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Hello,

I am going to complete my CELTA course in February then I am leaving for Luzerne on the 3rd of March. I am hoping to try and use my course doing part time teaching or private lessons. Can anyone point me in the right direction of where I should start looking?

Kind regards,

Charde

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Hey,

I landed a teaching job in Basel within 3 weeks of arriving. There is loads of work; English teaching is a booming business, and with your qualification there should be no probs.

I suggest contacting the local private language schools. Also try http://www.e-tas.ch/services/jobs/index.asp for a list of jobs and opportunities for workshops, networking etc. etc.

Or try the language schools direct - for example, http://www.inlingua.com/centers/centers.asp?RefCtr=26 gives all the inlingua schools in Switzerland. The Gelbe Seiten will give you a list of your local schools http://www.directories.ch/gelbeseiten/

Also try this site http://www.eslbase.com/courses/switzerland/

There is also private work - you could advertise on this site for example!

Good luck!!

RB

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OK I give up what's the answer?

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Really, I'm intrigued, in my dictionary one of the definitions of still is motionless and one of the definitions of motionless is still .. come on tell us

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This kind of follows on the same topic- schwarzarbeit! I might be spelling that wrong, but you get the idea. As a teacher if you give private lessons what is the proper way to go about it?

This has come up in other threads where a teacher offer lessons and someone posts a reply saying be careful about schwarzarbeit. Does any one know the correct way to go about it?

I'm not interested in starting my own business, but If i take private students I'd like it to be legal.

Any one do this?

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I don't teach independently, but the website for ETAS, English Teachers Association of Switzerland, would be a good starting point to find some answers to your questions. Here's the link for the page with information about how to pay social security.

http://www.e-tas.ch/services/legal/index.asp ETAS also offers a pension fund for independent teachers.

ETAS also organises lots of interesting workshops, etc for English teachers. I just did one in Solothurn about using the Economist to teach business English.

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I thought this would be an appropriate place to say....

I GOT A JOB TEACHING ENGLISH TODAY (I have only been here 3 weeks).

I am so excited, I will be teaching in Luzern. I have completed my CELTA back home in Australia and I am still studying a Bachelor of Education from Australia. I would highly recommend doing a CELTA as it was an amazing learning journey for me. I am almost certain you can only do the DELTA if you have done the CELTA. The lady who interviewed me was over the moon that I had done my CELTA so I would highly recommend doing it if you would like to teach English.

I am also studying Italian & German which is helping me to improve my own English teaching. When you are learning yourselves you really see things a new way.

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Congratulations! Good luck, now you will start to really learn! Hope you enjoy it!

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Congratulations, Chardie on finding a teaching job and thanks for sharing your good news!

I agree that learning another language makes a teacher much more understanding. Some TESOL MA programs in the States actually make learning a new language a compulsory part of the program because it's something that many teachers have never experienced.

Good luck with all of your classes, both as a teacher and as a student!

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Congratulations Chardie!

Do you (or anyone else) know if you can do a part-time CELTA in Switzerland?

I found some info on the Volkhochschule Zurich site, but it only seemed to be a full-time course.

My partner is interested in doing one, but works full-time at the moment and was hoping to do this at the same time...

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Hi Ed,

This school in Baden offers a part-time Celta:

http://www.tlcsprachschule.ch/121-1-CELTA.html

Some English teachers who belong to ETAS, English Teachers Association of Switzerland, told me about the school and said that it's very good. I'm going to do the Cert IBET, Certificate in International Business Training, there in April based on their recommendations.

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Thanks so much guys!

Good luck to anyone else who is trying....

Kind regards,

Charde

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Thanks,

I was also thinking about the Cert IBET, I did the uncertified course with the Consultants-E last year, and it was really useful. Have you thought about the Cert ICT?

Is anyone thinking of the DELTA module 1 for the Autumn start date? It's available by the distance DELTA and with TLC baden. TLC baden haven't got back to me with dates and prices yet, but i'm guessing it's expensive.

