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EFL-Law offers a paid membership.

After 6 years of free services, we have begun a paid Life Membership Service to EFL-Law. WE still offer the free Forums, but membership does bring benefits.

The advantages of being a Life member are (a) access to all the EFL-Law forums (b) rapid response to your legal dilemma (c) free 120 hour TESOL Certificate offered by the Asian EFL Journal (d) admission to the International Conference in Pusan for free. The list will be added to as we grow. If you run a business and have some benefits you would like to add to the list, please let us know. Your membership helps us grow. Click the PayPal link on the right hand side.

We recommend the following sites for TEFL TESL teachers - especially if you are planning on coming to Asia. Galbijim offers detailed guides and information for those coming to Korea.  The site  is aiming to hold all the information and resources that a foreigner needs for living, working, travelling, or learning about Korea. A city based site in Korea, Pusanweb gives information and guides for those living or working in Pusan, a southern port city of Korea. In Japan, the ELTNews provides information on jobs and other resources for  expats. Articles on teaching in China can be found at Usingenglish

There are many TESOL Certificates in the market place.  The CELTA course from the UK (and licenced to ESL operators in other countries) costs about $1,100-$1,400 plus accomodation/travel fees  if you need to travel to another country. It is a classroom based Certificate backed by Cambridge University. An alternative  to CELTA is the  on-line course (80 hours or 120 hours) offered by the Asian EFL Journal is for both experienced teachers and new teachers, with different units for each category. The 80 hour course is for students/new teachers  with little or no previous teaching experience. The 80 hour Course is free, the 120 hour costs $98.71. The University Southern Queensland grants credit for this Certificate if you go on to Masters level studies. There are also many other certificates on offer. See TESOL certificates and compare the courses.

Three EFL conferences are on the radar for Japan and Korea in the next 6 months. April 28-29 sees the Asian EFL Journal Conference in Pusan. www.asian-efl-journal.com .  Then in the summer in Fukuoka, Japan,  the Asiatefl Conference, followed by the KOTESOL Conference at Sookmyung University in Seoul from October 28th. Those wishing to present  at KOTESOL may submit papers, see www.kotesol.org/2006 

The unprecedented demand for Teachers of English in EFL zones has led to a haphazard boom in companies and Universities offering TESOL Certificates, Masters Degrees on-line and off line, as well a plethora of web sites (over 130) listing Jobs for TEFL teachers. Over the next 5 years we will see a Tsunami surge in EFL web sites - there are 1000s already, many offering the same thing - most with low Page Ranks. Uniqueness and Innovation are still  the two elements missing from most TESOL websites. But as long as the EFL surge remains haphazard and  uncoordinated, the successful business operations of TESOL will remain in the hands of  very few companies.

Following the publication of the 1st ever TESOL Code of Ethics, global debate and discussion over the Code has ensued. International media have also covered the developing story. (Guardian UK) The TESOL profession is emerging as a Social Science that is slowly but steadily being accepted as a serious academic field. Yet  there is much to do - employers need to understand that teachers will no longer accept poor contract conditions - and that the teaching profession is uniting into a global force. Change will be slow - but it is happening - and the Code of Ethics will lead the profession’s advancement. If you wish to add your thoughts to the Code, visit the EFL-Law Forums.

Welcome to the new EFL-Law.org. The home page is where we will keep you informed of significant global events in the TESOL profession. The EFL-Law Forums are where you can have your say or post a legal problem you need help with.

The EFL TESOL profession is growing at an unprecedented rate. Commensurate with this growth comes  an increasing  demand by teachers for both global TESOL information  and  legal help.

We look forward to having you as a regular reader, contributor to the Forums, or  submitting your article to this page.  e-mail us