Category Archives: Teacher training

Cambridge unlikely to go bust

Posted on 11/10/2012 by alexcase

That’s according to the ratings agency Moody’s, so you can feel pretty confident that even if you teach as long and lose your cert as many times as I have, you’ll be able to get another copy from Cambridge and … Continue reading →

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Interview – ESLinsider and its free TEFL course

Posted on 01/10/2012 by alexcase

I’ve written sceptically about a free TEFL course and then interviewed the company before, but when I came across the one from ESL Insider I had a feeling something was different about this one. Seems I was right: The site/ … Continue reading →

Posted in Online TEFL certificate, Teaching English as a Foreign Language | 5 Comments

Interview with the new ownership/ management of UniTEFL Thailand

Posted on 12/09/2012 by alexcase

I regularly turn down suggestions for TEFL dirt digging because I want to get back to the Past Perfect Continuous games that are my real forte. However, I don’t think I’d ever been offered as much unwanted info on anyone … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching English in Thailand, TEFL International, unitefl | Tagged | 21 Comments

Is Cambridge ESOL unwittingly legitimising dodgy courses?

Posted on 05/09/2012 by alexcase

My recent posts have reminded me of three ways in which the name “Cambridge” is being used to sell courses that are actually competing with them: – Websites which are agents for both CELTA courses and others, including maybe their own courses, … Continue reading →

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TEFL diplomas – articles, blog posts, forum threads, FAQs etc

Posted on 04/09/2012 by alexcase

By TEFL diploma I mean (just) the Cambridge Delta and Trinity Dip TESOL. Was sure I’d done a full list of my stuff on the topic at some point, but apparently not, so here it is: FAQs TEFL diploma course FAQs … Continue reading →

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World TEFL Association

Posted on 03/09/2012 by alexcase

UPDATE: Answers from WTA plus my reaction and some (as yet unanswered) additional questions in the comments section. They don’t actually seem to be an association, and that is only the beginning of the strangeness. My initial emailed questions to them … Continue reading →

Posted in TEFL certificate | 19 Comments

Bridge TEFL nearly get it right about the CELTA

Posted on 02/09/2012 by alexcase

Bits where they don’t quite get it right in bold: “What is it about the CELTA that makes it so special? For one, the CELTA was one of the first standardized TEFL courses. The University of Cambridge set the bar … Continue reading →

Posted in Bridge TEFL, CELTA, TEFL certificate | 6 Comments

Spending 559 pounds on an online TEFL course from TEFLINK?

Posted on 29/08/2012 by alexcase

Then you are an idiot, because for a month they are offering it for the much more realistic price of 59 Euros on GroupOn – and that “original” price of 559 pounds is quite possibly only there so that they can … Continue reading →

Posted in Online TEFL certificate | 28 Comments

Trinity course provider ISIS Tefl joins the online bs party

Posted on 17/08/2012 by alexcase

If only because of how short it is, this is not as bad as the random marketing buzz words with no connection to reality churned out by most newer TEFL courses. However, it is still depressing from a course that has … Continue reading →

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Want to do a TEFL course entirely on your mobile phone?

Posted on 20/07/2012 by alexcase

Didn’t think so… but now you can! All thanks to a horribly hard-sell website set up by the University of Toronto and some recruitment agency called TeachAway.

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