TEFL in Bangkok?

[proton]

Mrs has no work these days teaching Thai so has started teaching Englsih. Any recommendations for a reasonably priced TEFL course in Bangkok, she has a degree in education but this would probably be an advantage for her. 

[Foxx]

Better to do a CELTA than TEFL - more prestigious.

 

(CELTA requires the student to have a good grasp of English grammar before starting the course, whilst TEFL doesn't.  A large part of the TEFL training is therefore teaching English grammar, rather than focusing on how to teach effectively.  Very little grammar is taught in English schools, but a Thai learning English will have been thoroughly drilled in English grammar.)

 

International House does a good job:  https://ihbangkok.com/teacher-training/celta/

[proton]

2 minutes ago, Foxx said:

Better to do a CELTA than TEFL - more prestigious.

 

(CELTA requires the student to have a good grasp of English grammar before starting the course, whilst TEFL doesn't.  A large part of the TEFL training is therefore teaching English grammar, rather than focusing on how to teach effectively.  Very little grammar is taught in English schools, but a Thai learning English will have been thoroughly drilled in English grammar.)

 

International House does a good job:  https://ihbangkok.com/teacher-training/celta/

 

Thanks, i am against the over teaching of grammar, that's what puts kids off and it's boring. I will pass this on

[CharlieH]

28 minutes ago, Foxx said:

Better to do a CELTA than TEFL - more prestigious.

 

(CELTA requires the student to have a good grasp of English grammar before starting the course, whilst TEFL doesn't.  A large part of the TEFL training is therefore teaching English grammar, rather than focusing on how to teach effectively.  Very little grammar is taught in English schools, but a Thai learning English will have been thoroughly drilled in English grammar.)

 

International House does a good job:  https://ihbangkok.com/teacher-training/celta/

May have changed but when I did mine there was NO grammar involved at all it was all conversational English and stayed right away from technical structure etc.

[Foxx]

58 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

May have changed but when I did mine there was NO grammar involved at all it was all conversational English and stayed right away from technical structure etc.

 

Are you referring to CELTA or TEFL?

[CharlieH]

27 minutes ago, Foxx said:

 

Are you referring to CELTA or TEFL?

TEFL

[KhaoNiaw]

32 minutes ago, Foxx said:

 

Are you referring to CELTA or TEFL?

 

TEFL isn't a qualification is it?
CELTA is a TEFL qualification. There are others.

[Foxx]

2 hours ago, KhaoNiaw said:

TEFL isn't a qualification is it?

 

https://www.tefl.org/ would disagree with you.

[KhaoNiaw]

16 minutes ago, Foxx said:

 

https://www.tefl.org/ would disagree with you.

 

Thanks. I wasn't familiar with them before.
But reading their site seems to confirm what I said - TEFL is the field of Teaching English as a Foreign Language.  It's not proprietary to that organization.  They offer a variety of TEFL qualifications, some of which include TEFL in the title, just as other providers of TEFL courses and qualifications do. 
Are you saying that a CELTA is not a TEFL qualification?