Before choosing where to do your own TEFL course, you need to know that we do training in four beautiful locations: Chiangmai, Pattaya, Khon Kaen and Bangkok. Below, we tell you about Pattaya, and included with each description of the course location is a map showing you exactly how to find us.

FYI: If you are a man (of whatever age) who is taking a TEFL Course as a way of starting a new life for yourself in Thailand, and if that new life entails finding a new life partner, then there is no greater place in the world than Pattaya (besides Bangkok) to find the woman of your dreams -- who, if you choose wisely, will look out for you in every way!

PATTAYA

Just about two and one-half hours southeast of Bangkok, Pattaya has been a favorite beach resort since the late 1700s. It is now known worldwide for its nightlife, Thai markets and beachside sports. However, nearly every amenity that might be desired is available here, including golf courses, modern department store complexes, five star hotels, excellent international-standard restaurants, etc. So if you'd like all the conveniences of a big city in a compact, fun area, Pattaya is the place to be!  Selected for its quiet, friendly ambience, South Pattaya Road (just a short walk from the beach) is the area in which your TEFL for Target Learner Groups course is conducted (see map).

Corey McKenzie Pattaya TEFL Course Director

Our course is conducted at our own TEXT-AND-TALK Academy, which is located beside the Chevin Gymnasium (where for a small fee, you can enjoy a workout after a hard study session in the TEFL class!) The Chevin Gym is located inside Soi Tuk Com (named for the large computer company located in the soi), just across the road and this side of Wat Chaimongkol, about five minutes' stroll left from this soi. At the corner of the soi is the Thai Farmers Bank. (The official academy address is 20/158 Moo 10, Day Night 1 (Soi Tukcom), South Pattaya Road, Pattaya, Chonburi 20260.)

Only moments away, and for about $100-$150 US per month, are accommodations with all the basic facilities you might desire, including air-conditioning, cable t.v. connection, refrigerator and other amenities. Swimming pools are sometimes also included (for more money), though you may be spending most of your free time at the beach anyway! Caution: Don't overdo the nightlife (and beware of persons who take advantage of tourists) while you are in training; you have a lot of work to do in order to complete your course successfully! An encouraging bit of information for persons flying in to do our course, as well as for people already resident in the general Pattaya area, is that there are a lot of schools in Pattaya, and they are crying out for trained teachers, though the pay is not as good as in Bangkok. To find out all about Pattaya (and to see a large listing of the schools), go to: http://www.pattayanet.com for information about jobs and the need for trained teachers. 

A word of caution! Ours is the FIRST AND ONLY internationally recognized training course for English teachers of Asian students! This means that, while our graduate teachers can teach with unique effectiveness to any national group of earth, only our course provides what they need to know to accommodate the long-neglected needs of Asian English learners. There have been many who have tried to construct a course that "looks" like our own, but none have ever been successful in producing one that gets the same results. Therefore, for your own well-being and future, you would be wise to ask any other Thai course provider how long they have been in business. If that is less than five years, just say "No!". Beware how you spend your money, in making such an important 'career change' as this one.

If you are already in Pattaya, or in Thailand and on your way there, you can contact the Pattaya Academy Manager and TEFL Course Director Mr Corey McKenzie for further information on +6686-610-5406 (locally, 086-610-5406) or e-mail him: corey@langserv.com. (If still abroad, just dial the "+66" shown before the number above.) And, if you need visa assistance (the best time to seek this is while you are still abroad), we invite you to contact Mr Leigh Richards of our Bangkok Academy by calling him on  +6689-823-7049 (locally, 089-823-7049), or via e-mail: leigh@langserv.com), or contact him by other means, as shown here. (Make sure you take into account the time zone difference between where you are and Thailand.) This is a free service provided by our Academy to all TEFL class enrollees.

So, have you decided which is the best location for you to do our course? Have you also selected a class start-up date convenient for you? Then now is the time to save a place in the class of your choice, and . . .