On Dec 27, 11:29 am, "Django Cat" <notar...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 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
Certificatehttp://www.trinitycollege.co.uk/site/?id=201is
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
>
> --
Hello,
thanks for the input.
I'm going to try that all and I'm anxious to see what will happen.
Summary:
- TESL(A) or CELTA are the decisive certificates or a university
degree.
- Without a university degree I can't work in some countries at all.
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