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Advice for English worker living in Istanbul
1.       Loveprague
627 posts
 16 Feb 2009 Mon 09:51 pm

Hello all,

             I hope we are all well? my circumstances I thought were going to change but I am now in a catch 22 situation, I was going to teach English and complete a CELTA course in Turkey which would have gave me a very good chance to get some sort of employment if I was successful and completed the course with the certificate.

 

The problem lies with the price of the course which is £950.00 English pounds, this sort of money I simply have not got as I am living off my savings while I am in Turkey, I came to the U.K. to ask for help of any kind which was to ask for a loan which I would pay back but as Turkey are not in the E.U. there is not any help whatsoever to help my cause.  I would complete the course but cannot afford to fund it in the first place so I am back to Plan B.

 

I will now do anything to support my wife in Turkey with a baby on the way it is so important, we have talked just about every scenario, I even looked at jobs in the U.K. but I will not miss the most important time of anyones life seeing a baby born.  I just wanted to ask some advice, I have tried American hotels, consulate, American hospitals, Ataturk airport and just about looked at everything else that would possibly require a good English speaker.

 

The teaching is there just not the fee for the course has to be paid in full no options to pay monthly or anything.  So I am asking anyone for their advice, anything that would pay even a small amount I would consider just while I am living in Turkey

Thanks

2.       deli
5904 posts
 16 Feb 2009 Mon 10:01 pm

hi love prague, all I did was a weekend tefl course ,when I was in istanbul i just walked into dersane and told them I had the certificate ,they didnt even ask to see it , I was earning 17 lira an hour and they started me off part time  could have had more hours but I moved away from I stanbul ,but i also taught a few children privately and was earning 50 lira an hour. my english,  grammer is poor but I just focused on the conversational parts and the turkish teachers taught the grammer. do the tefl course and just walk into english time or any place like that ,they should snap you up, like I said before I left england I only took the weekend course, anddddddddddd they didnt even look at my certificate . good luck

 

 

 

oh the place I worked at was called dialogue in bakirkoy{#lang_emotions_bigsmile}



Edited (2/16/2009) by deli [added]

3.       Loveprague
627 posts
 16 Feb 2009 Mon 10:08 pm

 

Quoting deli

hi love prague, all I did was a weekend tefl course ,when I was in istanbul i just walked into dersane and told them I had the certificate ,they didnt even ask to see it , I was earning 17 lira an hour and they started me off part time  could have had more hours but I moved away from I stanbul ,but i also taught a few children privately and was earning 50 lira an hour. my english,  grammer is poor but I just focused on the conversational parts and the turkish teachers taught the grammer. do the tefl course and just walk into english time or any place like that ,they should snap you up, like I said before I left england I only took the weekend course, anddddddddddd they didnt even look at my certificate . good luck

 

 Hi Deli,

           Thanks for your reply, I had already thought about exactly this as I know the more expensive course is way out of my reach even if I was working now I cannot justify paying nearly £1,000 pounds on a course without any guarantees of success.

 

I taught two students before with the help of my English teacher which was very confidence building and I enjoyed it but sadly it did not last as you can only teach so far.

 

Best wishes Rich

4.       deli
5904 posts
 16 Feb 2009 Mon 10:13 pm

but the weekend tefl course is not that expensive, please try those places I said rich just go in and speak they want conversation not grammer . I have another friend that was worried about going into these places ,she didnt have anyyyyyy certificate ,so before I left Istanbul I took her to one place in Kadikoy, she is now working full time there. withouttttttttttt a certificate 

 

 

 

itc intensive tefl course email info@tefl.co.uk www tefl .co.uk

 

 

 

ask to speak to mike ford im sure it wasnt that expensive rich

 

 

and I  only did part one



Edited (2/16/2009) by deli [added]

5.       tinababy
1096 posts
 16 Feb 2009 Mon 11:37 pm

a weekend tefl course in England isn´t that expensive -try www.tefl-course.net

Might be worth the flight back??

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