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Special Thai Project - Pattaya

For those who have a TESOL Certification already, we have the unique offer to spend a week in Pattaya and start working for 4 months just after that.

 

Choose an Online course between (Any one)

• Advanced TESOL Certification – If you have taken a short term TESOL before, take this program to enhance your skills and knowledge

• TESOL for Children – Those who have TESOL can Add this Certification as a specialization

• TESOL for Business – Those who have TESOL can Add this Certification as a specialization

(You may continue with the course even while you are doing your teaching assignment)

Join our onsite 5 days TESOL Orientation with Thai Cultural Training from 14th October until 18th October 2008

Start your teaching assignment just after the onsite program

The Pattaya Project is for people who do not have the time to take a longer teacher training program and at the same time already have a TESOL Certification. This program offers you the convenience of completing the theoretical aspects of TESOL for Children or TESOL for Business and then spending 5 days in Pattaya, Thailand in order to pick up the practical skills of teaching. So you have the best of both, an internationally structured course from your desk and the chance to be in Thailand teaching and interacting with the locals for the next 4 months.

An International TESOL Certification; a guaranteed short-term ESL-teaching job in an invigorating setting of a Thai school; a vacation that is filled with riveting cultural experiences – the Explore Thailand Project conducted by American TESOL Institute in Pattaya promises to unleash your spree to explore the thrills of Thailand and the world of TEFL teaching.

The Special Thai Project Pattaya is a winning combination of three components

• An TESOL Online course of 60 hrs (choose from TESOL for Children or TESOL for Business)

• An intensive in-class 5 days TESOL Certificate Program in Pattaya, followed by

• An ESL job program for four months with free accommodation provided

What is STP?
The Special Thai Project (STP) is unique in its concept. It provides the opportunity to spend four & Half months in Thailand, experience the local culture, interact with the people, taste the regional food and at the same time earn a teaching qualification and get paid for all of this. Sounds unbelievable?! It is true! The project involves 60 hours of online Course then one week on site TESOL Certification Course in Pattaya followed by 4 months of teaching in a Thai school.

Is it for you?
Are you just out of university and looking for some excitement in life? Do you wish to travel to places that you have only read about but don’t have the means? Are you stagnating in your present job and want a career change? Have you been a teacher all your life but want to teach in another country or a different set or level of students? If the answer to any of the above is yes, then the Special Thai Project is for you. It helps you earn while you travel, it gives you the opportunity to just not be a bumbling traveler but someone who is willing to contribute to society while you travel. It gives you the scope to interact with young minds. It helps you assimilate and understand new cultures, people, sample new food and take in sites and sounds that otherwise would have been impossible to experience.

In order to stand eligible as a TESOL trainee, all you need to be is above the age of 21, a native English speaker with a degree as qualification.

Why should you do the STP?
Many people complete a Teacher Training Course but then spend a couple of months applying for a job, going for interviews, getting paper work organized in trying to get a job. But once you have enrolled in the STP program, all you have to do is plan for your trip, buy your ticket and the rest is our headache. From the time you land at the Bangkok Airport to completing the course and your four-month paid internship is our responsibility. So you not only qualify as a TESOL Trained Teacher but also have the experience to back your resume, which helps you get better jobs later.

After the STP program you have the option of continuing as a regular school teacher or you can be absorbed as corporate trainers, Language School trainers, Voice and accent trainers and Soft skill trainers. With the growing need for learning English in Non English speaking nations the demand far exceeds the supply. So there is never a dearth of teaching opportunities for TESOL trained teachers.

The location:
Pattaya is 147 kilometers southeast of Bangkok, and faces the Thai Gulf. Like most of the archipelago Pattaya too has the finest beaches in Thailand. It offers something to everyone depending on the seeker. Sporting opportunities abound both on land and water, and include some of the finest golfing, game fishing, and scuba-diving anywhere in Asia. Theme and amusement parks, museums and botanical gardens offer numerous forms of leisure activities and cultural entertainment for all visitors. And after sun down, Pattaya offers all the allure and magic of a truly vibrant nightlife with a spectacular variety of restaurants, night clubs, bars, discotheques, cocktail lounges and cabarets. Pattaya is both bold, beautiful and bucolic, and offers everything that international beach resort.  Read more

The benefits and Course fee:

Special Thailand Project for Pattaya starts from 14th October 2008

• You pay just 500USD for the TESOL Course which otherwise costs 990 USD.

• You get paid a monthly sum of 30,000 baht (currently $900) per month + housing (in comparison, local teachers earn only about 10,000 baht per month so this is more than enough to live comfortably) for the 4 months of teaching in Thai Schools.

• An internationally acclaimed TESOL for Children or TESOL for Business certificate from American TESOL Institute,

• A great destination like Pattaya elevates your learning and working to the level of pleasure and leisure for a week.

• Free accommodation (single occupancy) at a beautiful resort in Pattaya during the course

• Orientation on Thai culture and Thai Language on the first day of the project leading to an exhaustive TESOL program.

• Non-immigrant visa and work permit suitable to Ministry of Education procurement assistance.

• Course details of Online TESOL for Children or Online TESOL for Business

• Free airport pick up from Bangkok Airport, Thailand.

• You earn a TESOL Certificate course from the world’s most respected Course provider, American TESOL Institute.

• Unique cultural experience in interacting with the local people and while teaching in local schools