danny83 Posted August 20, 2006 at 08:56 PM Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 at 08:56 PM Hi, I am serisously considering apply to study the TEFL course at Suzhou, as run by The Boland School, http://www.boland-china.com Has anyone here experience this course? Thanks for any insight you can give. Daniel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blissra Posted September 26, 2006 at 07:47 AM Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 at 07:47 AM Hi I'm also considering the Boland School, did you go for it or have you heard any bad/good reports? thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny83 Posted September 26, 2006 at 02:19 PM Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 at 02:19 PM Hi, After getting a local to check the place out (and finding it was real), I took the leap and went for it! Just finnished the second day. So far it's pretty good. Suzhou is a very nice Chinese city, not too crowed, and beautiful pockets of scenary dotted all around. Of course there is a little culture shock to be had, and also with regard to the intensity of their programme. I've had no problems or regrets so far though. Daniel Downes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brian13 Posted December 3, 2006 at 02:32 AM Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 at 02:32 AM I'm also strongly considering the Boland School. If anyone has any feedback, I'd really love to hear it. Thanks! Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badr Posted December 3, 2006 at 04:58 AM Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 at 04:58 AM I know a few people who have done it and throughly enjoyed it. The curriculum was tough but worth it. check out http://chinateachers.proboardss.com It's a nice expat teaching community with a lot of members in suzhou and they can tell you a lot more than my hear-say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Max09 Posted June 29, 2023 at 04:36 PM New Members Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 at 04:36 PM Just to demonstrate how peculiar the world can be, I will answer your question, which you posed in 2006 from the future. I will attend the Boland School, Suzhou to complete my TEFL in March 2007, but as it's now 2023 this means I completed it there 16 years ago. It was an Irish lady (Sinnaed??) who ran the place along with a Canadian lady who was more in the background. The course ran over 5 and a half weeks and was quite intensive. There were 9 of us in my intake. One got a B+. I and I believe one other got a B, one failed to pass and the rest got C passes. This shows that they didn't just hand the certificates over in return for our fees, we had to earn them. They were very professional and it was a good experience overall which included some free time activities like the excursion we took to Tongji water town. Feel free to mail me with the subject line "Boland before" maximum333@outlook.com 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted June 30, 2023 at 09:48 AM Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 at 09:48 AM On 6/29/2023 at 6:36 PM, Max09 said: Feel free to mail me Please keep the discussion here on the forums! It could be useful for anyone who wants information at a later point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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