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raccoon

(31,105 posts) Wed Jan 15, 2014, 12:59 PM Jan 2014

Has a TESOL certification helped anyone here get a job? Or is it another of those credentials

that don't really help due to oversupply?

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Has a TESOL certification helped anyone here get a job? Or is it another of those credentials (Original Post) raccoon Jan 2014 OP

A job? I thought it was mainly so foreign students could go to college in the US? FSogol Jan 2014 #1

You are thinking of TOEFL. TESOL is a teacher of English to people who speak other languages. nt stevenleser Jan 2014 #2

Well I've certainly never gotten a job because of it. CFLDem Jan 2014 #3

honestly, a certificate will probably get you an underpaid job in China, or Korea... JCMach1 Jan 2014 #4

FSogol

(45,425 posts)

1. A job? I thought it was mainly so foreign students could go to college in the US?

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 01:01 PM

Jan 2014

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)

2. You are thinking of TOEFL. TESOL is a teacher of English to people who speak other languages. nt

Reply to FSogol (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 01:07 PM

Jan 2014

CFLDem

(2,083 posts)

3. Well I've certainly never gotten a job because of it.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 01:33 PM

Jan 2014

Sounds like a good way to travel for work, though.

JCMach1

(27,553 posts)

4. honestly, a certificate will probably get you an underpaid job in China, or Korea...

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 02:13 PM

Jan 2014

If you want to pursue teaching English as a career overseas, you still need credentials... a minimum MA in TEFL, or even a Ph.D.

Even better would be a traditional English degree (MA, or Ph.D.) , some TEFL experience (and maybe certification), and teaching experience.

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