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Where to start?
Submitted by Tails on 1 November, 2011 - 13:01
I am hoping to start either teaching or a CELTA in the near future and have emailed relevant people as well as attending the toilet show.
This eventually led me to this website which on the outside looks like a great resource, but were do I start the sub menus seem infinate! I would like the beginner lesson plans and some infomation on where to start with the self access online classes? If there is a British Council guide to TEFL resume writing that would also be of interest.
Thanks for any help and hopefully I can be of help in a few months time.
Thanks Andy
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hellooooo anyone here?
Hi Tails,
I wonder if 'the toilet show' is part of the reason why you haven't received any posts yet? At first glance, I thought you might've been being sarcastic, poking fun at TESOL teaching, or something. It took a second read to see that you were genuinely asking about a starting point for language teaching - but I still don't get the toilet show bit - what is that about?
Anyway, my two cents on getting started in TESOL:
Step 1) Get some training - either a practical 120+ contact hour TESOL certificate course (like the CELTA or the Trinity Cert TESOL) or a degree in TESOL.
Step 2a) If you haven't done Step 1 yet, go back and do Step 1. ;)
Step 2b) Look around this site a bit more. The 'Teaching resources' section has some lesson plans and the 'Articles' section has a collection of great articles that combine theory and practical suggestions.
Step 3) Keep posting in the forums; but more specific questions tend to get the quicker and better responses.
Hope that helps... And still wondering about the toilet...
Heath
Hi Heath, Apologies for my slow reply. I have no idea how that typo got in my post and yes I was serious, I have since attended the language show and made things move on.
I have applied to take a CELTA but may opt to do a cheaper TEFL course and try to gain some classroom experience.
I activly participate on waygook.com and hope to use this resource more often.
Hi Tails,
Glad to hear that you're going for some training. I highly recommend doing a course like the CELTA. You might find some cheaper ones, but the main things to look for are 120+ contact hours and external moderation.
I haven't heard of waygook.com. The name is worrying (potentially highly offensive and at the very least controversial) which doesn't indicate a very high standard of professionalism. Perhaps it's not fair to judge it purely by its name, but here are a few sites I do trust to add to your collection. You'll find either great materials in theory (articles about how people learn, etc), practice (lesson plans, activity ideas, etc), or both.
They're in order of my personal preference, with teachingenglish.org.uk preceding all 5, of course.
Welcome to the site.
Heath
Thanks for the links Heath I was aware of English Club but not the others you listed, the top link looks great.
I was under the impression a waygook was a Korean word for foreigner, I shall review my use of that site if the term is a racial slur.