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A TESOL Experience

TESOL is the teaching of English to people whose first language is not English. TESOL stands for `teaching English to speakers of other languages'

(From left to right: My two sisters-in-law, Chloe, me, mom-in-law, Dong and father-in-law)



(Tommy, Chloe and me posing after the closing exercises of the 12th Cycle of TU-PUFS TESOL)



I enrolled the TESOL certificate Program at PUFS last March, 2009 hoping to learn some new things and get a plus qualification (incentives~!) next time when I apply for a teaching job. Actually, I considered Times TESOL, or SMU first but since Times TESOL doesn't credit units for Korean graduate universities and SMU which pioneered the first TESOL programs here in Korea but is quite far here from Busan, I chose PUFS for practicality and convenience.

This certificate program made me very busy for the last six months. I did the classes in the morning and had my work in the afternoon. I tried to do multiple activities all at the same time, balancing my family time, teaching time and studying time. I had my share of sleepless nights, cramming for exams and projects. But I really enjoyed every part of it! It made me realize a lot of theories and pratices in the English Language, especially SLA and Teaching Methodologies. Moreover, I made some new friends and had fun with them. ^^


The pictures above were taken last August 01, 2009 at the Closing Exercises of Joint PUFS-TU TESOL
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bittersweet said…
Congrats and I'm glad you had fun. Here's to the new and improved Nhemie, Cheers!!!
August 3, 2009 at 9:25 AM
Jempres said…
Hi. Congratulations!
August 3, 2009 at 7:07 PM
wendy said…
congrats! you have a pretty daughter:-)
August 6, 2009 at 1:43 AM
wendy said…
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August 6, 2009 at 1:43 AM
Kayni said…
Congratulations! Well done =)
August 7, 2009 at 2:38 AM
betchay said…
congratulations! i missed my own graduation because it coincided with my son's jeryong janji...
August 7, 2009 at 9:54 AM
Nhemskie said…
To everyone: Maraming salamat poh!
August 12, 2009 at 3:52 AM
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