Im so angry about this course.
I attended this course in Istanbul
I paid over £1,000 for this course. I completed the teacher training and everything but failed the grammar test. I have to re-take the grammar back in istanbul.
NOWHERE IN the VIA LİNGUA LITERATURE DOES IT SAY THE WHOLE CERT HANGS ON THE RESULTS OF THE GRAMMAR TEST.
HOW YOU CAN BE EXPECTED TO LEARN THAT AMOUNT OF GRAMMAR IN 4 WEEKS IS RIDICULOUS. It would have been helpful if we had been given the course books to read through before the we started the course.
The time table was badly planned.
Because I complained about the awful accommodation I was placed in with another woman(broken washing machine broken bed and cockroaches flying out the kitchen cupboards) while everyone else had their own rooms and comfy places to stay I felt victimised thereafter and marked down by the course co-ordinator/teacher trainer throughout the course.
Apparently the school said WE WERE THE WORST BUNCH OF COMPLAINERS THEY HAD EVER HAD. Charming I must say!
When we got there, nothing was working. We could not save work. The computers would not copy work to disk. There were five computers and only one worked. The one in the teachers room kept crashing. This caused us phenomenal stress. Hence we had to fork out more money at the internet cafes.
The only time the school bucked up and provided better facilities was when they had someone coming around to give them some sort of award (''equals''??) if anyone knows who they are please let me know I think they should be contacted. They dont deserve this so called award.
Four of us did not get the cert. 3 did. One under suspicious circumstances.
At the end we were not allowed to see our exam papers or see where we went wrong. SO THIS MEANS THAT EVERY TEST I TAKE THEY CAN ALWAYS SAY I FAILED AND I HAVE NO EVIDENCE TO SEE IF THEY ARE TELLING THE TRUTH OR NOT.
THIS IS NOT RIGHT.
I suffered badly throughout the 4 week course. I nearly left the course due to getting gastric flu. However I saw the course through to the end. I AM OUTRAGED THAT I DONT EVEN GET A CERT OR ANY EVIDENTIAL DOCUMENT TO SAY I COMPLETED THE COURSE WITH GRAMMAR RE-TAKE PENDING ETC. I HAVE VIRTUALLY
NO EVIDENCE THAT I HAVE TAKEN THE COURSE DESPITE HANDING OVER A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY that I could ill afford.
QUOTE:At Via Lingua your ability as a language teacher will largely be assessed by your performance in the classroom
ALL OF THE SO CALLED JOB HELP AND GUIDANCE DID NOT MATERIALISE.
WHERE WAS MY PERSONAL COUNSELLOR FOR JOBS? Why where they telling people that 80% of students already had jobs the third week of the course??
surely they had to do their grammar exam to know they were getting the cert?
Where was the job guidance?? all we got was a list of language schools handed out.
Where was the professional help with out CV? all we got was a template thrown at us.
WHERE WAS THE AIRPORT PICK UP FOR PEOPLE COMING FROM ABROAD?
THEY WERE JUST INTERESTED IN GETTING THE MONEY ALL £10,000 OF IT BETWEEN US ALL. WHAT A NICE LITTLE EARNER I MUST SAY.
HOW COME THEY ALREADY HAD THREE CERTS PRINTED OUT WITH THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE ON THEM THE SAME DAY AS THE GRAMMAR TEST? WHICH SUGGESTS PRE-EMPTED PASSEES.
AT THE END WE WERE UNCEREMONIOUSLY BOOTED OUT OF THE SCHOOL WITH NO GRADUATION DINNER OR ANYTHING FOR THE ONES THAT PASSED. IT WAS THANKS FOR THE MONEY NOW GET LOST.
Overall I would not point my worst enemy in their direction. Yes I am bitter - too right I am. all that money for nothing!!
If anyone can make me feel better about this please help me out here.
Ironpetal