Looking into language teaching related degrees

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Hey degreeforum. New user looking for some insight regarding my possibilities. Here goes:



Your Location: Argentina
Your Age: 32
What kind of degree do you want?:
-Bachelor's
-Ideally: TESOL (Teaching English as a Second Language); Linguistics; English; Education. Open to similar/relevant options
-On the quicker/easier side
-Budget is a secondary concern

Current Regional Accredited Credits:

School Name Total Credits: most likely, 0. I passed some classes at an Argentine university. Somewhere between half a year - a year's worth. The degree was in Spanish-to-English translation.

Class Name, Credits, Grade: First-year English and Spanish-related subjects, for the most part. Some history IIRC. I can dig them out if at all relevant. 

Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits:

Provider Total Credits: 0
Class Name, Credits, Grade: -

Any certifications or military experience?


-Accredited TEFL certificate (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)
-Certified PESL Instructor (Pronouncing English as a Second Language/Accent Modification)
*Might get a CELTA in the near future (prestigious & widely-recognized Cambridge ESL cert); especially if it could count towards something




Budget: 6-8k or thereabouts would be cool, but I would consider spending more for easy and fast.  
Commitments: I would be working part-time (20 hours or so). Not much else. I plan to spend most of my free time on courses and the like.
Dedicated time to study: A conservative estimate would be 4-5 hours a day every day (28-35 hours a week), though I could and likely would dedicate 50%-100% more study time a lot of days.
Timeline: Finishing the courses required for the degree as fast as possible would be ideal. I would like to finish within 1-1.5 years (12-18 months). My previous answer wasn't written in stone.
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: -

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-I am not averse to self-study and tests, so I suppose test-out would be a good option. I don't have experience with competency-based qualifications.


-From what I could tell in one of the wikis, a BA in English at TESU is on the cheap/easy side. I find that world more interesting than the UMPI English -Comms and Journalism option, which was also in the cheap/easy category I believe. The wording itself (BA English) is a plus as well.

-That said, as I have mentioned, quick/easy is more of a priority than cheap/easy, all things considered.

-I dont believe (but I'm not sure) I can do cleps from here (not familiar with that territory).

-Same with proctored exams.

-I would prefer not to have group classes, science labs, etc. Self-study, examinations, assignments, etc. are all fair game.

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I'm working as an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher. I'm currently doing alright for myself, though the industry has become notoriously oversaturated, and it's always good to have things going for you that serious clients and companies tend to value (no surprise there). 

Having a degree(s) in a relevant subject is one of those things. 

ESL is basically like most other industries that are known to pay anywhere between $2 and $70+ an hour. It gets a lot of hate from people who just want to run a google search and be earning $25+ an hour with no degree a week or two later (that bubble popped years ago).

I say this to clarify that I know the value of a BS in Comp Sci or whatever. 

I'm invested in my current line of work and have been for years. It's been a good fit. I like it, I have experience going for me, I'm reasonably good at it, and I'd know what to do with a relevant degree(s).




That's the gist of it, I think. Hopefully, that's a decent enough overview to shed some light on potential schools, degrees, paths, and time frames.



Thanks in advance.