Monday 24 September 2007

ECC - Beyond Nova?




Finished 100hr TEFL

Going to try ECC School

I have also applied for GEOS so hopefully I wont have to go with Nova. ECC seem to have there head screwed on so hopefully they do.

I'll let you know how the interview goes, if its hard or not.

For the Nova interview all I had to do was turn up go through the presentation and look enthusiastic. They had an easy written test, I don't know if anyone was penalised against any mistakes or anything. I know a few didn't finish. The one on one interview with Nova involved situation questions and quick fire questions where I had to answer the first thing that came in my head or they would move onto the next question after 3 seconds.

Any more news I'll let you know!

Monday 10 September 2007

September- Days of TEFL

I'm about 70hrs into my TEFL course with i to i (see i to i here). I have a few things left to do but the hefty 20 hour weekend is over. The whole thing has left me very tired, squashing the information down and feeding it into my brain has taken its toll.
The weekend was very good though and very well worth it if...:

A) You only have a small amount of time and
B) You are going to teach a foreign language.

I wouldn't just like to go with a degree even if you have all the patience in the world. The course will set you back £400-500 depending on various offers but well worth it.

I'm not looking forward to the 20hr 'Grammar awreness' course but I'll need it to complete my 100hrs and i also hear it is also worth it.

I have a growing concern with Nova and its financial situation at the moment. Seems the company has only recently been allowed to teach again after a ban has been lifted. Nova has also failed to pay its paper advertising company as well as bonuses for its teachers and managers. With Nova's shares falling by almost 30% i'm worried the company might go under and I'll lose my job and my accomodation, rented with Nova.

Right now i'm just going to sit back and do my TEFL and see how things pan out.

If I finally get to Japan this is where I will doument what I do and see. I will post videos and pictures, maybe some audio too. I don't leave until January so I'll keep you posted as things unravel.

By the end of this month I hope to have completed my TEFL, I collect my degree in November and sort out my visa.

Until something comes up....bye for now

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