I-to-i Tefl,reputable Or Not

[jfk]

hi guys,

volunteered for a 6 month teaching contract at my local school. i am very in-experienced and after reading some responses to a previous topic i posted about how hard it is, i would like to do a tefl online course with a minimum of expense if possible.

does anyone here have any experience of i-to-i, and is it a recognised qualification. i realise there are many other accredited courses but the price is too high or they require me to attend a class for 4 weeks. the school cant do without me for 4 weeks.

it is my intention to only do the 6 months that the school asks as i am just helping them through a sticky patch (not enough teachers) any advice is appreciated.

many thanks.

[PeaceBlondie]

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[ThaiRich]

Hi,

I did an i - to - i 5 years ago. It was accepted by the MOE for proof of education and has never been questioned in the 5 extensions since. Go with i - to - i.

Edited November 16, 2009 by ThaiRich

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[otherstuff1957]

I took the i-to-i online course about 5 years ago too. As a TEFL course, I would rate it as better than nothing, but far less useful than a hands-on course. It covered the basics all right, but was focused on teaching small groups of adults rather than large groups of noisy kids and seemed to be more focused on TESL (English for immigrants to an English speaking country) rather than TEFL (English as a foreign language).

I took it to satisfy the old MOE requirement and it served that purpose nicely.

[Scott]

This topic will not be closed, since the OP's question has been answered. He can't attend a regular classroom setting so he will have to go on-line. The Ministry accepted a previous posters credentials.

If you have any further information you want added, please PM me or another Mod and we can re-open it.

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