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What our students say Here at Carnival Cruise Lines we signed up our whole Corporate Training department
to do your TEFL courses. I have really enjoyed the course and am looking forward to using my skills
in my new job in Luxembourg. I am also also very fortunate to be able to get
in-house training with my language school in Luxembourg, but having my TEFL
certificate has given me a confidence that I am sure will help me, in enjoying
my new role. I found the course stimulating, challenging and very thought-provoking
- and will definately recommend it to my fellow colleagues in British Airways! I really appreciate all the help and advice the school has given me and I
can honestly say that I would not be getting these job offers were it not for
the qualifications I have received from ELC. It is always so nice to know that
not only do I have a marketable skill, but it is also in demand. On Monday morning I will be starting a new job working for a company called
English Time here in Istanbul. I am really looking forward to it and have the
ELC to thank for this great opportunity. Thank you once again for everything.
I always look back to the Online TEFL/TESL Certificate Course that I took at
your school in 2002 ... It has been one of the most helpful, useful, and practical
sources to beginning my overseas teaching career ... I would recommend that
every teacher thinking of going to work overseas take this course before doing
so. I took your excellent course in TESOL last Spring and Summer. It seems that
your superb instruction paid off. I was just hired by Meiji University. And,
while I was attending the first faculty meeting and mixing with other folks,
I was offered a position at Sophia University (April 2002-2003). I said yes!,
and I've been hired to teach English for Management Majors there. I Thank you for the feedback for essay 4, and all of them! I have found your
comments very relevant and helpful, and have been very pleased with the grades
and responses. I enjoyed the course, and found the material interesting and
challenging. Taking this course has helped secure my job and open new doors.
I will think about taking the next one sometime soon. Thank you very much for
your teaching and support. P.S. I look forward to receiving my certificate! I have started a "Beginners English Course" at a local language centre
and are at present teaching six Arab men. The modules that I've read and completed
have been most beneficial - especially in a practical TEFL situation ... I'm
gaining a great deal of experience from the course. All the assignments have made me think long and hard about the teaching of
EFL. I am about to go and work as a Training Manager in an oil company in Oman,
and part of my job there will be to manage a Principal and the staff in the
company's language school. I have managed such an in-house language school before
in Kuwait Oil Co. (75-77) but this time I believe that, I will be better prepared
to do a good job of this part of my work in Oman. I have thoroughly enjoyed
reading the modules and writing the assignment…. I retired last week and I wanted something to keep me alert while I made a
few bob.I have found an agency which promises to keep me busy all through the
year. I hope I like it - you have certainly given me a good start. Very many
thanks. Thank you for this course. It has opened my eyes to the world of teaching. Very many thanks again for guiding me through the course. My certificate is
to prove to my 3 super-human-dynamo children that their mother is still capable
of thinking! Some time ago, I attended an interview at the Regina Coeli Institute near Herbrogen
Den Bosch in southern Holland and despite a lack of experience I was offered
a position teaching English on short courses to mainly top level management
students. They said that it was partly the fact that I was following the TEFL
course which made up their minds to employ me. The "little part-time job"
swiftly expanded so that I am now teaching every day and finding it most interesting.
I mentioned that I had been sending resumes to Korea. It now appears that a
junior college in Taegu, South Korea has agreed to employ me there as an instructor
of English conversation. I wanted to inform the Centre that I have received an offer from a school in
Switzerland thanks to my certification. It might interest you to know that I am emigrating to New Zealand and I have
been offered employment over there in the TEFL/TESOL world. Should you or any
of your students be interested in how EFL works in New Zealand I would be delighted
to tell you. I am writing to say thanks for tutoring me through the certificate course.
I now feel confident enough to set out for TEFL in the Far East. I have received innumerable laudatory comments from past participants in
your program from around the world ... I have thoroughly enjoyed the course especially the consideration, guidance,
and the feedbacks. I'd like to thank my tutor for her support and encouragement
which have given me the confidence and enthusiasm to teach again ... My thanks
extends to all the staff of ELC especially the Admissions team. I would just like to say 'thank you very much!' for offering and running such
high quality courses at the ELC. I have found the course material to be very
interesting and accessible and love the learner-centred and sensitive approach
to EFL which it projects. In doing so it seems to me to be well ahead of its
time. Furthermore, I was especially grateful for having received the generous
amounts of feedback from you that I did, it is very valuable to experience these
aspects of good teaching/tutoring while learning to become a good teacher oneself!
