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UK: Teaching English as a second language in UK?

I'm thinking of getting into teaching English as a Second Language - I'm in the UK, and there are a bunch of courses including CELTA and some TEFL courses. I know these are accepted overseas, but I was wondering if these are any use inside the UK. Is it possible - or probable - that I could get a teaching position teaching English as a Second Language in the UK, with only the CELTA/TEFL courses? Thanks.
  

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[nq:1]I'm thinking of getting into teaching English as a Second Language - I'm in the UK, and there are a ... could get a teaching position teaching English as a Second Language in the UK, with only the CELTA/TEFL courses? [/nq] Very possible, though at that level of qualification it's often a ****** and unstable job in the UK, which is why many newly CELTA-qualified teachers head off for sunny climes for a year or so and come back experienced and with a better choice of jobs.

  • [nq:1]I'm thinking of getting into teaching English as a Second Language - I'm in the UK, and there are a ...
  • could get a teaching position teaching English as a Second Language in the UK, with only the CELTA/TEFL courses?
  • [/nq] Very possible, though at that level of qualification it's often a ****** and unstable job in the UK, which is why many newly CELTA-qualified teachers head off for sunny climes for a year or so and come back experienced and with a better choice of jobs.
  • In the UK, teaching 'English as a Second Language' is considered a different discipline from teaching 'English as a Foreign Language'; ESL is probably a more stable career choice, but involves teaching people from resident communities, usually in a Community Teaching context.
  • It can be very hard and demanding work, but can also be very rewarding, especially if you have anything of a social conscience.
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[nq:1]I'm thinking of getting into teaching English as a Second Language - I'm in the UK, and there are a ... could get a teaching position teaching English as a Second Language in the UK, with only the CELTA/TEFL courses? Thanks.[/nq]
Very possible, though at that level of qualification it's often a ****** and unstable job in the UK, which is why many newly CELTA-qualified teachers head off f
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[nq:1]In the UK, teaching 'English as a Second Language' is considered a different discipline from teaching 'English as a Foreign ... separate qualifications for ESL and EFL, these days CELTA will get you into both, and they certainly aren't mutually exclusive.[/nq]
Ehh, well, actually met and talked to Gazza when I was teaching somebody who was on the current Italian Euro 2004 team and
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[nq:2]In the UK, teaching 'English as a Second Language' is ... get you into both, and they certainly aren't mutually exclusive.[/nq]
[nq:1]Ehh, well, actually met and talked to Gazza when I was teaching somebody who was on the current Italian Euro 2004 team and plays for AC Milan!![/nq]
Cool. Yes, it happens, and if occasionally getting to talk to movers and shakers and g
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[nq:2]Ehh, well, actually met and talked to Gazza when I ... current Italian Euro 2004 team and plays for AC Milan!![/nq]
[nq:1]Cool. Yes, it happens, and if occasionally getting to talk to movers and shakers and goal-makers appeals, (it does to me) it can be a perk of the job on the EFL side. Who was your AC student?[/nq]
Gatusso, was also teaching Negri at the same time (now trying to ma
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[nq:2]Cool. Yes, it happens, and if occasionally getting to talk ... job on the EFL side. Who was your AC student?[/nq]
[nq:1]Gatusso, was also teaching Negri at the same time (now trying to make a comeback in football). Have also taught ... the directors' box for friends who still talk about it to this day! By the way, I don't like football!![/nq]
Since last Thursday neither do I!
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[nq:2]At one of the big EFL conferences, a speaker had ... was Osama Bin Laden's English teacher". A very dubious honour![/nq]
[nq:1]Interesting and a tad scary! Somebody must have done it (probably 1 - 1?), I wonder if Bill's been 'debriefed'. Now there's an ESP specialism, 'English for Terrorism'. #)[/nq]
At the time of 9.11 it was said that everybody in the world was, I think, a maximum
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[nq:2]Interesting and a tad scary! Somebody must have done it ... 'debriefed'. Now there's an ESP specialism, 'English for Terrorism'. #)[/nq]
[nq:1]At the time of 9.11 it was said that everybody in the world was, I think, a maximum of 7 ... teaching knew some of the victims. But I wondered then how far removed from a terrorist an EFL teacher was![/nq]
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