Comments on: Employment opportunity? http://registan.net/index.php/2008/06/14/esl-in-kazakhstan/ All Central Asia, All The Time Fri, 25 May 2012 20:24:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Hancock http://registan.net/index.php/2008/06/14/esl-in-kazakhstan/comment-page-1/#comment-377301 Michael Hancock Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:20:31 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2008/06/14/esl-in-kazakhstan/#comment-377301 Good eye! The blogosphere is chronically short of editors. Good eye! The blogosphere is chronically short of editors.

]]> By: nach http://registan.net/index.php/2008/06/14/esl-in-kazakhstan/comment-page-1/#comment-377300 nach Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:04:24 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2008/06/14/esl-in-kazakhstan/#comment-377300 I'd rather you change "their" to its correct form. The bat-shit bit was funny. I’d rather you change “their” to its correct form. The bat-shit bit was funny.

]]> By: Michael Hancock http://registan.net/index.php/2008/06/14/esl-in-kazakhstan/comment-page-1/#comment-377298 Michael Hancock Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:31:29 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2008/06/14/esl-in-kazakhstan/#comment-377298 TEFL Certification is confusing to me. I was able to walk into a full-time TEFL position when I got back in the states with the Peace Corps on my resume, and while I was there, we hired another teacher whose chief experience was being fluent in two languages. Again, this was a successful, major ESL institute near the University of Michigan. Perhaps you need it to teach abroad, and yet I seem to recall NOVA and JET, the English-teaching programs in Japan, didn't seem to 'require' it, although I'm sure it makes things go more smoothly. As for Missionary work, I'm against it on principle, but that certainly doesn't stop me from understanding why people do it. I don't have any missionary friends, but it's not because I think they are evil. Just lack of opportunity, and the ones I met in Kazakhstan had been warned against the Peace Corps. Which is only fair, since we were kind of warned against them. In short, if you'd like, I can edit the post to cut out the 'bat-shit crazy' remark, because that is a rather unprofessional cheap shot. I was hoping it was more funny than offensive, but I certainly see the potential for offense there. TEFL Certification is confusing to me. I was able to walk into a full-time TEFL position when I got back in the states with the Peace Corps on my resume, and while I was there, we hired another teacher whose chief experience was being fluent in two languages. Again, this was a successful, major ESL institute near the University of Michigan. Perhaps you need it to teach abroad, and yet I seem to recall NOVA and JET, the English-teaching programs in Japan, didn’t seem to ‘require’ it, although I’m sure it makes things go more smoothly.

As for Missionary work, I’m against it on principle, but that certainly doesn’t stop me from understanding why people do it. I don’t have any missionary friends, but it’s not because I think they are evil. Just lack of opportunity, and the ones I met in Kazakhstan had been warned against the Peace Corps. Which is only fair, since we were kind of warned against them.

In short, if you’d like, I can edit the post to cut out the ‘bat-shit crazy’ remark, because that is a rather unprofessional cheap shot. I was hoping it was more funny than offensive, but I certainly see the potential for offense there.

]]> By: nach http://registan.net/index.php/2008/06/14/esl-in-kazakhstan/comment-page-1/#comment-377297 nach Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:15:08 +0000 http://www.registan.net/index.php/2008/06/14/esl-in-kazakhstan/#comment-377297 The main differences between Teachoeverseas.org and Peacecorps (besides the ultimate ideological ones) are one: that you are always sent with at least one teamate and two: you actually get TEFL certified before you leave. Most of the money you pay (or raise) that doesn't go for airfare, pays for the training. The main differences between Teachoeverseas.org and Peacecorps (besides the ultimate ideological ones) are one: that you are always sent with at least one teamate and two: you actually get TEFL certified before you leave. Most of the money you pay (or raise) that doesn’t go for airfare, pays for the training.

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