Finally, the truly amazing thing is the fact that, given these many qualities,
the presentation of the ELC is totally unpretentious and the courses come at
such a modest price. I've really enjoyed your course and applied the first four modules to my classroom
in many ways. I feel that what I've learned in the course it has helped to build
me into a successful teacher who has earned praise from students and management
alike. It's likely a big reason why I've been promoted to head teacher. I feel
as though I've made a difference in enabling students to speak and listen to
English more effectively as they prepare to take what they've learned into the
real world. From a career perspective, I think the course has helped to give
me a solid base on which to build. I've recommended the course to others and
I'll continue to do so. I've found the course practical, useful, and relevant. After making several
enquiries on the Internet I have already been offered TEFL jobs in Slovakia,
Poland and Turkey. None of them will make me rich but I'm sure they would be
extremely interesting. I've put those offers on hold for now and am heading
for Switzerland. I have thoroughly enjoyed the course and have found it extremely valuable to
my needs in setting up a TEFL unit at Woodhouse Grove School. The modules provided
much thought provoking material and acted as a stimulus to further research
into a wide range of text books ... The comments of my tutors were constructive
in being highly relevant and informative, and particularly invaluable in pointing
out new lines of thought. The ideas contained in the course have also led me
to consider readjusting my methods of teaching Economics and Business Studies!
I would like to thank all concerned ... I am very interested in enrolling for
the certificate in ESP course later in the year and I would be grateful if you
could please send me a list of the starting dates. Please find enclosed my final assignment. I hope that it is O.K. as I'll be
using it as a guide for my new post. I actually heard of the post through International
House and start on October 2nd. I must admit that, while I am very excited I
am also a little bit nervous; only natural I suppose. Thank you for your guidance
and assistance during my course. It has been a great help. I will certainly
be passing on my commendations of the English Language Centre. Thanks again.
May I say how much I have enjoyed learning from the Course. It is well structured,
well-paced and interesting and I have very much enjoyed the experience. The
assignments are most intriguing and relevant. I heartily recommend a TEFL Course
with the ELC. Thank you for your assistance. The Course is interesting and thought provoking.
I found the ideas presented very interesting and helpful for teaching of all
kinds at all levels. The ideas are presented very well and in a clear and practical
manner. In some ways I learned more about language teaching from the first module
than I did from my University English teaching Course. If isolated the Course
is particularly well constructed and can " stand alone ". I wanted to thank you all for your assistance and comments on my modules. I
was very pleased that ELC took the time to personally comment on individual
assignments. I felt I was getting a lot of personalised, individualised assistance
and attention. Your self-introduction helped me to know who you are and where
you come from in the TESOL world. I have submitted 3 papers from my module assignments
for publication in academic journals here. Thanks again for all of your helpful
assistance. May I say how much I enjoyed studying for the Certificate Course, which has
given me a lot of confidence. My thanks to all at ELC for making the course
enjoyable. I am recommending you to my colleagues in the Forces. Just to let you know how much I enjoyed the course. It was creatively challenging
... your comments were always encouraging and have given me the confidence and
enthusiasm to teach again. The course has been invaluable in providing much to think about and apply practically
in my teaching - for the benefit of my students. Thank you for your part in
it. The course is stimulating and enjoyable. I have found the contents of the first
four modules to be very relevant and informative on all aspects of EFL teaching.
I look forward to putting these ideas into practice. ... Can I thank you for your help and say that I have enjoyed doing this course
immensely - much more than I had anticipated! May I thank my tutor and the rest of the staff at the ELC for this training
course. I have thoroughly enjoyed this learning process, and only wish some
of my University work had been delivered and organised so well! I am also interested
in any further courses you may run which would be useful additions. Once again,
thanks a million. I will recommend the English Language Centre. I have learnt much that I didn't know, and enjoyed intensely the whole course
and working with ELC. Your questioning has driven me down to explore the roots
of teaching - not once but six times. I feel the stronger, the better able to
teach for all the reading, the thinking and the work that this course has entailed.
Thank you. I would just like to take this opportunity to thank you for your comments,
encouragement, and the rapid return of assignments during my period of study
with ELC. I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of each new module and feel I have
gained much from the course. Thanking you once again and sending my best wishes. The course has been enjoyable and very informative ... I found the running
of the course to be very professional and efficient. I enjoyed the course very much and will find the information in your modules
and the clarity of their presentation very useful in the future. I found it an interesting and entertaining course ... I am sure I would have
derived benefit from such instruction at an earlier stage in my career - I know
some colleagues would benefit from appropriate instruction! ... Again my thanks
for an interesting course of stud. Thank you for your consideration and guidance during the course. I have to
say I have enjoyed it and it has been rewarding. Just a line to thank you for your encouragement and assistance during my time
as a student with you. I am most grateful for your help ... If any other courses
are implemented by ELC, I would be most grateful for information. It has been interesting going through the course and I have been particularly
inspired by the encouraging and thought-provoking comments. Thank you for guiding
me through this course. I have enjoyed all the work during the last few weeks, it has reinforced much
that I already knew, clarified many confusing ideas and challenged me to do
some decent reflection on what I actually do in the classroom. Thanks for all
your encouragement. The course has been relevant, interesting and useful - very
well put together. I have thoroughly enjoyed the course work. It has been clear and informative
and has motivated me to be a more thoughtful and innovative teacher. I would wish to say how fascinating I have found the course and that I am grateful
for the efficiency you showed at your end. I found the course most interesting and thoroughly enjoyable. Thank you, especially
to my excellent tutor. Thank you very much for sending me the course transcript and glowing reference.
