Between Christmas shopping and work I've been working on getting my TESOL certificate through Global Leadership College. What happened was a coworker found a Groupon for it and told me about it. It's a great deal - $69 for a 150 hour certification course, which usually runs $599. So I went ahead and got it. It expires in March. Since I paid for it and it expires, it's my priority (except for December gift shopping/cards/etc. I mean). So far I find it very extensive and moderately difficult. I have to take notes, can't just wing it. I'm getting a B so far (didn't take notes at first). But I want to bring that up to an A eventually.
The other thing I've gotten into recently is Esperanto. There are a ton of free courses online. I like the idea of learning an easy-to-learn international language of peace and being able to travel to other countries and stay with natives who also speak Esperanto for free.
Tonight I went as far as the TESOL course could take me (you get graded manually for some sections and then it unlocks the next lesson) so then I tried some of this Esperanto course. It was fun! I feel like I have a bit of information overload right now. So I think I'll start another blog or two about Esperanto perhaps and maybe TESOL too, not sure about that one though. It'll be fun once I finally get to a point where I can converse in another language.
That's it for now.
C
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There's a good text in English about Esperanto in China here:
http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2012/12/15/feli%C4%89-esperanto-tago
Hey, thank you! I have started a blog for my Esperanto learning. It's on the right called caroesperanto. Thank you for stopping by. :)
I tried to learn Esperanto a few years ago when I wasn't working. I found it a lot easier than trying to learn all of the commonly taught languages like French or German. The idea of a simple, globally unifying language is very appealing! Let me know how it goes!
OK, I will keep you posted! So far it is going slowly because TESOL is my priority right now. Happy New Year!
TESOL sounds like fun! Good luck with your studying!
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