hey! i noticed that you're going on the china internship in feb and thought i'd say a quick hi as i am too! are you all prepared and everything? i have so much to organise, i'm still working my way through my tefl course too! is yours all done? 

lucy x 

Im at the exact same stage as u!i sent off my application yesterday but paid it all last week. im also on the grammer part have read it and just cant get myself to do the assignment part! so i went and read the one on one part was gonna do the assignment but there was a big note at the bottom sayn we strongly recommend u finish the online tefl before doin the other parts of the course so i went back with the intentions of finishing it, but i hate the grammer, however I am gonna do it tonight i think!!!we have 4weeks so its fine! and it doesnt take 5hours to learn any of the other course parts i read through them and flew it just have to commit to actually doin the assignments and getting it over and done with!! where are u gonna be flying from?any travelling plans? 

thanks u are officially my first friend on chalkboard lol...I just signed up yesterday and sent the application today so we shall we see what happens. Yeah, I must admit I'm a little rusty with my english IQ, I am no english teacher that's for sure, and I am quite surprised of the material that I have forgotten. I sometimes get frustrated by making stupid errors because of my impatience. I hope this is enough time to learn all the information and still be able to retain it later. I'm on the grammar part. What part are you on? Do you have any suggestions to approach of all of these courses? Are you focusing on one course till completion, or are you multi tasking such as taking grammar exercises and teaching english one-to-one excercise? Please let me know because I still have no clue what the most efficient way to get through this. Thanks again for the add!! best of patience with the course!

cool added you there!

Ok, no problem :) once I solve the problem of finding u on there. perhaps I could give you a link to add me. here it is : http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Jonathan-Reeves/601945596

ya cool reply via message though because I havent told work yet!!

I cant find you on facebook by your email address. Is there any chance you could go to your profile page and copy the link?

is it ok for me to reply to that through facebook?

ya for sure facebook is a lot easier then this!! my email is lou_hastings@yahoo.com so u should find me that way! half afraid to scroll down and see how much there is to do on the tefl course so started at the top and working my way through it! with money im the same have so many expences before I can actually start saving, but im confident that it will work out, should have a bit saved by then! we'l be fine! do u plan on travelling after?

I picked the north, but then changed my mind to the south and my interviewer said he will try to get it changed, but now I dont really have a preference so I dont mind which I get posted to. I guess since you are pressed for time you should take extra care in the written modules which need to be marked by a tutor, even though you get 3 attempts, it would be more ideal for you to finish each 1st time around so you dont end up spending time re-doing it.

There won't be any problems though, it is a very straight forward course.

My preparations aren't going so great at the moment, I am worrying over money, I'm worried I am going to have to borrow money to afford my flight as my job doesn't really give me the best pay, and Christmas is just around the corner and I have presents to buy and stuff. Are you on facebook? I could add you there if you like, I find it is laid out a lot better than the chalkboard and easier to get in touch with people