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Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog  Quote:
Originally Posted by jandajoy A relevant degree of course goes without saying.
B.Ed
B.A. English, I'd include Drama and or foreign languages plus a PGCE or equivalent 1 year teaching qualification.
dip. TEFL
M.A. Applied Linguistics. M.A. Ed.
RSA Cert. grade A. or equivalent. Preferably from a reputable center such as IH or the like.
Basically a solid grounding in language, linguistics and communication with a "teaching" qualification on top. | Complete overkill for most Thai schools. |
And also not what the poor fucker was getting laid into for. If someone wants to have a go at EFL teachers for not having a BEd/PGCE or for lacking a background in Applied Linguistics, then I'll - maybe - agree and if I don't, I still think it's a reasonable stance. But hardly any ELF teachers fit this profile; most have shitty, pointless degrees from shitty, pointless universities and whether they get it by having the patience to sit through crap lectures for 3 years or by buying some absurd document off the internet doesn't make much difference.