Which are you doing? How did you find it? How much did it cost? How is it?
I thought the applications for the grant were finished for this year?
You have to choose your course before you can apply for the grant, then if they approve you you don't get the money back until AFTER you complete the course and provide a certificate of completion.
I went with mytefl because it seemed to be one of the more popular ones. I went with the 120 hour "professional" course and it cost 179 US dollars (there was a discount code for Canada Day ? - They seem to offer discount codes quite frequently so do keep an eye out!). With the grant, that's going to work out as me only paying around $30. Which is not bad for something that will be a good addition to my CV.
It's a little boring. You read some information and then do mini multiple choice quizzes based on the stuff you "learned"
Mytefl also gives you access to an online library of other books and resources which are kind of interesting. You're also assigned a "tutor" that you can email with any questions or issues. - They also seem to have a lot of job support for finding teaching work, but I haven't used any of that.
I've been doing it for just over a week and I'm almost finished. I have a lot of free time at work and am getting about 4 hours of it done each day but even at that, it's definitely not actually 120 hours long.
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Post by Miscreative on Jul 15, 2020 10:55:17 GMT 9
Aqua (and anyone else who has or is doing it) I just got told about the TESOL grant and wanted to know if I could ask you a bunch of questions? Namely: Which are you doing? How did you find it? How much did it cost? How is it?
I thought the applications for the grant were finished for this year?
You have to choose your course before you can apply for the grant, then if they approve you you don't get the money back until AFTER you complete the course and provide a certificate of completion.
I went with mytefl because it seemed to be one of the more popular ones. I went with the 120 hour "professional" course and it cost 179 US dollars (there was a discount code for Canada Day ? - They seem to offer discount codes quite frequently so do keep an eye out!). With the grant, that's going to work out as me only paying around $30. Which is not bad for something that will be a good addition to my CV.
It's a little boring. You read some information and then do mini multiple choice quizzes based on the stuff you "learned"
Mytefl also gives you access to an online library of other books and resources which are kind of interesting. You're also assigned a "tutor" that you can email with any questions or issues. - They also seem to have a lot of job support for finding teaching work, but I haven't used any of that.
I've been doing it for just over a week and I'm almost finished. I have a lot of free time at work and am getting about 4 hours of it done each day but even at that, it's definitely not actually 120 hours long.
I think it might be because of the special recontracting or something? The application is due at the end of this month how did you learn about Mytefl? does it feel worth it? |
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Post by Aqua on Jul 15, 2020 10:58:39 GMT 9
I thought the applications for the grant were finished for this year?
You have to choose your course before you can apply for the grant, then if they approve you you don't get the money back until AFTER you complete the course and provide a certificate of completion.
I went with mytefl because it seemed to be one of the more popular ones. I went with the 120 hour "professional" course and it cost 179 US dollars (there was a discount code for Canada Day ? - They seem to offer discount codes quite frequently so do keep an eye out!). With the grant, that's going to work out as me only paying around $30. Which is not bad for something that will be a good addition to my CV.
It's a little boring. You read some information and then do mini multiple choice quizzes based on the stuff you "learned"
Mytefl also gives you access to an online library of other books and resources which are kind of interesting. You're also assigned a "tutor" that you can email with any questions or issues. - They also seem to have a lot of job support for finding teaching work, but I haven't used any of that.
I've been doing it for just over a week and I'm almost finished. I have a lot of free time at work and am getting about 4 hours of it done each day but even at that, it's definitely not actually 120 hours long.
I think it might be because of the special recontracting or something? The application is due at the end of this month how did you learn about Mytefl? does it feel worth it? Mytefl was in the example application form for CLAIR and I didn't know any other TEFL companies so I looked it up.
I think it feels fairly worth it. I am enjoying it as a break from the monotony at work, though I don't know if I would be motivated to do it if I was working on it in my own time. - A lot of the information in it is very common sense-y but I've definitely come across a few ideas for classroom activities and stuff that I wouldn't have thought of myself. Considering I will most likely be going to schools from August, I think it's worth it for me to have a better idea of what I'm doing.
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