It was exactly what I required. I do appreciate the time and effort you took
in doing this so thank you. I am also pleased to inform you that I have been
accepted onto the primary school NET scheme here in Hong Kong starting in September
this year. My thanks once again and best wishes. I am writing to you to thank you for providing me with what must have been
a positive reference for my application to do an M.Sc. At Aston University.
I say that it must have been positive, as I know that they were setting great
importance on the work I did on the ELC Diploma, and after receiving your reference,
they accepted me onto the course. In fact, your reference was so important,
that it counted as two references, meaning that I only had to submit the names
of two referees instead of the normal three. May I also take this opportunity
to thank you for your helpful feedback on my assignments for the ELC Diploma
and Advanced Diploma. It is especially useful as my M.Sc. is also assessed by
assignments. I cannot thank you enough for all of the help you have given me
over the past few months in making a dream come true. The rest is now up to
me, to study hard and succeed in passing the M.Sc. Once again, thank you very,
very much. I have found ELC's courses, from Certificate right through to the Advanced
Diploma ESP of great value, advantageous in a learning capacity, informative,
and an excellent opening to the World of TEFL. I have also found that I have
benefited, not only from the course but also from the feedback you have given
me for each assignment. This Summer I had the opportunity to work for a family
run language school, and really enjoyed the experience. This Christmas I am
travelling to Thailand to work for one month, in private schools. I have also
been told that come Spring there will be a permanent job for me with the company.
None of the above, or my new working career would have been possible if not
for yourself and ELC. Thank you. Before any further time elapses, I would like to thank you for your constructive
and positive comments and suggestions ... I found the Course content both challenging
and stimulating and I look forward to implementing some programmes in the near
future. All aspects of the Course from my initial enquiry through to completing
and receiving the Diploma were very professionally handled and very worthwhile. Dear Team, On return from my holiday, I already found my diploma in the letter
box. What a pleasant ‘surprise’! Thank you very much! I am now feeling
ready to proceed on to the Advanced Diploma and would like to start as soon
as possible. May I also take this opportunity to thank my tutor for her continuing
support and her always encouraging and constructive feedback. I am very happy
to have taken the course and to have had such a tutor. I would also like to
thank admin for their always immediate feedback to all my queries and the quick
and sufficient service I have received since starting to study with the ELC.
Kind regards. I studied with the English Language Centre in January 1994. Since that time,
I have gone on to complete a Master of Education (Teaching Second Languages)
degree at an Australian university, and have procured a full-time position with
the British Council. My ELC diploma certainly helped me in those endeavours,
and I am considering moving on to a doctorate in the near future. I finished the diploma in TEFL course from ELC on 2nd September 1994 as student
DSU/119. Since then I have taught in Italy and Ukraine and have found the ELC
diploma to be very valuable to me. At present, I am teaching at the Soros International
House School in Kiev, Ukraine and am functioning as Senior Teacher. There is
a possibility of me becoming Director of Studies.
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Shipboard Training Manager, Carnival Cruise Lines
British Airways Cabin Crew Member - Luxembourg
Teacher, Japan
Teacher, Turkey
University Teacher Dandong, China
University Lecturer, Japan
United Arab Emirates
Training Manager, Oman
Teacher, London, Great Britain
Essex, U.K.
BFPO, Germany
Teacher, Breugel, The Netherlands
Florida, USA
New York, USA
Watford, Great Britain.
Director General, AFT Training Centre
(ELSU), Head - Jubail KSA
Teacher, Great Britain
Teacher, Japan
Teacher, Bingley, Great Britain
Personnel Officer, London, Great Britain
Head of Dpt, Royal Military College, U.K.
Teacher, Australia
Assoc. Prof of English, Japan
H.M.Forces, Herts
Teacher, Surrey
Tutor, Kuala Lumpur
Teacher, Business Studies, North Yorkshire
Journalist, Cleveland
Graduate, Nottingham
Teacher/Translator, Spain
Glos, U.K
Japan
BFPO, Germany
Bournemouth, U.K
Valencia, Spain
Merseyside, U.K.
Teacher, Malaysia
Teacher, Lincoln, U.K.
Germany
Essex, U.K.
R.A.F. Officer Retired. Yorkshire, U.K.
Teacher, Hong Kong
Japan
Great Britain
New Zealand
Lausanne, Switzerland
Teacher, Australia
Teacher, International House School, Kiev, Ukraine
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