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Jan 11th 2009, 1:14 am

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ESL/ELSA TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS

Hi what courses were taken around 1985 to become a ESL / ELSA teacher .
ESL [ ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE].
What courses were taken to be a certified translator ?

Jan 11th 2009, 1:23 am

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Hi what courses were taken around 1985 to become a ESL / ELSA teacher .
ESL [ ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE].
What courses were taken to be a certified translator ?

Can you not do a Google search?

Jan 11th 2009, 1:37 pm

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Re: ESL/ELSA TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS

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IF U CAN,T BE BOTHERED TO GIVE A DECENT REPLY I WOULD SUGGEST
<<snipped>.

Was it the Glasgow ESL you did?

Last edited by Pollyana; Jan 12th 2009 at 9:24 pm. Reason: swearing removed from quote

Jan 11th 2009, 2:47 pm

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Re: ESL/ELSA TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS

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Hi what courses were taken around 1985 to become a ESL / ELSA teacher .
ESL [ ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE].
What courses were taken to be a certified translator ?

This question is incomprehensible

And the OP is also very rude

Jan 11th 2009, 3:19 pm

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Re: ESL/ELSA TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS

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IF U CAN,T BE BOTHERED TO GIVE A DECENT REPLY I WOULD SUGGEST
<<snipped>

Gee seems to me a comment similar to this got dbd33 a weeks walk in the park.

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Jan 11th 2009, 3:53 pm

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Gee seems to me a comment similar to this got dbd33 a weeks walk in the park.

Yes - and DBD's comment wasn't even directed at a moderator

Jan 11th 2009, 3:57 pm

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Re: ESL/ELSA TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS

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Originally Posted by ENGLANDIA

Hi what courses were taken around 1985 to become a ESL / ELSA teacher .
ESL [ ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE].
What courses were taken to be a certified translator ?

You need a tefl dipolma.You can do it online in your own time.Just tap in Telf on google and you'll be spoilt for choice I did mine with eye to eye.
Eve x

Jan 11th 2009, 10:03 pm

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IF U CAN,T BE BOTHERED TO GIVE A DECENT REPLY I WOULD SUGGEST
**** OF.

And I suggest you stop the swearing and the shouting and go and take another read of the site rules.

Jan 11th 2009, 10:30 pm

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Re: ESL/ELSA TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS

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Hi what courses were taken around 1985 to become a ESL / ELSA teacher .
ESL [ ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE].
What courses were taken to be a certified translator ?

Could someone translate this for me? Certified is an interesting thought.

Jan 12th 2009, 12:23 am

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Re: ESL/ELSA TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS

[QUOTE=Eve N;7152620]You need a tefl dipolma.You can do it online in your own time.Just tap in Telf on google and you'll be spoilt for choice I did mine with eye to eye.

Hello everyone, i,m sorry for my bad language in the post but i,m not that much into internet etc + thats why i posted them questions.
I just can,t stand people being sarcastic just cus they spend so much time on the computer.
Thanks Eve , for your helpful reply .

Jan 12th 2009, 12:28 am

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Re: ESL/ELSA TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS

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Hello everyone, i,m sorry for my bad language in the post but i,m not that much into internet etc + thats why i posted them questions.
I just can,t stand people being sarcastic just cus they spend so much time on the computer.
Thanks Eve , for your helpful reply .

Are you planning to be an ESL teacher, or just looking for one?

Jan 12th 2009, 12:28 am

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Re: ESL/ELSA TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Eve N

You need a tefl dipolma.You can do it online in your own time.Just tap in Telf on google and you'll be spoilt for choice I did mine with eye to eye.

Hello everyone, i,m sorry for my bad language in the post but i,m not that much into internet etc + thats why i posted them questions.
I just can,t stand people being sarcastic just cus they spend so much time on the computer.
Thanks Eve , for your helpful reply .

I can't understand what ESL teaching has to do with the Canada forum. The suggestion made by another poster about using Google was actually being helpful -NOT sarcastic!