Good luck Charde, hopefully i'll see you in Luzern.

Sa

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I have a Trinity Tesol diploma. Does anyone know if that is also recognised, or just Cambridge CELTA? I'm not thinking of doing it right now, but just curious.

Cheers

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TESOL Vs CELTA.

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages vs Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults.

I think you have the lingo mixed up. The diploma and certifcate are differnt things. If you have the Trinity Tesol Diploma, doing the CELTA would be the equivalent of getting masters and then going back to get a bachelors degree.

The TESOL and the CELTA are basically the same thing. A certain number of input (you are taught) and observed teaching (you are teaching and someone watches) hours, only the courses are moderated by different bodies. These course are usually one month full time. The TESOL is moderated by Trinity, and the CELTA by Cambridge. Red apple and green apple. If soemone advertises and says they want a CELTA, you can rock up and say i have the TESOL and they will be happy, and vice versa.

Both of these are TEFL i qualifications or 'certificates'. You don't need any teaching experince to take these qualifications(usually you need to be over 18). These are initial teacher training qualifications that you can take.

Diplomas, like the DELTA and the TESOL dip, you need at least two years full time teaching experience and are TEFL q qualifications and a previous teaching qualification like the CELTA or TESOL. The DELTA and TESOL dip take up to 2 months full time + 6 for exams, or 18 months part time. Usually you do the TESOL, two years teaching and the then the TESOL diploma. Or CELTA, two years teaching and then the DELTA. You can also mix and match. The Diploma TESOL and DELTA both recognise the TESOL and CELTA as a TEFLi qualifications.

So- if you have the Trinity TESOL Diploma, you have at least two years teaching experience, a TEFL i and a TEFL q qualification. If this is the case you would be mad to do the CELTA. If you have the TESOL cert, assuming it is certified by Trinity, you would also be mad to the CELTA.

I did the TESOL cert in 2005, it is my goal to do to the DELTA this year. I think i know what i am talking about, but i could be wrong. Do a quick google, double check with your TESOL school, and good luck

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Hi, thanks so much for this really informative answer. Years ago, I taught TEFL, after having done an initial certificate. I then went on to do a nine-month Trinity TESOL diploma course. Funnily enough, just as I got my qualification, I changed career (went into PR and later freelance writing), so I haven't taught for years now. It's good to know that it would be useful here if I got back to it. I was just a bit concerned, before your post, that a Cambridge qualification was more valued than a TESOL one.

Good luck with the DELTA.

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Hiya

Sorry, but I'm not much good on that one. I was actually living in Dubai when I started doing that. I only moved here last August (with my husband, who's the real wage earner...I'm the mum at the moment!). Right now, I am still doing a little bit of work for a Dubai magazine and am hoping to look for more European work in sept when my youngest starts school. I plan to start by buying the UK freelance writers yearbook...good luck

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My friend in Austria was trained and now works for this company, she loves her job and said it was well worth the training. I'm not sure if you can use the qualification elsewhere but Helen Doron seems to be all over Europe (not sure about the world).

I checked the calender for courses in Switzerland but there doesn't to be any so I might email them.

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Hello All,

So... I have my TEFL certification and am trying to move to Geneve to live with my boyfriend... What is the job outlook for English teachers in Geneve? Any suggestions on where to look? Will I be able to obtain a work visa?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

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I am thinking of heading home to Australia to do my CELTA. The cost is far less, and I will be travelling on frequent flyer points, but the main reason is that I will get to see my family while studying

The point of this post is to seek some advice from experienced job seekers. Flying teachers will cost quite a bit more but they suggest that they take on some of the students as teachers at completion of the course.

I am already a qualified Primary School teacher but only have 18months experience. I am worried that after coming back from Oz with a CELTA but no experience teaching English to adults that I won't be able to find an opening as a teacher anywhere.

Should I stay in Zurich and do the course or go back to Perth? Will it make a difference to the schools where I have trained and will someone take on a teacher with little experience?

Any feedback would be most appreciated.