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Moderation

And that was the last day.

Moderation was nothing to worry about really. The moderator was a lovely lady with a slightly Scottish accent and a manner that put you very much at ease. We had group discussions about the course and how we’d found it, and individual discussions about our materials assignments (yep, that game again…) - then we all went to the pub whilst the moderator talked with our tutors. We came back, collected our work, and that was it, really. I guess that makes us qualified TEFL teachers.

In retrospect, I have enjoyed the course. There were times when I hated it whilst it was going on, and there certainly was a large volume of work. But everyone’s been very supportive and helpful, and I know a lot more about teaching English than I did before! If you have the time (and preferably some supportive family/friends!) then I’d definitely recommend doing an intensive course.

I’ve enjoyed having a blog, too. So much so that I intend to carry on writing (perhaps not so regularly!) at http://asnackate.blogspot.com

So, with thanks to my tutors for all their teaching, my classmates for all their help, support and sympathy when I was ill, and all of the students for suffering so many oddly-conceived lessons - that’s it! Good luck! Wes hal!

This entry was posted on Friday, February 23rd, 2007 at 5:12 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can leave a response to this entry.

One Response to “Moderation”

1. Katie Says:
   March 21st, 2007 at 9:58 am

   Hi and congratulations - finishing a course is a good feeling! I regularly do email interviews for my site - which I’ll leave a link to along with my name here - and it would be great to have your insight as someone who recently finished a course. If you’re interested, let me know at tefl_logue at yahoo dot com.

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