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Autumn 2000 35

EARD ON THE WEBH

Information onTESOL ProfessionalDevelopment TESOL Onlines Career Center

http://careers.tesol.org/

Your first stop forcareer information

regarding worldwide joblistings, how to becomequalified in TESOL,advice for job searching,and much more.

ESL/EFL Career Guidehttp://esl.about.com/homework/esl/

blcareer.htm

This site offers information about gettingqualified and finding a job as well as careerguides and articles detailing teacherspersonal experiences.

A Guide to British Masters Degrees inTESOL by Distance Learning

http://langue.hyper.chubu.ac.jp/jalt/

pub/tlt/97/mar/distance.html

This article, by Daniel Dunkley, is fromthe March 1997 edition ofThe LanguageTeacher Online.

Online or TraditionalThat is theQuestion!

http://www.att.com/learningnetwork/

virtualacademy/journal.html

An informative review of the authorsfirst experience with obtaining his MAdegree via an on-line course. RonaldChalmers has gone on to become theprogram director for Homeroom.com.

ProfessionalResources On-LineAgora Newsletter

http://agoralang.com/agoranews_

current.html

Forum Magazinehttp://e.usia.gov/forum/

ITESL Journalhttp://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/

JALT Journal: The Web Editionhttp://www.als.aoyama.ac.jp/jjweb/jj_

index.html

Language Learning & Technologyhttp://llt.msu.edu

TESL-EJhttp://www-writing.berkeley.edu/

TESL-EJ/

Degree/CertificatePrograms

Newport Asia Pacific University

http://www.asiapacificu.edu

For those desiring a U.S.-basedqualification, this appears to be the big kidon the block, at least for the time being.The program, conducted almost completelyon-line, features weekly, scheduled,

synchronous on-line sessions with coursesconducted by David Nunan, Rod Ellis, andRuth Wajnryb, all well-known TESOLnames. There is a certificate programand an MA program, basically aimed atresidents of Japan. The MA programrequires attendance at two 2-day seminarsper year in Tokyo.

New School Universitys CyberspaceCampus

http://dialnsa.edu/

Offers an English Language TeachingCertificate. Separate courses may be takenon a noncredit basis for as little as $450.According to their information, theprogram stresses communicative, student-centered learning and has a very practicalorientation.

OnLineLearning.nethttp://www.OnlineLearning.net/

CommunitiesOfStudy/neighborhoods.

cfm?NB=TEFL

Sponsored by UCLA Extension andother schools, this program advertises thatlectures, coursework, assignments,questions, discussion, all take place at yourconvenienceonline.

London Institute of Education (LondonUniversity)

http://www.ioe.ac.uk/lie/email.htm

According to the description of this

Internet Resources for TESOLProfessional Development

The World Wide Web is rapidly replacing the library as the first place to turn for information. In addition

to information itself, however, the Web is becoming increasingly important as an interactive tool for profes-

sional advancement. From simple e-mail discussion lists to complete degree courses, it is all there waiting

for you to point and click.Below are descriptions of relevant sources of information and services in the field of TESOL

compiled by Thomas N. Robb and posted at his Web site at http://www.hi-ho.ne.jp/~trobb/tjreview.html.

A clickable version of this page is updated regularly.

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36 TESOL Journal

Heard On the Web encourages

contributions from TJreaders

who regularly monitor electronicdiscussion lists in any field

related to ESOL.

Topics discussed in TJmay

no longer be available on-line at

the Web site(s) listed at

the time of publication.

Marjorie TerdalEditor, Heard On the Web

TESOL Journal

Department of Applied LinguisticsPortland State University

P.O. Box 751Portland, OR 97207 USA

E-mail submissions may be sent to: terdalm@pdx.edu.

Submissions for Heard On the Web

may be sent by regular mail to:

program, this version of the MA TESOLis the first postgraduate qualification inTESOL to be offered by computerconferencing. Students register part-time.In addition to the compulsory modules, anda selection of the optional modules, trainingis also provided in computer conferencingitself. Another version of this distance MATESOL is offered by e-mail to a group ofstudents from Israel.

Aston University, School of Languagesand European Studies, Advanced

Certificate in Teaching English as a

Foreign Language

http://www.aston.ac.uk/pg/pros/

lestptefl.htm

The course is aimed at teachers wishingto further their careers as well as thoseintending a mid-career change. The courseaims to train such teachers to an advancedlevel of professional competence in TEFLand to prepare them for careers throughout

the world.

University of Surrey, MA in Linguistics(TESOL)

http://www.surrey.ac.uk/ELI/ma.html

This modular program boasts a uniquelibrary support system for its distancelearning program, including access toon-line bibliographic services, internationaldiscussion lists, tutorial and study support,and dissertation supervision.

Open Learning Internationalhttp://olionline.com/

This organization claims to be the first to

offer the OCR (Oxford, Cambridge, RSA)Certificate in Teaching Foreign Languagesto Adults, via the Internet. The full coursecosts 575.00 ($920.00).

The Certificate in On-Line Teaching ofEnglish

http://www.nll.co.uk/colte/

Offers teachers the skills and knowledgerequired to transfer their traditionalteaching skills to the on-line environment.

Both synchronous and asynchronousmethods (live chat versus message boardsor e-mail) of teaching are covered in the course.

See ELEaston.com for other distancelearning possibilities.http://eleaston.com/dist_ed.html

Courses for Credit TESOL Education Programshttp://www.tesol.org/edprg/index.html

Check out TESOLs selection ofacademies, pre- and postconventioninstitutes, and on-line workshops.

New Jersey City Universityhttp://newlearning.njcu.edu/

weblearning/default.htm

Offers on-line courses for teachers,though not specifically for ESL, such asIntroduction of Hypermedia andLearning Theories.

Courses in RelatedFields TeleCampus

http://courses.telecampus.edu/about.cfm

Features a searchable database of on-linecourses throughout the world.

EmploymentInformation Linguistic Funland!

Job Opportunities

and Information

http://www.linguistic-

funland.com/tesljob.htmlMaintained by

Kristina Pfaff-Harris,at the University ofNevada, Reno, this sitecontains a lengthy listing of sources ofemployment information and regionalsurveys of the employment situation.

The Internet Job Search for ESL!http://www.uni.edu/riedmill/

Maintained by Thomas Riedmiller of theUniversity of Nebraska, this site offersan excellent collection of links andcommentary.

TESLJB-L electronic listThis branch list of TESL-L is dedicated

to jobs, employment and professionaladvancement. In addition to positionopenings, there are free-rangingdiscussions on issues such as Is DistanceLearning More Cost-Effective ThanTraditional Education? and The Future ofPhDs in Applied Linguistics. To subscribeto the TESLJB-L branch list, you must firstsubscribe to TESL-L; however, you can doboth in a single message. To subscribe,send the following lines in an e-mailmessage to listserv@cunyvm.cuny.edu

SUB TESL-L Your full name hereSUB TESLJB-L

Once you have subscribed, you can searchthe 10,000+ messages in the archive bykeyword. For example, you can search forinformation on on-line courses by sendingthe following message to the listserv:

SEARCH online course in TESLJB-L

Thomas N. Robb

Kyoto Sangyo University

Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan

tom@robb.net