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fetac 5-6 childcare

  • 19-06-2011 5:25pm
    #1
    pimpa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ✭


    Hello, I am an Italian undergraduate student and next year I'll be a Primary school teacher. I would like to move permanently to Ireland and attend a fetac course for work in a creche. Can you please give me some information abouti it. Is it possibile for a not bilingual to apply for this courses? Is it too hard? Are there any exams? Where do you advice me to try? I mean where do you think that could be easier for a foreign? Many thanks in advance!


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  • #2
    looksee
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    You could do a Fetac course in a PLC college (contact the VEC in the area where you are living), but you will probably have to do an English test before being allowed to do the course. This is up to the college though, some may not need a test.

    However there is a lot of written work in the course, and yes, there are exams, so you would need a reasonable level of English to be able to do it.

    If your post was written by yourself I would say that you have a good chance of passing an English test. As a primary teacher graduate you would not find the course difficult, provided you could cope with the language difference.

    To attend a course in a VEC college you would need to apply (and most likely do an interview) in January or February to attend in September.


  • #3
    implausible
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    looksee wrote: »
    To attend a course in a VEC college you would need to apply (and most likely do an interview) in January or February to attend in September.

    However, some colleges will take applications right up until September.


  • #4
    pimpa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ✭pimpa


    Thank you for the answers. The post was written by myself.
    Before applying to a fetac course, I have planned to work again as au pair or to attend an "European voluntary service" project. So I will improve my English and I will be able to pass the language test.

    Anyway thanks for the information.


  • #5
    implausible
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    pimpa wrote: »
    Thank you for the answers. The post was written by myself.
    Before applying to a fetac course, I have planned to work again as au pair or to attend an "European voluntary service" project. So I will improve my English and I will be able to pass the language test.

    Your written English is very good! A lot of colleges do not have a language test so you should enquire about this first before you spend an extra year working unnecessarily. You could apply now and be lucky - you might get a place for September.


  • #6
    pimpa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ✭pimpa


    deemark wrote: »
    Your written English is very good! A lot of colleges do not have a language test so you should enquire about this first before you spend an extra year working unnecessarily. You could apply now and be lucky - you might get a place for September.

    Thanks a lot for the advice. I'm inquiring about the courses but I have another year (fortunately the last) to attend to University. In the meantime I am thinking up about the subject of my graduation thesis in Ireland: fairy tales, Yeats, Montessori or Irish school system. I don't know yet. So I will improve my English during the possible training instead of wasting time next year. Thank you.


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