MrCanis wrote:
> On Dec 26, 7:28 pm, Einde O'Callaghan <einde.ocallag...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> interkom.de> wrote:
> >
> > In Germany to get work as an english teacher (other than on
> > conversation courses or) you need some sort of academic
> > qualification (preferably in English) and/or a teaching
> > qualification. Something like a TESLA certificate is very useful.
> >
>
> Hello Mr O'Callaghan,
> did you mean TESL (teaching English as a second language)?
>
> Basically I want away from Germany, therefore I'm interested in a
> certification which works world wide. I heard about TESL but I didn't
> found a course or school in Germany, only normal English courses. :(
> Or how is the way to become a English teacher, without university
> degree?
PS. Not having a degree is not the barrier it was once, and shouldn't
stop you getting on a CELTA course. However, again it will limit some
of the countries and jobs you could have gone for.
Do your CELTA now and you may well be able to get a job in the UK (or
sometimes other parts of Europe) on a summer course next year - the ads
are already beginning to appear on TEFL.com. Schools who run these
sorts of courses are always short of teachers at that time of year, and
it's a great way to gain experience, have fun and find out if you can
actually cope with teaching, without committing yourself to a long
contract in a faraway country.
The Trinity College Certificate
http://www.trinitycollege.co.uk/site/?id=201
is equivalent to CELTA,
although occasionally you run up against thick employers who don't know
this - I have a Trinity Diploma and have faced this problem. Cambridge
have also introduced a pre-CELTA qualification, Teaching Knowledge Test
(TKT), which would be well worth checking out:
http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/teaching-awards/tkt.html
DC
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