[magdalena]

Thanks! I guess we confused degrees. In Poland at university you may receive three kinds of degree: something which is similiar to Bachelor in USA (3 years, practically oriented, preparing to teaching English at prime schools and high schools, short dissertation ), Masters (may be Bachelor + 2 years or you may study for Masters since day one) - full blown 5 year studies about language, culture, history, of Britain, long, min. 60 pages & 50 tousand words thesis based on own research, you may teach at college and university) Phd (after Masters you may be accepted for another 4 year long studies for Phd., long, creative and innovative thesis which may be published, you may get tenure while doing it and teach at university part-time as assistant). It looks like in England there are more kinds of degrees. Or maybe not. I came across some polish university courses which offer strange diplomas but they all require teaching experience like british TEFL or DELTA . My friend needs something what does not not require any previous teaching experience, offers more in terms of qualifications than CELTA and lasts shorter than 3 years. Sick, she is pretty specific, I am not sure whether we are able to find anythig for her! :)