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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHas 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
FSogol
(45,484 posts)1. A job? I thought it was mainly so foreign students could go to college in the US?
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)2. You are thinking of TOEFL. TESOL is a teacher of English to people who speak other languages. nt
CFLDem
(2,083 posts)3. Well I've certainly never gotten a job because of it.
Sounds like a good way to travel for work, though.
JCMach1
(27,558 posts)4. honestly, a certificate will probably get you an underpaid job in China, or Korea...
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.